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No. 5 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland
Open since: 1903
Capacity: 52,000
Tenant(s): Queen's Park, Scotland
World Cup hosts: Never
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The Scottish Football Association tonight confirmed George Burley's sacking as Scotland manager.

The SFA acted quickly after Scotland fans turned on Burley during Saturday's 3-0 friendly defeat by Wales.

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You can watch Celtic v Hamburg Live online here.

Celtic v Hamburg
Europa League
Hampden Park
Thursday 22nd October 20:05 BST

Bottom of UEFA Europa League Group C after two games, Celtic FC will be wary of being cast adrift as fellow former European champions Hamburger SV return to Glasgow, where they won 2-0 on their only previous visit.

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Celtic visit Rangers this Sunday in a top of the table clash even though Celtic have opened up a 6 point lead going into October. You can watch Celtic v Rangers live here.

In the build up to this Sunday's game, we step back into the Archives on May 10 1980 and look at a classic Old Firm clash - the 1980 Scottish Cup Final where Rangers were taking on their foes Celtic in which was to be a top class battle at Hampden Park.

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As a footballing metropolis, Glasgow and its environs more or less have it all. � There is Celtic, Rangers, Partick Thistle, Hampden Park and Hamilton Crescent, where the first ever international match was played. Not far away are clubs like Motherwell, St.Mirren and Hamilton Academical. � Glasgow has had its European champions, its fan tragedies, glories and financial disasters and, as we'll look at today, clubs who have come, gone and returned again such as Clydebank FC.

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Who's gonna stop Oranje? The Dutch team won it's eighth and last qualification game away against Scotland. In the roaring Hampden Park, Elia scored the late winner. Oranje got the max score in the series, something that Holland never did before. Internationally, there's only a couple of countries who've done this. Click to continue reading...

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Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009 Netherlands 1: 0 Scotland today at Hampden Park (here's the minute-by-minute report).

As George Burley said, Scotland deserved at least something from the match at home in which they threatened the woodwork serially.

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Michel Vorm Maarten Stekelenburg trained without gloves on the billiard-like pitch of Hampden Park. The goalie wanted to test his injured finger. Van Marwijk: "The chance that Stekelenburg will play is really slim." This will mean that Michel Vorm will take over and he'll be part of the group of players Click to continue reading...

It's another set of FIFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying matches on Wednesday with key matches. In Europe (UEFA), England can clinch an automatic spot while other countries such as Scotland (UEFA) look to keep their chances alive. Here's a list of the � matches to watch in all of the regions in World Cup Qualifying on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 (all times listed are USA Eastern Standard Time).

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Liverpool forward Ryan Babel has to force himself into a regular first team spot at Anfield, according to Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk, or his chances of representing his country at next summer's World Cup finals in South Africa will disappear.
The powerful winger has only impressed fitfully during his time on Merseyside so far, though many feel that Reds manager Rafa Benitez has not necessarily given the Dutchman as much opportunity as he perhaps should have, and Van Marwijk has affirmed that he needs his international players to be performing as regularly as possible for their clubs in order to put themselves properly in the frame for Holland. Click to continue reading...

Winger has until January to prove himself worthy of a first team spot otherwise he may have to leave to cement his World Cup hopes.

Liverpool forward Ryan Babel has to force himself into a regular first team spot at Anfield, according to Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk, or his chances of representing his country at next summer's World Cup finals in South Africa will disappear.

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(All times UK)
Monday 7th September
17:00 Germany v Norway, UEFA Women's European Championship, British Eurosport
Norway lost 4-0 to the Germans earlier in this tournament. While a repeat scoreline is unlikely, it's hard to see past Germany joining England in the Final. Click to continue reading...

.Scotland managed to keep their slim world cup dream alive as they overcame a stubborn and technical Macedonian side. The boo's and jeers rang out around a wet Hampden Park at half-time as the performance from the Tartan Army was less than convincing. Macedonia dominated much of the first period and found hole after hole in [. Click to continue reading...

So Arsenal became the first team to win at Celtic Park in Europe since The Eunuch Fusiliers in 1878. A 2-0 win leaves us in a very good position for the second leg.

Much was made of the famous atmosphere but when the TV cameras panned across the teams as they lined up on the pitch it was clear it was the home team who looked nervous.

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When Michel Platini drew up a new structure for Champions League qualifying, more shocks and more big games looked to be on the cards. As was so often the case in Platini's playing career, the Frenchman's tactic has come up with the goods, as Arsenal and Celtic will testify to, when they do battle tonight.

