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Easter Road

Easter Road is a football stadium located in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland, which is the home ground of Scottish Premiership club Hibernian (Hibs). The stadium currently has an all-seated capacity of 20,421,[4][5] which makes it the fifth-largest football stadium in Scotland. Easter Road is also known by Hibs fans as "The Holy Ground" or "The Leith San Siro".[1][2] The venue has also been used to stage international matches, Scottish League Cup semi-finals and was briefly the home ground of the Edinburgh professional rugby union team.

Easter Road Stadium
The Leith San Siro[1]
The Holy Ground[2]
Easter Road Stadium
Location in Edinburgh
Location12 Albion Place
Edinburgh
EH7 5QG[3]
Coordinates55°57′42″N 3°9′56″W / 55.96167°N 3.16556°W / 55.96167; -3.16556Coordinates: 55°57′42″N 3°9′56″W / 55.96167°N 3.16556°W / 55.96167; -3.16556
OwnerHibernian F.C.
Capacity20,421[4][5]
Record attendance65,860 v Hearts
2 January 1950
SurfaceNatural grass
Construction
Broke ground1892
Opened1893
Renovated2010
ArchitectPercy Johnson-Marshall (Famous Five and South Stands)[6]
Tenants
Hibernian F.C.
Edinburgh Rugby
1893–present
1998–1999

Hibs first played at the present site of Easter Road in 1893. The ground holds the record attendance for a Scottish match outside Glasgow, when 65,860 attended an Edinburgh derby on 2 January 1950.[7] The size of the terracing was greatly reduced in the 1980s. After the publication of the Taylor Report, Hibs considered leaving Easter Road and moving to a different site (Straiton, near Loanhead was mooted), but these plans were abandoned in 1994. Redevelopment of the stadium began in 1995 and was completed in 2010. The Easter Road pitch had a pronounced slope until it was removed in 2000.[8]

History

Early history (1893–1945)

Hibernian played its first match on the Meadows, on 25 December 1875.[9] The club first moved to the Easter Road area in 1880,[10] to a ground known as Hibernian Park.[11] This location had the advantage of being equidistant between their two main sources of support, the Irish immigrant communities in the port of Leith and the Old Town of Edinburgh.[12] When Hibs suffered financial difficulties in the early 1890s, the lease on Hibernian Park expired and developers started building what would become Bothwell Street.[10] The club was reformed in 1892 and a lease on a piece of land called Drum Park was secured.[1] The site had restricted access from Easter Road, a pronounced slope and was in close proximity to Bank Park, the home of Leith Athletic.[1][13] There was a sense of continuity from the previous ground, however, and the supporters were keen to get started again.[1] The first match at Easter Road was played on 4 February 1893, a friendly against Clyde.[14]

 
Easter Road in the 1950s.

Easter Road staged its first Scottish League match when Hibs joined the league in 1893.[15] Hibs were only renting Easter Road, which Edinburgh city planners had designated for future development.[16] This meant the club were unwilling to develop the ground and looked for alternatives.[16] Hibs considered relocating to Aberdeen in 1902,[10] a year before Aberdeen FC was formed by a merger of three local clubs.[13] In 1909, work began on a potential new ground in the Piershill area of Edinburgh, but the North British Railway company won a court order allowing them to build a railway line over the ground.[10][13] No line was ever built, but Hibs' interest in moving to the site was thwarted.[10] The long-term future of Easter Road was only secured in 1922, when the club agreed a 25-year lease on the ground.[10][16] Two years later, three banks of terraces were raised, while a main stand seating 4,480 people was built on the west side of the ground.[10] The redeveloped stadium had a capacity of 45,000.[16] The pitch was also moved 40 yards to the east, providing space for the main stand.[13] The slope was reduced to approximately 6 feet as part of this work.[13]

Post-war (1945–1991)

Hibs enjoyed great success in the period immediately after the end of the Second World War,[10] winning three league championships between 1948 and 1952. The club's participation in the (inaugural) 1955–56 European Cup meant that Easter Road became the first British ground to host European Cup football.[17] A record attendance of 65,860 was set by an Edinburgh derby against Hearts played on 2 January 1950.[18][19][20] This is also a record for any football match played in Edinburgh.[18][19] As the fans had been tightly packed on the terraces to achieve this record attendance, the size of the East Terrace was increased further.[10] The club even drew up plans to expand the overall capacity to nearly 100,000.[20] This would have been done by raising each end terrace to the same height as the east side, but these plans were never realised.[16]

Hibs were one of the first clubs to install corner floodlight pylons, rather than the roof-mounted lights used at Ibrox.[10] The Easter Road floodlights were installed by a local company, Miller & Stables, who would construct similar leaning gantries in many other Scottish grounds.[10] They were first used for an Edinburgh derby played on 18 October 1954.[10] A roof was put over the North Terrace in the early 1960s, but the ground was largely unchanged through the 1960s and 1970s.[10] The capacity was reduced in 1975 to 30,000, due to the regulations of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act.[16] Hibs became the first club in Scotland to install undersoil heating, in 1980.[10] Benches were installed in the North Terrace in 1982, but this was only because they were cheaper than replacing the terrace crush barriers.[10][16] Soon afterwards, Hibs chairman Kenny Waugh admitted that the stadium was a "mess".[21]

 
The East Stand, which was built in this form in 1985 and demolished in March 2010.

