Partick Thistle moved to Meadowside from
Inchview Park (
Whiteinch) in 1897, the year they were first promoted to
Scottish Football League Division One. The ground was slowly developed and eventually included of a 750-seat grandstand on the northern side of the pitch and a running track around it. The ground's probable record attendance of 16,000 was set for a
Scottish Cup first round replay against
Hibernian on 4 February 1905, with Thistle winning 4–2. Another crowd of 16,000 attended a
Glasgow Cup first round match against
Celtic on 8 September 1906. The highest league attendance at Meadowside was 11,000 for a 4–1 loss to Rangers on 3 January 1905. ==References==