Press
Press accreditation
Anyone wishing to visit a Gretna match at Fir Park as a journalist must have valid accreditation, which should be applied for via press@gretnafootballclub.co.uk, no later than 48 hours in advance of the fixture. Parking passes can also be applied for at the same time.
If your application for accreditation is approved you will typically receive a confirmation email. To pick up your pass, present this confirmation together with proof of your identity at the press entrance to the ground, which opens two hours before kick-off on the day of the match.
Photographers
Anyone wishing to visit a Gretna match at Fir Park as a photographer must have valid accreditation, which should be applied for via press@gretnafootballclub.co.uk, no later than 48 hours in advance of the fixture. Parking passes can also be applied for at the same time.
If your application for accreditation is approved you will typically receive a confirmation email. To pick up your pass, present this confirmation together with proof of your identity at the press entrance to the ground, which opens two hours before kick-off on the day of the match.
Refused accreditation
Requests are subject to the availability of places in the press box. Gretna Football Club reserves the right to refuse requests for accreditation which arrive after the deadline. If your accreditation application is refused, you can visit the ground as a spectator.
Broadcast media rights holders
At the end of the match the management and players of Gretna and the opposing team are available for interviews with representatives of broadcast media rights holders on request. No access can be granted to the trackside and tunnel area for representatives of broadcast media that are non-rights holders or to representatives of the press.
Press Conferences
Following the broadcast media interviews, a post-match press conference will be held with the management and players of Gretna and the opposing team available for interviews. All media can attend these briefings if space permits.
The club will also hold pre-match press conferences on a Thursday or a Friday for matches being played on either a Saturday or Sunday. For midweek matches, the press conference will be held the day before the game. All media can attend these briefings if space permits.
Facilties
Fir Park contains over 50 press seats, a roof mounted gantry for television coverage and a press-room for post match interviews. ISDN lines are only available to media who have installed their own lines at the ground, although visiting Webmasters / Press Officers are allocated a power socket and ISDN line in accordance with the SPL requirements.
Press Releases
The club send press releases and notification of press conferences and / or press calls to accredited press. To be added to our press circulation list, please email press@gretnafootballclub.co.uk.
For further information please contact the Press Office on 01461 337602 or email press@gretnafootballclub.co.uk.