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It was 1960 & the European Cup Final was played at Glasgow(Hampden Park).REAL MADRID dominated World Football with 4European Cup titles in a row & were playing German side EINTRACHTFRANKFURKT for their 5th title.End result: Real Madrid 7 – E.Frankfurt 3. Real Madrid legendaryforwards Puskas & Di Stefano destroy the Germans Click to continue reading...

by CARL ELDRIDGE U2 star Bono is set to be at the Celtic-Arsenal game if the Champions League play-off gets switched to August 19, the day after the band play at Hampden Park, Glasgow. But I doubt if he'll be in the away section given his Hoops allegiance and megastar status.

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Tim Howard isn't the only American playing in a cup final today. DaMarcus Beasley and Maurice Edu could feature for Rangers in the Scottish Cup final as they look to complete a domestic double. Rangers won the league last week, and this time around they'll look to upend Falkirk in today's final from Hampden Park. Click to continue reading...

Today's final game of the 2008-09 Scottish season is the The Homecoming Scottish Cup Final between Rangers and Falkirk at Hampden Park.

Rangers are chasing their 33rd Scottish Cup victory, which would put them one behind Celtic's record 34, and Falkirk are after their third.

Rangers are also after an 18th domestic double, their 110th domestic trophy, while also trying to retain the cup they won last year by beating Queen of the South.

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I reckon Timmy Cahill has no chance tonight in the FA Cup Final, and I won't be watching. Well last year I watched Portsmouth that was dire and the year before that I didn't watch, I rarely do.
I grew up watching Celtic in the Scottish Cup Final every year at Hampden Park, it seemed like it at least, so the English Cup Final often passed me by or maybe it was because it almost always a boring end of season snorefest. Click to continue reading...

Rangers will look to add more hardware to their season as they face off against Falkirk in the final of the Scottish Cup on Saturday at Hampden Park in Glasgow. Click to continue reading...

If you open this morning's newspapers, you'll see that, in the opinion of the hacks, it's already a foregone conclusion that this year's European Cup final will be the greatest football match of all time. This may or may not come to pass, but it has some stiff opposition to overcome if it is to join as much as the greatest European Cup finals of all time.

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Andy Anson, the chief executive behind England's bid to host the World Cup in 2018 or 2022, has said� lessons must be learned from the failure of the bid in 2006.

Anson said other nations pointed to the arrogance of England in their presentation for the bid, as the reason why they were unsuccessful.

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Rangers continued their winning ways with a thrashing of St. Mirren in the semifinal of the Scottish Cup at Hampden Park in Glasgow. Click to continue reading...

• Rangers beat St. Mirren 3-0 in the semifinal of the Scottish Cup at Hampden Park. Maurice Edu played the full 90 minutes for Rangers.
  

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Rangers take on St Mirren today at Hampden Park in the first 2009 Homecoming Scottish Cup semi-final.

There have been 17 previous games between the two sides in the Scottish Cup, including two finals and four semi finals.

Rangers won both of the finals, but in the 4 previous semi-final meetings, Rangers have won 3 and St Mirren one - their only ever victory over Rangers in the competition.

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It was the summer of 2006 when Calum Woods decided his career needed a new direction. For a boy who had grown up in the shadow of Anfield, leaving Liverpool the city was almost as hard as leaving Liverpool FC.
At one point, the Melwood training ground rivalled John Lennon Airport for departures. Click to continue reading...

Click here for Part 1. Intro: After a severe bout of curiosity resulting in far too much time perusing the internets, we finally came upon a conclusive list of Europe's Elite football stadiums - UEFA's codeword for the ability to hold a Champions League final. We contacted Bill of Bill's Sports Maps to have him make [. Click to continue reading...

A inside look at the document signed by the Hand of God... ...Clause 2. Paragraph 3. Section 2. Mr Maradona will be captioned at all times... Click to continue reading...

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'If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well, It were done quickly' - Macbeth (Scotsman), William Shakespeare (Englishman)
Team GB is getting ridiculous. The prospect of Britain fielding a football team at the 2012 Olympics should have been something to celebrate after years of absence. Click to continue reading...

Celtic 1-0 Hibernian (10:02:07)
Kilmarnock 1-3 Rangers (11:02:07)
'Say Aye to a Killie pie'
Kris Boyd opens the scoring for Rangers away to Kilmarnock.
One end of the Rangers fans at Rugby Park.
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A long lost early home of football sits slowly decaying in a park in Glasgow. We take a look at its glory days and its current ghostly state. Click to continue reading...

In the second of our police series this week, we see that sometimes football fans and the authorities can get on here are Espanyol supporters being greeted by the Scottish police at the 2007 Uefa Cup Final at Hampden Park, Glasgow. Photo credit: Len Scaps on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool. Click to continue reading...

Rangers and Celtic of Glasgow are renowned for their historic enmity; yet the most notorious football riot of the pre-World War One days in Britain saw the two sets of fans united in a pitch invasion at the 1909 Scottish Cup Final. That riot at Hampden Park was one sparked by frustration, as supporters of [...] Click to continue reading...