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  Borough Briggs Location in Moray | |
| Location | Elgin, Moray |
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| Coordinates | 57°39′07″N3°19′15″W / 57.65194°N 3.32083°W /57.65194; -3.32083 |
| Owner | Elgin City F.C. |
| Capacity | 4,520[1] (478 seated) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Opened | 1921 |
| Tenants | |
| Elgin City F.C. | |
Borough Briggs is afootball ground inElgin,Moray, Scotland, and is the most northerly football league stadium in Great Britain. This venue is the home ground ofElgin City who currently play inScottish League Two. Borough Briggs opened on 20 August 1921 when Inverness Citadel were the visitors in a Highland League fixture, which Elgin won 3–0. The first player to score at the ground was City centre-half Willie Raitt after 20 minutes of the first-half at the Lossie Green end, other scorers were Alf Mitchell and Charlie Taylor. The new ground replaced Elgin's temporary ground from 1919 to 1921 at Cooper Park.
It has a capacity of 4,520;[1] 478 seated. All 478 seats in the main stand were formerly fixed atNewcastle United'sSt James' Park ground. When Elgin City were elected to the Scottish Football League in 2000 they obtained 500 seats from theGeordie club when it was revamping the seated areas in its main (Milburn) stand.
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