The best and worst grounds to play footy on

[Executive Member]

I must admit alot of the grounds stated were 'dubious' at best. I beleive North Haven, Plympton, Smithfield and Woodville South are at very best ok.
Port Districts is a belter and Mitchell Park is better than all 3 above.
We are all entitled to an opinion but

Mate, our ground is never muddy and always lush, comparing it to Plympton is an insult. Each to their own but could you please list any faults that our ground has, I'm curious.

scarey crowd is all I can think of LM - especially when Azza kicked a goal and went over to them beating his chest
but now days could be the blokes walking out of the front bar from over the road

The front bar is pretty mellow on a saturday afternoon. I remember Azza going off a few times back in the day, was a bit quiter when Big Nev stood him though.

indeed especially seeing Nev lent on Azza's chest with his head all day

[The Dark Knight]

The grounds i've played on/watched a game there (based on the surface)

The Good-
Gaza
Greenacres (L J Lewis Reserve)
Flinders Park
Lockleys
North Haven
Plympton
Rostrevor (watched my brother play cricket there)
Smithfield
TTG (played cricket there)
Woodville South

The Alright-
Athelstone (Played there when it was wet)
CBC
Gepps Cross
Golden Grove (Same as Athelstone)
Henley
Mitcham
Mitchell Park (played cricket there)
Old Iggies (played a school game there)
Ovingham (played cricket there v prospect)
PAC (the ground at the school)
Pooraka (Same as Athelstone)
Port Districts
Portland
Salisbury West
SMOSH
Unley

The Ugly
Adelaide Lutheran
Fitzroy
Greenacres (Edward Smith Reserve) The worst ground ive played on
Rosewater
Seaton
St Pauls College (played Broadview there)
West Croydon
Wingfield Royals (played school footy there)

Are these ovals you couldn't get a kick Dark Knight?

Nah mate I got a kick on all of them. I'm sorry i put seaton in the ugly section, Everything else about the ground is great apart form the surface that's all.

[The Dark Knight]

North Haven the good ????
We played there last year and the surface was appalling....Rooms and club, excellent, no question there... I know its good to be biased occasionally but please....

The surface there is usually ok Choccies. As with most of ovals down that way, it drains well. The visitors changerooms are apalling though. The lights at Haven are excellent.

Felch, late last year it was a mix of weeds, holes, sandy patches and about 12 varying types of green shrubbery. Was a dogs breakfast and I thought it was even a tad unsafe.... But driving past last week it looked alot better (from a distance mind you)

I can admit choccies that when you played as last year it wasn't not in a good condition, but at the moment it's in an excellent condition.

[The Dark Knight]

I must admit alot of the grounds stated were 'dubious' at best. I beleive North Haven, Plympton, Smithfield and Woodville South are at very best ok.
Port Districts is a belter and Mitchell Park is better than all 3 above.
We are all entitled to an opinion but

Mate, our ground is never muddy and always lush, comparing it to Plympton is an insult. Each to their own but could you please list any faults that our ground has, I'm curious.

Don't get me wrong your ground is excellent. I've played cricket on plympton twice and a trial game last year and all 3 times it was in a great condition, apart from the mud covering the cricket pitch (which they had just done) of course.

[The Dark Knight]

North Haven the good ????
We played there last year and the surface was appalling....Rooms and club, excellent, no question there... I know its good to be biased occasionally but please....

The surface there is usually ok Choccies. As with most of ovals down that way, it drains well. The visitors changerooms are apalling though. The lights at Haven are excellent.

Yeah they are shocking, but whos away changerooms isn't?

[Choccies]

North Haven the good ????
We played there last year and the surface was appalling....Rooms and club, excellent, no question there... I know its good to be biased occasionally but please....

The surface there is usually ok Choccies. As with most of ovals down that way, it drains well. The visitors changerooms are apalling though. The lights at Haven are excellent.

Yeah they are shocking, but whos away changerooms isn't?

I can gladly say that after 12 years of supplying very sub par facilities to our visitors that the away team faciilities at Harpers Field at Golden Grove are now sensational !!

[Felch]

North Haven the good ????
We played there last year and the surface was appalling....Rooms and club, excellent, no question there... I know its good to be biased occasionally but please....

The surface there is usually ok Choccies. As with most of ovals down that way, it drains well. The visitors changerooms are apalling though. The lights at Haven are excellent.

Yeah they are shocking, but whos away changerooms isn't?

Maybe apalling is too harsh on them. Most away rooms are small, i think the fact that the Haven ones seem to be a storage room too doesnt help though. I know ours are tiny, but are clean and well kept.