The height of the East Terrace was greatly reduced and a roof was erected in the mid-1980s.[10][21] This work reduced the capacity to 27,000.[21] Hibs was taken over by a consortium led by David Duff in 1987.[10] The new regime spent approximately £1 million on executive boxes and refurbishments, but their policy of diversifying the business into property and public houses crippled the club financially when there was an economic downturn in the late 1980s.[10] Hearts chairman Wallace Mercer attempted a takeover of Hibs in June 1990, with the intention of merging the two major Edinburgh football clubs.[10] The Hibs fans protested against this and Mercer was prevented from gaining the 75% shareholding that was needed to close Hibs.[10]

Redevelopment (1991–2010)

Sir Tom Farmer took control of Hibs in 1991,[22] but the club was still faced with the need to develop a stadium that would meet the requirements of the Taylor Report.[10] Hibs entered talks with Edinburgh District Council about sharing a new stadium with Hearts, but the proposed site of Ingliston was in the wrong part of the city for Hibs.[10] The club was more interested in the possibility of playing at Meadowbank Stadium, only a few hundred yards from Easter Road, but there were planning difficulties with adapting Meadowbank into a large football stadium.[6] The reorganisation of the club after Farmer took control meant that there was no real pressure to move, as he also owned Easter Road.[6] The Hibs board made an assessment, however, that the ground could not be renovated in a cost-effective fashion before the August 1994 deadline set by the Taylor Report.[6] Hibs proposed in January 1992 to sell Easter Road and move to a site owned by Farmer in Straiton.[23] Hibs also invited Hearts to share this stadium, as their proposal for a site in Millerhill had been rejected by planners.[6] Those plans were scaled down in 1993 when Lothian Regional Council refused to allow the rest of the Straiton site to be used for commercial development.[6] The Hibs board continued to back the Straiton proposal and they insisted the installation of bucket seats in the uncovered South Terrace was merely to comply with the Taylor Report deadline.[6] This measure also reduced the capacity of Easter Road to 13,500.[6]

 
The West Stand, constructed in 2001.

Later in 1994, however, the Straiton proposals were abandoned and Easter Road underwent major redevelopment in 1995.[6][23] Stands behind each goal were built at a cost of £8 million, increasing the capacity to 16,531.[7][22][24] The ground was made all seated by the installation of bucket seats in the East Terrace during 1995.[7][21] Views of the pitch from this stand were somewhat restricted by supporting pillars.[7] The Easter Road slope, which meant that the north end of the pitch was 6 feet lower than the south, was removed at the end of the 1999–00 season.[13][8][25] The West Stand was built in 2001 to replace the ageing main stand,[21] increasing capacity to 17,500.[26]

Despite this development work, a move to a shared stadium in Straiton was again proposed in 2003.[27] Hibs hoped that selling the Easter Road site would allow them to clear their debts and reduce costs.[27] Club director Rod Petrie commented that any decision would be based on financial grounds and after consultation with the fanbase, as the club were not being forced to move.[23] Farmer expressed support for further redeveloping Easter Road, if it could be part of a viable business plan.[28] During the consultation, Farmer said that his main priority was ensuring the club's survival and denied that any deal had been concluded.[29] The consultation found that the fans were largely opposed to the Straiton proposal, which the club eventually abandoned.[30] To remove part of the debt, the club sold some land to the east of the stadium that had previously been used for car parking.[31][32] Selling players, including Steven Whittaker, Scott Brown, Kevin Thomson and Steven Fletcher, also funded these debts and further work.[33]

The club first obtained planning permission to replace the East Stand in 1999, and this was renewed in 2005.[7] Hibs started a consultation with supporters on its redevelopment in 2007.[7] The development was put on hold until sufficient cash resources were obtained to finance the project.[34] The consultation process found that a single tier stand would be most popular with the fans.[21] Petrie announced at the 2009 annual general meeting that the club would enter negotiations with contractors to establish the cost of rebuilding the stand.[35] After these negotiations were concluded, Hibs announced in February 2010 that work would immediately begin on a new East Stand, increasing capacity to 20,421.[4] Demolition of the old stand began in early March,[36] and the stand was opened a month ahead of schedule in August 2010.[20][33][37]

Large video screens were installed into the corners between the East Stand and the two end stands in 2021.[38]

Structure and facilities

 
The new East Stand, opened in August 2010.

Easter Road is an all-seated stadium, split into four geographic sections, known as the Famous Five (formerly North),[21] East, South and West stands. The Famous Five and South stands are the oldest part of the present stadium, built in 1995.[6] Each stand has two tiers, a cantilevered roof and a capacity of nearly 4,000.[24] To keep within the boundaries of the site, the upper deck of each stand angles toward the centre.[24] When the stands were built, the Famous Five Stand was above pitch level and the South Stand was below, but this was corrected when the natural slope was removed.[24] Each stand also stretched beyond the east touchline, which was corrected by widening the pitch when the East Stand was rebuilt.[24] Between the two tiers of the Famous Five Stand there are function suites and lounges.[21][24] Before the stands were rebuilt in the 1990s, the north and south ends of Easter Road were known as the Cowshed and Dunbar End respectively.[21] The southern end was called the Dunbar End because there was a lemonade factory named Dunbar's located behind it.[39]

