Information about Alistair McCoist Complex
G75 9LW, Glasgow
Opening hours
- sunday: 9h-15h
- monday: 9h-21h
- tuesday: 9h-21h
- wednesday: 9h-21h
- thursday: 9h-21h
- friday: 9h-21h
- saturday: 9h-15h
Welcome to the Alistair McCoist Complex, a premier multi-purpose sports and leisure center located in East Kilbride, Scotland. This facility, built on the distinguished site of the former St. Andrews School, is designed to cater to a wide array of athletic and recreational needs.
Our center boasts two expansive sports halls featuring markings for eight badminton courts, perfect for both casual play and competitive matches. Additionally, we offer a community room and a designated meeting room to accommodate gatherings and events. Sports enthusiasts can also enjoy our state-of-the-art outdoor 3rd generation five-a-side football pitch, ideal for a fast-paced game with friends or team practices.
At the Alistair McCoist Complex, we prioritize accessibility. Our amenities include disabled parking spaces, automatic entrance doors, and an accessible changing area to ensure everyone can enjoy the facilities. We are equipped with a hearing loop, Language Line, Typetalk services, and welcome assistance dogs to foster an inclusive atmosphere for all our visitors.
Join a vibrant community and elevate your fitness journey with our diverse range of fitness classes, from yoga to Body Pump, tailored to various skill levels and interests. With flexible membership options that allow you to pay monthly via direct debit, getting started has never been easier.
Whether you are looking to engage in sports, attend fitness classes, or simply enjoy family-friendly activities, the Alistair McCoist Complex stands as your go-to destination for a healthier lifestyle in South Lanarkshire. Come visit us today and discover the multitude of opportunities available!
Our comment from Gimnasios Fitness about Alistair McCoist Complex:
The Alistair McCoist Complex, located in Glasgow, is a well-regarded sports center that offers a variety of activities and services for the community. With its prime location, users appreciate the facility's overall accessibility and the ample parking space available for visitors.
Positive Aspects:
- Excellent facilities for sports such as badminton, table tennis, volleyball, and indoor tennis.
- Very efficient staff, especially during vaccination events, making the experience quick and pleasant.
- Provides a welcoming atmosphere, with helpful personnel readily assisting visitors.
- Well-maintained venue with sufficient cleanliness and safety measures in place.
Areas for Improvement:
- There is currently no café on site, which some users find lacking.
- Feedback suggests that certain sports equipment, particularly table tennis tables, may need updating.
- A few visitors experienced issues with visibility due to window placements and noted a lack of seating for spectators.
- Front-facing areas, such as notice boards and toilets, could benefit from more frequent maintenance and updates.
Overall, the Alistair McCoist Complex stands out for its dedication to facilitating physical health and hosting community events, and it is poised to return to its sporting roots once the current vaccination operations conclude.
Services, Machines and Guided Classes
Alistair McCoist Complex: Opinions
Fantastic experience: Go there every Thursday at 10 for the Active Age over 60s group. Mainly badmington and table tennis but there is also indoor tennis and volleyball with a soft ball. A beginner's guitar practice afterwards.
Fantastic experience: Attended for flu vaccine. Efficient and reassuring NHS staff.
Fantastic experience: Great location.
Positive experience: No cafe Poor visibility with the windows
Positive experience: table tennis/ pickleball venue, table tennis tables require updating imo.
Positive experience: Excellent facility and good parking space.
Fantastic experience: Sorry only use the centre when I have my jabs.
Fantastic experience: Great sports centre , Staff are so helpful and have everything set up for events very quickly.
Fantastic experience: The only place to visit for vaccinations
Fantastic experience: Went for my NHS COVID booster. Staff were great made you feel relaxed and valued. Thanks
Fantastic experience: Best place to get your covid &flu Jags then come out like a water sprinkler
Positive experience: Here for an injection quick and efficient.
Fantastic experience: Very helpful and considerate staff, Great venue with plenty parking space and is also very well kept by the staff.
Positive experience: A small but busy sport centre .Staff are very friendly and helpful. The atmosphere is very good.
Fantastic experience: Great facilities, lovely bright hall for doing archery in. Would like to use it again.
Negative experience: Looks like it's missing leadership and basic management. Vending machines both broke. Not enough chairs for spectators, very little empathy shown, many chairs outside of the sports hall are "Not Allowed To Be Used" No water fountain. Notice boards way out of date(Christmas opening and 2023 classes). Toilets dirty and clearly not been used for some time.
