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The Excelsior Stadium is the home of Airdrieonians of the Scottish League One and Glasgow City FC of the Scottish Women's Premier League. It was built in 1998 to house the original Airdrieonians club, which went into liquidation four years later. Since then the new Airdrieonians have played their home games there, between 2002 and 2013 under their original name of Airdrie United. When the stadium first opened it was officially titled Shyberry Excelsior Stadium ("Shyberry" being the company who sponsored the stadium when it first opened). The Airdrie fans, and indeed sometimes the media often refer to the stadium as New Broomfield, which is more palatable from an Airdrie perspective due to its association with the former home of the original Airdrieonians, Broomfield Park. ==History== Following the sale of Airdrieonians' home ground (Broomfield Park) to large supermarket chain Safeway in 1994, the club searched for several years for a suitable site, and planning permission for, a new home. The motive for the move was to build a stadium that would allow the club entry to Scottish Premier League (clubs were required to have a stadium with a seating capacity of at least ten thousand). The building work on Excelsior Stadium was eventually completed in 1998, and Airdrieonians played here until the club went out of business due to heavy debts in May 2002. This left an opening in the Scottish League, which was filled by Northern Premier League side Gretna. To attain a position in the league, Jim Ballantyne bought out the ailing Clydebank, renamed the club Airdrie United, changed the strip and relocated the club to Airdrie. Airdrie United are now known as 'Airdrieonians', which is the same name as the club that was dissolved in 2002. The ground seats 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Airdrieonians Football Club )〕 and, as well as hosting Airdrieonians first and youth team games, various local amateur sides and several charity events, it has also played host to a Scottish Challenge Cup final, as well as Scotland under-21 fixtures and Old Firm reserve matches. In 2003 Falkirk enquired about groundsharing at the stadium for a season, as their former home, Brockville did not meet SPL criteria. This was later rejected in a meeting between SPL chairmen, meaning Falkirk were denied a place in the SPL. In August 2008 it played host to Queen of the South's UEFA Cup 2nd qualifying round 1st leg against Nordsjælland. The stadium also hosted all of Motherwell's Europa League qualifying round ties in the 2009-10 season, against Llanelli, Flamurtari and Steaua Bucharest. Since the original Airdrieonians FC went into liquidation, the ownership of the stadium has been in several hands. Currently the stadium is owned by a limited liability partnership called (Excelsior Stadium LLP ). The current stadium management company is called (Excelsior Stadium Ltd ). The Directors of Excelsior Stadium Limited incorporated a new company on 11 March 2011 called (Broomfield Stadium Ltd ). The owners work closely with Airdrieonians, with personnel involved in coaching youth players, along with various commercial and sponsorship initiatives. Queen's Park used Excelsior Stadium as their regular home ground while Hampden Park was being converted for use as an athletics stadium in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Excelsior Stadium」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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