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RoosterWedgie
8 Jul 2002, 12:56
Personally I dislike Adelaide Oval because you're so far away from the action but a lot of people like it.
If I had to do it in order I'd go:
Glenelg Oval
Prospect Oval
Woodville Oval
Richmond Oval
Elizabeth Oval
Adelaide Oval
Norwood Oval
Alberton Oval
Unley Oval
Noarlunga Oval
I lean towards the grounds with a bit of grass for the kids to play on. If just with my mates I'd put Norwood Oval probably 3rd or 4th purely for the Coopers.
Bring back Thebby, Id have that at no 3!
baysHead
8 Jul 2002, 13:19
i'd rank unley up there.
mine is
bay
unley
parade
alberton
adelaide oval
prospect
noarlunga
richmond
woodville
footy park
elizabeth
naughty monkey
8 Jul 2002, 13:22
Prospect at number 2! - Has the council finally spent some money? Last time I was at Prospect (5+ yrs ago) it was more like a rubbish dump with all the litter lying around (mainly because the bins were overflowing!) and the crappers were a disgrace
You're not letting your bias show through are you RW?
p.s. did you catch up with an old school friend on Saturday? :D
RoosterWedgie
8 Jul 2002, 13:32
Naughty Monkey, half of Prospects toilets have been knocked down and I havent seen much litter, mind you those ****ing trees they planted half way down the terrace **** me.
Nah, you've got to remember Propsect has the cheapest beer in the SANFL so it should be everyone's fav ground, also the grassed area under the scoreboard is ideal for the kiddies.
Yes did catch up with Pea-Nis on Saturday, it was fun, still weird seeing him barrack for the bays though! lol
Very soft effort by you preferring to play tennis to watching the blockbuster at Adelaide Oval though!
;)
RoosterWedgie
8 Jul 2002, 13:33
BTW Unley and Alberton should automatically be last if Noarlunaga wasnt built in the worst spot they could find in the Southern Hemisphere.
Any oval that you cant walk fully around should be for amateur level only.
naughty monkey
8 Jul 2002, 14:20
There is one good thing about Noarlunga...doing doughnuts in the carpark after the game!
I thought the tennis was going to be less painful - and that was the first physical act I've done since Easter :D
I think I was right too! (How can any team not run down North in the last quarter when they only lead by 3 goals :mad: :mad: :mad: )
RoosterWedgie
8 Jul 2002, 14:25
Anyway, the REAL Noarlunga Oval is still at Old Noarlunga, and is a great oval.
Must admit Ive only enjoyed one day at Noarlunga and that was when I knew one of the South VPs who got me into the glassed off area and I sucked free suds all day!
Only good thing about Alberton is the pasty man, he rocks!
I repeat Unley Oval isn't up to league standard, its an embarassment to the SANFL.
I like Adelaide the best...but in the suburban grounds I do like Norwood.
Grogette
8 Jul 2002, 19:23
This poll is a great idea Wedgie,
Well, I have just voted for Prospect Oval, mainly because it's my second home and I love the scoreboard (expect for the frellin' tree in the front of it) I reckon it is chain saw time!!!! he he :p
I also love the place, because I feel at home and safe there...However more grass is what she needs, so Wedgie's and other people's little people can run around.
It's rather interesting that Prospect, Elizabeth and Unley are neck and neck. I find Unley Oval to small for football, but has a little bit of character (especially, home made soup!!) yummy, and don't get me started with Elizabeth Oval
If I was to put the ovals in order, they would be:
Prospect Oval
Adelaide Oval (Bring back can beer!!)
Glenelg Oval
Woodville Oval
Richmond Oval
Unley Oval
Elizabeth Oval
Norwood Oval
Alberton Oval (Pastie Man)
Noarlunga Oval (To far!!) he he
And I agree with Wedgie: Bring back Thebby, but I would put it as No: 2 :D
By the way Naughty Monkey - the council, has given us some money and the renovations to Prossie Oval are commencing...;)
bc bloke
9 Jul 2002, 04:46
BC BLOKE'S OVAL VOTE:
1. Adelaide: I live in Adelaide and can just walk to this picturesque ground. I can't believe an AFL Club has not made this their home ground. I love it.
