January 2018

This is simply THE most important football ground in Scotland, if not the world. It's past, present and future simply must be protected and Cathkin Park Ltd. is a company set up to ensure that. But the years have not been kind to Cathkin and this former International football arena is in grave danger of crumbling away to nothing beneath moss, dirt, weeds and overgrown trees as it is now a public park.

Glasgow City Council have owned and cared for the site since former club Third Lanark AC went out of business in 1967, the ground having been sold to a builder who found he could not build on this protected area. In the 1980s a tree nursery was put in place and most of the terracing removed and destroyed. This project was abandoned in the 1990s and now the remaining trees are overgrown and the roots are destroying the concrete underneath the existing 5 sections of terracing. The photo above was taken the season after this terracing was put in place during the close season and our aim is to restore it to this condition once again for sports fans to once again be able to enjoy this park in safety and far more comfort than is possible at the moment. The photo below shows the dilapidated state of

this same section of the ground, formerly the Enclosure, opposite the main stand and pavilion, which is also long gone, a fire having destroyed in in the early 1970s, set by vandals as the ground lay unused and forgotten in this corner of the southside of Glasgow. However this park is still used as an amateur football pitch and we are delighted that the game still goes on on this hallowed turf and full credit to the Council and the clubs such as Glencastle Sparta AFC, Third Lanark AFC, Hampden FC and the Jimmy Johnstyon Football Academy who have kept the game alive and kicking on this pitch. We at CPL are not affiliated to any team, we are simply concerned with saving the remaining terracing and returning it to it's former glory. Cathkin Park is potentially a World Heritage Site and we are already working hard to protect and preserve all of this original stone work. We aim to bring tourists to this site and others all over the City of Glasgow in coming months and are working on making a safe standing and walking space in each of the 5 remaining 1946/47 terracing areas.