Sport abroad · GLASGOW SPORTS EXPERIENCES
The 11 sports experiences travellers book most, with the price of a seat, how long each runs and the catch to know about. Number one is there for a reason; start with it.
Spend about an hour inside Celtic Park with an English-speaking guide. Walk from the home dressing room through the players’ tunnel, sit in the dugout, see the boardroom, trophies and exhibitions, and hear stories reaching back to Celtic’s founding in 1888. Allow extra time for the Sports Bar before or after.
“the guide was fabtastic knew a lot of information was well worth going on”
Spend about an hour behind the scenes at Celtic Park with an English-speaking guide. Visit the dressing rooms and boardroom, walk through the players’ tunnel, sit in the dugout, and hear stories about Celtic FC, Glasgow football, and legends such as the Lisbon Lions. Tours run at several times, but the route can change on match or maintenance days.
“The tour guide and his detailed knowledge of the club and its history. Relaxed approach to questions from the tour audience. Every question was answered fully with a smile and humour. Brilliant guide and tour.”
Spend 60 minutes touring Celtic Park with an English-speaking guide such as Joe, Tony, Ken, or Manus, visiting the dressing room, boardroom, tunnel, dugouts, and pitchside areas. Then settle into Number 7 Restaurant for a three-course meal with views over the pitch. The package runs Friday through Sunday and lasts about 3.5 hours.
“Great day out, would highly recommend,food was excellent,and our guide Manus was brilliant news everything about Celtic”
Spend about three and a half hours at Celtic Park with a 60-minute guided tour and a three-course meal at Number 7 restaurant. Expect access to the home dressing room, boardroom, tunnel, pitchside area, and dugout. Guides such as Paul, Ken, Joe, and Fiona are known for adding humor and strong Celtic knowledge.
“I couldn’t recommend coming to do a tour & dine at celtic park more than i can say!, we had a fabulous time was such a great experience and our tour guide Robert was great! He had a great sense of humour and presented well!, our food was unreal with a great view to the park, the waitresses & staff were giving great service couldn’t be any happier with my experience”
Meet your guide in Hampden Park’s second-level café for a guided visit to the changing rooms, tunnel, pitchside area, and underground roadway. Then explore the Scottish Football Museum at your own pace, from the original Scottish Cup to Archie Gemmill’s famous World Cup goal. Guides may include Arthur, George, Jim, Andy, Callum, or Tom.
“Great experience for all the family. Football fans or not! Loads to see in both the tour and the museum. A great way to spend an afternoon”
Spend 1.5 hours touring Rangers’ 125-year-old Ibrox Stadium with an English-speaking guide. See the marble staircase, dressing rooms, Trophy Room, Blue Room, tunnel, and dugout, with guides such as Lawrence, John, Karen, and Sandy bringing club stories to life. Rangers Museum admission is separate.
“Your was incredible. Billy was brilliant tour guide so informative and was excellent with my young 2 year old son”
Explore the Scottish Football Museum, then follow an English-speaking guide through Hampden Park’s dressing rooms, warm-up area, tunnel, pitchside spaces, and cup presentation area. Guides such as Stephen, Callum, Arthur, and Martin add stories, quizzes, and humor. Allow at least an hour for the stadium tour, plus extra time for the museum.
“Such an amazing tour - our guide Lochlann was incredible and so knowledgeable. Such a great day out and it was amazing getting to look round the football museum as well! :)”
Walk through Glasgow’s Hampden Park with an English-speaking guide, seeing the changing rooms, tunnels, cup presentation area, and trackside spaces. Then explore the Scottish Football Museum, with interactive football activities for children and plenty of Scottish football history for adults. The visit lasts about two hours and costs $25.70.
“Great way to learn about the history of football in Scotland and see behind the scenes of the stadium”
Enter Edmiston House and head upstairs for a self-guided visit through Rangers Football Club’s 151-year story. See trophies, historic objects, films, photographs, and interactive screens where you can build a dream team. Allow about 90 minutes. Ibrox Stadium access is not included, but the cafe and club shop make this an easy stop for football fans.
“Wonderful tour and tour guide was excellent, vast knowledge of the club and property. This was a treat for my husband who during his time in the police in Govan had Ibrox as his beat and was on duty the day of the disaster. To see all we saw was more than I expected.”
Spend about two hours at Celtic Park’s Number 7 Restaurant, where Celtic Football Club serves a three-course seasonal meal beside views of the famous pitch. You can choose from meat and vegetarian dishes, with soft drinks, beer, wine, and cocktails available. Sunday carvery dates offer roast mains and a dessert table. The restaurant welcomes all ages and wheelchair users.
“Had a lovely family day to celebrate my husbands 70 th birthday . Food was very nice and grandkids catered for. 💚”
Walk with an English-speaking local guide from Queen’s Park Recreation Ground to three historic Hampden sites. See the first Hampden mural, original terracing at abandoned Cathkin Park, and the Rose Reilly mural beside today’s Hampden Park. Expect about a mile of walking, plenty of standing, and two hours of football history.
A ground to walk, a fight to watch, a game to sit through.
