Bestsinceslicebread Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 9 minutes ago, roy of the rovers said: We at Albion Rovers own our own ground Thanks Roy of the Rovers, again any idea how they are owned, majority of fans/committee, trust or private owner 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCScouting Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 According to online Berwick's Shielfield Park is owned by the Supporters Club. They bought the lease in 1995. Will check this is still correct. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 9 minutes ago, JCScouting said: According to online Berwick's Shielfield Park is owned by the Supporters Club. They bought the lease in 1995. Will check this is still correct. The council own it they bought it in the 80s the supporters club got the lease. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lithgierose Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 1 hour ago, Bestsinceslicebread said: Thanks Hologram but how do they won it, a committee man own it, or a truth or company etc... Members 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 4 hours ago, Bestsinceslicebread said: Yeah agree 100%, its all about opinions, i get that but what we all think or see or even dislike doesn't always go the way we want. Regarding Stollers, in my analysis, i didn't add them as they have really been finishing mid- table the past few years, so its really this year they are down near relegation. Actually Newcastle Broon, it's quite interesting to know who owns their own ground in the Lowland league: or is the ground leased or is it in a trust or is it owned by one person ? Albion Rovers Yes Berwick Rangers Yes - owned by supporters Bo'ness United ? Broomhill No Broxburn Athletic ? Caledonian Braves ? Celtic B No Civil Service Strollers ? Cowdenbeath No Cumbernauld Colts No East Kilbride ? East Stirlingshire No Gala Fairydean Rovers ? Gretna 2008 ? Heart of Midlothian B No Linlithgow Rose Yes - owned Majority of fans and committee Tranent ? University of Stirling No I think if anyone has any common sense, Gretna would be a team that the majority of football mad people would expect to be in the relegation zone without knowing how things are going at the club at the start of the season. They have without doubt, been active, going by some replies on here and the committee is in a better place so they will be hoping that they will do better than they have in the past 3 seasons finishing 3rd bottom twice and 2nd bottom once. I think Bo'ness's ground is owned by a community foundation which is why Athletic get to play there and annoy United fans. There may be a similar situation with Broxburn. I'm sure someone can put me right. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lithgierose Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 Newtown park boness. Was owned by fdc. Now it's owned/run by Newtown association or something like that. Deanburn Dave will fill in the facts I'm sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnieman Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 2 hours ago, DiegoDiego said: There's only been one season of the Lowland League where you needed more than twelve points to avoid bottom place. Gretna 2008 already have nine points with twenty-eight games to play. I understand two can go down in some circumstances, but I think there'd need to be some drastic off-pitch nonsense before Christmas for Gretna to finish dead last this season. I don't think this season we'll see one or two teams tail off to such a large degree. I guess we'll see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnieman Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 29 minutes ago, tamthebam said: I think Bo'ness's ground is owned by a community foundation which is why Athletic get to play there and annoy United fans. There may be a similar situation with Broxburn. I'm sure someone can put me right. I think Albyn Park is Council owned with Broxburn United Sports Club holding the lease. Not entirely sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lithgierose Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 1 hour ago, Bestsinceslicebread said: Seriously, i didn't realise that. Who owns the ground, any ideas? Racewall ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowden Cowboy Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 1 hour ago, Bestsinceslicebread said: Seriously, i didn't realise that. Who owns the ground, any ideas? It is owned by Innovate (Cowdenbeath) Ltd. Previous owner Gordon McDougall sold the stock car company and football club (company) for around £2.5 million in 2007 to Innovate. The football club owned the ground. A property deal was proposed which would see a supermarket built and a new stadium built for CFC. Property crash came along and it and other issues meant redevelopment fell through. Stock car company is profitable so new owners rearranged matters so that ownership of ground was transferred to Innovate and CFC lost around £45k in annual rents from stock cars and now had to rent the ground back. Later Donald Findlay and some fans took over running the club and bought it from Innovate (but not the ground) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi1977 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Broxburn’s Albyn Park... I believe that the land is owned by the Council. The Broxburn United Sports Community run the facility. Broxburn Athletic then have a lease for use of the ground. