Tannadice Park, usually referred to as Tannadice, is a football stadium located on Tannadice Street in the Scottish city of Dundee. The stadium is home of Dundee United F.C. and has a capacity of 14,209. Uniquely, the stadium is opposite Dens Park, which is the home of city rivals Dundee, making them the two closest senior football venues in the United Kingdom.
The ground that is now Tannadice was first used for football in the 1870s, when the su...
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Tannadice Park, usually referred to as Tannadice, is a football stadium located on Tannadice Street in the Scottish city of Dundee. The stadium is home of Dundee United F.C. and has a capacity of 14,209. Uniquely, the stadium is opposite Dens Park, which is the home of city rivals Dundee, making them the two closest senior football venues in the United Kingdom.
The ground that is now Tannadice was first used for football in the 1870s, when the surrounding area of Dundee was still largely open countryside. The area that is now the allotments between Tannadice and Arklay Street became the home ground of a local club called Dundee East End in 1883; they gave it the name Clepington Park. Clepington was also used by newly-formed junior club Dundee Violet during the 1883–84 season. Both clubs vacated Clepington in 1884; Violet relocated to Fairmuir, while East End had spells at Madeira Park and Pitkero Park before returning to Clepington in 1887. They remained there until moving to Carolina...
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