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Kilbowie Park, also known as New Kilbowie Park, was a football stadium in Clydebank, Scotland. It...

Kilbowie Park, also known as New Kilbowie Park, was a football stadium in Clydebank, Scotland. It was the home ground of Clydebank F.C.. The old ground was formerly the home of Clydebank Juniors before Clydebank F.C. gained senior status in 1966. The final game there was the testimonial match of all time top scorer Ken Eadie, with Rangers the visitors. The record crowd at Kilbowie was 14,900 for the visit of Hibernian. New Kilbowie Park was one of the first all-seater stadia in Britain, its capacity of 9,900 due mostly to wooden bench seating, and a covered plastic-seated stand which was funded on the back of star player Davie Cooper's £100,000 transfer to Rangers in 1977. The stadium was also unique in that most of its 'home' goal end was occupied by offices and the social club, "The Bankies Club". Clydebank F.C. played its last competitive game against Hamilton Academical in 1996 (1-3), and hosted the last ever game that summer for club legend Ken Eadie's testimonial against Rangers (2-3). The ground was sold by club owners, the Steedman family, and the club endured several groundshares at Morton F.C.'s Cappielow, and Dumbarton F.C.'s Boghead grounds. Land was purchased on Great