The West Stand, which initially had a capacity of 6,500, was built in 2001.[21][40] A reception area, club offices, media centre, banqueting suites, hospitality area and changing rooms are located in the West Stand.[21][40] The capacity of the West Stand was reduced slightly when the new East Stand was constructed in 2010, as the pitch was widened during this development.[41] The East Stand, which is the newest part of the stadium, was built in 2010.[37][42] It is the only stand that is not split into two tiers and has a capacity of 6,400.[4] The decision to build the East Stand as a single tier was taken to maintain the character of the old terrace, which had been a simple viewing area without many facilities.[43]

Other uses

Other football matches

 
The exterior of Easter Road

Kirkcaldy club Raith Rovers used Easter Road as a home venue once, for the home leg of a UEFA Cup tie against Bayern Munich in 1995.[44] The match was moved from Rovers' normal home ground of Stark's Park due to Easter Road's greater capacity.[45] Easter Road has sometimes played host to Scottish League Cup semi-final matches, such as in the 1996, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013 and 2014 competitions.[46][47][48][49][50] Team managers Terry Butcher and Gus MacPherson objected to playing semi-finals at Easter Road, on the grounds that their players should have the chance to play at Hampden Park, or that playing against Hearts in Edinburgh gives them a form of home advantage.[48][51] The 2014 Scottish Challenge Cup Final between Raith Rovers and Rangers was hosted at Easter Road.[52]

Scotland have played seven full international matches at Easter Road. These have been friendly matches against less attractive opposition where a relatively small crowd was expected, and it has therefore been unnecessary to play the match at Hampden Park. The Scotland under-21 team has also sometimes played matches at Easter Road, such as when Scotland played Iceland in the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification play-offs.[53] The most recent full international played at the stadium was a friendly match between Scotland and Canada in March 2017. One full international was played at Easter Road that did not involve Scotland, a friendly match between South Korea and Ghana that was played in advance of the 2006 World Cup.[54]

Scotland women played their first match at Easter Road in August 2019, a Euro 2021 qualifying match against Cyprus.[55]

Full internationals

Eight men's full international football matches have been played at Easter Road, all of them since 1998.

22 April 1998 Friendly Scotland   1–1   Finland Edinburgh
Jackson   16' Report   10' Johansson Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 14,315
Referee: Herman van Dijk (Netherlands)
15 October 2002 Friendly Scotland   3–1   Canada Edinburgh
Crawford   11', 73'
Thompson   49'
Report   9' (pen.) De Rosario Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 16,207
Referee: Luc Huyghe (Belgium)
30 May 2004 Friendly Scotland   4–1   Trinidad and Tobago Edinburgh
Fletcher   6'
Holt   12'
Caldwell   23'
Quashie   35'
Report   55' John Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 16,187
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
17 November 2004 Friendly Scotland   1–4   Sweden Edinburgh
McFadden   77' (pen.) Report   27', 49' Allbäck
  72' Elmander
  73' Berglund
Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 15,071
Referee: Jaroslav Jara (Czech Republic)
4 June 2006 Friendly[54] South Korea   1–3   Ghana Edinburgh
Lee   49' Report   35' (pen.) Gyan
  62' Muntari
  81' Essien
Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 7,600
Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland)
15 August 2012 Friendly[56] Scotland   3–1   Australia Edinburgh
Rhodes   29'
Davidson   62' (own goal)
McCormack   75'
Report   17' Bresciano Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 11,110
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)
5 June 2015 Friendly[57] Scotland   1–0   Qatar Edinburgh
Ritchie   41' Report Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 14,270
Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)
22 March 2017 Friendly[58] Scotland   1–1   Canada Edinburgh
Naismith   35' Report   11' Aird Stadium: Easter Road
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

Easter Road hosted its first women's international match in August 2019.[55]

30 August 2019 Euro 2021 Q Scotland   8–0   Cyprus Edinburgh
Emslie   11'
Little   20', 40', 61', 83', 89'
Ross   52'
Weir   90+1'
Report Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 6,206
14 April 2020 Euro 2021 Q Scotland     Portugal Edinburgh
19:30 BST Stadium: Easter Road
22 September 2020 Euro 2021 Q Scotland     Finland Edinburgh
19:30 BST Stadium: Easter Road

Other sports

Easter Road was briefly the home ground for Edinburgh Rugby, a professional rugby union team, in the late 1990s.[59] Heineken Cup matches against Ebbw Vale and Toulouse were played at the ground during the 1998–99 season, with attendances of a few thousand.[59][60] Edinburgh again expressed interest in using Easter Road in both 2004 and 2006, but this was opposed by Hibs manager Tony Mowbray, who was concerned that playing rugby would damage the pitch.[60][61] The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) included Easter Road in a bid for Edinburgh to host the Heineken Cup and European Challenge Cup finals in 2014.[62] In June 2015, the SRU chief executive indicated that trial matches could be played at Easter Road with a view to Edinburgh Rugby moving there for a longer term.[63] It has since been announced that the team will move to Myreside from January 2017.[64]

One of the hospitality suites within the stadium staged an amateur boxing show on 15 November 2009.[65]

