Balmoor Stadium

Balmoor Stadium

View of the East Stand at Balmoor
Balmoor Stadium Location within Aberdeenshire
Location	Peterhead, Scotland
Coordinates	57°30′42″N 1°47′45″W
Owner	Peterhead F.C.
Capacity	3,150[1] (1,000 seated)
Record attendance	4,855 (vs Rangers, 20 January 2013)
Field size	105 × 70 yards
Surface	Grass
Opened	1997
Tenants
Peterhead F.C.

Balmoor (also known as Balmoor Stadium) is an association football ground in the Scottish town of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. It is home to Peterhead. The stadium has a capacity of 3,150^[1] spectators, of which 1,000 can be seated.^[2]

The ground was opened in 1997, after Peterhead's old Recreation Park ground was sold off to supermarket company Safeway.^[3] The standard of the facilities at Balmoor was one of the main reasons why Peterhead were elected to the Scottish Football League in 2000,^[3] along with Elgin City.

The record attendance at Balmoor is 4,855, for a Scottish Football League Third Division match against Rangers on 20 January 2013.^[4] This broke the previous record crowd of 4,505.^[5]

The nearest railway station to Balmoor is Aberdeen railway station, which is 32 miles (51 km) away.^[3] This is the greatest distance between a senior league football ground and its nearest railway station in Great Britain.^[3] Balmoor is located on the A982 road, just north of Peterhead town centre.^[3]

References

1. "Peterhead Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
2. "Rangers: Life in Scottish Division Three beckons". Retrieved 20 January 2013.
3. "Peterhead". Scottish Ground Guide. Duncan Adams. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
4. "Peterhead 0-1 Rangers". Rangers FC. 20 January 2013. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
5. "You Did us Proud". buchanobserver. 12 January 2012.