Positive experience: Good facility but go early asparking can be difficult.
Fantastic experience: Was only here for the double jab flu and covid booster on Friday still feel sore today
Positive experience: Ok sized hall. Parking bust at weekends due to covid vaccination
Positive experience: I've been going to the Alistair Mccoist centre for my vaccinations. The girl said this might be the last year for that. Makes you wonder where it will be next year
Fantastic experience: Was there for our covid booster staff were great
Positive experience: Once this facility is back to sports venue instead of vaccination centre it would be well used by the community.
Positive experience: Only visited for COVID & Flu vaccination.
Positive experience: Very nice hall, however the floor was too slippery for playing netball (was impossible to not drag your foot even after putting hairspray on it) due to some dancing lessons.
Fantastic experience: Great service as always. Staff were very friendly and helpful.
Fantastic experience: Was only there for an infection but was clean and looked good
Positive experience: Visited to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine. The full operation was VERY well performed indeed. Well done NHS and to EVERYONE involved, including the car park attendants braving the weather conditions. 10/10 ✔️ Returned here again on 16/08/23 at 5.30pm (for a different vaccine) Still very organised even tho it was nowhere as busy as during Covid times. Saw a nice froendly chap at the reception area, then l was taken into a smaller hall and saw a nice friendly and efficient nurse. Got my injection and an explanatory leaflet n l left straight after. Keep up the good work everyone at this complex.
Positive experience: Decent enough place to get your covid jag
Fantastic experience: Lovely atmosphere, hundreds of great clubs and lots of areas where you can get a drink or snack.
Fantastic experience: I was there for a COVID vaccine and was taken almost immediately, was treated quickly in a friendly and efficient manner and back out very quickly.
Fantastic experience: Went for my Covid booster and all went well.
Fantastic experience: Was here to get my shingles vaccination , although they still giving out flu and covid jabs when I attended they advised me that they had only taking in 9 patients the day before a long day for them
Fantastic experience: Well organised vaccination depot, when you gonna down size and move to a more appropriate hall and give this sports facility back to the local population.... We need those courts again.... Thank you
Fantastic experience: Arrived for my covid booster and flu jag,no waiting time at all very very quick,all the medical staff were very welcoming and cheery ,the nurse who gave me my jags was amazing .
Fantastic experience: Nice place to get your covid Jag...lol
Positive experience: In covid booster and flu jab. In out away great
Fantastic experience: Very helpful start,working at this vaccine creates.
Fantastic experience: Not there for sports but to have our boosters and flu jags.
Positive experience: Covid vaccination queue was 3 people when I went, really nice nurse and did not feel the jab. Excellent.
Fantastic experience: Not bad for having your injections there
Positive experience: Great for getting your covid boosters and flu shots big complex though don't have a detailed knowledge about this place
Fantastic experience: Can't thank all the people nurses, doctors, security guards & anyone I've missed out enough for their help
Fantastic experience: When I went up for my jab the queue diminished quickly and the nurses were friendly and helpful
Fantastic experience: Went there for covid booster, very professional and well organized.
Fantastic experience: Vaccine centre, well treated, it was quite in and out quickly
Fantastic experience: Very efficient. Well done the NHS!!!
Negative experience: Taking the old mother in law in for her vaccination against the COVID and flu. She came out smiling....next stop is the armoury, see if she's still smiling with a rocket up her a....
Positive experience: Very organized covid and flu done .Thank you.
Fantastic experience: Went for covid booster, think it's hard to find but not really, not much spaces for cars
Fantastic experience: Super Alistair (Ally) McCoist is a legend in East Kilbride for his time at Rangers football club. But now his is a legend again for hosting the COVID vaccinations in the building named after him. He's now known as Super Super Ally!
Fantastic experience: Went for vax, very efficient, no waiting.
Fantastic experience: Visited to receive my 1st Covid-19 vaccination. Organisation was superb. In and out in around 10 minutes.
Positive experience: Alright for a jab (vaccination) no doubt it is a valued place in Tumbleweed Town. As for ally mc'coist i am not a fan sorry!
Fantastic experience: Went for covid booster. Very quick service from staff there.
Positive experience: Excellent service from the NHS for the vaccine jab.
Positive experience: Went to centre for booster jab Long delay as only 3 cubicles being used 30 over 75 's had to stand in line for quite a while Staff on duty were efficient and friendly but not enough of them
Fantastic experience: I've only been here for Vaccination appointments. I had no issues. Parking is ample and close enough to the entrance, wheelchair accessible and wheelchairs available to use if requested.
