Vanloq Community Stadium (Ainslie Park)
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Formerly: Ainslie Park
Most grounds carry one name for life; this one has carried two. Vanloq Community Stadium opened as Ainslie Park and only took its current name in January 2025, when Spartans FC signed a sponsorship agreement with the Edinburgh recruitment firm Vanloq.
The ground was purpose-built for the club, opening in November 2008 to replace the demolished City Park stadium, and it took shape in Pilton as part of a wider project rather than a stand-alone venue — the Spartans Community Football Academy grew up around it from the start.
There has been no wholesale rebuild since then, only steady upkeep: grants from the Scottish Football Partnership Trust paid for a resurfaced pitch and new LED floodlights in 2018, and a new stand went up on the technical-area side in early 2023.
The best-attended day on record was a friendly rather than a competitive fixture — 3,127 people came to watch Spartans host Manchester United's Under-23s on 23 July 2011.
Who plays here
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Spartans
97 matches
Recent matches here
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep | Spartans — Hamilton Academical | 0:4 |
| 29 Aug | Spartans — Clyde | 3:3 |
| 25 Aug | Spartans — Hearts U21 | 5:0 |
| 22 Aug | Spartans — Elgin City | 3:3 |
| 8 Aug | Spartans — Edinburgh City | 2:2 |
| 14 Jul | Spartans — Stirling Albion | 1:3 |
| 11 Jul | Spartans — Arbroath | 1:2 |
| 9 May | Spartans — Clyde | 1:1 |