2. Elizabeth: A big, beautiful ground with the biggest and best club facilities. A great oval for kids with grass practically everywhere.
3. Norwood: A pokey little cow paddock but there's plenty of pub/restaurant options before and after the game. A terrible oval from a player's view - got to be careful of running into a brick wall on the Western wing! Leave your kids at home and hit Fin MaCool's after the game.
4. Football Park: A cold, soul-less piece of concrete with disgusting food. However, I'm warming to the place after the last 2 years! :D
5. Prospect: Not too bad, good atmosphere for banter with the North grog squad at the southern end.
6. Woodville: A neat, average suburban ground. Don't hate it, don't love it. Gotta laugh at that Eagles Raffle man - "AAAAARRRRRRRR EEEGOOOWS RAFFLE!!"
7. Richmond: Too drab and industrial. A cold hard place in the cold, hard western suburbs.
8. Glenelg/Unley - They look the same with the outer blocked off at the southern end. I dislike any oval where you can't see 360 degrees of crowd.
9. Alberton: Same as Glenelg/Unley except a little more run-down. The place should be demolished.
10. Noarlunga: Crap location, no atmosphere. But give 'em time to develop.
Uncle Steve
9 Jul 2002, 10:34
Originally posted by naughty monkey
There is one good thing about Noarlunga...doing doughnuts in the carpark after the game!
;)
Uncle Steve
9 Jul 2002, 10:40
Originally posted by raboyle
I like Adelaide the best...but in the suburban grounds I do like Norwood.
What he said!
Adelaide Oval is the BEST place to watch a footy match in the state. Great atmosphere, handy to loads of pubs for pre/after game drinks, handy to transport, and the only bar in the SANFL which serves Stout!
Of the suburban grounds I like Norwood best. Excellent atmosphere, very close to the action even if you're at the back of the northern stand. The best BBQ in the SANFL and Coopers beer to boot!
Uncle Steve
9 Jul 2002, 10:49
Originally posted by bc bloke
8. Glenelg/Unley - They look the same with the outer blocked off at the southern end. I dislike any oval where you can't see 360 degrees of crowd.
Have you ever been to Glenelg Oval? :confused:
I agree with the assessment of Unley - it is an embarrassment to the Sturt FC. They left the pristine Adelaide Oval for that dung-heap?!?
... and add my voice to the chorus to Bring Back Thebby!
RoosterWedgie
9 Jul 2002, 11:32
Glenelg Oval Rocks, I voted for it as the best.
Great facilities (including Mrs Wedgie's mum at the cake stall and Mrs Wedgie's dad at the souvenier stand), lots of grass for the kids to play at, nice area, great public transport, close to the action, and a walk away from decent pubs, shops, etc.
Only thing that annoyed me was when they closed the Eastern gates for a few years (as the toilets were outside the gates!) but with the work at the southern end they've re-opened them.
BC Bloke, I've been to Glenelg every year since 1983 and I can assure you can quite easily walk around the southern end, otherwise I wouldnt have been able to meet Uncle Steve or get a beer!
Its only a 5 minute drive home too, which is always a bonus!
Go South
9 Jul 2002, 11:58
It's pretty hard to determine which is the best ground, because there are so many factors to weigh up.
- the state of the oval itself
- facilities
- opposition supporters
- atmosphere
- results there
- distance from play
- location of oval
- weather conditions
Anyway here is my list... remember these are from the perspective of a South Adelaide supporter living in O'Halloran Hill :D
1. Noarlunga Oval
Built in a shocking location, awful weather, ****es down in winter, icy cold and windy most weeks, not many supporters. Atmosphere isn't too bad if you're on the grandstand side. Club is directly next to the oval, which means half-time escapes to the warmth of the pokie room for free coffee. Only 10 minutes away for me. Really scraping at the bottom of the barrel here to find positives, so I think I'll give up... it's our home ground + home crowd, so I love playing there... the end.
2. Norwood Oval
One of the best atmospheres in the league, and as someone else said, you can be 10 rows back and still be close to the action. Difficult to get there, and usually lose, but I enjoy playing there anyway, especially on a Friday night.
3. Adelaide Oval
Love playing at Adelaide Oval, especially on a Friday night. Transport is easy... usually a great atmosphere... good food/drink facilities. The fact that you can't get onto the ground at 1/4 and 3/4 time is a bit of a downside for me. Apart from that, great place to watch footy.
