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Ibrox Stadium, originally Ibrox Park, is a football stadium located on the south side of the River...
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Ibrox Stadium, originally Ibrox Park, is a football stadium located on the south side of the River Clyde, on Edmiston Drive in the Ibrox district of Glasgow. It is the home ground of Scottish Premier League club Rangers F.C.
Ibrox is one of the oldest and largest stadia in the United Kingdom, the site of two major disasters and one of the first wave of all-seater football grounds in Britain. Its architectural importance was recognised in 1987 with the designation of its South Stand, now named the Bill Struth Main Stand, as a Category B listed building. It held UEFA five-star stadium status, which has been replaced by a new system of classification.
A record crowd of 118,567 gathered in January 1939 for a league match with Celtic. This remains the record attendance for a league match in Britain.
Ibrox comprises four stands, all designed using the 'goalpost' structure, in which a large portal frame supports perpendicular beams on which roof cladding is secured. The Copland stand, at the east end of the stadium, was completed in 1979 and originally accommodated 7,500 spectators (later increased to around 8,000). It is traditionally the 'Rangers end' of the ground, and the team
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