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Edinburgh has two professional football clubs - Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian. They are known locally as Hearts and Hibs and both teams currently play in the Scottish Premier League. Hearts play at Tynecastle Stadium in Gorgie, while Hibs play at Easter Road Stadium, which straddles the former boundary between Edinburgh and Leith. |
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EASTER ROAD STADIUMEaster Road is the home ground of Scottish Premier League football club Hibernian. Located in the Leith area of Edinburgh, the stadium currently has a capacity of approximately 14,000 seats, as one side of the ground is currently being redeveloped.] It is affectionately known by Hibs fans as The Leith San Siro ... |
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EDINBURGH RUGBY Edinburgh Rugby is one of two professional rugby union teams in Scotland competing in the Magners League along with Glasgow Warriors, their oldest rivals. Edinburgh currently play their home games at Murrayfield Stadium. The original Edinburgh district team played the first ever inter-district match against Glasgow in 1872 ... |
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HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN Heart of Midlothian F.C., commonly referred to as Hearts, are a football club from Edinburgh, who play in the Scottish Premier League. They are one of the two principal clubs in the city, the other being Hibernian. The 17,420-capacity Tynecastle Stadium in the Gorgie area of Edinburgh has been the club's home since 1886 ... |
HIBERNIAN F.C.Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts. Hibernian were founded in 1875 by Irish immigrants, but this identity has been downplayed ... |
MEADOWBANK STADIUMMeadowbank Stadium is a multi-purpose sports facility located at Meadowbank, in Edinburgh. It hosted the Commonwealth Games of 1970 and 1986. The capacity of the stadium is 16,500. SThe sports complex and adjacent pitches to the east covers land formerly occupied by Old Meadowbank Stadium ... |
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MURRAYFIELD STADIUM Murrayfield Stadium (usually just known as Murrayfield) is a sports stadium located in the west end of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Its all-seater capacity was recently reduced from 67,800 to 67,130 to incorporate the largest permanent 'big screen' in the country though it still remains the largest stadium in Scotland ... |
TURNHOUSE GOLF CLUBTurnhouse Golf Club is a golf club situated in the West of Edinburgh on Lennie Hill at Turnhouse, Scotland. The course dates back to 1897 when there were only 9-holes. By 1900, the layout was expanded to 18 holes and James Braid made amendments to the original layout in 1924 ... |
TYNECASTLE STADIUMTynecastle Stadium is a football stadium situated in the Gorgie area of Edinburgh, Scotland. The stadium currently plays host to the home matches of Scottish Premier League team Heart of Midlothian F.C. The all-seater stadium is affectionately nicknamed Tynie by Hearts fans ... |
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