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Hibernian Ground Name: Easter Road Capacity: 17,500 (all seated) Address: 12 Albion Place, Edinburgh, EH7 5QG Telephone No: 0131 661 2159 Fax No: 0131 659 6488 Ticket Office: 0131 661 1875 Pitch Size: 112 x 74 yards Club Nickname: The Hibees Year Ground Opened: 1893 Undersoil Heating: Yes Shirt Sponsors: Whyte & Mackay Kit Manufacturers: Le Coq Sportif Home Kit Colours: Green & White Away Kit Colours: All Black Official Web Site: www.hibs.org.uk Unofficial Web Sites: Hibees Bounce Mass Hibsteria London Hibs Hibernian Mad (Footy Mad Network) |
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| What's The Ground
Like? The South Stand (photo) What Is It Like For Visiting Supporters? Where To Drink? West Stand (photo) How To Get There By Car & Where To Park By Train Layout Of The Ground Local Rivals Admission Prices Programme & Fanzine Fixtures 2008-2009 Record & Average Attendance Hotel Accommodation Feedback Return To The Main Menu |
| What's The Ground Like? |
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The ground has improved dramatically with three new stands being built at Easter Road over recent years. The latest addition is the new West Stand which was opened at the beginning of the 2001-2002 season. This is a particularly impressive two tiered stand, which is now the largest stand at the ground. Its upper tier is much steeper than the lower, with a gap between housing corporate hospitality facilities. This stand is located at one side of the pitch, is unusual in having a large perspex strip in the upper tier, just below the roof, that allows more light into the ground. Both ends are relatively new and virtually identical to one another. Each are two tiered and look unusual as a small corner of the top tier slopes away at an angle rather than being the normal rectangular shape. The East Stand at one side of the pitch, is a former terrace that has now been made all seated. This is the last of the older stands to remain at the ground and has a fair few supporting pillars. It also has a number of floodlight pylons protruding from its roof. |
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| What Is It Like For Visiting Supporters? |
| Away fans are normally housed in the lower
tier of the South Stand at one end. However if demand requires it then the
whole of the South Stand can be given to away supporters. Usually a good day out, that is both enjoyable and hassle free. Peter Llewellyn adds 'On my last visit in May I was reminded of how near Easter Road is to the sea. It was a hot day when I set out and most fans were wearing just a shirt. A sea mist came down during the first half and obscured the top of Arthur�s Seat which can be seen clearly in one of the corners. By the second half mists were swirling round the ground and Arthur�s Seat had disappeared. The temperature went from about 25C to about 6 or 7C and it was freezing. I didn�t get completely warm until stopping for a bite to eat at Biggar on the way home!' |
| Where To Drink? |
| Jim Adie, informs me; 'There are numerous pubs on Easter Road itself most of which are pretty friendly for away fans other than Aberdeen. The "Four in Hand" and "Middletons" are particularly recommended'. Ian McKenzie adds; 'away fans (apart from the local rival clubs) should also be okay in the 'Cabbage N Ribs', also on Easter Road'. |
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| How To Get There By Car & Where To Park |
| Not the
easiest of grounds to find as it is located in the North East part of
Edinburgh, the other side of the city centre to the way that most people
approach the city from the M8. From The M8: At the end of the M8, follow signs for the City Centre. Upon reaching the City Centre follow signs for Leith (A900). Continue towards Leith on the A900 and at the junction with the B1350, turn right onto London Road (B1350). It is then the fourth left at the crossroads, onto Easter Road and then the fourth right into Albion Road for the ground. From The South: (and avoiding the City Centre) Follow the A1 into Edinburgh. Turn right onto the B1350 London Road and then right at the crossroads into Easter Road. Take the fourth right into Albion Road for the ground. Street parking. For a map showing the location of the ground click here (to take you to the Street Map website). |
| By Train |
| The ground is around a twenty minute walk
away from
Edinburgh Waverley station. Exit the station via the Waverley Steps on to
Prince's Street. Cross the Road and head for Leith Walk which is about 200
yards diagonally opposite from the exit to the station. Go straight down
Leith Walk for about a quarter mile and turn right along London Road. Walk
a further half mile to the top of Easter Road on your left. The Stadium is
about 300 yards down Easter Road on your right hand side. Thanks to Jim Adie for providing the train station information. |
| Ground Layout |
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| Local Rivals |
| Heart Of Midlothian. |
| Admission Prices |
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Admission prices vary in
accordance with the category of the match. Category A prices are shown
here with category B prices in brackets. |
| Programme & Fanzine |
| Official Programme �2. Mass Hibsteria Fanzine �1. |
| Fixtures 2008-2009 |
| For the fixture list click here (to take you to the BBC Sports Website). |
| Record & Average Attendance |
| Record Attendance: 65,860 v Heart Of Midlothian, 1950. Average Attendance: 2007-2008: 13,884 (Premier League) 2006-2007: 14.587 (Premier League) 2005-2006: 13,567 (Premier League) |
| Hotel Accommodation |
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