Uses other than sport

Elton John performed Easter Road's first rock concert on 25 June 2005.[66] The international headquarters of the Homeless World Cup is based in the South Stand of the stadium.[67]

Transport

Edinburgh Waverley railway station, the main station in Edinburgh, is approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the stadium; the walk between the two sites takes approximately 20 minutes.[3][68] There was a railway halt immediately beside the ground, part of the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway, which was opened in 1950 and closed in 1967.[69] An extension to the Edinburgh Trams system, which will serve the stadium via the McDonald Road tram stop on Leith Walk, is under construction and is due to begin operations in spring 2023.[70]

Easter Road is served by several Lothian Buses routes.[71] Services 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 22, 25 and 49 run down Leith Walk; services 1 and 300 run down Easter Road itself; services 4, 5, 15, 19, 26, 34 and 44 run along London Road and routes 34 and 49 serve Lochend Road.[71] Several of these routes are affected by the tram construction works.[72] East Coast Buses routes X5, X7, X24/124, 104 and 113 also serve the area.[73] Visitors to the ground travelling by car can park in the surrounding streets.[68]

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For the street after which the stadium is named see Easter Road street For other uses see Easter Road disambiguation Easter Road is a football stadium located in the Leith area of Edinburgh Scotland which is the home ground of Scottish Premiership club Hibernian Hibs The stadium currently has an all seated capacity of 20 421 4 5 which makes it the fifth largest football stadium in Scotland Easter Road is also known by Hibs fans as The Holy Ground or The Leith San Siro 1 2 The venue has also been used to stage international matches Scottish League Cup semi finals and was briefly the home ground of the Edinburgh professional rugby union team Easter Road StadiumThe Leith San Siro 1 The Holy Ground 2 Easter Road StadiumLocation in EdinburghLocation12 Albion PlaceEdinburghEH7 5QG 3 Coordinates55 57 42 N 3 9 56 W 55 96167 N 3 16556 W 55 96167 3 16556 Coordinates 55 57 42 N 3 9 56 W 55 96167 N 3 16556 W 55 96167 3 16556OwnerHibernian F C Capacity20 421 4 5 Record attendance65 860 v Hearts2 January 1950SurfaceNatural grassConstructionBroke ground1892Opened1893Renovated2010ArchitectPercy Johnson Marshall Famous Five and South Stands 6 TenantsHibernian F C Edinburgh Rugby1893 present1998 1999Hibs first played at the present site of Easter Road in 1893 The ground holds the record attendance for a Scottish match outside Glasgow when 65 860 attended an Edinburgh derby on 2 January 1950 7 The size of the terracing was greatly reduced in the 1980s After the publication of the Taylor Report Hibs considered leaving Easter Road and moving to a different site Straiton near Loanhead was mooted but these plans were abandoned in 1994 Redevelopment of the stadium began in 1995 and was completed in 2010 The Easter Road pitch had a pronounced slope until it was removed in 2000 8 Contents 1 History 1 1 Early history 1893 1945 1 2 Post war 1945 1991 1 3 Redevelopment 1991 2010 2 Structure and facilities 3 Other uses 3 1 Other football matches 3 1 1 Full internationals 3 2 Other sports 3 3 Uses other than sport 4 Transport 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditSee also History of Hibernian F C Early history 1893 1945 Edit Hibernian played its first match on the Meadows on 25 December 1875 9 The club first moved to the Easter Road area in 1880 10 to a ground known as Hibernian Park 11 This location had the advantage of being equidistant between their two main sources of support the Irish immigrant communities in the port of Leith and the Old Town of Edinburgh 12 When Hibs suffered financial difficulties in the early 1890s the lease on Hibernian Park expired and developers started building what would become Bothwell Street 10 The club was reformed in 1892 and a lease on a piece of land called Drum Park was secured 1 The site had restricted access from Easter Road a pronounced slope and was in close proximity to Bank Park the home of Leith Athletic 1 13 There was a sense of continuity from the previous ground however and the supporters were keen to get started again 1 The first match at Easter Road was played on 4 February 1893 a friendly against Clyde 14 Easter Road in the 1950s Easter Road staged its first Scottish League match when Hibs joined the league in 1893 15 Hibs were only renting Easter Road which Edinburgh city planners had designated for future development 16 This meant the club were unwilling to develop the ground and looked for alternatives 16 Hibs considered relocating to Aberdeen in 1902 10 a year before Aberdeen FC was formed by a merger of three local clubs 13 In 1909 work began on a potential new ground in the Piershill area of Edinburgh but the North British Railway company won a court order allowing them to build a railway line over the ground 10 13 No line was ever built but Hibs interest in moving to the site was thwarted 10 The long term future of Easter Road was only secured in 1922 when the club agreed a 25 year lease on the ground 10 16 Two years later three banks of terraces were raised while a main stand seating 4 480 people was built on the west side of the ground 10 The redeveloped stadium had a capacity