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  Easter Road - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Easter Road is the football ground of Hibernian Football Club in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland.
The stadium has a capacity of 17,500 and also plays host to other football events such as cup matches and Scotland international matches.
The stadium is one of the largest in Scotland in terms of capacity.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Easter_Road_Stadium   (121 words)

  
 Easter Road Definition / Easter Road Research
Easter Road is the football ground of Hibernian Football Club Hibernian Football Club is one of two main Edinburgh football clubs (the other being Heart of Midlothian).
Easter Road is a shining example of what a medium sized SPL club can achieve,.
Easter Road is a long Road but dont worry you are only going down a little bit.
www.elresearch.com /Easter_Road   (254 words)

  
 easter road stadium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Our contention was that removal to the green belt would be catastrophic for the environment, disenfranchise the existing community and leave a terrible scar on the landscape - already laid desolate from the removal of railway infrastructure in the 60's.
The principal issues for us were: a new stadium to be located located within the environs of the site; better integration of a disparate series of green spaces to the City; what to do with the brownfield areas; a suitable mix to knit the community together.
The stadium would have commercial units underneath the stands distillating to terraced housing with communal gardens on the approach.
www.sust-concepts.co.uk /x501J%20easterroad.htm   (272 words)

  
 Hibernian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The bookies clearly got it right that Hibs and Falkirk would be the top two although few would have predicted that Hibs would head their rivals by a massive 20 points going into the last day of the season.
Easter Road is a mixture of old and new.
This was once a massive terrace that accommodated the bulk of the 65,850 record crowd that packed Easter Road in 1950.
www.jglowe.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /Hibs/Adventure/Hibernian.htm   (483 words)

  
 The Greatest Game in History - Hibernian FC information - Records & Brief History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Stadium: Easter Road Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland EH7 5QG
With the continual progress of the club, a purpose built ground was needed, and so a smart new stadium was built just off Easter Road, at the foot of what would now be Bothwell Street, in the Leith area of the city.
For further information, Jonh R Mackay's "Hibernian The Easter Road Story" published by John Donald is worth reading.
www.geocities.com /thegreatestgameinhistory/Information   (889 words)

  
 S Ndebele: Launch of 2004 Easter Road Safety operation
Everyone of us should take responsibility for our actions on the road; every motorist should consider that they are pedestrians first; infrastructure design should be user friendly to avoid accidents and again I reiterate that accidents are avoidable if only each person values their live seriously.
We remain committed to reducing deaths on our roads and every effort (i.e.) education; enforcement and engineering aspects have been fully integrated to ensure that people of the province as well as our visitors are safe.
Easter, is in essence our December/January holiday period, which is generally about five to six weeks, but now crammed into about eight days with higher than normal volumes of traffic concentrated into shorter periods of time.
www.info.gov.za /speeches/2004/04033112461002.htm   (1386 words)

  
 Edinburgh Evening News - Edinburgh - Rocket Man set to land at Easter Road for gig
SIR Elton John is set to return to the Capital for a spectacular one-off concert at Hibs’ Easter Road stadium.
The double Grammy winner has chosen Easter Road ahead of the city’s more established venues such as Murrayfield Stadium and the Castle.
Work to transform the stadium into a rock venue is expected to take three days.
edinburghnews.scotsman.com /edinburgh.cfm?id=72952005   (609 words)

  
 Hibs ask fans to help track missile thug - Evening Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
HIBS chairman Rod Petrie is appealing to Easter Road fans to help root out the supporter who threw a plastic bottle towards Celtic's Craig Bellamy.
The incident, at the weekend SPL game against the Glasgow side, was the third case of missile throwing at the Easter Road stadium this season.
Easter Road referee Kenny Clark pointed out the incident to police and stewards and it was included in his match report to the SFA.
www.eveningtimes.co.uk /print/sport/6016974.shtml   (304 words)

