Notes Sports teams, clubs, events and venues in Edinburg­h and Glasgow 781 Words / ~2½ pages Author Viktor M. in Nov. 2011

Sports teams, clubs, events and venues in Edinburgh and Glasgow

I am going to tell you in which different sports the cities are represented.

This involves the sports teams, clubs, events and the most important

venues of the cities.

Edinburgh: The multisided city of sports

There are two important football clubs in Edinburgh, playing in the Scottish

Premier League. The first is the Hibernian FC, it was founded in 1875, its stadium is

the Easter Road and their biggest rival is also the second football club of Edinburgh,

the Heart of Midlothian FC, also known as the Hearts FC, which was founded in

1874, consequently it is the oldest football club of Edinburgh because of a one year

difference. Its stadium is the Tynecastle stadium. The Edinburgh Capitals are an Ice

Hockey club, which is the follower club of the Murrayfield Racers team. Since the

season 2005/2006 the club has been a member of the Elite Ice Hockey League. They

play at the Murrayfield Ice Rink.

 Really close to this ice stadium you can find the

national rugby Murrayfield Stadium. And there are also a lot of Rugby clubs in

Edinburgh, the Edinburgh Rugby, is the most important. The club plays in the

Magners League, the most professional rugby league. Further nameable

Glaswegian rugby clubs are the Boroughmuir RFC, the Currie RFC and the Heriot's

RFC. A traditional golf club which has to be listed is the Honourable Company of

Edinburgh Golfers. This club got its beginnings in 1744 and is located in Muirfield,

East Lothian nowadays. There is still a further historic sports club to be named, the

Grange Club, founded in 1832. It involves five further clubs: Tennis, Men's Hockey,

Ladies Hockey, Squash and Cricket. To finish this section there is one last important

event left. Since 2003 Edinburgh has hosted the Edinburgh Marathon. It is the

second largest marathon in Britain and it attracts masses of people.

Glasgow: The multifaceted city of sports

Now I will go on with the most important sports teams, clubs, events and venues of

Glasgow. The main importance of sports in Glasgow is based on the Old Firm

between the Catholic football club Celtic Glasgow and the Protestant football club

Glasgow Rangers, like I already mentioned referring to the social situation. The Celtic

Glasgow exists since 1887 and its stadium is the Celtic Park. The Glasgow Rangers

were founded in 1872 and the club plays in the Ibrox Stadium. Both clubs are

registered in the Scottish Premier League. Two more Glaswegian football clubs are

worth to be listed. One of these is a further professional club, the Partick Thistle FC,

founded in 1876, they play in the Firhill Stadium and are registered in the First

Division. A further football club, is an amateur club playing in the third division, the

Queen's Park FC. It was founded in 1867 and its stadium is the Hampden Park, the

Scottish national stadium. The most important Glaswegian rugby club are the

Glasgow Warriors, which play in the Magners League. The Glasgow Hawks, the

Glasgow Hutchesons' Aloysians, the West of Scotland and the Hillhead Jordanhill are

further rugby clubs of Glasgow, which play in the amateur class. The only

professional Scottish basketball team are the Glasgow Rocks. The club was founded

in Edinburgh in 1998 and it moved to Glasgow in 2002. The games take place in the

Kelvin Hall. Moreover the Glasgow Tigers are a Glaswegian motorcycle speedway

team, which exists since 1946 with this nickname, but there has been speedway in

Glasgow since 1928. The Glasgow Tigers currently ride at Ashfield. Very interesting

is also the Boat Club, one of the oldest sporting clubs of the University of Glasgow.

Rowing, especially on the River Clyde is a really traditional sport in Glasgow and it

was the main important sport for the public, before the interest for football increased.

Two major international sporting arenas should be named, the Kelvin Hall and the

Scotstoun Sports Centre. In 2003 Glasgow was given the title of European Capital

of Sport. A very special sport event is going to take place in Glasgow in 2014, the

Commonwealth Games. It is an event with 17 different sports, which makes it really

multifaceted. It involves combatant sports, ball games, athletics, aquatics and a lot of

other special sports.

 

Comparison of sports teams, clubs, events and venues

A lot of different kinds of sports are represented and the public prefers football in

both cities. There are a lot of professional clubs in Edinburgh and in Glasgow. There

are also a lot of stadiums in both cities, which are multi-faceted, so all kinds of sports

are practised. Next to the obvious popular sports like football and rugby, there are

also traditional sports like golf, especially in Edinburgh, or rowing, especially in

Glasgow.