A ten-year lease on the site was secured and a ground constructed by Fred Braby & Co. An uncovered 1,200-seat stand was erected on the northern side of the pitch with an adjacent pavilion.

The ground was chosen to host the 1892 Scottish Cup Final between Celtic and Queen's Park, but proved inadequate for the estimated 30,000 attendance.

The 1893 Cup Final, again between Celtic and Queen's Park, was also staged at Ibrox, but again there were problems; the match was declared void due to poor pitch conditions and had to be played again.

In 1895 they were both held on the same day in the same city, at the grounds of opposing football clubs, and if attendance is anything to go by the Scottish public made their feeling on the topic abundantly clear.

Over 6,000 fans attended the breakaway SAAU championships at Hampden Park where Robert Langlands became the first Scottish athlete to break two minutes for 880 yards, whilst barely 1000 spectators saw Mrs McNab, the wife of the Hon.