  
 Grounds Tour - Easter Road - Hibernian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
I was aware that three sides of Easter Road had been redeveloped in recent years and opted to sit in the one remaining old stand, feeling this would give the best perspective on the arena.
A segregation system in force on Albion Road by the stadium meant I had to take a slight diversion to reach my car, but despite staying until after the final whistle, there was no post-match traffic of note.
I had enjoyed the trip to Easter Road, but perhaps over-expectancy had led me to feel slightly disappointed in some respects that the stadium was not quite as charismatic as I had imagined and the atmosphere not quite as intense.
www.groundstour.freeserve.co.uk /groundstour/hibernian.html   (1192 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Soccer - Celtic nations hoping to build on long soccer tradition - Tuesday December 03, 2002 10:53 AM
UEFA says it is satisfied that Scotland's roads, airports and hotels will be able to cope with the influx of fans for the tournament.
Dublin's Lansdowne Road stadium, the home of Irish rugby but also used by the national soccer side, requires extensive redevelopment to turn it into an all-seater venue capable of accommodating 33,000, from its current seated capacity of 22,000.
But Stadium Ireland, a pet project of Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, was put on ice earlier this year after the government admitted there were insufficient public funds to cover its 500-million-euro-plus cost.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2002/12/03/ireland_scotland   (1795 words)

  
 hibs.net - Story
Easter Road Stadium is already very different from the Stadium most of us grew up with.
For me, it was the sight of Joe Baker, on his 'second coming' to Easter Road, heading home close in against whom I have long since forgotten.
Hibs fan Ian Mackay now lives far from Easter Road, in New Jersey to be precise, but his thoughts remain at Easter Road come a Saturday afternoon, as he joins the many ex-pats tuning in to the latest news via the Hibs.Net Live service.
www.rivals.net /?p=2&sid=978&stid=228703   (1150 words)

  
 Ndebele: Launch of KwaZulu-Natal Easter Road Safety campaign
The Road Traffic Inspectorate's Special Operations Group will cover all areas that require additional enforcement assistance, which is not usually covered by the Local Authority and RTI patrols.
The Road Safety Directorate is negotiating with Drakensberg Promotions to participate in the Jazz Festival, taking place on 14 April 2001 at the King's Park Soccer Stadium, with artists like Hugh Masekela, Busi Mhlongo, Sipho Gumede, Jimy Dludin, Don Laka and Mfiliseni Magubane and other local acts.
On 13 April 2001 various churches will gather at the Umlazi, King Zwelithini Stadium where members of the Road Safety Directorate, in partnership with Ukhozi FM and other role-players, will be disseminating road safety messages and distributing road safety literature.
www.info.gov.za /speeches/2001/0104101145a1005.htm   (1377 words)

  
 The Scotsman - Sport - Hibs bank on wasteland windfall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The stadium is less than a mile from the new Scottish Parliament building, and with Edinburgh’s property prices approaching the peak of the pre- and post-Millennium boom, Farmer clearly saw this as the perfect time to cash in on a hugely lucrative asset.
The majority of the Leith club’s debt came about because of the construction of three new stands at Easter Road, amounting to a combined cost of £14m.
Although Easter Road may yet lose out to the proposed sites in Aberdeen and Dundee when Scotland’s six stadia for the bid are finalised, it was named in the bid document as a potential venue.
thescotsman.scotsman.com /sport.cfm?id=1092032002   (684 words)

  
 DPD Gifts: Easter presents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Add Comment Click for Bookshop Easter Road Park Easter Road Stadium, Edinburgh ©1995-2005 Gazetteer for Scotland Easter Road Stadium, Edinburgh Home of Hibernian Football Club, Easter Road Park is located to the northeast of Edinburgh Cityjoined the Scottish League in 1876 and moved to their present ground of Easter Road Park in 1880.
Lots of chocolatelast photo were taken on Easter Sunday, 15th April 2001distracted by the eggs and the presents before that, but once theyrumours that she ate the Easter Bunny are unfounded.
By the early thirteenth century the Easter Sepulchre is occasionally mentioned in parish churchfinding out exactly what happened in a parish church at Easter is not so easy (Continental practice was different andsingle priest and a clerk.
www.daisypatchdesigns.com /presents/easter-presents.html   (636 words)

