Scottish football attendance records

Hampden Park, Scotland's national football stadium, holds several Scottish and European attendance records.

This article lists Scottish football attendance records under the categories listed below. The highest ever attendance for a UEFA competition match was in the 1969–70 European Cup semi-final at Hampden Park, Scotland's national stadium. A record 136,505 people attended the match between Celtic and Leeds United. The attendance of 149,415 for the Scotland vs. England international match of 1937 at Hampden Park is also a European record. The attendance of 146,433 for the 1937 Scottish Cup Final between Celtic and Aberdeen at Hampden Park is a European record for a club match. Rangers' record attendance of 118,567 at Ibrox is a British record for a league match.

By club

Current clubs

This is a list of all 42 Scottish Professional Football League clubs' record match attendances at their home ground. The vast majority of these records were achieved before the advent of all-seater stadia. The cost of building all-seater grounds, and a general decline in attendances, means the present capacities of the clubs stadiums are well below their record attendances. Some records were achieved at a club's previous ground, rather than their current location. For example Clyde's record was set at Shawfield Stadium, whilst they have since moved to Broadwood Stadium.^[1] Records set while ground-sharing or at a venue other than the club's home stadium are not included. For example, Celtic were the home team when 136,505 attended their 1969–70 European Cup semi-final second leg match against Leeds United, but the match was played at Hampden Park, not Celtic Park.^[2] Rangers' record attendance of 118,567 is also the British record for a league match.^[3]

Rank	Club	Attendance	Stadium	Opponent	Competition	Date	Refs
1	Rangers	118,567	Ibrox Stadium	Celtic	Division 1	2 January 1939	[3][4]
2	Queen's Park	95,722	Hampden Park	Rangers	Scottish Cup	18 January 1930	[5]
3	Celtic	83,500[note 1]	Celtic Park	Rangers	Division 1	1 January 1938	[6][7][8]
4	Hibernian	65,860	Easter Road	Heart of Midlothian	Division 1	2 January 1950	[9]
5	Heart of Midlothian	53,396	Tynecastle Stadium	Rangers	Scottish Cup	13 February 1932	[10]
6	Clyde	52,000	Shawfield Stadium	Rangers	Division 1	21 November 1908	[1]
7	Partick Thistle	49,838	Firhill Stadium	Rangers	Division 1	18 February 1922	[11]
8	St Mirren	47,438	Love Street	Celtic	Division 1	20 August 1949	[12]
9	Aberdeen	45,061	Pittodrie Stadium	Heart of Midlothian	Scottish Cup	3 March 1954	[13]
10	Dundee	43,024	Dens Park	Rangers	Scottish Cup	7 February 1953	[14]
11	Kilmarnock	35,995	Rugby Park	Rangers	Scottish Cup	10 March 1962	[15]
12	Motherwell	35,632	Fir Park	Rangers	Scottish Cup	12 March 1952	[16]
13	Raith Rovers	31,306	Stark's Park	Heart of Midlothian	Scottish Cup	7 February 1953	[17]
14	St Johnstone	29,972	Muirton Park	Dundee	Scottish Cup	10 February 1951	[18]
15	Hamilton Academical	28,690	Douglas Park	Heart of Midlothian	Scottish Cup	3 March 1937	[19]
16	Dundee United	28,000	Tannadice Park	Barcelona	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	16 November 1966	[20]
17	Dunfermline Athletic	27,816	East End Park	Celtic	Division 1	30 April 1968	[21]
18	Albion Rovers	27,381	Cliftonhill	Rangers	Scottish Cup	8 February 1936	[22]
19	Queen of the South	26,552	Palmerston Park	Heart of Midlothian	Scottish Cup	23 February 1952	[23]
20	Stirling Albion	26,400	Annfield Stadium	Celtic	Scottish Cup	14 March 1959	[24]
21	Cowdenbeath	25,586	Central Park	Rangers	Scottish League Cup	21 September 1949	[25]
22	Ayr United	25,225	Somerset Park	Rangers	Division 1	13 September 1969	[26]
23	Greenock Morton	23,500	Cappielow	Celtic	Division 1	29 April 1922	[27]
24	Falkirk	23,100	Brockville Park	Celtic	Scottish Cup	21 February 1953	[28]
25	East Fife	22,515	Bayview Park[note 2]	Raith Rovers	Division 1	2 January 1950	[29]
26	Dumbarton	18,000	Boghead Park	Raith Rovers	Scottish Cup	2 March 1957	[30]
27	Alloa Athletic	13,000	Recreation Park	Dunfermline Athletic	Scottish Cup	26 February 1939	[31]
28	Arbroath	13,510	Gayfield Park	Rangers	Scottish Cup	22 February 1952	[32]
29	Berwick Rangers	13,365	Shielfield Park	Rangers	Scottish Cup	28 January 1967	[33]
30	Elgin City	12,608	Borough Briggs	Arbroath	Scottish Cup	17 February 1968	[34]
31	Stenhousemuir	12,500	Ochilview Park	East Fife	Scottish Cup	11 March 1950	[35]
32	East Stirlingshire	12,000	Firs Park	Partick Thistle	Scottish Cup	19 February 1921	[36]
33	Forfar Athletic	10,780	Station Park	Rangers	Scottish Cup	7 February 1970	[37]
34	Livingston	10,112	Almondvale Stadium	Rangers	Scottish Premier League	27 October 2001	[38]
35	Airdrieonians	9,044	Excelsior Stadium	Rangers	Scottish League One	23 August 2013	[39]
36	Montrose	8,983	Links Park	Dundee	Scottish Cup	17 March 1973	[40]
37	Peterhead	8,643	Recreation Park	Raith Rovers	Scottish Cup	25 February 1987	[41]
38	Brechin City	8,122	Glebe Park	Aberdeen	Scottish Cup	3 February 1973	[42]
39	Ross County	8,000	Victoria Park	Rangers	Scottish Cup	28 February 1966	[43]
40	Inverness CT	7,711	Caledonian Stadium	Rangers	Scottish Premier League	4 August 2007	[44][note 3]
41	Stranraer	6,500	Stair Park	Rangers	Scottish Cup	24 January 1948	[45]
42	Annan Athletic	2,517	Galabank Stadium	Rangers	Third Division	15 September 2012	[46]

