Dazza wrote:Best - Toorak Park
Worst - Dandenong - you could smell it from a mile away
Sorry VFA but the worst ground apart from Dandenongs Shepley Oval was Nothcotes Westgarth Oval in the early 1960s when it was just a quagmire all over of stinking black Merri Creek mud/soil.
In fact all the northern grounds Brunswick,Coburg and Preston were mudheaps at some stage.Toorak Park could also be very muddy.
Geelong Wests ground in the middle of winter was also pretty ordinary.
As I like ships I always looked forward to going to Point Gellbrand because if the Zebras were getting a belting and the wind was blowing a gale as it does I could always amuse myself with the seascape!
Beach Oval is my favourite simply cos I'm biased...
Other favourites over the years...and they are favourites mainly due to the atmosphere created
Williamstown...the most scenic ground I've ever been to...had some good wins there...had some horrible losses there
Frankston...even the mob on the hill it's a good ground to play on
Toorak Park...always liked playing there even though the wins were few and far between...the atmosphere under that covered part on the Orrong Rd side was most probably the best of any ground
TEAC Oval...even with the horrible smell there on a lot of occasions, the place has a great vibe for football...like Willy's ground, Sandy have had some good wins there...and some horrible losses
The worst....
Casey Fields....nice facility but in the middle of nowhere...on a windswept plain they could have built a Morgue there and it wouldn't have been out of place
Eureka Stadium...the best facilities of any VFL club but the ground is totally devoid of any atmosphere
Cramer St Preston...lousy surface...always hard to like the place
Coburg...nicely laid out ground with the terracing but like Eureka...zero atmosphere
Teac Oval of course when i walk in them gates i'm a different person get a big buzz
2nd fav would be Sandy great ground to watch footy at love the old canteen great food nice people working there need to check out the new social room.
Don't like Box Hill at all
Preston is ok
3rd would be Willy close to where i live and have great memories of filming down there in some extra ordinary conditions and the willy dogs are good also.
Dazza wrote:Best - Toorak Park
Worst - Dandenong - you could smell it from a mile away
Sorry VFA but the worst ground apart from Dandenongs Shepley Oval was Nothcotes Westgarth Oval in the early 1960s when it was just a quagmire all over of stinking black Merri Creek mud/soil.
In fact all the northern grounds Brunswick,Coburg and Preston were mudheaps at some stage.Toorak Park could also be very muddy.
Geelong Wests ground in the middle of winter was also pretty ordinary.
As I like ships I always looked forward to going to Point Gellbrand because if the Zebras were getting a belting and the wind was blowing a gale as it does I could always amuse myself with the seascape!
No worries Billy. Of course I would say Northcote as my favourite being biased towards the Dragons.
The ground is actually pretty good to watch cricket.
They have had some great cricketers in Bill Lawry, Rodney Hogg, Gary Cosier, Brendan McArdle, Richie Robinson to name a few. Of course McAardle and Hogg were good footballers, especially McArdle who was tough and straight at it player.
The 1994 final series at Vic Park was ok, with the Grand Final being a grandstand finish between Sandy v Box hill. The 1995 Grand Final had zero atmosphere between Springvale v Sandy. The way Vic Park now looks it is only a shell of a ground. In fact the old VFL grounds are not what they use to be.
Vic Park Rush stand bulldozed.
Windy Hill the outer hill gone as the old scoreboard gone.
Arden Street no fence and grandstand gone as well as the scoreboard.
Western Oval Doug Hawkins wing gone as well as new facilaities replacing the old stand. No fence around ground.
Punt Road too narrow with new facilities.
Lakeside Oval better known as Bob Jane soccer stadium. No football is now played. In fact last game was between my old team Richmond Central and Chirnside Park in 1994.
Glenferrie is much narrower than its playing days.
Moorabbin would be a shell of what it was. Scoreboard gone ?
Maybe only Princes Park would be the only old VFL ground that would be worthy of hosting VFL Grand Final.
Junction Oval was used by Sandringham for a season and hosted VFA finals
Moorabbin was home for VFA club Moorabbin as well as Springvale in later years. Hosted the 1993 VFA finals.
