canhillclarry wrote:whats your favourite ground? dont think you can go past the beach rd oval
Nothing like asking a question then answering it !!
Cannot see one thing that the beach road oval has going for it.
My favourite ground is Ethiad stadium for obvious reasons.
Best apart from Sandy's Beach Road Oval (but ofcourse Im biased.)was Coburg after the council did it up for North Melbourne.
The best VFA home ground of all time (Not including VFL grounds of former VFA teams) was the Junction Oval when the Zebras played there for one season in 1966 no other present or past VFA ground could ever compare with it!Four large grandstands,massive outer and great playing surface.
Sandy had a 19 year lease but fell out with the St Kilda CC over selling beer after the games and some other disputes and the agreement was terminated after only one season.
A couple of years later Fitzroy moved there and it became a fully fledged VFL venue again for a number of seasons.
North Port is OK but with very little cover now that the old historic wooden stand has gone and a poor playing surface in the wet dosent stack up like it used to and how about when finals games are on flying some flags from the grandstand?.
Other good grounds are were/are Toorak Park,Box Hill,Frankston,Brunswick and lately Werribee which the council is spending quite a bit of money on.
Junction Oval and Toorak Park were both great. The Grand Finals of the 1st and 2nd Divisions were something special.
Northcote, Williamstown and Sandringham's grounds are probably the best. Biased with Westgarth Street but did enjoy the old brickfielders ground.
I also enjoy the view at Point Gellibrand which is as good as any.
I have footage from almost every old VFA ground. Station Hotel will help us out here.
I intend to post some footage from each ground with also still shots from each VFA ground including each grounds scoreboard.
Station Hotel can you start with Northcote v Oakleigh from Westgarth Street 1983.
Buster Harland and the Christou brothers were running around for the green and gold in this game. Final scores were Northocte 12.20.92 to Oakleigh 16.7.103
vfa wrote:Junction Oval and Toorak Park were both great. The Grand Finals of the 1st and 2nd Divisions were something special.
Northcote, Williamstown and Sandringham's grounds are probably the best. Biased with Westgarth Street but did enjoy the old brickfielders ground.
I also enjoy the view at Point Gellibrand which is as good as any.
I have footage from almost every old VFA ground. Station Hotel will help us out here.
I intend to post some footage from each ground with also still shots from each VFA ground including each grounds scoreboard.
Station Hotel can you start with Northcote v Oakleigh from Westgarth Street 1983.
Buster Harland and the Christou brothers were running around for the green and gold in this game. Final scores were Northocte 12.20.92 to Oakleigh 16.7.103
There are some great photos of scoreboards around Australia on a wbsite called (Scoreboard Pressure) which is run by the Williamstown scoreboard operator Vin Maskell.
Well worth a look.
Digs, I spotted this about 2 weeks ago. Great picture of the Arthur Spain Memorial Scoreboard from Westgarth Street. Good story by Vin Maskel on the old Port scoreboard. Some good shots of the scoreboard at Glenferrie Oval amongst others. I'll see if I can dig it up again and send a link.
I'll second that! especially when the north westerly wind is blowing to the Sautner end and the Zebras are kicking with it , bloody beautiful.
Nothing like asking a question then answering it !!
Cannot see one thing that the beach road oval has going for it.
My favourite ground is Ethiad stadium for obvious reasons.
we are talking vfa grounds digs but i suppose the soap factory at port would have smelt like roses to some burra people
TEAC oval followed by Etihad.
Well obviously the holy grail of the VFL is Teac Oval but I do like a few other venues.
Sandy is always good when the suns out. Port vs Sandy always get good crowds too.
For some reason I actually dont mind Preston. Nothing special but all the crowd is close together so theres always plenty of banter and carry on.
Eureka Stadium would be right up there in terms of food and the drive home this season was pretty damn good too.
I know Gary ayres enjoys the chicken coop at Box Hill but Im not a massive fan.
Best - Toorak Park
Worst - Dandenong - you could smell it from a mile away
Best apart from Sandy's Beach Road Oval (but ofcourse Im biased.)was Coburg after the council did it up for North Melbourne.
The best VFA home ground of all time (Not including VFL grounds of former VFA teams) was the Junction Oval when the Zebras played there for one season in 1966 no other present or past VFA ground could ever compare with it!Four large grandstands,massive outer and great playing surface.
Sandy had a 19 year lease but fell out with the St Kilda CC over selling beer after the games and some other disputes and the agreement was terminated after only one season.
A couple of years later Fitzroy moved there and it became a fully fledged VFL venue again for a number of seasons.
North Port is OK but with very little cover now that the old historic wooden stand has gone and a poor playing surface in the wet dosent stack up like it used to and how about when finals games are on flying some flags from the grandstand?.
Other good grounds are were/are Toorak Park,Box Hill,Frankston,Brunswick and lately Werribee which the council is spending quite a bit of money on.
Junction Oval and Toorak Park were both great. The Grand Finals of the 1st and 2nd Divisions were something special.
Northcote, Williamstown and Sandringham's grounds are probably the best. Biased with Westgarth Street but did enjoy the old brickfielders ground.
I also enjoy the view at Point Gellibrand which is as good as any.
I have footage from almost every old VFA ground. Station Hotel will help us out here.
I intend to post some footage from each ground with also still shots from each VFA ground including each grounds scoreboard.
Station Hotel can you start with Northcote v Oakleigh from Westgarth Street 1983.
Buster Harland and the Christou brothers were running around for the green and gold in this game. Final scores were Northocte 12.20.92 to Oakleigh 16.7.103
There are some great photos of scoreboards around Australia on a wbsite called (Scoreboard Pressure) which is run by the Williamstown scoreboard operator Vin Maskell.
Well worth a look.
Digs, I spotted this about 2 weeks ago. Great picture of the Arthur Spain Memorial Scoreboard from Westgarth Street. Good story by Vin Maskel on the old Port scoreboard. Some good shots of the scoreboard at Glenferrie Oval amongst others. I'll see if I can dig it up again and send a link.