Defunct clubs

Club	Attendance	Stadium	Opponent	Competition	Date	Refs
Third Lanark	45,455	Cathkin Park	Rangers	Scottish Cup	27 February 1954	[47]
Airdrieonians	24,000	Broomfield Park	Heart of Midlothian	Scottish Cup	8 March 1952	[48]
Clydebank	14,900	Kilbowie Park	Hibernian	Scottish Cup	10 February 1965	[49]
Gretna	3,000	Raydale Park	Dundee United	Scottish Cup	17 January 2005	[50][note 4]

Cup finals

The attendance of 146,433 for the 1937 Scottish Cup Final between Celtic and Aberdeen at Hampden Park is a European record for a club match.

Competition	Attendance	Stadium	Match	Date	Refs
Scottish Cup	146,433	Hampden Park	Celtic v Aberdeen	24 April 1937	[51]
Scottish League Cup	107,609	Hampden Park	Celtic v Rangers	25 October 1965	[52]
Scottish Junior Cup	77,650	Hampden Park	Petershill v Irvine Meadow	19 May 1951	[53]
Scottish Challenge Cup	48,133	Hampden Park	Rangers v Peterhead	10 April 2016	[54]

Scotland national team

This section lists the top ten attendances for the Scotland national team in home matches. The attendance of 149,415 for the Scotland vs. England match of 1937 at Hampden Park is a European record.

Rank	Attendance	Date	Stadium	Opponent	Competition	Score[note 5]
1	149,415[note 6]	17 April 1937	Hampden Park	England	BHC	3–1
2	149,269	15 April 1939	Hampden Park	England	BHC	1–2
3	137,438	25 April 1970	Hampden Park	England	BHC	0–0
4	135,376	10 April 1948	Hampden Park	England	BHC	0–2
5	134,544	3 April 1954	Hampden Park	England	BHC / WCQG3	2–4
6	134,504	5 April 1952	Hampden Park	England	BHC	1–2
7	134,170	1 April 1933	Hampden Park	England	BHC	2–1
8	134,000	24 February 1968	Hampden Park	England	BHC / ECQG8	1–1
9	133,300	15 April 1950	Hampden Park	England	BHC	0–1
10	133,245	11 April 1964	Hampden Park	England	BHC	1–0

European football

The attendance of 136,505 for the 1969–70 European Cup semi-final second leg between Celtic and Leeds United played at Hampden Park is the highest ever for a UEFA competition match.^[2]

See also

• List of football stadiums in Scotland
• Record home attendances of English football clubs

Notes

1. Newspaper reports at the time indicate that the officially returned attendance was given as 83,500, with an estimated further 10,000 supporters locked out of the ground for safety reasons. However, the ground's capacity was gauged at the time as being around 88,000 and several subsequent sources (including the club's official website) have since revised the attendance up to 92,000.
2. Bayview Park refers to the old East Fife stadium, in use prior to 1998, rather than the current Bayview Stadium.
3. Inverness' record attendance of 9,530 set on 26 October 2004 was set at Pittodrie Stadium, where the club was ground-sharing with Aberdeen.
4. Gretna's record attendance of 6,137 set on 16 January 2008 was set at Fir Park, where the club was ground-sharing with Motherwell.
5. Scotland's score is shown first.
6. Some sources list the attendance as 149,547

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