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Rage Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 11 hours ago, lithgierose said: Newtown park boness. Was owned by fdc. Now it's owned/run by Newtown association or something like that. Deanburn Dave will fill in the facts I'm sure. Owned by Newtown Park Association with the goal of making a sports/leisure facility for all in Bo'ness. Pretty much anyone can play at Newtown which has been great for kids/women's football. Plans are in place to add a community facility too just chasing funding now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bestsinceslicebread Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 (edited) I asked this question before as it's quite interesting to know who owns their own ground in the Lowland league: or is the ground leased or is it in a trust or is it owned by one person/couple of fans etc... ? Any updates on this would be perfection thanks. I think it's something that all fans of their clubs should know be kept up to date as you don't want your club being sold behind your back and you have no say in it. Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far. Updated current Lowland league season list Albion Rovers Yes - Albion Rovers Football Club Ltd Berwick Rangers Yes - owned by supporters Bo'ness United ? Broomhill No Broxburn Athletic No - Council owned. The Broxburn United Sports Community run the facility? Caledonian Braves No - North Lanarkshire Council Celtic B No Civil Service Strollers ? Cowdenbeath No - owned by Innovate (Cowdenbeath) Ltd Cumbernauld Colts No East Kilbride ? yes - Owned by Supporters Community trust - (anyone Confirm) East Stirlingshire No Gala Fairydean Rovers ? Gretna 2008 Yes - Raydale Community Partnership (RCP) - Gretna Amalgamation supporters group Heart of Midlothian B No Linlithgow Rose Yes - owned Majority of fans and committee Tranent ? University of Stirling No - They are playing at Stirling Albion's ground Edited August 25 by Bestsinceslicebread 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
To B or not B Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 (edited) 59 minutes ago, Bestsinceslicebread said: I asked this question before as it's quite interesting to know who owns their own ground in the Lowland league: or is the ground leased or is it in a trust or is it owned by one person/couple of fans etc... ? Any updates on this would be perfection thanks. I think it's something that all fans of their clubs should know be kept up to date as you don't want your club being sold behind your back and you have no say in it. Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far. Updated current Lowland league season list Albion Rovers Yes - How? Berwick Rangers Yes - owned by supporters Bo'ness United ? Broomhill No Broxburn Athletic No - Council owned. The Broxburn United Sports Community run the facility? Caledonian Braves ? Celtic B No Civil Service Strollers ? Cowdenbeath No - owned by Innovate (Cowdenbeath) Ltd Cumbernauld Colts No East Kilbride ? East Stirlingshire No Gala Fairydean Rovers ? Gretna 2008 ? Heart of Midlothian B No Linlithgow Rose Yes - owned Majority of fans and committee Tranent ? University of Stirling No I think EK is owned by the community trust, and Gala by the council?? Edited August 24 by To B or not B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy of the rovers Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 16 hours ago, Bestsinceslicebread said: Thanks Roy of the Rovers, again any idea how they are owned, majority of fans/committee, trust or private owner Albion Rovers Football Club Ltd. own the ground. Shareholders, some of whom are fans and some of whom aren't own the company 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossilYM Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 How much do Celtic pay Airdrie for 40 ??? games a season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretnascotty Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Gretna Supporters own Gretna’s ground Raydale, was bought by the Raydale Community Partnership (RCP) a few years ago, before that we had to play our first few games in Annan at the lesser known Everholm park 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 On 23/08/2024 at 16:35, Burnieman said: I think that would have been a reasonable evaluation given their form over the last 2 or 3 seasons. It's also early days although they look to have enough about them to survive again. Fair play to them. I don't know if anyone wrote Gretna off and given the potential for variation season-to-season at this level it would have been silly to do so. But of the teams who started this season they had by a long, long way the worst record in the Lowland League over the past 5 years or so and had the most need to improve. I'm really pleased to see they've done that, though I won't feel that way if we end up dicing with danger down the bottom end of the table. The league is a coupon-buster this year. Gala 4-4 East Kilbride is just the latest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 4 hours ago, gretnascotty said: Gretna Supporters own Gretna’s ground Raydale, was bought by the Raydale Community Partnership (RCP) a few years ago, before that we had to play our first few games in Annan at the lesser known Everholm park I remember when Cowden played at Annan for the 1st time you were playing Edinburgh City at Everholm as I passed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Gala vs EK putting a real dent in the nEvEr SeEn A gOoD gAmE oN pLaStIc argument 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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