The best and worst grounds to play footy on

[Footy Chick]

shoc would nearly have the best and worst! SHC Senior is one of the best footy and cricket wise in the state, and SHC Middle school...well....not too much atmosphere there!! Least its not as muddy as a few years back

Agreed, SHC senior oval is very good.

wouldnt know, we were the only side NOT to play on it this year...

[the joker]

Athelstone oval is a muddy hole. salisbury is a good oval at the start of the footy season. the best oval i have played on is waikerie oval it is better than most SANFL ovals

[LaughingKookaburra]

Better than Berri joker?? Never seen Waikerie but if it's better than Berri it must be impressive....

[Andy #24]

surface wise - park 10 aka bob neil #2 aka university's 2nd ground. the rain just drains away with only slight muddiness on the cricket pitch if really bad rain. always well grassed and large. changerooms are fine but the lack of any canteen etc really hurts.

I've played a fair few games of college footy at park 10 and although well grassed it tends to be pretty soft and hard to run on. The stench from the compost place isn't enjoyable either. Hard to tell where the boundary is on the Bundey's road side aswell.

[BenchedEagle]

I love Argana Park, always a quality surface. Good size and in pleasent surroundings.

Worst for me by far is Eastern Park, shitehole! Also Brahma Lodge with there grazer in the middle and the boundry line that swerves around the soccer goals lyin on the ground!!

[gadj1976]

Good (in no order)

Heccies (obviously biased - changerooms are ordinary though)
Payneham (better facilities than Heccies)
Fitzroy (I always seemed to play ok there for some reason)
Walkerville (excellent facilities and oval)
Football Park (Canberra)
Manuka Oval (Canberra - balardy huge oval)

Bad (in no order)

Old Iggies and before them Edwardstown Baptist (facilities are diabolical)
Adelaide Lutheran (changerooms were ordinary)
Brookway Oval (?) (the old stomping ground of Norwood Union, shocking place to rock up and play in the early to mid 90's)
Glenunga (shocking facilities for away teams)
Greenway Oval (Tuggeranong) (kangaroos over the fence on the outer wing and gale force winds straight from Mt Kozzie)
STA/TransAdelaide Tigers (thank god for small miracles, it's no longer an oval (we got done 45 goals to 16))
Pembroke (tree hanging over the oval)

[Strawb]

Best ovals I have played on
Colac
Meadows
Wingfield
Tea Tree Gully
Warrnambool

Worst
Maccy's
Mt Torrens
Cobden
Paralowie
Friendly's home of South Warrnambool nothing friendly about that oval the slope is shocking

[Pag]

surface wise - park 10 aka bob neil #2 aka university's 2nd ground. the rain just drains away with only slight muddiness on the cricket pitch if really bad rain. always well grassed and large. changerooms are fine but the lack of any canteen etc really hurts.

I watched our C4 elimination final there this year and couldn't believe the surface. Was amazing. And to have a grandstand for teams playing in the C Grades is a good get.

[Dogwatcher]

Better than Berri joker?? Never seen Waikerie but if it's better than Berri it must be impressive....

Hmmmmmm....I never enjoyed Waikerie's oval.
However, they've upgraded their changerooms and they're fantastic.

Berri Oval is very good. Probably the best up here, closely followed by Loxton. Although the visitors changerooms would be very small (but not as smalls as Paralowie's).

[finn]

surface wise - park 10 aka bob neil #2 aka university's 2nd ground. the rain just drains away with only slight muddiness on the cricket pitch if really bad rain. always well grassed and large. changerooms are fine but the lack of any canteen etc really hurts.

I watched our C4 elimination final there this year and couldn't believe the surface. Was amazing. And to have a grandstand for teams playing in the C Grades is a good get.

08 should see it even better as the drainage has been upgraded. i'll pass this comment onto the groundsman - he'll be chuffed.

[smac]

Athelstone oval is a muddy hole. salisbury is a good oval at the start of the footy season. the best oval i have played on is waikerie oval it is better than most SANFL ovals

You like the pads on the goal posts at Waikerie don't you mate?

That's a few years ago now mind you...

[gadj1976]

How could I forget Plympton - shocking oval, terrible facilities.

[Andy #24]

Seaton is a terrible place to play. Sandpit of an oval, changerooms too small to swing a cat in, an oval which is easy to see but impossible to get into(very frustrating when running late) and the friendliest supporters you've ever seen. They did put some jugs on for us after the game though which is always appreciated.

[bulldogs]

mitchell pk was a good oval but hated the bbq being cooked in front of the changerooms smelled to good not to sample

[Pag]

mitchell pk was a good oval but hated the bbq being cooked in front of the changerooms smelled to good not to sample

Mitcham was like that this year, run straight out of the rooms straight into the BBQ. Caught between a rock and a hard place.

[LaughingKookaburra]

mitchell pk was a good oval but hated the bbq being cooked in front of the changerooms smelled to good not to sample

Wouldn't eat any thing of that hot plate, imagine how many in-bred kids have been conceived on that.

[LuvsFooty]

we played a trial at Thunder Park home of ironbank! I am not a big kick but I got a free at CHB and thought about lining up the goals. Its like a postage stamp. Myponga in the GSFL in its day was a shocker, but they've made some big improvements!!!!

[Start]

Best Country Oval - United (long Plains) 1 x Water Tower, 2 Houses, 1 Football Oval like a green carpet, Great Lights
Worst Country Oval - Hamley Bridge- The change rooms are about the same size as ute.

Best Metro - Kilburn,
Worst Eastern Park, Look out for the trees at the southern end.

[Stevie_K]

I'm biased but i loved playing down a the Lakeside in Barmera..Berri was also a favorite.

Most hated? Bridgewater, no contest

[DemonGirl]

Best Country Oval - United (long Plains) 1 x Water Tower, 2 Houses, 1 Football Oval like a green carpet, Great Lights
Worst Country Oval - Hamley Bridge- The change rooms are about the same size as ute.

Best Metro - Kilburn,
Worst Eastern Park, Look out for the trees at the southern end.

LMAO its not the trees you have to worry about... there is a thing we like to call the Old Eastern Park Bounce! Love it!!! Some opposition players dont have any idea what the hell is going on!