4. Unley Oval
Don't mind going to Unley Oval... Unley means 'Shake 'n' Dog' from Wendy's at half time, which provides a light at the end of the tunnel during the usual belting we cop. Usually we stand behind Blues_Girl and the family which is entertaining, and soon we will be able to present the inaugural 'Nasty Cup' to the day's winner. The fact that only 1/2 of the oval is open to supporters is ridiculous.
5. Suspect Oval
Fair way to travel, but the last 2 times we've played there, we've won by under a goal. Great memories for me. The fact that there isn't actually a fenced off race for opposition teams also means that you can pat the boys on the back after the game, and also walk straight into the rooms and sing the song with the players, which is lots of fun. Food everywhere, which is nice.
6. Glenelg Oval
Only 10 - 15 minutes away. Don't mind playing there... usually lay back behind the goals on the grass which is great. Plus, with Glenelg, there's always a good chance of coming away with a win, which can only be a positive :D
7. Woodville Oval
We always lose here. It takes forever to get there, and always leave disappointed. Don't mind the oval itself, but hate playing there. Supporters are usually cocky arseholes.
8. Richmond Oval
I hate everything about West Adelaide... the team, the club, the supporters, the oval... it is a hole... no supporters (and that's saying something coming from a South supporter)... no atmosphere. The supporters that do show up are usually without morals, dignity... and teeth. Richmond Oval is also home to countless arguments with the infamous "Mullet Trio", as Anne (Blues_Girl) can attest to. Absolutely hate going to this hole.
9. Alberton Oval
See Richmond Oval... except replace "no supporters" with "army of rabid undignified ferals". Usually pelted with abuse for the entire match, and in 2001 we were also pelted with small rocks. The only upside of going here is that when we win... it's usually the highlight of what usually proves to be an otherwise tragic season (ie... 2002).
10. Elizabeth Oval
It takes a bus and two trains to get there... which means that we end up spending more time on public transport than we do at the game itself. Elizabeth is on the other side of the planet to me. Usually cop abuse all day 'Alberton style' from ferals, usually spouting the tired "long trip back to Noarlunga" spiel, which is amusing, considering it's highly unlikely that these f*ckers have ever been to Noarlunga in their lives. After taking 10 years to get there, we're usually belted anyway, and then have to run for our lives to escape alive.
--. Football Park
Will let you know in 20 years time when we finally make the finals again :(
RoosterWedgie
9 Jul 2002, 12:48
Geezus Go South, are you a man or a blouse?
You forgot the most important thing in assessing a ground:
BEER!
Prospect has the cheapest and Norwood has Coopers so I rate them both up there.
Adelaide Oval comes second to last for thos ****y little cups and Footy Pk comes dead last in the whole world as you cant even drink a beer while watching the footy live!
Alberton's way down there too as you have to fight your way through a flock of ferals to get a drink, but lucky for me Port were on a losing streak last team we played there hence none of them turned up.
Grand Central
9 Jul 2002, 19:38
Go South, I don't know where you were in recent years (probably hitting the pokies or something) but Bulldog supporters have outnumbered South fans. Just because yer ladies auxiliary (bless their souls) take 8 rows of seats in the grandstand doesn't mean there's a stack of Panther fans at the ground.
Noarlunga Oval is a bit like what Elizabeth Oval was, say, 30 years ago. Built in the middle of a cow paddock. Sadly for South it's also in a natural wind tunnel propagating rumours that a wind-turbine will be erected next to the clubrooms to generate income from the National power grid.
bc bloke
9 Jul 2002, 23:16
Sorry about my assessment of Glenelg Oval. I may be mistaken, but I distinctly remember last year the Southern end was blocked off. Being a traditional "end-to-ender" I tend to remember the ovals that don't have proper access! Having said that, it may have been a temporary measure as other areas of growing grass were also roped off. I'll be at Glenelg Oval again on 10/8/2002 so I'll check it out again then.
This Oval poll was a great idea. With some photos of each oval it would make a great web page idea. Get onto it somebody, before I do!
What exactly is happening with Thebarton Oval at the minute? Does anybody know?