  
 @Hibs.net - Easter Road passes the test - now is the time to fill it!
The fact that Easter Road is without doubt the cheapest of the options, with only a new East Stand needing developed will play a pivotal part in any decision taken on where to locate the two new stadiums necessary.
One potential obstacle is the requirement that each participating stadium must have a capacity of 30,000, a figure which Hibs can never hope to achieve on a regular basis, but attendances can only be increased given the latest initiative to bring fans back to the club.
The key element is that the priority is filling the stadium, suggest that where possible fans will be given assistance in coming back to Easter Road, although the form that will take is yet to be specified.
www.hibs.net /NewsItems/September/news_20Sep02.htm   (628 words)

  
 Scotsman.com Sport - Football - Scottish Premier - Hearts snub Easter Road
The astonishing offer from Hibs came to light as the Easter Road outfit’s board of directors met members of their Supporters’ Association last night.
And Petrie insisted that despite Hibs agreeing to explore the possibility of sharing a ground at Straiton with Hearts, the club’s desire was to remain at Easter Road where the building of a new East Stand would complete the multi-million pound redevelopment of the ground.
He said: "We have stated repeatedly in recent weeks our preferred option is to stay at Easter Road and we are working hard to look at the ideas which have come from the listening groups and forums.
sport.scotsman.com /football_spl.cfm?id=1009722003   (443 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Hibernian | Hibs stay at Easter Road
A ground-sharing proposal with city rivals Hearts was also raised in the summer, but the issue is now dead with Hibs vowing to stay on at their traditional home.
Hibs have been playing home games at Easter Road for 110 years and have installed three new stands at an estimated cost of £11m in recent times.
Season ticket sales were poor as fans expressed their dissaproval of a move away from Easter Road and talk of cohabitation with Hearts.
news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/3220121.stm   (416 words)

  
 Hibernian Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Once at Waverley, you are a mere 15 minute walk to Easter Road, or alternatively a 5 minute taxi drive.
Whether you attack Easter Road from the Waverley or London Road, you cannot fail to miss the delights of Middleton's Bar.
Without doubt the best pub in the whole of Easter Road, it also happens to be the furthest from the ground and it is probably no coincidence that these two factors are linked.
www.fromtheterrace.co.uk /hibs/guide.asp   (1218 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
'''Easter Road''' is the football ground of Hibernian F.C. Hibernian Football Club in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland.
The stadium has a capacity of 17,500 and also plays host to other football events such as cup matches and Scotland national football team Scotland international matches.
There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Easter Road.
www.mauspfeil.net /Easter_Road.html   (114 words)

  
 The Scotsman - Sport - Hibs in £2m plan to break even by 2006
HIBS last night announced a £2million programme of prospective developments for Easter Road stadium designed to help nurse the club back into trading profit.
The business plan is intended to help bring the club back to a break-even position by 2005/2006, although the club expect to lose a further £900,000 this year.
Tim Gardiner, finance director, said: "The stadium is a massive asset that is under utilised.
thescotsman.scotsman.com /sport.cfm?id=1219092003   (717 words)

  
 ESPN.com Soccernet Scotland: News - Easter Road boss is wary of Athens tie
While he will also attempt to use Celtic's performance in Italy as inspiration for a group of players who have struck eight goals in their last two SPL outings, the actions of the referee in the epic Champions League meeting sounded a warning bell.
Hibs' travelling support has effectively collapsed, due to the cost incurred by fans who will not be compensated to any meaningful degree by UEFA for last week's late postponement, and only 200 have managed to make a return journey.
However, McLeish is adamant that they will make themselves heard and, besides, it is unclear how full the stadium will be for the Greeks' first competitive outing of the season, bar a qualifier which they sailed through last month.
www.soccernet.com /scotland/news/2001/0920/20010920hfcspre.html   (783 words)

