Recreation Park has been Alloa Athletic’s home since 1895, and plenty of people in the town still call it the Recs. A sponsorship deal in 2014 added the Indodrill Stadium name, which you will still see on tickets and road signs, but the old name has not gone anywhere. The ground sits on Clackmannan Road, the A907, on the east side of Alloa. Capacity is 3,100, with 919 of those seats. The pitch is artificial 3G, measuring 110 by 75 yards, and on a clear day the Ochil Hills rise behind the Railway End.
Visiting supporters are normally put in the Hilton Road Stand, the covered seating opposite the Main Stand. It holds 519 and has been in place since 2008, though it still has the look of a temporary structure, with a light roof and a row of pillars along the front. Floodlight pylons stand on the perimeter and can take a slice out of the view, so it is worth getting in a little early if you want a cleaner sightline. When the away following is larger, the open terrace at the Railway End can be added to the allocation. That end has no cover, and it has also been closed for spells while the club looks at improving it, so check the allocation before you travel and bring something waterproof if you are standing there. Come in through the away turnstiles, and have a digital ticket or a printed QR code ready.
Across the pitch, the Main Stand is the only building of any size. It is all-seated, raised above pitch level, and runs for about half the length of the touchline, straddling the halfway line. It holds a little over 400, the roof is carried on pillars, and the pebble-dash outside is hard to miss. Home fans also use the small covered terrace at the Clackmannan Road End, the goal Alloa tend to attack in the second half, and the open banking at the Railway End when it is not given to visitors. On an ordinary league day the home support can still move between the ends, which is rarer than it used to be.
There is no car park for supporters. Restrictions apply on the roads beside the ground, so leave the car a few streets away, or use the spaces at Morrisons, a short walk off. From Stirling, stay on the A907 through the town centre and the ground comes up on your left. Alloa station, on trains from Stirling and Glasgow Queen Street, is five to ten minutes on foot: out past Asda, then left towards Clackmannan Road.
No bar sits inside the ground. The Thistle Bar on Junction Place is a short walk back along Clackmannan Road. The Bobbing John, a Wetherspoons on Drysdale Street near the town hall, and the Royal Oak on Bedford Place are the other usual stops. The snack bar does bacon rolls, pies, a pie in a bun, bridies and lentil soup, and a programme is usually on sale around the turnstiles.
Recent league prices have been about £20 or £21 for adults, £12 to £13 for concessions and £6 or £7 for under-18s, with cup and play-off ties sometimes listed separately. Buy ahead if your club points you to Alloa’s ticket site, and keep proof of age for a reduced ticket. The Wasps play in gold and black. It is a small, open, old-school ground, and the hills behind the Railway End goal are half the reason for coming.