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Firhill Stadium is the home ground of the Scottish association football club, Partick Thistle F.C.

In December 2005 Firhill also became the temporary home of Glasgow’s professional Rugby Union team, Glasgow Warriors, when they moved from their previous base at Hughenden. The Glasgow Warriors will take up a two-year residency at Firhill from the start of the 2007-08 Magners League season.

The current capacity of the ground is 10887 and is all seated. There are 3 stands, of which 2 are usually used on matchdays.

Located on Firhill Road in the Maryhill district of Glasgow, the record attendance for a Thistle game was against Rangers F.C. in 1922 when 49,838 people attended. The record attendance at the ground for a football game though was for a Scotland-Ireland game when around 55,000 people attended.

The ground currently comprises three seated stands, with an unused area at the south end.

The main stand, running along one side of the ground, is the oldest of the stands. It was built with an original capacity of 6,000, but now holds somewhere closer in the region of 2,900 seats. There is a small enclosure of terracing at the front of the main stand. In January 2006, the club

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