Excelsior Stadium

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The Excelsior Stadium, officially The Albert Bartlett Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the home ground of Airdrieonians of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). Since the 2021–22 season it has also been used by Celtic for the home matches of their women's team in the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) and B team in the Scottish Lowland Football League, as well as by Glasgow University F.C.

of the West of Scotland Football League. It is an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 10,101, and has a 3G artificial surface. The stadium was opened in 1998 by the original Airdrieonians F.C., who were returning to Airdrie four years after leaving their previous ground, Broomfield Park.

The name of the stadium derives from Airdrieonians' original name, the club having been founded as Excelsior F.C. in 1878. For sponsorship reasons the venue was originally known as The Shyberry Excelsior Stadium (after Shyberry Design Ltd.

who had sponsored the construction), from 2018 to 2022 as The Penny Cars Stadium and from 2024 as The Albert Bartlett Stadium. The stadium is also sometimes unofficially referred to as New Broomfield...