Firhill Stadium or Firhill Arena (also previously known as Firhill Park, but commonly referred to as simply Firhill) is a football, rugby union and rugby league stadium located in the Maryhill area of Glasgow, Scotland. As of 2010 it is the home ground of football club Partick Thistle F.C. and the Glasgow Warriors rugby union team.

Past ground-sharing agreements have also seen Firhill act as a temporary home for two more football clubs, Clyde and Hamilton Academical. It was also a venue for the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.

Firhill has been home to Partick Thistle since 1909, who had been forced to vacate their previous home at Meadowside a year earlier. The present main stand was constructed in 1927, a year before the ground hosted its only full international fixture to date, against Ireland.

Firhill hosted the first European Cup match ever to be held in Glasgow, When Djurgården of Sweden played their "Home" match at the Stadium against Hibernian in 1955. The Swedish team played at Firhill because of the freezing conditions in Sweden at the time of the match.

Dale Carrick (born 7 January 1994) is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays for Heart of Midlothian in the Scottish Premier League, as a forward. He has represented Scotland at under-16 level.

A member of Hearts Under-20 side he made his Scottish Premier League debut on 4 August 2012, in a 2-0 win over St. Johnstone. On 23 August 2012, in only his second appearance he made his european debut as substitute in a 1-0 defeat to Liverpool at Tynecastle.

Carrick has represented Scotland at U16 level. He made his debut in an international challenge match against Jersey on 18 August 2009, in all he made four appearances.

Stuart Bannigan (born 17 September 1992) is a Scottish footballer, currently playing for Partick Thistle in the Scottish First Division.

Bannigan made his first team debut as a substitute on 24 July 2010 against Clyde in the Alba Cup. Going on to make his league debut against Partick Thistle from the start on 11 September 2010 against Stirling in the Scottish First Division. He made one more appearance before being sent out on loan to Scottish Second Division side Ayr United.

On 4 November 2010 Bannigan joined Ayr United on a one month loan deal. He made his debut against Dumbarton on 13 November 2010. After only 5 games his loan was extended until the end of the season. Bannigan made 24 Appearances scoring 4 goals to help Ayr gain promotion to the Scottish First Division via the play offs.

James Callaghan Charnley, more commonly known as Chic Charnley, (born 11 June 1963 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish football player. He was sent off 17 times in a senior career which lasted for nearly 20 years.

Charnley played for a number of clubs: Ayr United, Clydebank, Hamilton Accies, Partick Thistle St. Mirren, Bolton (on loan), Djurgårdens IF, Dumbarton, Dundee, Hibs and Cork City F.C..

He also played for non-league clubs Pollok, Tarff Rovers and Kirkintilloch Rob Roy.

Chic was raised in the North of Glasgow and, evidently gifted as a footballer, was tipped for greatness. However, the early part of his career was chequered by poor discipline which gave him the reputation as a hot head. This scared many clubs away from his talent.

Chic had a voracious appetite for trouble. During a training session in Glasgow's Ruchill Park, he was attacked by two locals brandishing samurai swords. Charnley responded by leading his teammates in an attack on the two men.

He was brought up a supporter of Celtic. He did have a trial for Celtic playing one game for them in a friendly against Manchester Utd at Old Trafford. Many rated him as the best player in the game and it was rumoured that he had done enough to win a contract. However, Celtic's manager Lou Macari was sacked not long after this friendly game and rumours of a move to Celtic came to nothing.