Victoria Park current home now for Collingwood and hosted the 1994/5 VFA finals.
Western Oval was Yarraville's home ground for 1983. It also saw a couple of Williamstown v Werribee games in the late 90s. Werribee played Sunshine as a curtain raiser to Footscray v Brisbane Bears in the late 80s.
Punt Road was home for Richmond in 2000 as well as the infamous 1967 final Grand Final between Dandy v Port.
Windy Hill hosted the 1988/89 VFA Grand Finals. It is used sparingly for Bendigo games these days.
Lakeside Oval was the venue for some night games in the late 50s as well as some Ardath and Escort Cup games including Coburg v East Perth 1978, Port v QLD and Dandenong v Central Districts.
MCG was the venue for a double header in 1986 Brunswick v Sandringham + Coburg v Frankston. Of course it still has the record crowd for a VFA Grand Final over 60 years ago.
Billy you can do doubt add to the list of VFL grounds that have seen VFA football.
vfa wrote:The 1994 final series at Vic Park was ok, with the Grand Final being a grandstand finish between Sandy v Box hill. The 1995 Grand Final had zero atmosphere between Springvale v Sandy. The way Vic Park now looks it is only a shell of a ground. In fact the old VFL grounds are not what they use to be.
Vic Park Rush stand bulldozed.
Windy Hill the outer hill gone as the old scoreboard gone.
Arden Street no fence and grandstand gone as well as the scoreboard.
Western Oval Doug Hawkins wing gone as well as new facilaities replacing the old stand. No fence around ground.
Punt Road too narrow with new facilities.
Lakeside Oval better known as Bob Jane soccer stadium. No football is now played. In fact last game was between my old team Richmond Central and Chirnside Park in 1994.
Glenferrie is much narrower than its playing days.
Moorabbin would be a shell of what it was. Scoreboard gone ?
Maybe only Princes Park would be the only old VFL ground that would be worthy of hosting VFL Grand Final.
Junction Oval was used by Sandringham for a season and hosted VFA finals
Moorabbin was home for VFA club Moorabbin as well as Springvale in later years. Hosted the 1993 VFA finals.
Victoria Park current home now for Collingwood and hosted the 1994/5 VFA finals.
Western Oval was Yarraville's home ground for 1983. It also saw a couple of Williamstown v Werribee games in the late 90s. Werribee played Sunshine as a curtain raiser to Footscray v Brisbane Bears in the late 80s.
Punt Road was home for Richmond in 2000 as well as the infamous 1967 final Grand Final between Dandy v Port.
Windy Hill hosted the 1988/89 VFA Grand Finals. It is used sparingly for Bendigo games these days.
Lakeside Oval was the venue for some night games in the late 50s as well as some Ardath and Escort Cup games including Coburg v East Perth 1978, Port v QLD and Dandenong v Central Districts.
MCG was the venue for a double header in 1986 Brunswick v Sandringham + Coburg v Frankston. Of course it still has the record crowd for a VFA Grand Final over 60 years ago.
Billy you can do doubt add to the list of VFL grounds that have seen VFA football.
The East Melbourne ground which is now apartments built over the old Jolimomt Rail yards hosted VFA finals way back.
Kardinia Park at Geelong had the first VFA Geelong team play there.
Arden Street Oval had West Melbourne play there before they joined with North Melb.
The Motordrome owned by the crook John Wren which is aprox where the new rectangle stadium is hosted some VFL games and a lot of VFA finals in the 1920s - 30s
Sorry VFA but the worst ground apart from Dandenongs Shepley Oval was Nothcotes Westgarth Oval in the early 1960s when it was just a quagmire all over of stinking black Merri Creek mud/soil.
In fact all the northern grounds Brunswick,Coburg and Preston were mudheaps at some stage.Toorak Park could also be very muddy.
Geelong Wests ground in the middle of winter was also pretty ordinary.
As I like ships I always looked forward to going to Point Gellbrand because if the Zebras were getting a belting and the wind was blowing a gale as it does I could always amuse myself with the seascape!
My favorites grounds are Frankston Park,Eureka Stadium and TEAC Oval.
Worst ground would be Casey Fields
Beach Oval is my favourite simply cos I'm biased...
