Netherdale
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Netherdale is a sports complex in Galashiels, Scottish Borders, consisting of two adjacent stadiums used for rugby union and football. The rugby ground is the home of Gala RFC and was formerly used by the professional Border Reivers team. It hosted one match of the 1999 Rugby World Cup. It has also occasionally been used for rugby league matches. The football ground is home to Gala Fairydean Rovers and has a Category A listed grandstand.
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Galashiels
- Location
- Galashiels
- Sport
- rugby union
- Official website
- www.liveborders.org.uk/sport/sport-centres/3g-arena-netherdale
- Image
- Gala Fairydean Football ground - geograph.org.uk - 781235.jpg
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- maximum capacity
- 6000
- surface played on
- artificial turf
- occupant
- Border Reivers
- Commons category
- Netherdale
- date of official opening
- 1912-00-00
- inception
- 1912-00-00
- street address
- Nether Road, Galashiels TD1 3HE
- historic county
- Selkirkshire
- OS grid reference
- NT5069635021
- associated electoral district
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
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- Overview
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- Rugby ground
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Netherdale is a sports complex in Galashiels, Scottish Borders, consisting of two adjacent stadiums used for rugby union and football. The rugby ground is the home of Gala RFC and was formerly used by the professional Border Reivers team. It hosted one match of the 1999 Rugby World Cup. It has also occasionally been used for rugby league matches. The football ground is home to Gala Fairydean Rovers and has a Category A listed grandstand.
==Overview==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Netherdale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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