Allan Park, Aberdeen
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| Allan Park | |
 Allan Park
Location in Aberdeen
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| Location | Cove Bay, Aberdeen, Scotland |
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| Capacity | 2500 (200 seated) |
| Field size | 104 × 65 yards |
| Surface | Grass |
| Opened | 1948 |
| Closed | 2015 |
| Tenants | |
| Cove Rangers F.C. | |
Allan Park was a football ground located in Cove, a suburb of Aberdeen. It was the home to Highland Football League club Cove Rangers. The ground had a capacity of 2300 spectators, with 200 on seats or benches. Its largest attendance was 2,100, in the league playoff 2008–09 vs Deveronvale which they won 3-1 to lift the league title for the third year running.
Allan Park was named after a local farmer, who gifted the club the land on which they built the ground in 1948.[1]
In September 2011, Cove Rangers were planning to sell Allan Park for housing and share in part of the New Aberdeen Stadium project with Aberdeen FC.[1][2] This scheme was thrown into doubt, however, when Aberdeen City Council rejected an application by the two clubs to build a new ground for Cove Rangers that Aberdeen FC would also have used as a training ground.[3][4] On 19 April 2015 Cove Rangers said goodbye to Allan Park as they played their final game before moving to a new stadium being constructed just outside the Cove area in Aberdeen. Allan Park had been bought by housing developers for a figure believed to be around the £3m mark. The sale also included a social club, also owned by the football club, which closed its doors the following day.