  
 The Scotsman - Sport - Football - Hibs to warn Murray over antics
IAN Murray, the Hibernian captain, will be spoken to by the club for his over-zealous celebrations at the Edinburgh derby following a meeting yesterday between the Easter Road chairman Rod Petrie and Lothian and Borders Police.
He added that two Hibs supporters ran on to the pitch as a direct result of the actions of the Easter Road players.
And, after a "constructive" meeting between the police and the club, he said he was happy with the club’s safety policy ahead of the next Edinburgh derby, on Saturday at Easter Road.
thescotsman.scotsman.com /football.cfm?id=419362005   (575 words)

  
 Scottish Football Ground Guide - Easter Road, Hibernian Football Club
It is then the fourth left at the crossroads, onto Easter Road and then the fourth right into Albion Road for the ground.
Cross the Road and head for Leith Walk which is about 200 yards diagonally opposite from the exit to the station.
The Stadium is about 300 yards down Easter Road on your right hand side.
www.apwj49.dsl.pipex.com /hibs.htm   (1005 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Hearts & Hibs joint stadium plans - Hibs land deal is back in the game
HIBERNIAN owner Sir Tom Farmer has renewed his interest in developing land next to Easter Road stadium - and suggested a deal would mean the club abandoning a move to Straiton.
He spoke out after city leaders threatened to pull the plug on an existing deal with a development consortium to sell off the council-owned land next to Easter Road for hundreds of new homes.
A spokesman for the joint venture company said the council had put the site on the market without having resolved a "whole series of complex issues" which took until April of this year for the developers to resolve.
news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?id=855692003&tid=881   (721 words)

  
 Edinburgh Evening News - Edinburgh - Sale of flats near Hibs ground set for kick-off
APARTMENTS at a new housing development near Hibs’ Easter Road stadium are set to go on sale next month.
The contractor, Westpoint Homes, has already built one development near Easter Road but the latest development is the company’s largest ever project.
The contract to build the flats gave Hibs a massive cash boost in January when it was revealed the club’s parent company sold the old Easter Road car park in a deal worth an estimated £10 million.
edinburghnews.scotsman.com /edinburgh.cfm?id=408132004   (347 words)

  
 Hearts | Tickets & Travel | Hibernian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Introduction - Easter Road Stadium is twenty minutes from Edinburgh Airport, five minutes from Waverley Station and within easy reach of the main routes to Glasgow and the South.
Car - The stadium is situated on the north east side of Edinburgh, on the east side of Easter Road.
In addition 1 and 24 travel down Easter Road and stop near the stadium.
www.heartsfc.premiumtv.co.uk /page/AwayTravel/0,,10289~535781,00.html   (249 words)

  
 Elton to play Rugby Park, Easter Road - Evening Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
And the date was finally confirmed today as part of a tour of football grounds.
He'll play at Easter Road, the Edinburgh home of Hibernian, the day before performing in Ayrshire.
Killie chiefs today said they were delighted to lure the star to their stadium.
www.eveningtimes.co.uk /news/5034769.shtml   (293 words)

  
 Speech by the Kwazulu-Natal Head of Transport, Dr Kwazi Mbanjwa during the 2003 Easter Holiday Road Safety Presentation
The Minister and the CEO of the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport are committed to reduce the statistics for this Easter period and every effort ie.
The aim of the line is to create volunteer traffic officers in the form of all road users to act in unison to unbecoming road usage.
The carnage experienced on South African roads is not a new phenomenon.
www.transport.gov.za /comm-centre/sp/2003/sp0415.html   (1023 words)

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