Glenrothes - Warout Stadium

Glenrothes FC

Warout Stadium

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Glenrothes 

Fife

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Ground Number: 1051
Saturday 19th March 2022
Glenrothes 3-0 Kinnoull
East Of Scotland League - Conference 1B

GLENROTHES FC - A BRIEF HISTORY

The club was established in 1964 and moved to their current home, Warout Stadium in 1971. They started out in the Fife Junior League winning it five times in six seasons between 1966 and 1971 and ten times in total. In 2002, they moved to the Scottish Juniors East Region Super League, being placed in the second tier when the league expanded further in 2006. They were champions at the first attempt but would spend the next decade or so bouncing between the two tiers. Their best finish came in 2014 with a 5th place finish in the Premier Division. In 2019, they successfully applied to join the East Of Scotland League and are currently in Conference 1B which sits at level 7 of the Scottish Non-League pyramid.

Their biggest cup honour to date is the Scottish Junior Cup in 1975 when they beat Rutherglen Glencairn 1-0 in front of 17,776 at Hampden Park. Glens had also been runners-up in 1968, losing after a replay to Johnstone Burgh with a combined attendance of 50,000 over the two ties, an impressive achievement given that they had only been formed a mere four years beforehand. Local honours include the Fife & Lothians Cup in 1972, the Fife & Tayside Cup in 2009, the ACA sports League Cup in 2010, the Laidlaw Shield in 1982 & 1983, the Fife Junior Cup twelve times, the Cowdenbeath Cup on seven occasions and the Kingdom Kegs Cup five times. Their record attendance is 5,600 against Cambuslang Rangers a Scottish Junior Cup quarter-final tie in 1974. 

Glenrothes is a town set in the heart of Fife and has a population of around 37,500. Planned in the late 1940s as one of Scotland's first post-second world war new towns, its original purpose was to house miners who were to work at a newly established coal mine, the Rothes Colliery. After the mine closed, the town developed as an important industrial centre in Scotland's Silicon Glen between 1961 and 2000, with several major electronics and hi-tech companies setting up facilities in the town. The town has been home to a number of well-known people, including the footballer David Speedie.

MY VISIT

Following the game on Friday, I headed back to the hotel for more drinks. The queue was huge with around 30 thirsty hoppers wanting to imbibe, so it took around ten minutes. Caledonian Braves had not had a bar, so their loss was Holiday Inn's gain. They'd also only had basic food and as nice as Scotch pies are, I wanted something more substantial. Just Eat was my friend and I'd ordered something called a Grimbarian Burger from Mexitos in Bexhill. This was delivered to the hotel well within the stated time frame and was delicious. It was a burger, wrapped in pizza dough with cheese, chillis, jalapenos, spicy beef and doner meat. It also came with chips and a can of Irn Bru. I had to make up the order with another can of Irn Bru and pay £3.50 delivery on top of that, but overall it was worth £14. I had more cans with it when I got back to my room and overall it had been another unhealthy but fun day for me.

I must have fallen asleep around 11.30 but woke up early at 4.50. Despite the short nights' sleep, I felt great and couldn't get back to sleep and so I watched YouTube and Classic Coronation Street on my tablet. I then had a shower and got dressed and still with plenty of time to kill, started working on this and other blogs. At 8.10, I headed down to breakfast and although we were promised a full Scottish breakfast, I had to make do with a sausage and bacon sarnie with brown sauce. The bread and sausages were very nice though, with the bacon being below par. I also had some muffins and apple juice and this set me up nicely for the day. We left at 9 and the driver had a decent set of tunes on over the speakers. We were there around 10.10 and so with time to kill, I headed to my 223rd Wetherspoons, the Golden Acorn in Glenrothes. There was no real cider, but they did have Stowford Press at £1.99 a pint which was great value. I was back at the ground 20 minutes before kick-off, buying a nice steak pie and a can of Irn Bru.

 Glenrothes were going very well, sitting second in the league and with the chance to move top, should they win their games in hand. In their latest game, they had beaten Tweedmouth 5-1 in the League Cup but had lost 1-0 to Armadale in the same competition. In their last league game, they had lost 3-1 to league leaders Oakley United but had not played much recently. Kinnoull were sitting in in 5th and had not played since the start of March when they lost 5-4 to Kirkcaldy & Dysart in the League Cup. Glenrothes started well and on five minutes they took the lead through a well-worked goal. A ball was swung in from the right and Conor Schiavone controlled the ball before slotting in a shot from 15 yards. The lead was doubled on 28 minutes, a header cannoned off the bar and Kyle Bell was there to head home the rebound from around six yards. The hosts hit the woodwork a couple more times before they'd get their next goal. It was 3-0 on 64 minutes, Stuart Cargill's shot hit the left hand upright on its way in from a shot wide on the left. It was a deserved victory for the hosts and although Kinnoull had a late rally, there were no further goals. The attendance was a healthy 410.

THE GROUND 

THE WAROUT STADIUM is a classic ground. There's a large 700 seater stand which has some open terracing beside it. There's also extensive grass banking which gives a good view of the action. It's around ten minutes from the town which has a Wetherspoons but there's plenty of parking. The food and drink facilities at the ground are decent with pies and rolls on offer as well as a decent-sized bar.