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Auchinleck Talbot



Formed: 1909
Home colours: Black & Gold / Black / Black & Gold
Change colours: Royal Blue / Royal Blue / Royal Blue
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Home ground: Beechwood Park
Address: Beechwood Avenue, Auchinleck, KA18 2AR
Record attendance: 10,000 vs Irvine Meadow, 1949/50
SFA Licence Award: Entry Level
Location: From Kilmarnock (A76): At Templeton Roundabout take first exit which takes you straight into the town. Continue straight along Mauchline Road which then becomes Auchinleck Main Street. The ground will become visible on the left. To get there, towards the bottom of the Main Street, at a crossroads, turn left into Coal Road and the first left thereafter will find you at Beechwood Park.
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Nearest Railway Station: Auchinleck (700 yards)
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Capacity: 3500
Seats: 500
Cover: Yes
Floodlights: Yes
Playing surface: Grass
Social club: Yes
Notes: The main feature at Talbot's ground is the impressive 500-seater stand that opened in 2005. Opposite the stand a new covered enclosure was constructed in 2013. Behind the goal to the left of the stand (purchased from Hamilton Accies' old Douglas Park ground) is another section of cover. The stand's slow completion has a history though. When it was dismantled at Douglas Park, the parts were carefully numbered for Talbot. However, someone in their infinite wisdom painted over them - leaving one hell of a teasing jigsaw! The ground has a teabar serving pies and burgers as well as hot and cold drinks. The club are named after the man who gifted them Beechwood Park, Lord Talbot de Maldahide.