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Date: 2nd December 2025
The site, at Kingsley Avenue in Glasgow’s southside, is where Scottish and International Football played out its formative years. It was home to the Queen’s Park club from 1873–1883, and hosted Scottish Cup finals, including the very first final between Queen’s Park and Clydesdale in 1874, as well as Scotland internationals.
Importantly, it was also where modern football as we know it was created. Scottish teams are considered the first to start passing the ball between teammates, which went on to inspire the game in South America and beyond.
Since 1905, the grounds have been leased by the Hampden Bowling Club, but with the club winding up in February next year, there has been a considerable level of community and public concern that the site will be lost and subject to development.
Football’s Square Mile, the world’s largest open-air football museum sharing the story of Scottish football and the impact of the earliest matches in Glasgow on the modern game, is leading the call for the site to be saved.
read more here Calls to save the original Hampden Park | National Trust for Scotland
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