Moving Football From Hampden To Murrayfield Is Vandalism
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article in The Scotsman.
I’m not bothered, as I doubt, I’ll ever go to Scotland to watch an important Scottish football match, that would be played at their National Stadium.
But, I have been to Hampden Park before.
I was there fifty years ago, when Spurs and Celtic drew 3-3 in the Glasgow Cup. I also suspect that the 91,000 plus crowd was the largest, I’ve ever been part of.
And I was at Hampden to see the athletics in the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
I have no view on the historic aspects of the possible move, except that there might be an economic case.
And I also note, France, the Republic of Ireland and Wales all have a stadium, that is shared between football and rugby.
But then Germany and Italy don’t have a national stadium for football.
I can see another big argument between Edinburgh and Glasgow on this decision.
Other the last decade though, transport links between and to and from Scotland’s two major cities have changed.
- There have been extensions to the road network across Scotland.
- The rail lines are being electrified and new higher-capacity Class 385 trains are being delivered.
- Passenger numbers at both Glasgow and Edinburgh Airports have grown.
So at least getting to either stadium is becoming easier.
It will be a difficult decision to call.
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