Calder Park, Aberdeen

This article is about the football stadium. For the raceway, see Calder Park Raceway.
Calder Park
Calder Park
Location in Aberdeen
Location Cove Bay, Aberdeen, Scotland
Coordinates 57°06′39.20″N 2°06′00.25″W / 57.1108889°N 2.1000694°W / 57.1108889; -2.1000694
Surface Artificial 4G Turf
Construction
Broke ground 2015
Opened set to be 2016
Tenants
set to be Cove Rangers F.C.

Calder Park is a proposed football ground located in Cove, a suburb of Aberdeen. It is the proposed home to Cove Rangers F.C., who currently play in the Highland Football League.

History

Cove Rangers started planning to move from their old Allan Park home to Calder Park in the mid-2000s. The proposed move formed part of their unsuccessful pitch for Scottish Football League membership in 2008.[1] Initially, the move was tied in with the New Aberdeen Stadium proposals, as Calder Park would also have served as a training facility for Aberdeen.[2] Planning permission for this project was refused in August 2012, as Aberdeen City Council opted to examine other possibilities for development in the area.[3]

Cove Rangers then pressed ahead with a new stadium scheme by themselves.[4] Aberdeen City Council accepted the first stages of planning permission for Calder Park in November 2014.[5] It is set to be ready for the start of the 2016–17 season. Cove Rangers left Allan Park in April 2015, having sold the ground to Scotia Homes. The club reached agreements to groundshare with four other clubs during the 2015–16 season.[6]

It is unclear what the stadium will eventually be called on its completion.

References

  1. "Cove crave spot in Division Three". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 June 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  2. "Aberdeen will fight on despite council opposition to stadium plan". The Herald (Herald & Times Group). 24 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  3. "New Aberdeen FC park 'killed off', says Stewart Milne". BBC News. BBC. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  4. Drysdale, Neil (9 January 2013). "Cove Rangers set to complete move to new £3m stadium by 2015". STV News. STV. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  5. Walsh, Stephen (18 November 2014). "Cove Rangers get green light to move to new Aberdeen stadium". Press & Journal (Aberdeen Journals). Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  6. McTavish, Ross (22 May 2015). "Cove to groundshare with four clubs next season". www.hflhub.co.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
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