East of Scotland Football League - Stadia

Stadia

Attendances in the EoSFL are not particularly high as clubs in the Edinburgh area must compete with a number of SFL and SPL clubs and in the Borders area the sport of Rugby Union is more popular. Crowds vary from in the hundreds at Gretna, Spartans and Preston, to handfuls at Eyemouth or Easthouses. Generally, the majority of clubs attract a few dozen fans to each match.

The following clubs have seated stands and floodlights at their stadiums: Berwick Rangers Reserves, Edinburgh City, Preston Athletic, Gala Fairydean, Hawick Royal Albert, Gretna FC 2008, Spartans, and Peebles (although Peebles lack floodlights).

The following clubs have floodlights only: Edinburgh University (depending what pitch is in use), Lothian Thistle, Heriot-Watt University. Selkirk is believed to be considering fitting floodlights in the next season or two.

Champions Spartans have the newest stadium in the EoSFL, playing there for the first time in season 2009-10. Ainslie Park has a capacity of 4,000, including 504 seats. It has floodlights too. Ainslie Park also has a full size and floodlit artificial training pitch.

Ormiston, Vale of Leithen and Whitehill Welfare have covered standing provision.

The largest stadium in the EoSFL is Meadowbank Stadium, home of Edinburgh City, with a capacity of between 16,000 and 17,000 all seated, an electronic scoreboard, floodlights and various other facilities. The running track, however, means spectators are a long way from the pitch. Most cup finals tend to be played at Whitehill Welfare, Preston Athletic or Heriot-Watt University, or very occasionally at Heart of Midlothian or Hibernian's grounds.

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