SA Footy

As reported by the Advertiser, the SANFL has taken the initiative for the upgrade of Visitors and Umpires room to suburban grounds.

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,22638307-21543,00.html

Another tradition set to go, that of the cold showers and non functioning toilets for the visiting team.
A number of the suburban grounds will never be the same.

better not do prospect oval visiting rooms first otherwise they'll have no money left.

I would have thought Prospects visitors rooms wouldnt be that bad considering they are the Cricket clubs rooms. Surely Prossie Cricket club look after their players to a certain level being an A grade side in district cricket.
Never been in there so I dont know.

G wrote:I would have thought Prospects visitors rooms wouldnt be that bad considering they are the Cricket clubs rooms. Surely Prossie Cricket club look after their players to a certain level being an A grade side in district cricket.
Never been in there so I dont know.

Well there's your problem. Great size for cricket...


The support staff @ the Bay can't all squeeze in there after every game, with all the band waggoners celebrating our regular successes at Prospect.

Having said that, Norwood is the smallest of the away rooms I think? Sturt is also Poo and West needs a coat of paint as well.

I've never been in the Alberton or Elizabeth away rooms after a game!

G, the Prospect ones are not flash at all.

Most of them are the same, the SANFL are correct in this instance. They could all do with some work. Although the away rooms at Elizabeth are probably the most recently renovated, they are 5 or 6 years old "inside" at a guess and would be too small for a league team (my under 15's side had no trouble, but I didn't have a team of assistants or trainers ).

SMAC -- good comment however remember most away rooms service two teams not one (league/reserves) --- if the change to u/18 occurs it becomes 3.

The reserves rooms at Norwood are under the western stand and there is no toilets in one of the rooms.

Probably only the visitors rooms at the Eagles provides adequate room for players to warm up whilst room staff can conduct their duties in safety.

In this legal age I wait for the first law case due to an injury (staff/player) from insufficient room -- Apart from ensuring that visitors rooms comply with state regulations for toilets/showers --- and the doctors/trainer rooms (most important --- they have an obligation under health & safety to provide a safe work environment for all employees (property ect).

Oldfella, you better not visit the Adelaide Lutheran away rooms, otherwise we'd have the state's first law suit on the matter...

oldfella wrote:SMAC -- good comment however remember most away rooms service two teams not one (league/reserves) --- if the change to u/18 occurs it becomes 3.

But only one team in there at a time. The changeover between 17's/19's or Reserves/League now works quite well with minimal interference between the 2 sides on game days. Would expect no different going forward.

Can't expect clubs to provide 2 rooms to a visiting team (except for Norwood who have 247 rooms under the stands), that's a little onerous. One good quality room would be great.

Agreed that the Eagles away rooms are sizeable enough, however facilities are of the same standard as the rest of the league.

I reckon South's (away) rooms would be the best?

Punk Rooster wrote:I reckon South's (away) rooms would be the best?

The newest, in terms of construction, perhaps.

Maybe it's because I'm living in one of the most expensive bloody countries on the planet but 'an $800,000 project' doesn't sound like very much or should it be $800,000 per club.

Regards
JAS

The first part is the correct part Jas.

$800k will buy us a whole lot of change room improvements.

The worst rooms are Glenelg and Norwood, which are both disgraceful.

Some of the others have reasonable room, but none are really up to standard, with the exception of South's, which is the newest.

JAS wrote:Maybe it's because I'm living in one of the most expensive bloody countries on the planet but 'an $800,000 project' doesn't sound like very much or should it be $800,000 per club.

Regards
JAS

that works out to be roughly 85k per club. thats a lot of medical tables and partitioning in my book

from what I have seen of Unley's during the summer a bathroom makeover wouldn't go astray either in particular some bloody decent shower heads and taps

JAS wrote:Maybe it's because I'm living in one of the most expensive bloody countries on the planet but 'an $800,000 project' doesn't sound like very much or should it be $800,000 per club.

Regards
JAS

Not sure what $800K buys where you live but that's a hell of a lot of cash. $85K per club would result in most visiting change rooms being of better standard than the home teams ones

rod_rooster wrote:

JAS wrote:Maybe it's because I'm living in one of the most expensive bloody countries on the planet but 'an $800,000 project' doesn't sound like very much or should it be $800,000 per club.

Regards
JAS

Not sure what $800K buys where you live but that's a hell of a lot of cash. $85K per club would result in most visiting change rooms being of better standard than the home teams ones

The clarets have just spent $550k on a new scoreboard rod, (a smalltown 2nd league club.) Everything is over the top (pricewise) here mate.

A beer $7.50
A hotdog $8.00
A ticket $50 per game and that's at league 2, level and at league 4 level it's still $40. EPL level, upto $100 per game. Sky TV costs me around £160 per month and if you want setanta to get all live EPL, that's another £24 a month.

Like JAS said, it's bloody expensive over here.

And we thought beer and hotdog prices were over the top at Adelaide Oval, hopefully though JTC they are both better tasting than what we get over here for the prices we pay

locky801 wrote:And we thought beer and hotdog prices were over the top at Adelaide Oval, hopefully though JTC they are both better tasting than what we get over here for the prices we pay

Don't count on it Locky. Food is cardboard and beer is warm

I think our visitors rooms being the full rooms under the Fox stand are the biggest in the league - with 2 sets of showers etc as once were where both teams had to change ( before the Jarman stand).

I understand our rooms are down the list for work via this scheme so wont be equally divided but go on need - which I reckon is the way to go.