24 Facts About Ibrox Stadium

Ibrox Stadium is a football stadium on the south side of the River Clyde in the Ibrox area of Glasgow, Scotland.

The home of Rangers FC, Ibrox is the third largest football stadium in Scotland, with an all-seated capacity of 50,817.

Ibrox Stadium hosted the Scotland national football team when Hampden Park was redeveloped in the 1990s, and three Scottish cup finals in the same period, and has been a concert venue.

The first Ibrox Stadium Park was a success in the short term, as three Scotland international matches and the 1890 Scottish Cup Final were played at the ground.

Ibrox Stadium designed an expansion of Ibrox to a 63,000 capacity by 1910, using slopes made of earth.

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Ibrox Stadium Park had the worst fan safety record in Britain before its complete redesign and renaming in 1997.

New Ibrox Stadium had a capacity of 44,000 and was opened with an Old Firm game played on 19 September 1981.

Greater success on the pitch meant that Ibrox demonstrated that seated stadiums would be welcomed by most fans, if designed and fitted well.

Ibrox Stadium pitch is surrounded by four covered all-seater stands, officially known as the Bill Struth Main, Broomloan Road, Sandy Jardine and Copland Road Stands.

Ibrox Stadium is seen as being an intimidating ground for visiting supporters.

Rangers banned Celtic fans in 1994 from attending games at Ibrox Stadium, citing the damage caused to the Broomloan Stand by the visitors in previous derbies.

Since the redevelopments to Celtic Park and Hampden Park were completed in the late 1990s, Ibrox has had the smallest capacity of the three major stadiums in Glasgow.

Ibrox Stadium has been a home venue for the Scotland national football team 18 times, the third most of any ground.

The first Ibrox Stadium Park hosted three internationals, giving an overall Ibrox Stadium total of 21.

Ibrox Stadium hosted several internationals during the 1990s, particularly during two phases of redevelopment works at Hampden.

Ibrox Stadium hosted four Scotland games in the first phase, starting with a 1994 World Cup qualifier against Portugal in October 1992.

Ibrox Stadium was on the approved UEFA list to host major European finals in the 1990s, but it lost out in a bid to host the 1996 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final because a convention threatened a shortage of hotel rooms in Glasgow.

Ibrox Stadium continued to hold the top UEFA rating, but the Scottish Football Association instead proposed Hampden as a venue for European finals during the 2000s.

Ibrox Stadium's speech was broadcast live to the nation and throughout the Empire on the morning of 3 May 1938.

Ibrox Stadium has been used for athletics competitions, Empire Games, and concerts, including performances by Simple Minds, Frank Sinatra, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Billy Joel, Bon Jovi and Harry Styles.

In 1980, Ibrox Stadium hosted a world championship boxing match between Jim Watt and Howard Davis.

Ibrox Stadium hosted the rugby sevens event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, won by South Africa.

Ibrox Stadium hosted the 1983 Centenary Celebrations of The Boys' Brigade.

Ibrox Stadium sits near to the M8 motorway, with junction 23 being the closest exit, but the roads around Ibrox Stadium become congested on matchdays.