While you get the impression any health and safety officer would suffer a cardiac arrest if they…read morewere to visit 99% of Scottish junior football grounds, Petershill Park is uncommonly swish. I first visited in 2007 for the opening match between Petershill and a Scottish Junior Select when everything was shiny and new and really, not much has changed in the two and a half years since. This is primarily because, while other clubs often have to rely on the time and effort of committee members for maintenance, Petershill Park is a top of the range, council-run leisure centre. The downside is that it all feels a little artificial. With one stand, holding 500, no terracing and an astroturf pitch, it lacks many of the vital ingredients that make the junior football experience so unique. This has perhaps been reflected by the falling attendances of the Peasy, traditionally a big junior club. Nevertheless, the Glasgow outfit continue ply their trade in the top flight of the west game at the moment and represent a far cheaper alternative to senior football. The home support are a decent bunch and with a small social area included in the set-up, it's a reasonable option to pass the time on a Saturday.

You can't whack a day out at Newlandsfield really. A traditional Scottish ground with terracing all…read morethe way around, visitors to the Southside club become aware quite quickly that Pollok remain one of the junior games big boys. Not only is the ground more polished than most of the other offerings in the game, but it also boasts a fantastic little social club. Indeed, the set up is perhaps only bettered in junior circles by Linlithgow Rose's Prestonfield stadium. Despite difficult financial times for all junior clubs, Pollok continue to attract a fairly loyal support, with stats showing an average attendance of around 600. You can generally expect them to be challenging for titles; indeed, they are one of only a handful of clubs to lifted the big prize, the Scottish Cup, on three separate occasions.

Another traditional sytle ground, with one covered (standing) terrace and a concrete bowl around…read morethe rest of the ground, perfect for standing or sitting on a warm summer's evening... Located with a couple of minutes walk from Pollokshaws East rail, prices are £5 for adults and £2.50 concessions. There is a friendly club you can go to for pre/post match drinks. Pollok play on Saturdays (13:00ish) from September - May and also mid-week at 6:30 when the light improves... there are no floodlights!

St. Mirror Park is named as such because all the pretty wee Scottish lassies St. (stare) at the…read moreMirrors in the bathroom and admire themselves. As does everyone else, really. First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - I've been to both the old one nearby (now demolished) and this new one, and I have to say, the new one is better. In fact, it's a major upgrade and no wonder the fans are happy about it. You can basically see the inside from the outside and having wandered the grounds in both 2011 and 2014, I can say that while it's still a very small stadium and still could use a few upgrades, it's something to be proud of that will stand the test of time. I look forward to seeing a game here one of these days. So when I was doing my first tour of Scotland in 2011, I also hit up every single stadium in the country. My obsession with footy (soccer to Americans) is the reason. Every stadium review - like all my reviews - are based on first-hand personal experience, usually from multiple visits. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was "stuck" in UK for 3 months, I went to most of them yet again while travelling. I have pictures of me at many of them, which I will post later. Also, when back in Scotland I plan to take more pix, and add more stadia! So watch this space! *** return to regular review *** It's a brand new stadium built in 2009 to replace Love Park (I love Love Park but it did need to go), it's all seater located on Greenhill Road, and it has a decent atmosphere up in Paisley. It can hold 8k people and cost 8 mil to build. Tesco bought the old stadium and demolished it.

While miniscule New Southcroft Park may lack the character of other older junior grounds and…read moretenants, Rutherglen Glencairn, may not be quite the force they once were in the junior world, catching a game here remains an enjoyable experience. The four time Scottish Cup winners (admittedly the last triumph came in 1939) recently picked up the West Central Division 1 championship, ending a spell of seven years in the league, and continue to attract a loyal band of 100+ supporters for most games. Unlike many junior stadia, this one is easy enough to get to and also offers a small, welcoming social club.

As a football specific facility, I'm pretty sure this is the only one of it;s kind, certainly it's…read moresize, in Scotland. I was here for my son to take part in a national championship run by the SFA (His team won, fact fans! Woo!) and it was the first time I'd ever been in, and I was very impressed! State of the art pitches inside - anything from 1 full size to 4 mini sized, depending on how the dividers are set up - and coaching facilities available, as well as outside pitches with floodlights all add up to an excellent resource. I remarked to other parents that if every region in Scotland had something like this available to them, perhaps out "national game" might show some recovery in the future. There are also seat for spectators, and cafe facilities although they weren't open for a midweek event like this, there were vending machines that weren't horribly overpriced - 1.30 for a medium size, pretty nice latte - and everyone could not have been more helpful towards us or the kids. A real gem in the Scottish sporting landscape.

