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Station Park is a football ground in Forfar, Angus. It is home to Scottish Football League side Forfar Athletic F.C..

Station Park is one of the few old fashioned football grounds left in the Scottish League. It presently has a capacity of 4,602, although this has previously been much higher, the record crowd being 10,780 against Rangers in 1970. The total has more recently been reduced for safety reasons. Present attendance averages perhaps around 500 a week but can increase to over 1,000 if a large club with a sizable travelling support visits, such as Greenock Morton or Partick Thistle.

The ground allows access to all four sides of the pitch with one large terrace behind one goal (at the so called “mert end”, because a cattle mart is just over the wall!), a main partly covered stand built in the 1960s which includes some seating down the north side of the pitch and two smaller stands on the other sides. The stand on the south side of the pitch is covered. Catering at the ground is quite good and somewhat unique, with the local speciality, Forfar bridies, being popular with home and visiting fans alike, although the more usual pie is available too. There is at present a plan to

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