Good Riddance Football Park

[Spud02]

Thankfully we will never have to play again at this cesspit...it hasn't been a happy hunting ground for us.

My fondest memory is the '05 Qualifying Final. My worst the '04 Prelim...hurts almost as much as recent grannies, as Brisbane were ripe for the picking....

[AdelaideSainter]

Been to 90% of our games there, and yep as you said, very few highlights. 05 QF the obvious exception, and despite the result the 04 PF still goes down as one of best games of footy I've been too. Destroying Port there in 09 was satisfying, given the pastings they consistently gave us at the ground under Williams.

[Sainternist]

What was our overall record there?

At least it wasn't all gloom and doom. We have had far worse records at other interstate grounds. Gabba wasn't a happy hunting ground. I think we were winless there for about 10 years at one stage.

At least we won a pre-season GF there in '08. But that PF of '04 still hurts to reflect on.

[Doctor Two]

won't miss the dump - from the glare off the aluminium seats in the 1980's, to the wind blowing off the lakes, absolutely shocking place

[AdelaideSainter]

7 wins from 28 games according to the bible, stats.rleague.

[Sainternist]

7 wins from 28 games according to the bible, stats.rleague.

25% success rate doesn't exactly warm the cockles of the heart. Yeah, can't say I'll miss the place.

SA's poor man's version of Waverley.

[Con Gorozidis]

out of interest what are they doing with it?

[saintspremiers]

Our recent record was ok though.

Adelaide Oval is much better location wise and that's the key point.

Does anyone think a new location but same city will make a jatz cracker difference?

[noddy04]

out of interest what are they doing with it?

I think it will just be used for the Adelaide footy clubs training centre and also their admin centre as they do now. They only upgraded their whole training facility and admin a couple of years ago at a very hefty cost.

[matrix]

i for one will find it harder to get to adelaide oval over aami
no trains were we are so that doesnt help one bit

will be a complete pain in the ass next year for us

[joffaboy]

Excuse my ignorance, but are both Adelaide teams playing out of Adelaide oval next season?

Would have thought it too small for the Crows. Has the capacity been increased?

[plugger66]

Excuse my ignorance, but are both Adelaide teams playing out of Adelaide oval next season?

Would have thought it too small for the Crows. Has the capacity been increased?

Yep and it will hold something like 50K.

[matrix]

yeah theyre working on it now
cranes everywhere in town for that and the hospital

[Teflon]

yeah theyre working on it now
cranes everywhere in town for that and the hospital

They using both Adelaide cranes on the work....

City must be at a stand still...or no difference at all depending on ure view!!

[saintspremiers]

yeah theyre working on it now
cranes everywhere in town for that and the hospital

They using both Adelaide cranes on the work....

City must be at a stand still...or no difference at all depending on ure view!!

Beautiful city. Be a shame if they built it up.

[ozrulestrace]

My one abiding memory of the trip in Adelaide for the 05 final apart from that glorius victory was the Westlakes Subway over the road.
I felt like General Custer when he lined up at the Little Big Horn Subway and thought uh oh!
That, and the giant pits of West End beer bottles in the car park.

[matrix]

Apparently footy park will eventually go.mates lad plays for Centrals youth and at an intro and tour got shown the proposed development