Jerome
RoosterWedgie
10 Jul 2002, 09:09
Just to prove the Southern end of Glenelg Oval is open, here's the Grog Squad celebrating yet another goal there earlier this year:
http://home.iprimus.com.au/wedgie/NAFC/vGlenelg11502/GrogSquadLowRes.jpg
and why is it that every home game for the last few years its always nice weather at Prospect? Heres the view of the old Grandstand earlier this year from where I stand (under the scoreboard):
http://home.iprimus.com.au/wedgie/NAFC/Grandstand.JPG
Originally posted by RoosterWedgie
Nah, you've got to remember Propsect has the cheapest beer in the SANFL so it should be everyone's fav ground, also the grassed area under the scoreboard is ideal for the kiddies.
Agree with some of your sentiments (namely the former) but Prospect is a dangerous ground for kids with a 10 foot drop to the asphalt at the back of the hill without any barriers to protect them. You cant beat Elizabeth or Adelaide regards space for the kids.
Alot of that tired Elizabeth bashing crap in this thread. Surely the poll is to do with the ground and if any of those authors have been to the ground and stood on the terraces, a friendlier lot you could not find.
RoosterWedgie
10 Jul 2002, 19:48
Originally posted by UDOGS
Agree with some of your sentiments (namely the former) but Prospect is a dangerous ground for kids with a 10 foot drop to the asphalt at the back of the hill without any barriers to protect them. You cant beat Elizabeth or Adelaide regards space for the kids.
Alot of that tired Elizabeth bashing crap in this thread. Surely the poll is to do with the ground and if any of those authors have been to the ground and stood on the terraces, a friendlier lot you could not find.
Its fenced off at the grass part under the scoreboard where my kids run around.
Can people be fair when assessing grounds taking into account several things such as proximity and being able to walk around the full oval, for christ sakes, Unley and Elizabeth? Stop showing you bias peoples!
:p
raboyle
10 Jul 2002, 21:30
Originally posted by bc bloke
This Oval poll was a great idea. With some photos of each oval it would make a great web page idea. Get onto it somebody, before I do!
There is an Australian website devoted to our wonderful venues where football is played. AFL, SANFL, VFL, WAFL etc... most of the grounds are in there but he does need some help with our ovals.
So go to www.austadiums.com and send some info about our SANFL footy grounds and check out some of the ovals that are unknown to some of us.
i'll give it a go by my bais is definately will go with my best memories
prospect
norwood
glenelg
woodville
adelaide
richmond
elizabeth
alberton
unley
noarlunga
:eek: :eek: :eek:
love footy park cause that means we must be in the finals:D :D :D
Grogette
10 Jul 2002, 22:14
Originally posted by Jerome
What exactly is happening with Thebarton Oval at the minute? Does anybody know?
Jerome
Not 100% sure, but I have heard that it is used for the soccer.
Could be wrong thou!!!
:p
Originally posted by Grogette
Not 100% sure, but I have heard that it is used for the soccer.
Could be wrong thou!!!
:p
wasn't it for the glendi festival:D :D :D
Grogette
10 Jul 2002, 22:34
Originally posted by FISH
wasn't it for the glendi festival:D :D :D
Ha ha ha :D
No seriously - I think you right again Fish :p
By the way, how are you? More importantly are you still local? or are back in Streaky catching some fish (no pun intended!)
If so, I hope to catch you on Saturday at the North vs ****ville game.
:p :p
Originally posted by Grogette
Ha ha ha :D
No seriously - I think you right again Fish :p
By the way, how are you? More importantly are you still local? or are back in Streaky catching some fish (no pun intended!)
If so, I hope to catch you on Saturday at the North vs ****ville game.
:p :p
i'm still in goolwa at the moment and yes i will seeya saturday i'll probaly head home monday giving me a day to recover i think i may need it!!!:D :cool: :cool:
From my perspective the worst grounds are those that are almost impossible to find a decent park anywhere near them, therefore Norwood, Glenelg, Prospect & Unley are amongst the worst. The better ones in that respect Woodville, Alberton, Adelaide, Elizabeth & Norlunga. Richmond is OK somehow i always find a good park. can't rate Footy Park as it isn't a true SANFL ground anymore.