of 45 000 16 The pitch was also moved 40 yards to the east providing space for the main stand 13 The slope was reduced to approximately 6 feet as part of this work 13 Post war 1945 1991 Edit Hibs enjoyed great success in the period immediately after the end of the Second World War 10 winning three league championships between 1948 and 1952 The club s participation in the inaugural 1955 56 European Cup meant that Easter Road became the first British ground to host European Cup football 17 A record attendance of 65 860 was set by an Edinburgh derby against Hearts played on 2 January 1950 18 19 20 This is also a record for any football match played in Edinburgh 18 19 As the fans had been tightly packed on the terraces to achieve this record attendance the size of the East Terrace was increased further 10 The club even drew up plans to expand the overall capacity to nearly 100 000 20 This would have been done by raising each end terrace to the same height as the east side but these plans were never realised 16 Hibs were one of the first clubs to install corner floodlight pylons rather than the roof mounted lights used at Ibrox 10 The Easter Road floodlights were installed by a local company Miller amp Stables who would construct similar leaning gantries in many other Scottish grounds 10 They were first used for an Edinburgh derby played on 18 October 1954 10 A roof was put over the North Terrace in the early 1960s but the ground was largely unchanged through the 1960s and 1970s 10 The capacity was reduced in 1975 to 30 000 due to the regulations of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 16 Hibs became the first club in Scotland to install undersoil heating in 1980 10 Benches were installed in the North Terrace in 1982 but this was only because they were cheaper than replacing the terrace crush barriers 10 16 Soon afterwards Hibs chairman Kenny Waugh admitted that the stadium was a mess 21 The East Stand which was built in this form in 1985 and demolished in March 2010 The height of the East Terrace was greatly reduced and a roof was erected in the mid 1980s 10 21 This work reduced the capacity to 27 000 21 Hibs was taken over by a consortium led by David Duff in 1987 10 The new regime spent approximately 1 million on executive boxes and refurbishments but their policy of diversifying the business into property and public houses crippled the club financially when there was an economic downturn in the late 1980s 10 Hearts chairman Wallace Mercer attempted a takeover of Hibs in June 1990 with the intention of merging the two major Edinburgh football clubs 10 The Hibs fans protested against this and Mercer was prevented from gaining the 75 shareholding that was needed to close Hibs 10 Redevelopment 1991 2010 Edit Sir Tom Farmer took control of Hibs in 1991 22 but the club was still faced with the need to develop a stadium that would meet the requirements of the Taylor Report 10 Hibs entered talks with Edinburgh District Council about sharing a new stadium with Hearts but the proposed site of Ingliston was in the wrong part of the city for Hibs 10 The club was more interested in the possibility of playing at Meadowbank Stadium only a few hundred yards from Easter Road but there were planning difficulties with adapting Meadowbank into a large football stadium 6 The reorganisation of the club after Farmer took control meant that there was no real pressure to move as he also owned Easter Road 6 The Hibs board made an assessment however that the ground could not be renovated in a cost effective fashion before the August 1994 deadline set by the Taylor Report 6 Hibs proposed in January 1992 to sell Easter Road and move to a site owned by Farmer in Straiton 23 Hibs also invited Hearts to share this stadium as their proposal for a site in Millerhill had been rejected by planners 6 Those plans were scaled down in 1993 when Lothian Regional Council refused to allow the rest of the Straiton site to be used for commercial development 6 The Hibs board continued to back the Straiton proposal and they insisted the installation of bucket seats in the uncovered South Terrace was merely to comply with the Taylor Report deadline 6 This measure also reduced the capacity of Easter Road to 13 500 6 The West Stand constructed in 2001 Later in 1994 however the Straiton proposals were abandoned and Easter Road underwent major redevelopment in 1995 6 23 Stands behind each goal were built at a cost of 8 million increasing the capacity to 16 531 7 22 24 The ground was made all seated by the installation of bucket seats in the East Terrace during 1995 7 21 Views of the pitch from this stand were somewhat restricted by supporting pillars 7 The Easter Road slope which meant that the north end of the pitch was 6 feet lower than the south was removed at the end of the 1999 00 season 13 8 25 The West Stand was built in 2001 to replace the ageing main stand 21 increasing capacity to 17 500 26 Despite this development work a move to a shared stadium in Straiton was again proposed in 2003 27 Hibs hoped that selling the Easter Road site would allow them to clear their debts and reduce costs 27 Club director Rod Petrie commented that any decision would be based on financial grounds and after consultation with the fanbase as the club were not being forced to move 23 Farmer expressed support for further redeveloping Easter Road if it could be part of a viable business plan 28 During the consultation Farmer said that his main