Meadowbank Stadium is Edinburgh City’s home on London Road, in the east end of the city, a short hop from the centre and a few streets from Hibernian’s Easter Road. The Citizens play here in Scottish League Two. This is not the old Commonwealth Games bowl. That closed in 2017 and gave way to Meadowbank Sports Centre, with City back in for 2022–23. You get a full-size pitch inside an eight-lane track, and one covered main stand of about 500 seats against the sports centre on the south side. Capacity is about 1,320. It is modern, and nothing like a tight old terrace.
From Waverley, come out onto Princes Street and follow Waterloo Place onto the A1. On foot that is about half an hour. Lothian Buses 4, 19, 26, 34 and 44 leave Princes Street and take around fifteen minutes. Driving out from the centre, stay on London Road until the sports centre appears on your left. Street parking is free on Wishaw Terrace, Dalgety Avenue, Dalgety Street and Marionville Road. The sports centre car park is for other users and is usually full.
Away tickets are simple. Adults are £15, under-18s and older supporters £10, under-12s £5, and an accessible ticket is £20, which covers the holder and a carer. Under-12s must come with a paying adult. Turnstiles open an hour before kick-off and take cash or card. Buy the away allocation. Visiting supporters are in sections A and B of the main stand, plus the standing area to the west of that stand. Home fans use blocks F and G and the standing to the east. Everybody enters by the west turnstiles, at the junction of London Road and Wishaw Terrace. Disabled supporters should use the main entrance of the sports centre, not the turnstiles.
The food truck sits just west of the stand and sells pies, burgers, hot dogs and hot drinks, on cash or card. Programmes are sold outside, inside and at the turnstiles, and can be pre-ordered with a ticket. There is no social club in the ground. If you want a drink, have it in town or on the walk along London Road, and leave time to reach the west end.
The track shapes the afternoon. Legroom is better than at most League Two grounds, and the roof covers the main stand, but the lanes hold you back from the touchline. The rake is steep enough that you still see the whole pitch. The goals are at the west and east ends, in front of the standing areas, not in front of the main stand. That stand runs the south touchline, with the sports centre and London Road behind you. Away followers are at the western end, nearest the turnstiles and the food truck. Face the pitch and the west goal is to your left, the open north side is across the field, and the east goal, with the home standing behind it, is to your right.
Crowds are small, segregation is light, and it feels like a sports centre that also stages league football. Floodlights cover evening kick-offs. The £5 tickets and the room in the west standing suit families, so long as you are not expecting noise off three sides of terracing. Check the club site on the morning in case the blocks have changed, then make for the west end, sections A and B.