Obviously this isn't the be all and end all, but to me it rates pretty highly. Being able to get a seat around the ground is also handy, availablility of food & drink also important but at most grounds it isn't hard. Other reasons like distance to travel, atmosphere, ground/stand condition etc also are factors.
I'll ignore Alberton as it is for me the best place to watch footy at SANFL. Also will ignore Adelaide as Port play home there too and it is a great spot to go to to watch footy for me.
Now bearing this in mind of the away games i would rank them in this order:
Woodville: Easyily number 1. Close to home, easy to get a park in the carpark, pretty easy to find a seat, decent stands, good social club for half time, post or pre game.
Richmond: Again close to home, normally get a good park, food usually a little hard to get to if seating on the outer wing though. Atmosphere is a little industrial as mentioned before.
Elizabeth: Would be number 2 if it wasn't so far away, nice big ground, easy to park nearby, plenty of food/drink available. Shame we don't win up there much anymore.
Glenelg: not as bad as Unley or Norwood, actually half decent, would probably rank it 4. Parking a slight problem, same as finding a decent seat. Is pretty close to home for me too.
Prospect: see glenelg, but rank it five as it is further away. Last time i was there, they ran out of hot food by 1/4 time.
Norwood is bad due to parking, again when playing there the crowd is big and getting food/ drink is a pain, beside coopers sucks, and what is with that freaking wall, the ground is too small, buy some more land Norwood and expand (this won't ever happen). Also travelling time.
Unley is crap becuse it is f**king hard to get a park and normally when i go there are too many people and not enough room, what is with the tennis courts.
Norlunga: is a hole. Too far from anywhere, it's cold & ****ty, When it rains it turns to a mud slide on the outer wing. What are those stands, can more than five people actually sit in them? Atleast it is easy to park near though.
Macca19
12 Jul 2002, 21:36
Alberton : was better when there was a fairly large grassy bit around the outer. The ground itself is almost always in top condition. Its my home ground so of course its my favourite.
Woodville - Dont like it...have never liked it. A number of times ive been there and went to get some food before the match has started to be told all hot food has been sold!!! Ridiculous that they cant even have enough bloody pies to last the reserves game! Their supporters are old and extremely spiteful which makes it good and bad at the same. Good as you can easily get on their nerves...bad cos they usually get personal and if you hav a go back you get frowned upon for picking on the elderly
Richmond: Ground condition is usually ok...often a tricky place to get to and find a park...altho its got increasingly easier as their supporters have wittled down. Never had any problem getting food or beer there.
Elizabeth: been there once as a 14 year old kid...i got spat on and kicked...not going back there.
Norwood: absolute hole of an oval. Hope it doesnt run otherwise youll see the worst game of football possible. Draining is non existant and ive seen a lake form in one pocket before which went half way up the players shins. Ridiculous. Food and drink is easy to get tho which is good. Always have fun with their supporters too.
Prospect: Usually alright. Last time iw as there (last year) there would of been about 9 North supporters there which was crappy. The ground is usually in good nick...tho ive had trouble getting beer there before...being told all they had left was warm ice coffee :confused:
Glenelg: The ground usually looks like a cow paddock, but lots of grass for a supporters point of view. Their supporters are up and down...sometimes they are fun...other times they are downright spiteful. No drink/food outlets on the outer side which means you have to walk all the way around just to find they have no pies :(
Unley: can you even call it an oval?? I dont like it...absolutely no parking, ridiculous "oval".
Noarlunga: The oval is on a slant...its always freezing and wet...no hot food. I dont like this oval.
Uncle Steve
12 Jul 2002, 22:28
Originally posted by Macca19
Glenelg: [...] Their supporters are up and down...sometimes they are fun...other times they are downright spiteful.
... it depends on how many chocolate-covered coffee beans they've eaten ;) :D
Hollypig
13 Jul 2002, 07:32
Originally posted by Macca19
Prospect: Usually alright. Last time iw as there (last year) there would of been about 9 North supporters there which was crappy. The ground is usually in good nick...tho ive had trouble getting beer there before...being told all they had left was warm ice coffee :confused:
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You`r joking Macca, I can only remember the Taj running out of lunatic soup once in the last 5 years, & that was 5 minutes before the end of a game. We burnt the attendants houses down & held their children hostage for a couple of years, so it`s never happened again.