Fantastic experience: Got me booster and flu jab, people there were very professional
Fantastic experience: Hi I attended this morning for my covid 19buster and flu vaccine the staff were great and very organised coping with the queues.
Fantastic experience: Went for covid jags well organised staff and venue.
Negative experience: Brilliant facility.... They were totally instrumental in ensuring my Cov 19 injections when I moved in with my partner away from my home address
Positive experience: Was sent here for my 2nd Covid vaccine. No queues on arrival, in and out in under 10 mins. Good enough.
Fantastic experience: Vaccine centre-empty at 8.00 Excellent
Positive experience: Went to get vaccinated. Quiet, and quick.
Fantastic experience: My husband dropped in here for his vaccine, everything was orderly and fast, kudos to those in charge
Positive experience: Used currently for covid19 vaccinations. There is parking.
Fantastic experience: Vacation centre right now. NHS fast and great service.
Fantastic experience: The NHS are using this just now for covid vaccination, very efficient, staff are very helpful explain in detail what is happening in and out in around 10 minutes. They also do a drop in service too as long as it has been 8 weeks between vaccines and you are prepared to wait at the time I waited about 30 minutes but it could be longer
Fantastic experience: Second vaccine here very quick and efficient
Positive experience: Got my Covid jab here, Parking is a little sketchy. Worthwhile parking at the pub nearby and walking round
Fantastic experience: Only went there for a COVID-19 vaccination. All NHS Lanarkshire staff were helpful, polite and friendly, which made having the 2and dose of our AstraZeneca vaccine a doddle.
Fantastic experience: Used ad temp facility for CoViD vaccination. Fast and effective.
Fantastic experience: Was there for my 2nd vaccine all went fine well organised
Fantastic experience: Went here for covid vaccine, helpful staff and very clean , sanitized. Thank you nhs
Positive experience: Only went for my covid jab. Lovely and clean. Plenty of sanitizer. Well laid out and felt safe.
Fantastic experience: Got the covid vaccine here, queues were not bad and the staff were excellent.
Negative experience: Too small a complex to handle the volume of cars attending. Your allowed to drive in even though car park is full then escorted back out with no other places nearby to park. Staff performing the jabs were superb.
Fantastic experience: Took my daughter in law for her last jab busy but, quick thank you NHS.
Fantastic experience: I haven't used this centre only had my covid jag in it
Positive experience: Had to go their for my vaccination 1 and 2 had a bit of fubar on my second visit
Fantastic experience: I was only here for my covid jab tbf, looks nice though
Positive experience: Can only comment on it as a covid vaccine centre, but apart from the tight parking it all worked incredibly smoothly.
Positive experience: Covid jab nice and slick well done NHS Lanarkshire in having this moving so quickly.
Fantastic experience: Went there to get my Covid-19 vaccine. Was in and out in no time
Fantastic experience: Have only been here on two occasions to get my covid vaccine very quick no queues helpful and friendly staff on hand if you need anything answered
Positive experience: Going for 2nd covid jag, this was very well organised and smoothly run. Only issue is the lack of parking.
Positive experience: Visited for 2nd Covid jag, had to go Sunday for wife and then back Monday for myself. How the organisers could not arrange man and wife on same visit confounds me.
Positive experience: Attended for vaccination easy to get to on public transport, number 18
Positive experience: Centre is being used as the main vaccination hub for the covid vaccine in East Kilbride It is well organized by the NHS staff
Fantastic experience: Thanks very much Mr mccoist for letting NHS use build for vacines had my two there today
Fantastic experience: Covid vaccination Centre. Great staff, well organised.
Fantastic experience: I was here for Covid Vaccine. Lots of space, very safe and in a pretty good spot if you need to get public transport to reach it!
Fantastic experience: Covid-19 Vaccination Centre, 2nd Vaccination with no problems and quick turnaround.
Negative experience: was only here for covid vaccination so can't provide any details
Fantastic experience: Fantastically well organised as a vaccine centre!
Fantastic experience: Was there with my partner to get his covid jab. Very well organized.
Fantastic experience: Went here for 2nd covid Jag the NHS staff were so nice
Fantastic experience: Not busy for 2nd covid vaccination
Fantastic experience: Went for 2nd covid jab , quick and efficient
Fantastic experience: Just got my second jag here all the staff were very helpful and friendly thanks for all your hard work
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