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The best and worst grounds to play footy on

Postby I.F. BULLDOGS » Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:37 pm

IMO the best ground to play footy on in S.A. is PHOS Camden's ground, and the worst by a long way is Fiztroy, its a shocker.
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Re: The best and worst grounds to play footy on

Postby LaughingKookaburra » Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:59 pm

Depends what you are after,
Best Surface- Golden Grove/Adelaide Uni,
Best Facilities- Kilburn,
All round (Atmosphere,big ground and good surface)-Kenilworth

Worst grounds i have played on- North Pines,Paralowie,Morphettville Park.

Seen some beauties that I have not played on such as Berri and Strathalbyn.....
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Re: The best and worst grounds to play footy on

Postby LaughingKookaburra » Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:00 pm

Btw there is alot of worse grounds going around than Fitzroy lol. Good facilities there......
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Re: The best and worst grounds to play footy on

Postby mighty hounds » Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:40 pm

our oval is a shocker (blackfriars) cant deny that. golden grove was quite good along wiht most of the power college teams back in the school days like sacred heart, pac, saint peters all beauties
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Re: The best and worst grounds to play footy on

Postby brod » Sat Oct 27, 2007 12:20 am

Paralowie will be a common response from those that have had the pleasure, and all will be for worst. Not too many ground that can have two cricket pitches in such bad spots. I wont even comment on the facilities.
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Re: The best and worst grounds to play footy on

Postby LaughingKookaburra » Sat Oct 27, 2007 3:18 am

Still remember the time we played there and some bloke showed us the away change rooms and as we walked over some guy opened the door and backed his shit box car out of them.Stick in my memory for life. Like playing in a 3rd world country.Glad the government is finally looking after them.......
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Re: The best and worst grounds to play footy on

Postby Amo » Sat Oct 27, 2007 7:22 pm

Golden Grove- Can only sit on one side of the oval (dnt think much did they wen the made it), shit change rooms! and when it rains the water jus sits on top!!!

Best ground, far out wuldnt be able to tell you, dnt mind sailsbury oval
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Re: The best and worst grounds to play footy on

Postby Andy #24 » Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:19 pm

mighty hounds wrote:our oval is a shocker (blackfriars) cant deny that. golden grove was quite good along wiht most of the power college teams back in the school days like sacred heart, pac, saint peters all beauties


The main college ovals might be great but the ovals they put theiroldcolls on are all shockers. After one game at Saints we couldn't tell who was who. Maybe instead of building their next diving pool they could improve the changerooms too.
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Re: The best and worst grounds to play footy on

Postby Pag » Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:38 am

I'll be biased and say I love our oval. Kilburn also has a great set-up.

Don't mind Payneham, Campbelltown and Pooraka either. Can't comment on Kenilworth, never played there.
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Re: The best and worst grounds to play footy on

Postby I.F. BULLDOGS » Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:36 pm

Pag wrote:I'll be biased and say I love our oval. Kilburn also has a great set-up.

Don't mind Payneham, Campbelltown and Pooraka either. Can't comment on Kenilworth, never played there.


Pooraka is a good oval, but like Mitcham, the fence around the ground is a little to close to the oval.
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Re: The best and worst grounds to play footy on

Postby stan » Sun Oct 28, 2007 4:57 pm

Hectorvillie isnt bad. Houghton is a shocker!
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Re: The best and worst grounds to play footy on

Postby FOOTYGODS » Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:08 pm

GAZA and Lonsdale are a couple of terrible ovals to play on and Kilburns facilities aren't that good champ, best surface Henley and Adelaide Uni for me, Brighton isn't to bad either....
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Re: The best and worst grounds to play footy on

Postby mighty hounds » Sun Oct 28, 2007 6:13 pm

for an all round oval/facility i would have to to payhnem norwood they have a nice big ground with grass plus a nice clubroom along wiht a big change room for the home and away team
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Re: The best and worst grounds to play footy on

Postby LuvsFooty » Sun Oct 28, 2007 9:43 pm

Goolwa Oval is one of the best country surfaces I've seen! My first experince watching a Div 1 amatuer match was at gaza. Could not believe my eyes the oval was a disgrace!!
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Re: The best and worst grounds to play footy on

Postby GWW » Sun Oct 28, 2007 9:47 pm

Strath is a good oval for the big games, the Lovelock shield etc, always great atmosphere there.

In RMFL, best oval maybe Mypolonga.
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Re: The best and worst grounds to play footy on

Postby Andy #24 » Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:40 pm

fudd03 wrote:GAZA and Lonsdale are a couple of terrible ovals to play on and Kilburns facilities aren't that good champ, best surface Henley and Adelaide Uni for me, Brighton isn't to bad either....


When was the last time you were at Kilburn Fudd? My only criticism of the facilities is that the water doesn't get quite hot enough. Plus Brighton is a hole and Uni doesn't stay flash through winter.
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Re: The best and worst grounds to play footy on

Postby Footy Chick » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:06 am

stan wrote:Hectorvillie isnt bad. Houghton is a shocker!


Heccies oval is superb!, facilities arent that crash though...

Our oval turns into slush with any sniff of rain, but in terms of facilities rates amongst the best of any team in any league...
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Re: The best and worst grounds to play footy on

Postby Felch » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:56 am

Always liked playing at SMOSH for some reason, terrible changerooms but i like the ground. Its a good all-weather surface.
I like Payneham too, especially early in the year before the rain gets to it.
Our ground (Portland) always has a good surface. It is small though.
Clare Oval is another nice spot to play footy aswell.
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Re: The best and worst grounds to play footy on

Postby Shirtfront » Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:18 pm

Gaza sould not be allowed to have footy played on it, its terrible. Adelaide Uni is a great ground but suffers in the winter, same as Gepps Cross but their oval bogs up after a drizzle of rain. For all year round playability Broadview's is high on the list along with Sals Nth (apart from the cricket pitch full on sand).
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Re: The best and worst grounds to play footy on

Postby Andy #24 » Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:27 pm

Fair call on Broadview. I run their during the week and it looks a treat, especially at the start of cricket.
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