15 February

Matches

1908: Acas biggest gate of the season, 7,000 witnessed a 2-2 draw against Rangers.

1913: It was stated in the local press that 1,748 travelled by train to support Acas in the Scottish Cup replay at Ibrox. Acas lost 0-2.

1964: Queen’s Park entertained Acas at Hampden in a Scottish League tie which was Acas 2000th in the competition. Queens won 2-0.

1997: For the Scottish Cup tie at Motherwell it was estimated that Accies fans numbered 1,800 in the crowd of 8,050

Events

1938: John Scott asks to be placed on the transfer list. Refused.

2001: Work was progressing on the new ground. The projects contracts manager, Joe McFarlane advised that the North Stand was due for completion by May 26th. He said he expects the cladding and concrete work on the West Stand to be completed within a week, with first floor windows and hospitality boxes fitted in a further two weeks. Both turnstiles and seating are set for delivery, but will not be installed until March or April for security reasons. Floodlights are scheduled to be on site in 5 weeks and will be erected in early April. The builders, Ballast, estimated that when completed the stadium will have used 480 tons of steel, 330 tons of concrete and 195 metres of 11-metre roof and wall cladding.

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