Ashfield FC Saracen Park, Hawthorn Street, Possilpark, Glasgow

Nickname: none
Year formed: 1886
Club Number: none

Ground Details:

Capacity: 3500
Seats: 600
Cover: Yes (seats and terracing)

Click to see the ground on interactive 360º Google Street View

Saracen Park from the Thorniewood United website

Tony Collins sends in a few extra views of Saracen Park

Saracen Park is a histroic venue and has a main stand and paddock. It is also used by the Glasgow Tigers speedway team who get crowds of around 650. There is a terraced stand in one corner with a piestall at the top. Behind the Springburn end goal is Glasgow Tigers' club that serves drinks. Opposite the stand is a section of terracing with crush barriers.

The actual pitch is very narrow, measuring exactly 50 yards. It was narrowed to accommodate the wide corners of the speedway track that replaced the previous dogtrack.

Social Club: There is no Ashfield club but you can buy drinks at two venues in and around the ground.

Club Information:
Ashfield used to suffer from Petershill signing up most of their better players. Crowds are very small, normally less than the amount of players on the pitch.

2001 population: Glasgow 629501

League Record from 1990:

1990-91: 1st Central Division 2, 28pts from 20 games (2pts per win)
1991-92: 8th Central Division 1, 24pts from 26 games (2pts per win)
1992-93: 9th Central Division 1, 22pts from 24 games (2pts per win)
1993-94: 8th Central Division 1, 24pts from 26 games (2pts per win)
1994-95: 4th Central Division 1, 47pts from 26 games
1995-96: 7th Central Division 1, 36pts from 26 games
1996-97: 4th Central Division 1, 39pts from 26 games
1997-98: 13th Central Division 1, 12pts from 26 games
1998-99: 6th Central Division 2, 34pts from 24 games
1999-00: 7th Central Division 2, 37pts from 24 games
2000-01: 7th Central Division 2, 30pts from 24 games
2001-02: 11th Central Division 2, 20pts from 22 games
2002-03: 4th Central Division 2, 43pts from 24 games
2003-04: 7th Central Division 2, 33pts from 24 games
2004-05: 5th Central Division 2, 40pts from 24 games
2005-06: 4th Central Division 2, 36pts from 20 games
2006-07: 1st Central Division 2, 49pts from 22 games
2007-08: 3rd Central Division 1, 41pts from 22 games
2008-09: 2nd Central Division 1, 43pts from 24 games
2009-10: 8th West Division 1, 36pts from 26 games
2010-11: 1st West Division 1, 51pts from 26 games

Honours:
Scottish Junior Cup winners: 1893-94, 1894-95, 1904-05, 1909-10
Scottish Junior Cup runners-up: 1913-14, 1920-21
West of Scotland Cup winners: 1927-28, 1928-29
West Region (Stagecoach) Super First Division winners: 2010-11
Central District Division Two winners: 2006-07
Glasgow League winners: 1905-06, 1906-07, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1920-21
Scottish Intermediate League winners: 1928-29
Scottish Intermediate League (Western) winners: 1928-29
Central League A Division winners: 1952-53, 1954-55
Central League B Division winners: 1958-59
Central League C Division winners: 1968-69
Central Division Two winners: 1990-91
Glasgow Junior Cup winners: 1893-94, 1905-06, 1906-07, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1914-15, 1925-26, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1962-63
Central District League Cup winners: 1946-47, 1952-53, 1962-63
Evening Times Cup Winners Cup (was Central League Championship until 1979): 1952-53, 1954-55
Pompey Cup winners: 1959-60
Kirkwood Shield: 1922-23, 1951-52
Scottish Intermediate Cup winners: 1927-28, 1928-29
Scottish Intermediate League Cup winners: 1928-29
Glasgow & District Intermediate Cup winners: 1927-28
Glasgow League Cup winners: 1926-27
Cruickshanks Cup winners: 1932-33, 1933-34
Glasgow Charity Cup winners: 1892-93, 1894-95, 1897-98, 1898-99, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1910-11, 1950-51, 1954-55, 1955-56
Glasgow Junior Consolation Cup winners: 1931-32
Glasgow North-Eastern Cup winners: 1893-94, 1904-05, 1908-09 (shared), 1920-21, 1922-23, 1950-51, 1952-53, 1953-54
Scottish Intermediate Consolation Cup winners: 1929-30
Maryhill Charity Cup winners: 1893-94, 1894-95, 1897-98, 1898-99, 1903-04, 1904-05, 1906-07, 1909-10, 1910-11, 1912-13, 1914-15, 1917-18, 1919-20, 1920-21, 1923-24, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1926-27, 1927-28, 1928-29, 1931-32, 1932-33, 1936-37, 1937-38, 1946-47, 1949-50, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1962-63, 1965-66, 1968-69, 1970-71, 1974-75, 1983-84, 1986-87

Programme Information:
no programme produced.

Getting There

Directions by road: From High Street (travelling northwards): Continue northwards beyond High Street into Castle Street following signs for Springburn. After passing under M8 interchange, continue northwards onto Springburn Road. Continue northwards for around another half mile and take the slip road on the left towards Possilpark. Turn left onto Hawthorn Street. 200 yards after passing under a railway bridge, Saracen Park will be clearly visible on the left.

Nearest Railway Station: Ashfield (300 yds)

Bus routes: Services 89 and 90 pass nearby

Web Link: Ashfield FC official website