Firhill Complex (not to be confused with the football stadium up the road) consists of a hall space…read moreas well as football 5-a-side pitches. Having never been on the pitches I won't comment on these. The complex is easy to find off Maryhill Road, and has its own parking lot. Sometimes this can get quite busy but there is space on a gravel section where you can park if all the spots are gone. Walking through the car park, be sure to watch out for flying footballs from the pitches as this tends to happen quite a bit. Inside the building is pretty basic. There's a foyer area where people are always milling about, change rooms and toilets for getting ready. These areas are somewhat well kept, I think they could lift their game a little bit. The hall is the part I am most familiar with, and love for sentimental reasons. This is where I first started training to play roller derby so I have many happy memories from training here with Glasgow Roller Derby. I've been back a couple of times recently for extra training sessions. The hall isn't perfect by any stretch - the floor has some bolts and rough patches in part but generally it is kept clean and tidy. They're very prompt at closing at 10 so be sure to get yourself out and into your car quick smart - once all the lights in the car park are off, this area can seem a little scary.

The Firehill Sports Complex is a great place to join as it is one of the cheapest sports centres in…read morethe city. As it is a sport and leisure facility aimed at local people it offers an extensive range of activities from football to yoga. The complex can accommodate individuals in the fitness room which also hosts exercise classes and it can also host doubles in badminton and short tennis. If you like a game of football then the large pitches can accommodate up to 100 people - lots of teams. I've been to some of the exercises classes and I really enjoyed them. The instructor was great; she worked the class hard but I left feeling fit and very proud of myself :-)

I do like Arthur but he's so dishonest. Why does Arthur Lie? There's even a football club named…read moreafter it. First-Hand Experience: I was lucky enough to be taken to an Arthurlie home game by Dave B, and he was right... Scottish Amateur Football is something that every football fan should experience once in their life. I'm also delighted to see Arthurlie are already on Yelp thanks to Tony. It was, despite the tiny freezing facilities and ageing ground, one of the best and most enjoyable footy experiences I've had in Scotland. I would come back again in a heartbeat. It was 2011 when I saw them play here, and I'm hoping to come again in 2016. This is a little amateur team in Barrhead, and they are much more fun to watch than some of the big teams in Scotland because the fans are so down to earth and passionate, they don't take it too seriously, and the prices of everything are dirt cheap. I highly recommend everyone stop by and watch them and see for yourself how great Scottish Amateur Football can be.

Hardly Wembly but it does have a fair share of history…read more Though only an amateur team the team as I said has had its fair share of good players and a fair share of cup winning history I have been to the ground a few times and it is very outdated but the pitch is always nice Their is a big tin shed roof over one bit of the open stadium which is good if it starts to rain. You also have a small pie stall shop thing in a concrete building. Every time I have gone their has always been a few hundreds people so a decent crowd for a small game and almost all are local and attend the matches regularly as the season tickets are cheap.

Before playing at Lochinch I was a little worried about the 3G pitch. 3G is an artificial turf made…read moreup of artificial grass "blades" on top of a layer of sand and foam. But in rugby you're hitting the ground pretty hard and pretty often, and after playing on other, albeit much older, artificial pitches before I was worried about friction burns and the general harshness of the ground. But my worries were unfounded. The 3G pitch was great to play on. It had the right amount of give, didn't hurt anymore than usual when you were tackled or slid down on the ball and provided a great level of grip in the scrums. The changing rooms and club house was clean and well presented and the bar was thankfully well stocked to help us ease our pains afterwards. Our hosts, Police Scotland Glasgow RFC were very welcoming and shared a few pitchers of larger with us afterwards. Even though we beat them 24-26 ;)

Lochinch is situated in the beautiful surrounds of Pollok Country Park just minutes from the city…read morecentre, on the south side of Glasgow. This club offers a number of meeting and function rooms, as well as access to the SPRA sports pitches andchanging facilities at extremely competitive prices. Lochinch offers SPRA members, and their families, a superb location for birthday, retirement and engagement celebrations as well as wedding and other types of receptions. From a formaldinner to a more relaxed 'party' setting our function suite is fully adaptable. unfortunatly the downside is you need to be related to or have a friend who works for the police but the venue is a great place to hold a special occasion. I had my 21st here and the buffet was great, the drinks were very well priced and the Dj kept the music playing all night, we had very little to organise. Just the decorations. Also worth a visit during rugby season to see burly policemen play against other burly rugby players- not the worst way to spend a saturday.