Ran out of hot food a couple of weeks ago against Norwood, when out of the blue 4500 spectators rolled up. Thats been rectified.
Alberton & Norwood would always run out of beer at 3-4 time when they sold Victorian swill, but now that proper beer is sold theres no problems. The pasty man out the back of Alberton is good enough reason to rate it highly.
broadviewboy
13 Jul 2002, 20:21
1) Elizabeth: home of the Mighty doggies, best club and changerooms in the SANFL
2) Adelaide: just a nice place to watch footy!
3) Prospect: around the corner, good to play on! but a crap centre!
4) Alberton: alan scott power headquaters makes it look real modern and important
5) Bay: is oK to play on!
6) Woodville: is alrite, same as the bay- oK to play on!
7) Norlunga: way to windy and far away
8) Richmond: is an industrial concrete S*** HOLE
9) Unley: nice suburb, can only stay at one end though? to small, anyone for tennis??
10) Norwood: norwood oval is bloody dangerous to play on, i hit the brick wall and it hurt! it is also to small!
eastaugh36
15 Jul 2002, 16:58
The best for me is by far Glenelg. This is the order -
Glenelg - Is close to travel to, easy to find parks, with lots of grass and the odd tree which makes it a welcoming ground, good atmosphere in front of the members stand.
Noarlunga - If your rugged up I suppose it is ok. Good food outlets, closest ground to travel to and parking is the easiest to find in the sanfl (the shopping centre).
Richmond - not too far to travel to, parking is ok, cement city though. Glenelg never win there either. Good food outlets.
Norwood - Parks are easy to find in the streets, food outlets are good, small ground makes it a great place to watch footy. Glenelg have only won there once in the times I have been there and that was by a point or so on a friday night.
Woodville - Average parking, average food outlets, grandstand sucks, absolutely no leg room. A fair way to travel, does have good grass areas though
Alberton - Cement city, food outlets are fair, Grandstand is bloody uncomfortable though !
Prospect - A fair way to travel, cement city too.
Elizabeth - So far to travel, 99.9% chance of getting caned there and the central supporters make this ground one of the worst.
Unley - Everyone is crammed in together, too much of a picnic atmosphere for a game of footy and the bloody streets around Unley are annoying, they are all dead ends. Tough to get food by the time the ground is full.
Originally posted by eastaugh36
The best for me is by far Glenelg. This is the order -
Glenelg - Is close to travel to, easy to find parks, with lots of grass and the odd tree which makes it a welcoming ground, good atmosphere in front of the members stand.
Norwood - Parks are easy to find in the streets, food outlets are good, small ground makes it a great place to watch footy. Glenelg have only won there once in the times I have been there and that was by a point or so on a friday night.
Where are these f*cking parks?
I've been going to Norwood & the bay since i was a little tacker and only once have i got a park within 300-400m of the ground and that was when i rocked up 10 minutes into the first quarter at the bay last year when it was a draw.
The parking at these two are the worst in the league IMO. Mind you a lot more people turn up to a Port v Norwood game than a Glenelg v Norwood game at Norwood Oval. As for the bay again most weeks you would probably be OK, but i've never got a decent park!!
Uncle Steve
17 Jul 2002, 21:56
Originally posted by Eago77
Where are these f*cking parks?
If you don't mind springing for it, you can park in the grounds of the primary school adjacent to Glenelg Oval.
Thankfully I live within staggering distance of the ground so parking isn't an issue :D
Santos L Helper
17 Jul 2002, 22:44
Don't forget easty has a doctor's pass. He get's to park in the members at all the ovals.
timelord
17 Jul 2002, 23:55
I haven't been to all the grounds in the SANFL, but I do have a personal favourite, and that's the Parade. I like the atmosphere on both occasions that I have been there for night games (in 2000 against Glenelg and this year against Sturt).
Comments on the other grounds;
*Elizabeth - Never been there.
*Unley - Never been there.
*Richmond - Went there once about 8 years ago for the SAFA grand final. Nice stand, but very bare elsewhere.
*Prospect - Never been there.
*Alberton - Seen the ground but not on a match day. Looks a bit bare although not as bare as Richmond.
*Woodville - Never been there.
