Motion · S5M-21227 · 11 Mar 2020
95 Years of Murrayfield Stadium
The motion
That the Parliament commemorates the 95th anniversary of the inaugural match at Murrayfield Stadium, the home of Scottish Rugby, which took place on 21 March 1925; notes that England were the first team to visit, with 70,000 people watching Scotland win both the match and the country's first Five Nations Championship Grand Slam; recognises that the stadium now has a seated capacity of 67,144, which is the largest in Scotland, but that its record attendance of 104,000 was set on 1 March 1975, when Scotland defeated Wales 12–10 during the 1975 Five Nations Championship and that this attendance stood as a world record until 1999; understands that, during the Second World War, the stadium was taken over by the Royal Army Service Corps and used as a supply depot and that, for decades since, Murrayfield has not only hosted rugby matches but also various other large events including, American football matches, association football matches and music concerts by artists such as David Bowie, Oasis and Madonna, and wishes Murrayfield and Scottish Rugby every success for the years ahead.
Supporters (18)
- Clare Adamson Scottish National Party 12 Mar 2020
- Alex Cole-Hamilton Scottish Liberal Democrats 12 Mar 2020
- Annabelle Ewing 12 Mar 2020
- Emma Harper 12 Mar 2020
- Bill Kidd 12 Mar 2020
- Richard Lyle 12 Mar 2020
- Liam McArthur Scottish Liberal Democrats 12 Mar 2020
- Mark McDonald 12 Mar 2020
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 12 Mar 2020
- Stewart Stevenson 12 Mar 2020
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 12 Mar 2020
- Sandra White 12 Mar 2020
- Tom Arthur Scottish National Party 13 Mar 2020
- Neil Findlay 13 Mar 2020
- Jeremy Balfour 16 Mar 2020
- Willie Coffey 16 Mar 2020
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 16 Mar 2020
- Ruth Maguire 2 Apr 2020
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.