So who is gunna make the drive down to Ballarat this saturday?? Im in for sure!!! Lets get a decent crew together and make some noise for the Mighty Borough.
Maybe the club should organise a bus so we can have a few drinks.
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So who is gunna make the drive down to Ballarat this saturday?? Im in for sure!!! Lets get a decent crew together and make some noise for the Mighty Borough.
Maybe the club should organise a bus so we can have a few drinks.
Hi Digs,
According to the "esteemed" AFL Victoria website, Port's measurements are 165 x 134 metres. God knows where they got them from,(or when).
They have North Ballarat's as 165 x 140 metres. Do you reckon that's right?
I'll be there. Port came within 3 goals last time so I think we are a good chance.
lum, Port is a postage stamp. I dont know who measured the ground dimensions but I'm sure its a smaller ground than North Ballarat.
Rooster,
I'll be there too. It's not every day that I get a reason to visit Regional Victoria. Should the Borough supporters that I bring along be wearing flanelette shirts and gumboots to fit in with the locals? LOL Just kidding.
See ya up there. Don't count us out against your team on your ground. It will be a close game.
it's ridiculous... To have port melbournes listed as the same size (1m less width) then Casey... apparently Casey is 4m shorter and 16m less in width then Box Hill Being at Box Hill on Sunday that is a joke!. The VFL can't even get this right!
I will be making the trip up now i'v only got the one game of football to film tommorow at willy.
I reckon all you ballarat and Port fans call WIN TV or email them to try and get it covered by there tv up there.
I do believe they have covered all there finals in the past.
In a few days i will post the 1999 Elimination Final Ballarat v Port a bit of a blast from the past which was covered by them and it was a pretty decent coverage.
They also did a live cross to Port Melbourne to keep everyone updated on what the scores were.
I wonder if the VFL have tried to contact WIN TV to see if it's even possible
That would nearly be the last time Win covered the VFL.
The chances of them covering this game would be 1000-1.
Just one other thing StationHotel, why do people refer to us as Ballarat ? Its shits me listening to umpires say ' free kick Ballarat '
Do you ever hear Port Melbourne referred to as Melbourne ?
Are North Melbourne ever called Melbourne ?
Are Port Adelaide ever called Adelaide ?
Are West Adelaide ever called Adelaide ?
Are South Fremantle known as Fremantle ?
Ballarat is a footy club in the Ballarat Football League.
We are NORTH BALLARAT
Lum, The measurements of Eureka Stadium are:-
Fence to fence. Length 173 metres. Width 148 metres.
Boundary to boundary. Length 159 metres. Width 136 metres
Looks like the official ground sizes are measured from the boundary lines.
North Ballarat's ground has 7 metre distance from the boundary to the fence at each goal post end, tapering slightly tpwards the wings.
So if the measurements given for the Port ground are correct there is very little difference.
I think somebody had better get the wheel out down there.
Does the picket fence make the Port ground appear small???
I agree. The days of country TV stations showing Country sporting events are long gone. Things like live telecasts of the Ballarat Cup, Warrnambool Jumps Carnival etc have been phased out over the last decade. I wouldn't be surprised if WIN didn't even have the equipment for a fullscale OB anymore.
rooster you make a good point but in this case i was just being lazy with my typing.
Yes you should be called North Ballarat