priority was ensuring the club s survival and denied that any deal had been concluded 29 The consultation found that the fans were largely opposed to the Straiton proposal which the club eventually abandoned 30 To remove part of the debt the club sold some land to the east of the stadium that had previously been used for car parking 31 32 Selling players including Steven Whittaker Scott Brown Kevin Thomson and Steven Fletcher also funded these debts and further work 33 The club first obtained planning permission to replace the East Stand in 1999 and this was renewed in 2005 7 Hibs started a consultation with supporters on its redevelopment in 2007 7 The development was put on hold until sufficient cash resources were obtained to finance the project 34 The consultation process found that a single tier stand would be most popular with the fans 21 Petrie announced at the 2009 annual general meeting that the club would enter negotiations with contractors to establish the cost of rebuilding the stand 35 After these negotiations were concluded Hibs announced in February 2010 that work would immediately begin on a new East Stand increasing capacity to 20 421 4 Demolition of the old stand began in early March 36 and the stand was opened a month ahead of schedule in August 2010 20 33 37 Large video screens were installed into the corners between the East Stand and the two end stands in 2021 38 Structure and facilities Edit The new East Stand opened in August 2010 Easter Road is an all seated stadium split into four geographic sections known as the Famous Five formerly North 21 East South and West stands The Famous Five and South stands are the oldest part of the present stadium built in 1995 6 Each stand has two tiers a cantilevered roof and a capacity of nearly 4 000 24 To keep within the boundaries of the site the upper deck of each stand angles toward the centre 24 When the stands were built the Famous Five Stand was above pitch level and the South Stand was below but this was corrected when the natural slope was removed 24 Each stand also stretched beyond the east touchline which was corrected by widening the pitch when the East Stand was rebuilt 24 Between the two tiers of the Famous Five Stand there are function suites and lounges 21 24 Before the stands were rebuilt in the 1990s the north and south ends of Easter Road were known as the Cowshed and Dunbar End respectively 21 The southern end was called the Dunbar End because there was a lemonade factory named Dunbar s located behind it 39 The West Stand which initially had a capacity of 6 500 was built in 2001 21 40 A reception area club offices media centre banqueting suites hospitality area and changing rooms are located in the West Stand 21 40 The capacity of the West Stand was reduced slightly when the new East Stand was constructed in 2010 as the pitch was widened during this development 41 The East Stand which is the newest part of the stadium was built in 2010 37 42 It is the only stand that is not split into two tiers and has a capacity of 6 400 4 The decision to build the East Stand as a single tier was taken to maintain the character of the old terrace which had been a simple viewing area without many facilities 43 Other uses EditOther football matches Edit The exterior of Easter Road Kirkcaldy club Raith Rovers used Easter Road as a home venue once for the home leg of a UEFA Cup tie against Bayern Munich in 1995 44 The match was moved from Rovers normal home ground of Stark s Park due to Easter Road s greater capacity 45 Easter Road has sometimes played host to Scottish League Cup semi final matches such as in the 1996 1998 2004 2005 2006 2013 and 2014 competitions 46 47 48 49 50 Team managers Terry Butcher and Gus MacPherson objected to playing semi finals at Easter Road on the grounds that their players should have the chance to play at Hampden Park or that playing against Hearts in Edinburgh gives them a form of home advantage 48 51 The 2014 Scottish Challenge Cup Final between Raith Rovers and Rangers was hosted at Easter Road 52 Scotland have played seven full international matches at Easter Road These have been friendly matches against less attractive opposition where a relatively small crowd was expected and it has therefore been unnecessary to play the match at Hampden Park The Scotland under 21 team has also sometimes played matches at Easter Road such as when Scotland played Iceland in the 2011 UEFA European Under 21 Football Championship qualification play offs 53 The most recent full international played at the stadium was a friendly match between Scotland and Canada in March 2017 One full international was played at Easter Road that did not involve Scotland a friendly match between South Korea and Ghana that was played in advance of the 2006 World Cup 54 Scotland women played their first match at Easter Road in August 2019 a Euro 2021 qualifying match against Cyprus 55 Full internationals Edit See also Scotland national football team home stadium Eight men s full international football matches have been played at Easter Road all of them since 1998 Scotland v Finland 22 April 1998 FriendlyScotland 1 1 FinlandEdinburghJackson 16 Report 10 Johansson Stadium Easter Road Attendance 14 315Referee Herman van Dijk Netherlands Scotland v Canada 15 October 2002 FriendlyScotland 3 1 CanadaEdinburghCrawford 11 73 Thompson 49 Report 9 pen De Rosario Stadium Easter Road Attendance 16 207Referee Luc Huyghe Belgium Scotland v