View from the box

Spent the day teaching at pittodrie and this was the view from the Director's box I taught in.

Pittodrie Stadium was first used as a football ground in 1899 by the original Aberdeen football club. The opening match, in September, was between Aberdeen and Dunbarton (7-1).

Pittodrie underwent several developments in the 1920s, most notably the construction of a new main stand in 1925. Around that time the first modern dugout in the history of football was also introduced to the stadium.

Pittodrie hosted a record crowd of 45,061 during a match against Hearts in 1954. Further renovations were made in the decades following, and in 1978 the ground became the first large British all-seater stadium. In 1980, the South Stand was covered and the benches were replaced by individual seats.

The most recent development dates from 1993, when the Beach End got demolished and replaced with the two-tier Richard Donald Stand.

By the mid 2000s, Pittodrie had severely aged though, and the board of Aberdeen started looking into the option of further renovating the stadium. They, however, soon realised that due to a lack of space any renovations would lead to a reduction in capacity to about 12,000, and therefore instead decided to build a new stadium in the south of the city. This is still ongoing.