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Ochilview Park is a football stadium in Stenhousemuir, Scotland. It is the home ground of Stenhousemuir F.C. who currently share it with local rivals East Stirlingshire F.C..

Stenhousemuir moved to the ground in 1890, six years after the club was formed. The name derives from the nearby Ochil Hills which are visible from the area. A new main stand, which came to be nicknamed the “Doll’s House” due to small size, was opened in 1928, with bench seating for 310, following a fire which destroyed its predecessor. Due to a design error, however, no provision for accessing the seats was initially included, with two external staircases having to be added later.

Ochilview recorded its record attendance on 11 March 1950, when 12,500 attended a Scottish Cup quarter-final tie between Stenhousemuir and East Fife. Shortly afterwards, Ochilview wrote itself into Scottish football history when it was the venue for the first modern floodlit match in Scotland, a friendly against Hibernian on 7 November 1951.

The original floodlights were little better than street lights and were replaced in season 1972-73, and then again in season 2006-07.

In season 1992-93, the Club allowed rivals Stirling

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