Links Park has been home to Montrose Football Club, the Gable Endies, since 1887. It sits on Wellington Street in the Mid Links, a short walk from the town centre and the sea front, and it still feels like an old Scottish ground: one real stand, a covered end with a kink in it, and plenty of open sky. Capacity is listed at 4,936, but a routine League One afternoon is often only a few hundred. It fills for the Arbroath derby.
The pitch is artificial, 113 yards by 70, and the goals sit at the ends, not in front of the main stand. The west goal is directly in front of the Wellington Street End, the covered terrace. The east goal is in front of the open East Terrace, where away fans go if segregation is in force. The diagram above is a plan with north at the top, drawn roughly to the shape of the ground. The seated stand covers about half the pitch, the west end is set back and kinked, and each goal lines up with the stand behind it.
On a segregated match, come along Wellington Street, walk round the back of the Brian J Keith Stand and use the away turnstiles at the east end, beside Union Street and Union Row. Entry is by ticket only, from montrosefc.co.uk. Away seats are in Section A of the main stand, toward that east end. Home fans use the Wellington Street turnstiles and sit in Sections E and F; C and D are for hospitality. Turnstiles usually open an hour before kick-off. Many games are not segregated, so you can stand where you like, and people often change ends at half-time.
The Brian J Keith Stand, on the south side, is the only seating: a cantilever roof, no pillars in the sightline, and 1,338 blue and red seats across the halfway line. The Wellington Street End, to the west, is a covered terrace of about six rows, holding up to 1,582. It sits well back, does not span the full width, and kinks toward the touchline on one side, a leftover from when the pitch was shifted. Pillars and a low fence break the view in places. Opposite, the East Terrace is open, shallow and overlooked by houses, with netting to keep balls in. The north side is little more than a path, and four floodlight pylons mark the corners.
There is a car park at the ground, plus street parking. Montrose station is about a mile off, a 15-minute walk via John Street, Mill Street and Eastern Road, then right into Wellington Street. The Golf Inn on Mill Street is five minutes away, and the British Legion by the turnstiles sometimes signs in non-members. Town pubs, including the Market Arms, are a quarter of an hour off. Hot food is from the pie huts, cash only: the local baker’s Scotch pie and macaroni pie are the ones to get. League prices for 2026/27 were held at £20 adults, £12 concessions and £5 for under-12s with a paying adult, cheaper if bought online.
The ground is exposed, and a North Sea wind comes straight across the open sides, so bring a coat. Home fans are friendly, and trouble is rare outside a lively Arbroath derby. With an hour to spare, the beach and the Auld Kirk spire are worth seeing. The record crowd was 8,983, against Dundee in the Scottish Cup in 1973, but the shape of the ground has barely changed since.