[3] Although Berwick Rangers is a Scottish Lowland Football League club, Shielfield Park is situated in the English county of Northumberland.

There has been a ground at Shielfield Park, named after land owned by local butcher William Shiel Dods, since 1890.

[4] Due to financial problems,[5] Berwick Rangers was forced to sell Shielfield Park to the local council in 1985,[4] who leased it back to the club.

[4] Arguments with Berwick Rangers forced the Bandits to find a new home, which was Berrington Lough near Ancroft, Northumberland.

[6] The 390m circumference track was described as a good galloping circuit but the venture only lasted four years because the football club fans bought out the lease in 1995.