Historic Environment Scotland has completed the designation proposals for Cathcart Cemetery and has given the site, Category C listing.

On Wednesday 14th January, Hampden Bowling Club held a stakeholder event to highlight the impending closure of the club, but also highlight the beginnings of what could be the future of this important community, and massively important football heritage, site. This event primarily focused on bringing together elected representatives and key stakeholders to hear the current status of the Bowling Club shutdown plan, and to give them an opportunity to visit the site. The invite

QUEEN’S PARK has joined the support for the club’s first Hampden Park home to be preserved as a monument to modern football.

QTV, Scotland's award-winning and leading independent outside broadcast facility, joins the Football’s Square Mile Alliance and adds itself to the growing list of organisations calling for the site of the First Hampden Park to be saved.

Cricket Scotland is pleased to show its support for highlighting and preserving Glasgow and Scotland’s rich sporting heritage by officially joining Football’s Square Mile Alliance.

1st December 2025 SCOTLAND’S LARGEST CONSERVATION CHARITY CALLS FOR THE HOME OF SCOTTISH FOOTBALL TO BE SAVED FROM AN OWN GOAL As the men’s football team makes plans for the 2026 World Cup and Scottish football sits top of mind for many across the country, the National Trust for Scotland has added its voice to those seeking assurances about the preservation of the first ever Hampden Park in Glasgow. The site, at Kingsley Avenue in Glasgow’s southside, is where Scottish and In

The Hampden Collection invites you to join in our 'Last Stanza' campaign to shine a light on the impending closure of Hampden Bowling Club and the risk of the 1st Hampden Site to an uncertain future. What better way of doing it than lighting up Hampden Bowling Club for St Andrew's Day and for Christmas?

We are bringing mobile technology to football heritage, with the announcement that our App designer has joined the Football's Square Mile Alliance.

16th November 2025 Two Historic Footballing Cities Unite To Save First Hampden Hampden Bowling Club, located on the site of the First Hampden Park, has announced that it will close on 28 February 2026. This has sent reverberations around the local community, become a talking point in various heritage groups, and is beginning to become a subject of national debate, with the news starting to travel internationally across the footballing world. The key question everyone is askin

The Hampden Collection announces a new call for poetry called ‘The Last Stanza’ to spotlight that the 1st Hampden Park site has an uncertain future, and without intervention, we may lose it forever. Hampden Bowling Club, which has protected the site for the last 120 years, will close on 28th February 2026, and there is real concern that this incredible football heritage site could be lost to history.

Learn the story of the closing of Hampden Bowling Club and what it means for the site of the 1st Hampden Park

The inaugural Copa Del Westa was held on Friday 25th July 2025. This trailblazing event held at the Rhoderick Dhu was a fantastic event showcasing the wonderful work of The Football's Square Mile and The Hampden Collection Teams, as well as a thrilling quiz to see the champions crowned.

ATAC Donate £400 to Hampden Bowling Club

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