[Pag]

Our visitors rooms are almost identical to our home rooms, for a couple more years at least.

[Choccies]

Our visitors rooms are almost identical to our home rooms, for a couple more years at least.

Yeah nothing wrong with the rooms at Salisbury at all Pag. You should be pleasantly surprised at our new digs mate

[Pag]

Our visitors rooms are almost identical to our home rooms, for a couple more years at least.

Yeah nothing wrong with the rooms at Salisbury at all Pag. You should be pleasantly surprised at our new digs mate

Looking forward to it mate. Do the new away rooms have an ice bath? I won't be able to get out of bed on Sunday without one.

[Choccies]

Our visitors rooms are almost identical to our home rooms, for a couple more years at least.

Yeah nothing wrong with the rooms at Salisbury at all Pag. You should be pleasantly surprised at our new digs mate

Looking forward to it mate. Do the new away rooms have an ice bath? I won't be able to get out of bed on Sunday without one.

haha no mate. But the oval is nice and soft at the moment so should be OK. I can tee up a green bin full of ice if you want ??

[Pag]

Our visitors rooms are almost identical to our home rooms, for a couple more years at least.

Yeah nothing wrong with the rooms at Salisbury at all Pag. You should be pleasantly surprised at our new digs mate

Looking forward to it mate. Do the new away rooms have an ice bath? I won't be able to get out of bed on Sunday without one.

haha no mate. But the oval is nice and soft at the moment so should be OK. I can tee up a green bin full of ice if you want ??

Mate if you can tee up a green bin full of ice, I'm sure my pocket can tee up a few bucks for a beer or two.

[Choccies]

I might even shout you one if you're lucky

[The Dark Knight]

North Haven the good ????
We played there last year and the surface was appalling....Rooms and club, excellent, no question there... I know its good to be biased occasionally but please....

The surface there is usually ok Choccies. As with most of ovals down that way, it drains well. The visitors changerooms are apalling though. The lights at Haven are excellent.

Yeah they are shocking, but whos away changerooms isn't?

I can gladly say that after 12 years of supplying very sub par facilities to our visitors that the away team faciilities at Harpers Field at Golden Grove are now sensational !!

I hope so, they were shocking last year. So choccies have they have been replaced, rebuilt, or renovated?

[Choccies]

The old transportables have been taken away and a new facility has been built. It is on the same site, but next to where the new oval will be. So currently you cant see the old oval from where it is but it will overlook the new oval when that is planted some time this year.
Its awesome to finally have something that we can be proud of !!

[LaughingKookaburra]

I must admit alot of the grounds stated were 'dubious' at best. I beleive North Haven, Plympton, Smithfield and Woodville South are at very best ok.
Port Districts is a belter and Mitchell Park is better than all 3 above.
We are all entitled to an opinion but

Mate, our ground is never muddy and always lush, comparing it to Plympton is an insult. Each to their own but could you please list any faults that our ground has, I'm curious.

We never win out there Nah It's more the dimensions,I hate that outer wing... Keeps going and going and going. Mind you we have the biggest bugger of a ground in the SAAFL so maybe i'm being hypocritical

[Lightning McQueen]

Mate, our ground is never muddy and always lush, comparing it to Plympton is an insult. Each to their own but could you please list any faults that our ground has, I'm curious.

We never win out there Nah It's more the dimensions,I hate that outer wing... Keeps going and going and going. Mind you we have the biggest bugger of a ground in the SAAFL so maybe i'm being hypocritical

All good mate, I was just curious, our oval is infact wider than it is long, if you follow the boundary line when marking out a cricket oval one side is approx 60m and the other is more than 90m.

[The Dark Knight]

Mate, our ground is never muddy and always lush, comparing it to Plympton is an insult. Each to their own but could you please list any faults that our ground has, I'm curious.

We never win out there Nah It's more the dimensions,I hate that outer wing... Keeps going and going and going. Mind you we have the biggest bugger of a ground in the SAAFL so maybe i'm being hypocritical

All good mate, I was just curious, our oval is infact wider than it is long, if you follow the boundary line when marking out a cricket oval one side is approx 60m and the other is more than 90m.

Gee, I didn't notice is was that big. when we played our trial there I just thought u guys hadn't done the lines yet and you just decided to put the cones down wherever. that outer side just goes forever, a few guys over the years must of have got lost out there.

[unknown source]

thebbie would be one of the best ovals i have played on including all the league ovals at the moment

[The Dark Knight]

thebbie would be one of the best ovals i have played on including all the league ovals at the moment

We may have lost a GF there but it's a great ground, easily one of the best grounds in Adelaide.