UK Stadiums: Spain Park, Aberdeen, Scotland
Spain Park in Aberdeen, Scotland, on the banks of the River Dee is the home ground of Banks o' Dee FC. The club competes in the Scottish Highland Football League of football in Scotland. The league consists of 18 teams.
The winners of the Highland League participate in an end-of-season promotion play-off against the Lowland Football League champions. The winner of that match then faces the bottom club in Scottish League Two for a spot in the SPFL.
Capacity
The small stadium has a capacity for 900 spectators, including 218 seats in the Saltire Stand (96 seats) and Gordon Christie Stand (122 seats).
The playing surface is a 3G artificial football pitch put down in 2011.
The Club: Banks o' Dee FC
The team are nicknamed "The Rechabites" or "The Dee".
Banks o' Dee won the Scottish Junior Cup in 1957.
Access - Getting There
The ground is a 35-minute walk south of Aberdeen Station. The 59 bus goes part of the way to Grampian Place, then a 15-minute walk. Spain Park is 3 miles south of Aberdeen's Pittodrie Stadium.
Aberdeen Station has services to Edinburgh Waverley Station via Dundee Station, Glasgow Queen Street in Glasgow via Dundee, Perth and Stirling and Inverness via Keith and Elgin.
There are also trains to Euston Station in London from Aberdeen via Preston and Crewe as well as services to London King's Cross via Newcastle and York Station in York. Trains to Plymouth go via Haymarket in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh.
Address: Abbotswell Road, Torry, Aberdeen AB12 3AB
Nearby Hotels
If you wish to stay in Aberdeen try the 4-star Sandman Signature Aberdeen Hotel & Spa, located on St Andrew Street. Also highly-rated are the Leonardo Hotel Aberdeen in Union Square and the 3-star Britannia Hotel Aberdeen.
See here for a complete listing of hotel accommodation in Aberdeen.
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Kirklees Stadium (John Smith's Stadium)
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