Trinidad and Tobago 30 May 2004 FriendlyScotland 4 1 Trinidad and TobagoEdinburghFletcher 6 Holt 12 Caldwell 23 Quashie 35 Report 55 John Stadium Easter Road Attendance 16 187Referee Pieter Vink Netherlands Scotland v Sweden 17 November 2004 FriendlyScotland 1 4 SwedenEdinburghMcFadden 77 pen Report 27 49 Allback 72 Elmander 73 Berglund Stadium Easter Road Attendance 15 071Referee Jaroslav Jara Czech Republic South Korea v Ghana 4 June 2006 Friendly 54 South Korea 1 3 GhanaEdinburghLee 49 Report 35 pen Gyan 62 Muntari 81 Essien Stadium Easter Road Attendance 7 600Referee Dougie McDonald Scotland Scotland v Australia 15 August 2012 Friendly 56 Scotland 3 1 AustraliaEdinburghRhodes 29 Davidson 62 own goal McCormack 75 Report 17 Bresciano Stadium Easter Road Attendance 11 110Referee Tom Harald Hagen Norway Scotland v Qatar 5 June 2015 Friendly 57 Scotland 1 0 QatarEdinburghRitchie 41 Report Stadium Easter Road Attendance 14 270Referee Sebastien Delferiere Belgium Scotland v Canada 22 March 2017 Friendly 58 Scotland 1 1 CanadaEdinburghNaismith 35 Report 11 Aird Stadium Easter Road Referee Jakob Kehlet Denmark Easter Road hosted its first women s international match in August 2019 55 Scotland v Cyprus 30 August 2019 Euro 2021 QScotland 8 0 CyprusEdinburghEmslie 11 Little 20 40 61 83 89 Ross 52 Weir 90 1 Report Stadium Easter Road Attendance 6 206 Scotland v Portugal 14 April 2020 Euro 2021 QScotland PortugalEdinburgh19 30 BST Stadium Easter Road Scotland v Finland 22 September 2020 Euro 2021 QScotland FinlandEdinburgh19 30 BST Stadium Easter Road Other sports Edit Easter Road was briefly the home ground for Edinburgh Rugby a professional rugby union team in the late 1990s 59 Heineken Cup matches against Ebbw Vale and Toulouse were played at the ground during the 1998 99 season with attendances of a few thousand 59 60 Edinburgh again expressed interest in using Easter Road in both 2004 and 2006 but this was opposed by Hibs manager Tony Mowbray who was concerned that playing rugby would damage the pitch 60 61 The Scottish Rugby Union SRU included Easter Road in a bid for Edinburgh to host the Heineken Cup and European Challenge Cup finals in 2014 62 In June 2015 the SRU chief executive indicated that trial matches could be played at Easter Road with a view to Edinburgh Rugby moving there for a longer term 63 It has since been announced that the team will move to Myreside from January 2017 64 One of the hospitality suites within the stadium staged an amateur boxing show on 15 November 2009 65 Uses other than sport Edit Elton John performed Easter Road s first rock concert on 25 June 2005 66 The international headquarters of the Homeless World Cup is based in the South Stand of the stadium 67 Transport EditEdinburgh Waverley railway station the main station in Edinburgh is approximately 1 5 miles 2 4 km from the stadium the walk between the two sites takes approximately 20 minutes 3 68 There was a railway halt immediately beside the ground part of the Edinburgh Leith and Newhaven Railway which was opened in 1950 and closed in 1967 69 An extension to the Edinburgh Trams system which will serve the stadium via the McDonald Road tram stop on Leith Walk is under construction and is due to begin operations in spring 2023 70 Easter Road is served by several Lothian Buses routes 71 Services 7 10 11 12 14 16 22 25 and 49 run down Leith Walk services 1 and 300 run down Easter Road itself services 4 5 15 19 26 34 and 44 run along London Road and routes 34 and 49 serve Lochend Road 71 Several of these routes are affected by the tram construction works 72 East Coast Buses routes X5 X7 X24 124 104 and 113 also serve the area 73 Visitors to the ground travelling by car can park in the surrounding streets 68 References Edit a b c d e Lugton 1999 p 199 a b Sparky in The Hibernian hibernianfc co uk Hibernian F C 24 September 2011 Retrieved 29 October 2011 Buzzing like a wasp and stinging like a diehard Hibee Leigh Griffiths has brought a gust of invigorating fresh air to the team s attack since joining the club on loan Having supported Hibernian from the stands as a boy and after playing for the team in green at junior level before spells with Livingston and Dundee Griffiths must have felt like he was coming home But his transition from Leith Academy to the Leith San Siro has not been a smooth ride although the Scotland under 21 striker says he is glad he got there in the end a b STADIUM DIRECTIONS hibernianfc co uk Hibernian FC Retrieved 21 April 2020 a b c d Hardie David 2 November 2010 Easter Road set for biggest crowd in 17 years as Hibs take on Hearts Edinburgh Evening News Johnston Press Retrieved 2 November 2010 a b Hibernian Football Club spfl co uk Scottish Professional Football League Retrieved 5 January 2014 a b c d e f g h i j Inglis 1996 p 451 a b c d e f Leslie Colin 23 February 2010 Fans favourite to make its last stand as sun sets on the East The Scotsman Johnston Press Retrieved 23 February 2010 a b Hibs bid farewell to slope BBC Sport BBC 29 April 2000 Retrieved 30 October 2011 Lugton 1999 p 26 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Inglis 1996 p 450 Lugton 1999 p 46 Lugton 1999 p 45 a b c d e f Robertson Rob 26 April 2000 Time up for slope graced by the best With Easter Road pitch due to be levelled Lawrie Reilly recalls when Hibs loved playing down the hill The Herald Herald amp Times Group Retrieved 1 January 2014 Lugton 1999 p 205 Lugton 1999 p 218 a b c d e f g Inglis 1987 p 340 