Other favourites over the years...and they are favourites mainly due to the atmosphere created
Williamstown...the most scenic ground I've ever been to...had some good wins there...had some horrible losses there
Frankston...even the mob on the hill it's a good ground to play on
Toorak Park...always liked playing there even though the wins were few and far between...the atmosphere under that covered part on the Orrong Rd side was most probably the best of any ground
TEAC Oval...even with the horrible smell there on a lot of occasions, the place has a great vibe for football...like Willy's ground, Sandy have had some good wins there...and some horrible losses
The worst....
Casey Fields....nice facility but in the middle of nowhere...on a windswept plain they could have built a Morgue there and it wouldn't have been out of place
Eureka Stadium...the best facilities of any VFL club but the ground is totally devoid of any atmosphere
Cramer St Preston...lousy surface...always hard to like the place
Coburg...nicely laid out ground with the terracing but like Eureka...zero atmosphere
Teac Oval of course when i walk in them gates i'm a different person get a big buzz
2nd fav would be Sandy great ground to watch footy at love the old canteen great food nice people working there need to check out the new social room.
Don't like Box Hill at all
Preston is ok
3rd would be Willy close to where i live and have great memories of filming down there in some extra ordinary conditions and the willy dogs are good also.
billythekid wrote: Dazza
No worries Billy. Of course I would say Northcote as my favourite being biased towards the Dragons.
The ground is actually pretty good to watch cricket.
They have had some great cricketers in Bill Lawry, Rodney Hogg, Gary Cosier, Brendan McArdle, Richie Robinson to name a few. Of course McAardle and Hogg were good footballers, especially McArdle who was tough and straight at it player.
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The 1994 final series at Vic Park was ok, with the Grand Final being a grandstand finish between Sandy v Box hill. The 1995 Grand Final had zero atmosphere between Springvale v Sandy. The way Vic Park now looks it is only a shell of a ground. In fact the old VFL grounds are not what they use to be.
Vic Park Rush stand bulldozed.
Windy Hill the outer hill gone as the old scoreboard gone.
Arden Street no fence and grandstand gone as well as the scoreboard.
Western Oval Doug Hawkins wing gone as well as new facilaities replacing the old stand. No fence around ground.
Punt Road too narrow with new facilities.
Lakeside Oval better known as Bob Jane soccer stadium. No football is now played. In fact last game was between my old team Richmond Central and Chirnside Park in 1994.
Glenferrie is much narrower than its playing days.
Moorabbin would be a shell of what it was. Scoreboard gone ?
Maybe only Princes Park would be the only old VFL ground that would be worthy of hosting VFL Grand Final.
Junction Oval was used by Sandringham for a season and hosted VFA finals
Moorabbin was home for VFA club Moorabbin as well as Springvale in later years. Hosted the 1993 VFA finals.
Victoria Park current home now for Collingwood and hosted the 1994/5 VFA finals.
Western Oval was Yarraville's home ground for 1983. It also saw a couple of Williamstown v Werribee games in the late 90s. Werribee played Sunshine as a curtain raiser to Footscray v Brisbane Bears in the late 80s.
Punt Road was home for Richmond in 2000 as well as the infamous 1967 final Grand Final between Dandy v Port.
Windy Hill hosted the 1988/89 VFA Grand Finals. It is used sparingly for Bendigo games these days.
Lakeside Oval was the venue for some night games in the late 50s as well as some Ardath and Escort Cup games including Coburg v East Perth 1978, Port v QLD and Dandenong v Central Districts.
MCG was the venue for a double header in 1986 Brunswick v Sandringham + Coburg v Frankston. Of course it still has the record crowd for a VFA Grand Final over 60 years ago.
Billy you can do doubt add to the list of VFL grounds that have seen VFA football.
The East Melbourne ground which is now apartments built over the old Jolimomt Rail yards hosted VFA finals way back.
Kardinia Park at Geelong had the first VFA Geelong team play there.
Arden Street Oval had West Melbourne play there before they joined with North Melb.
The Motordrome owned by the crook John Wren which is aprox where the new rectangle stadium is hosted some VFL games and a lot of VFA finals in the 1920s - 30s