LOCATION OF CLUTHA PARK IN
WHAT IS NOW YOUNG STREET. THIS IS THE SITE OF THE
FIRST FORMAL
FOOTBALL MATCH PLAYED IN ARDROSSAN ON 17 SEPTEMBER 1870.
5 August 2014
The first formal football match in Ardrossan was played on 17 September 1870
at Clutha Park, a field between Glasgow Street and Paisley Street,
now the site of the houses above right in Young Street. The game was mentioned
in the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald of
that date. The home team was Ardrossan
Castle Football Club. Ardrossan
Football Club and Ardrossan
Seafield Football Club used Clutha Park for home games between 1874 and
the early 1880s. In the late 1880s, Seafield's home ground was
Seafield
Park.