Anderson Alex 26 July 2013 Should Scotland follow the Scandinavian model When Saturday Comes Archived from the original on 13 June 2018 Retrieved 23 June 2017 a b Halliday Stephen 28 July 2007 Magical Barca to cast spell before Hearts record crowd The Scotsman Johnston Press Retrieved 30 October 2011 a b Hearts heading for a home record BBC Sport BBC 27 July 2007 Retrieved 30 October 2011 a b c Hardie David 19 August 2010 Stand and watch march of progress at Hibs Edinburgh Evening News Johnston Press Retrieved 25 August 2010 a b c d e f g h i j k How Hibs ground Easter Road has evolved since Waugh sent in bulldozers in 1983 The Scotsman Johnston Press 23 February 2010 Retrieved 1 November 2011 a b Hibs reveal Farmer stake BBC Sport 30 July 2003 a b c Buckland Simon 22 June 2003 Sleeping with the enemy The Sunday Times Retrieved 15 March 2011 a b c d e f Inglis 1996 p 452 Hibs dig deep to put Easter Road on level Edinburgh Evening News Johnston Press 10 May 2000 Retrieved 30 October 2011 Capacity crowd to welcome Sauzee Daily Mirror 26 September 2001 Retrieved 30 October 2011 a b Capital groundshare plan BBC Sport BBC 16 June 2003 Retrieved 30 October 2011 Farmer backs Easter Road BBC Sport BBC 19 September 2003 Retrieved 15 March 2011 Hibs survival is my desire The Scotsman Johnston Press 19 September 2003 Retrieved 30 October 2011 Woods Natasha 2 November 2003 Straiton dead end unites the Hibs family Sunday Herald Herald amp Times Group Archived from the original on 10 June 2014 Retrieved 3 April 2012 Robertson Rob 2 December 2002 Cash from Hibs land sale will not be handed to Williamson The Herald Herald amp Times Group Retrieved 30 October 2011 Hibernian lose 1 9m but car park sale cuts debt to 10m Edinburgh Evening News Johnston Press 1 October 2004 Retrieved 30 October 2011 a b Murray Ewan 22 August 2010 Historic marker for Hibernian after 20 years of prudent progress The Observer Retrieved 31 October 2011 Hibs accounts delay stand plans BBC Sport BBC 14 September 2008 Hibernian to reconsider East Stand plans for Easter Road Daily Record 8 October 2009 Mixed emotions at Easter Road as Hibs East Terrace is torn down news stv tv STV 3 March 2010 Retrieved 5 March 2010 a b Hardie David 10 August 2010 Hibs East Stand to be open for season opener Edinburgh Evening News Johnston Press Retrieved 10 August 2010 Gordon Moira 25 September 2021 Home comfort as locked out Hibs get opportunity to watch Rangers clash live on Easter Road big screens Edinburgh Evening News Retrieved 2 October 2021 I ll see you at the Dunbar s end Sandra The Scotsman Johnston Press 17 October 2007 Retrieved 1 January 2014 a b Bulldozers arrive at Easter Road BBC Sport BBC 16 January 2001 Retrieved 30 October 2011 New stadium rapidly taking shape as Hibs ensure construction is kept to schedule Edinburgh Evening News Johnston Press 13 May 2010 Retrieved 30 October 2011 Hibernian hail Easter Road stadium expansion BBC Sport BBC 22 February 2010 Retrieved 30 October 2011 One tier stand to take Easter Road to 21 000 Edinburgh Evening News Johnston Press 22 November 2008 Retrieved 30 October 2010 McKinney David 18 October 1995 Bayern ruin all Raith s dreams The Independent Retrieved 25 August 2010 Shaw Phil 30 September 1995 Dancing in streets of Raith again The Independent Retrieved 25 August 2010 Office semi divided BBC Sport BBC 30 January 2007 Retrieved 30 October 2011 Cup semi for Easter Road The Scotsman Johnston Press 10 December 2003 Retrieved 30 October 2011 a b Butcher bemoans Easter Road semi The Scotsman Johnston Press 19 November 2004 Retrieved 30 October 2011 Semi final now pay at gate after crowd fears The Scotsman Johnston Press 24 January 2006 Retrieved 30 October 2011 Scottish Communities League Cup St Mirren face Celtic in semi BBC Sport BBC 8 November 2012 Retrieved 10 November 2012 Fir Park and Hampden host semis BBC Sport BBC 10 November 2009 Retrieved 30 January 2011 Ramsdens Cup Final between Raith Rovers and Rangers set for Easter Road sport stv tv STV 30 October 2013 Retrieved 30 October 2013 Pattullo Alan 15 October 2010 Hibs reward for rebuilding job is to stage Scotland U 21 play off The Scotsman Johnston Press Retrieved 15 October 2010 a b Grahame Ewing 5 June 2006 Essien entertains for Ghana The Guardian Retrieved 1 November 2011 a b Scotland Women 8 0 Cyprus Women BBC Sport BBC 30 August 2019 Retrieved 30 August 2019 Scotland to play Australia and Luxembourg in friendlies BBC Sport BBC 5 March 2012 Retrieved 8 March 2012 Scotland Qatar to be opposition in Easter Road friendly BBC Sport BBC 9 April 2015 Retrieved 9 April 2015 Scotland line up friendly with Canada at Easter Road BBC Sport BBC 23 January 2017 Retrieved 23 January 2017 a b Gunners eye Easter Road Edinburgh Evening News Johnston Press 16 January 2006 Retrieved 30 October 2011 a b Easter Road put in the frame as new home for Gunners Edinburgh Evening News Johnston Press 3 November 2006 Retrieved 30 October 2011 Easter Road on rugby agenda Edinburgh Evening News Johnston Press 7 July 2004 Retrieved 30 October 2011 Bean Graham 21 June 2013 SRU Easter Road could be Amlin final venue The Scotsman Johnston Press Retrieved 21 June 2013 English Tom 7 June 2015 Edinburgh Rugby keen on test games at Easter Road BBC Sport Retrieved 7 June 2015 Edinburgh confirm move from Murrayfield to Myreside BBC Sport 10 March 2016 Retrieved 28 May 2016 Boxing bound for Easter Rd Edinburgh Evening News 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