
Scotland · Scotland Championship
Arbroath
Arbroath FC
Kit impression
Founded
1878
Years standing
148
Home ground
Gayfield Park, Arbroath
Capacity
6,056861 seats
Make The Case
Arbroath are not a spare club. They are Scotland Championship, Gayfield Park, Arbroath, and 148 years of people deciding this was theirs, pick them and the season has a second spine.
Cathedral football
Gayfield Park, Arbroath holds around 6,056,861. Even a routine league game arrives with a noise floor most clubs only reach in a semi-final.
Easy weekend
Dundee Airport (DND) is about 29km from the ground, and Arbroath Lady Loan railway station is 0km closer still. A home fixture is a genuinely doable two-night trip.
The calendar you inherit
Scotland Championship is cold-weather football: mud in February, breath visible under the lights, and a fixture list that rewards anyone who sticks it out. Scotland does not do easy neutrals.
Deep roots
Founded in 1878, Arbroath were playing organised football before floodlights, substitutes or televised highlights existed. You are adopting 148 years of accumulated grudges.
Matchday Trip
Ground: Gayfield Park, Arbroath. Go in a day early, find the pre-match pub, buy the programme.
Nearest airport
Dundee Airport (DND)
29 km / 18 miles from the ground
Nearest station
Arbroath Lady Loan railway station
Walkable from the platform
Pulling fixtures and table…
Around the ground
Things To Do Near Gayfield Park, Arbroath
Everything within a short walk of the turnstiles: landmarks, museums and the places worth arriving early for.
Landmarks within a 4 km radius
Matchday Shortlist
- Pre-match pubs
- Somewhere to eat
- Coffee before kick-off
- Museums & galleries
- Beds for the night
- Club shop & ticket office
Opens a map centred on the ground. Two hours before kick-off is the sweet spot.
Route Planner
Getting to Gayfield Park, Arbroath
Tell us where you set off from and we will lay out the walk, drive, train and flight options into the ground, with live route links.