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| Full name | Ravenscraig Stadium |
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| Former names | Ravenscraig Stadium |
| Location | Greenock, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°56′25″N 4°48′47″W / 55.94028°N 4.81306°W |
| Capacity | 650 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1958 |
| Renovated | 1992, 2009, 2012 |
Ravenscraig Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. The stadium is primarily set up for athletics, with a running track, but it is also the traditional home of Greenock Juniors Football Club. The stadium underwent a £1.7 million refurbishment in preparation for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[1][2]
The stadium was built in 1958 with a cinder track, upgraded to synthetic in 1992.[3] Replacement floodlighting was announced in 2015.[4]
In the 1959–60 season, a capacity crowd of 8,200 watched Greenock Juniors draw 1–1 in a Scottish Junior Cup quarter final with Johnstone Burgh.[5]
In November 1972 the stadium hosted the first ever official international women's football match to be played in Great Britain. Scotland was defeated 3–2 by England. This was almost exactly a hundred years after the first men's international between the two nations.[6][7]