*Noarlunga - Like Alberton, seen the ground and I can understand why it's not very popular. But unlike the others it is a new ground. Give it some time.
*Glenelg - Also seen the ground but not on match day. Better than either Alberton or Noarlunga but that's all I could say.
*Adelaide - I can understand why people don't like it, but it is an odd shape - which might partly explain the problem with distance from the game for the fans. I saw the 1993 SAAFL A1 grand final there and I quite like the ground myself. Not as much atmosphere as the Parade though.
I recall someone asking why Adelaide isn't hosting AFL matches. It hasn't got the capacity. Even if either the Crows or the Power are playing a team that won't pull a crowd Adelaide still isn't big enough.
Oh and I agree with the person who put the Southern FL ground ahead of South Adelaide's ground! I saw an SFL grand final there in 1994. The ground has character! But like I said, give "Panther Park" some time. It's only relatively new.
eastaugh36
18 Jul 2002, 11:58
Originally posted by Eago77
Where are these f*cking parks?
I've been going to Norwood & the bay since i was a little tacker and only once have i got a park within 300-400m of the ground and that was when i rocked up 10 minutes into the first quarter at the bay last year when it was a draw.
The parking at these two are the worst in the league IMO. Mind you a lot more people turn up to a Port v Norwood game than a Glenelg v Norwood game at Norwood Oval. As for the bay again most weeks you would probably be OK, but i've never got a decent park!!
No wonder if you rocked up that late. If you get there anytime before half time of the reserves you are right for a park at the bay and you dont have to pay
Blues_Brat
18 Jul 2002, 13:13
Originally posted by eastaugh36
No wonder if you rocked up that late. If you get there anytime before half time of the reserves you are right for a park at the bay and you dont have to pay
How many people get to an SANFL that early these days?
This poll is way to biased, there are a few votes for Prospect, which is a hole IMO (but the beer is cheap so that makes up for the facilities a bit ;)).
I didn't even vote, it's obvious I am going to vote for Unley, but I can see the reasons other supporters don't like it.
Each ground has its own character, the home teams supports are going to like it, the opposition dislike it and that's the way it should be.
Mobbenfuhrer
18 Jul 2002, 21:47
I've only seen two of the SANFL grounds, the one Woodville-West Torrens use as a home ground ... hang on, getting out street directory ... ok its Woodville Oval (we stayed at a pub on Torrens Rd in Kilkenny, big place with cheap rooms above), and the Glenelg Oval.
Visited both while enjoying visits when over for Fitzroy matches (thank you to Tony Moderate for large losses at both of those games).
I found I liked Glenelg, but wasn't a very big fan of Woodville Oval. I couldn't be biased, because my SANFL team is WWT (was a distant West Torrens fan).
I would have given Glenelg about a 7 out of 10, and Woodville about a 5. Mainly I liked how Glenelg tended to involve the outer outer as well as the inner outer. The outer outer at Woodville was sparse, had some concrete steps and that was about it.
Atmosphere might have affected my judgement, too, as the Glenelg match was more populated. Glenelg hosted WWT at that match, can't remember who WWT hosted at the second one.
screech
23 Jul 2002, 02:04
Originally posted by RoosterWedgie
Anyway, the REAL Noarlunga Oval is still at Old Noarlunga, and is a great oval.
Must admit Ive only enjoyed one day at Noarlunga and that was when I knew one of the South VPs who got me into the glassed off area and I sucked free suds all day!
Only good thing about Alberton is the pasty man, he rocks!
I repeat Unley Oval isn't up to league standard, its an embarassment to the SANFL.
They are the same arn't they?
Oh sorry no, just the club is the same, South Thirds have to play somewhere.
Shoe park isnt that great, nice setting, ground can get a bit boggy at times.
Still nothing on Bice oval - best ground in the league by far.
screech
23 Jul 2002, 02:13
Originally posted by timelord
Oh and I agree with the person who put the Southern FL ground ahead of South Adelaide's ground! I saw an SFL grand final there in 1994. The ground has character! But like I said, give "Panther Park" some time. It's only relatively new.
Actually that is Port Noarlunga oval you are talking about, a much less interesting ground than Noarlunga, set in the middle of swampland.
1994 however was a great year and a great result - go you saints!!