Edinburgh City reached an agreement with Spartans to use their Ainslie Park ground for three seasons while Meadowbank was being redeveloped.
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The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20170509204212/http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com:80/sport/football/edinburgh-city/edinburgh-city-and-spartans-confirm-three-season-groundshare-1-4407011 Edit Account Sign Out Search The Edinburgh Evening News Rugby Union Ice Hockey More Edinburgh Sport National Sport Our Edinburgh Inspire Me Edinburgh Festivals Days Out Nights Out Food & Drink Museums and Galleries Lower Leagues Our Region West Lothian East Lothian # Edinburgh City and Spartans confirm three-season groundshare #### Edinburgh City will call Ainslie Park home for the next three seasons #### ROSS PILCHER Wednesday 29 March 2017 Have your say ### Edinburgh City will groundshare with capital rivals Spartans for the next three seasons, the League Two club have confirmed. With Meadowbank Stadium due to be redeveloped this year, City's inaugural season in SPFL League Two will be their last in the Commonwealth Stadium as it is today. The club have been based in east Edinburgh since taking up tendency of Meadowbank in 1995 following Livingston's move to Almondvale. Talks between City and the Lowland League outfit had been ongoing over the possibility of Gary Jardine's team using Ainslie Park while work on Meadowbank is carried out. An agreement to make the four-mile switch to north Edinburgh has now been announced, subject to SPFL board and Scottish Lowland Football League approval. "I'm absolutely delighted that we'll be moving to what is a tremendous footballing facility at Ainslie Park whilst Meadowbank is being redeveloped," said City chairman Jim Lumsden. "I'd like to thank Craig Graham and the rest of the board at Spartans for all of their help in putting this agreement together. Although both clubs have been close rivals on the park, we've always been good friends off it and I'm sure this agreement will benefit both clubs going forward." ## Sign in {* # userInformationForm *} ### Sign in socially {* loginWidget *} ### with your email address {* traditionalSignIn_emailAddress *} {* traditionalSignIn_password *} {* /userInformationForm *} ## Sign in {* # userInformationForm *} ### Sign in socially {* loginWidget *} Use another account ### Welcome back! 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Meadowbank Stadium
Redevelopment and renovation.
More than 6000 people signed a petition objecting to the proposal, while 600 marched from the stadium to the City Chambers, as part of a "Save Meadowbank" campaign. The proposal was cast into doubt due to problems with the Sighthill Stadium project, which was scrapped in 2007. On 13 March 2008, Edinburgh Council voted to sell the land that is occupied by Meadowbank stadium and build a smaller sports facility on east of the site. X-Factor winner Leon Jackson, who was campaigning to save Meadowbank, played at its annual fireworks display on 5 November 2008. The proposals to sell Meadowbank were put on hold in 2009, after a decline in Edinburgh land prices. 
 In February 2013, the City of Edinburgh Council started a new consultation process about its future. Three options for redeveloping Meadowbank were put forward for consideration by Edinburgh Council in December 2013. A planned design was made public in November 2016. Work was expected to begin after the 2016–17 football season ended.