Fir Park

 

Join me as I discuss and rate the experience of visiting Motherwell FC’s Fir Pak stadium as they take on Celtic in a Scottish Premiership match.Cost- 4/5

The match ticket was priced at £24 which is a fantastic price for a match of football between two teams performing well so far this season. Food was also quite fairly priced with a chasni pie being priced at £4 

Facilities- 3.5/5

Fir Park is an old school stadium representative of the town’s industrial history. First built in 1895, Fir Park has transformed through time until its renovation in the 1990s where it became an all seater stadium with a capacity of a respectable 13,677. The stadium features a two tiered stand behind the goal which generally hosts away fans and 3 single tiered stands making up the rest of its capacity. The stadium gains a bonus point for the quality of its pitch which has been voted by the other premiership clubs as the leagues best pitch in recent years.

Atmosphere- 3/5

The match had a decent atmosphere with the Motherwell ultras “Block E” although being fairly small in size putting in a great effort in trying to creating an atmosphere to help their team on the pitch. The Celtic fans also contributed greatly to the match atmosphere with two sets of ultras the “Green Brigade” and “Bhoys” combining to cheer their team onto a 3-0 victory over their league opposition.

Quality of Match- 3/5

The home side started the match well with 2 great opportunities for youngster Lennon Miller putting them on the front foot in the opening stages.  However, Celtic grew into the match and took control by dominating the middle of the pitch through the use of inverted fullbacks Valle and Johnston who combined to score the second goal with Valle also providing the assist for the first goal which was scored by Mccowan. Motherwell might’ve been in with a chance of getting a result if they’d kept up their performance from the first 30 minutes, however after that they struggled to deal with the quality of Celtic. 

 

Total- 13.5/20