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Scottish Sun
03-07-2025
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
Scottish Premiership club to rename stand in ultimate tribute to club icon
HIBS have revealed they'll rename one of the Easter Road stands in honour of a club legend. With the club's 150th anniversary immediately around the corner, the East Stand at their Leith home will be given a new name. 2 Hibs will rename an Easter Road stand Credit: Kenny Ramsay 2 It'll be named in honour of Pat Stanton Credit: Andrew Barr The stand will be known as 'The Pat Stanton Stand' going forward in the ultimate tribute to a Hibs icon. Stanton, 80, starred for the Hibees between 1963 and 1976, playing for his boyhood club. He played 617 times and scored 78 times during his stellar spell and is widely regarded as one of the club's greatest ever players. Stanton helped Hibs to incredible wins in Europe against the likes of Napoli and Sporting Lisbon and won the League Cup in 1973. His playing career ended with a two-year spell with Celtic while he was also capped 16 times by Scotland. Stanton also managed Hibs between 1982 and 1984, having previously worked for a season under Sir Alex Ferguson at Aberdeen. The stand will be officially renamed when Hibs host German club Rot-Weiss Essen at Easter Road next Wednesday. His name will appear at the top of the East Stand. Hibs chairman Ian Gordon said the gesture was a way to honour Stanton's "amazing contribution" to the club. Gordon said: 'It's with great pride and pleasure that we are honouring Pat Stanton's amazing contribution to Hibernian FC and Scottish football during our anniversary season. Ian Murray on the day his Hibs team settled for defeat to Rangers 'The Pat Stanton Stand will serve as a lasting tribute to his achievements and legacy, inspiring future players and supporters for many years to come. 'On behalf of everyone associated with Hibs – the fans, the board, the staff, the players, the entire Hibernian Family – I would like to thank Pat for everything he's done for the club.' Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
Scotsman
03-07-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
Hibs make historic change to Easter Road as club legend is marked
Stanton honoured as Gordon pays tribute to club legend Sign up to our Football newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Hibs have announced that they are renaming Easter Road's East Stand as the Pat Stanton Stand in honour of one of their greatest players. Stanton, 80, made nearly 400 appearances for his beloved Hibees in the 1960s and 70s and skippered them to League Cup glory in 1972. The official unveiling will take place ahead of the club's 150th anniversary match against Rot-Weiss Essen on Tuesday, July 9. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The East Stand at Easter Road will have a new name. | SNS Group Chairman Ian Gordon said: 'It's with great pride and pleasure that we are honouring Pat Stanton's amazing contribution to Hibernian FC and Scottish football during our anniversary season. 'The Pat Stanton Stand will serve as a lasting tribute to his achievements and legacy, inspiring future players and supporters for many years to come.
Daily Record
03-07-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Hibs to rename Easter Road stand in honour of club legend as part of 150th anniversary celebrations
The East Stand will be renamed the Pat Stanton stand in honour of the club legend Hibs have announced plans to rename the East Stand at Easter Road as the new Pat Stanton Stand as part of their 150th anniversary celebrations. Club legend Stanton spent 13 years at the club as a player from 1963 to 1976 and returned to manage them for a spell in the 1980s. He's fondly remembered as one of Hibs ' greatest ever players, scoring 78 goals in 617 appearances, and was a key figure in some of the best moments in their history. He was part of the side who beat Hearts 7-0 at Tynecastle and played his role in famous European victories over Napoli and Sporting Lisbon. And now the former Scotland captain, who has been involved behind the scenes in various capacities since he last managed them in 1984, will be immortalised with his name above the East Stand at Easter Road. It will be officially unveiled on Wednesday, July 9 ahead of Hibs' anniversary match with Rot-Weiss Essen with Stanton and his family set to be in attendance. After the announcement, chairman Ian Gordon said: 'It's with great pride and pleasure that we are honouring Pat Stanton's amazing contribution to Hibernian FC and Scottish football during our anniversary season. 'The Pat Stanton Stand will serve as a lasting tribute to his achievements and legacy, inspiring future players and supporters for many years to come. 'On behalf of everyone associated with Hibs – the fans, the board, the staff, the players, the entire Hibernian Family – I would like to thank Pat for everything he's done for the club.' You can get all the news you need on our dedicated Rangers and Celtic pages, and sign up to our newsletters to make sure you never miss a beat throughout the season. here and our Celtic community here.
BBC News
25-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Northampton Town FC's warehouse plan validated by council
A football club's ambition to develop land next to its stadium has moved forward after a council validated its planning Town FC has proposed a 19-acre (7.7 hectare) warehouse development on land adjacent to this year, the club finally opened the new East Stand at the ground after a decade-long construction saga. The club's chairman, Kelvin Thomas, said the plan presented "extensive benefits to the club and the local community." He added: "The plan has already been through the pre-planning process with the council and received a positive response, the development is in line with the local plan and the community have had a chance to provide important feedback which was also positive.""Retaining League One football last season was an important step for the club and being successful in this application will only help towards funding the club going forward as well as repaying the build costs for the very successful and popular LCS East Stand."The club previously said the cost of completing the redevelopment of the East Stand had come at a cost of about £5m. Documents on West Northamptonshire Council's planning portal show a development of seven warehouses with capacity for 11 separate heights of the warehouses range from nine metres (30ft) to 17 metres (56ft). A site plan shows that the largest would back on to the perimeter of the East Stand at of the land due to be developed, directly to the east of the East Stand, was formerly a running track occupied by Rugby & Northampton Athletic football club said it had worked with architects PRC on designing the warehouse plan, and had previously hosted a consultation event on the design of the proposed said the warehousing scheme could "significantly strengthen" its financial position, while improving local infrastructure and creating about 450 jobs. Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
24-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Permanent fan park plan for Barnsley FC's Oakwell ground
Plans for a permanent 650-capacity fan park outside Barnsley FC's Oakwell stadium look likely to go application, submitted on behalf of Barnsley council, would take up 74 spaces of the club's East Stand car area, would feature red and dark grey container units for food and drink as well as seating, screens, weatherproof canopies and a football shoot-out objections have been received against the proposals, but the council's Planning Regulatory Board, which will meet on 1 July, has been recommended to approve the proposals. The plans state the fan park would operate primarily on match days and open three hours before would close when matches began, according to the Local Democracy Reporting could also open on up to five non-match days for events such as live screenings of sports two objections cited ongoing issues from the existing temporary fan park, including noise, smells, and disruption between 10:00 and 23: were also raised over parking and the potential for a permanent fan park to make the area feel less council's highways officers concluded the loss of car parking spaces was acceptable after the club provided evidence which showed about 200 spaces remained unused on match officers recommended approval, stating that while there would be some impact, the development would "not cause an unacceptable level of harm to neighbouring properties, the highway network, or the wider character of the area". Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
