Football's Square Mile

16/10/2026

SOUTHSIDE residents and local campaigners are bidding to generate support around their plans for a local community hub at Queen’s Park FC’s historic home – ‘first’ Hampden. A few minutes north of our current Mount Florida base at The city Stadium, the ground, most recently a bowling gree...

12/10/2026

The site of the original Hampden Park - considered the first international football ground - has been advertised for let.

Read more: https://bbc.in/4igP5QQ

11/10/2026

A big thank you to Eve Livingston from The Guardian for reporting on the campaign to bring the site of the First Hampden Park (FSM Site No. 16) into community ownership.

Sign up for the campaign at the First Hampden CIC website and join the near 1,000 signatures who want to keep this within the Community’s hands.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/11/first-hampden-campaign-glasgow-scotland-football

09/10/2026

30/09/2026

30/09/2026

Hold the front page 🗞️

Grab yoursel' a Glasgow Times and read about why 700+ folk (and counting) have added their support for a First Hampden For All.

Add your name to support the campaign at www.firsthampden.org ✍️

26/09/2026

EXCLUSIVE

Siobhan Crampsey is now a leading figure in First Hampden CIC, a collective of local residents leaning on the support of heritage, sporting, and community organisations.

The group’s goal is to protect, restore, and celebrate a historic landmark by creating a community space with installations to educate the public on its footballing past 👇

26/09/2026

NEW: The Scottish Greens have backed the campaign to save First Hampden, calling for the historic site to remain open and accessible to all 'as a celebration of Scotland’s football history'

It was Scotland’s first national football ground and the world’s first purpose-built international football stadium

25/09/2026

The Crampsey legacy lives on 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😎

EXCLUSIVE

Siobhan Crampsey is now a leading figure in First Hampden CIC, a collective of local residents leaning on the support of heritage, sporting, and community organisations.

The group’s goal is to protect, restore, and celebrate a historic landmark by creating a community space with installations to educate the public on its footballing past 👇