SA Footy

Thought this would be interesting topic of conversation.

I will start it off.....

A couple of the best grounds I have played on in the SAAFL would be:
Broadview, Pooraka, Athelstone, ROCS and Flinders Park

Worst: Old Iggies always patchy, drove past there last night and it doesn't look like an oval.
Eastern Park is always so sandy. Not sure about the shared showers either. Not sure why they don't play on the bottom oval.

Footy Follower wrote:Thought this would be interesting topic of conversation.

I will start it off.....

A couple of the best grounds I have played on in the SAAFL would be:
Broadview, Pooraka, Athelstone, ROCS and Flinders Park

Worst: Old Iggies always patchy, drove past there last night and it doesn't look like an oval.
Eastern Park is always so sandy. Not sure about the shared showers either. Not sure why they don't play on the bottom oval.

It's smaller and there's no bar facilities close by, you would need binoculars.

Probs biased but even when I wasnt playing there I liked it
Portland as one of the best!
North Haven is good cause of its lights!
Pt Districts isnt a bad oval to play on

stinkers:
unley, absolute pit!
mitcham, either hard as a rock in the centre or so soft ya roll ya ankle!
smosh, always rock hard!

alot of people will disagree on this one but I dont like salisbury either
always to hard and to big for my liking!!

Footy Follower wrote:Thought this would be interesting topic of conversation.

I will start it off.....

A couple of the best grounds I have played on in the SAAFL would be:
Broadview, Pooraka, Athelstone, ROCS and Flinders Park

Worst: Old Iggies always patchy, drove past there last night and it doesn't look like an oval.
Eastern Park is always so sandy. Not sure about the shared showers either. Not sure why they don't play on the bottom oval.

rocs at the college?...dont get a game there in the winter then mate..1 foot deep slop

best is st marys of course ..GG is a lovely surface

Best
smosh
salisbury
lockleys
henley
flinders park
St peters oc
kilburn
woodville south
thebby
sacred heart senior school


worse
eastern park
mitchem
hope valley
pt districts
salisbury west
scotch
old iggies

Iron Fist wrote:Probs biased but even when I wasnt playing there I liked it
Portland as one of the best!
North Haven is good cause of its lights!
Pt Districts isnt a bad oval to play on

stinkers:
unley, absolute pit!
mitcham, either hard as a rock in the centre or so soft ya roll ya ankle!
smosh, always rock hard!

alot of people will disagree on this one but I dont like salisbury either
always to hard and to big for my liking!!

Haha, consider yourself lucky you don't have to run laps of it fisty.

Salisbury is the best I've played on. Kilburn, Pooraka, Flinders Park and Campbelltown good too.

Hate playing at Pulteney and Old Iggies.

Never really liked Pembrokes ground and to add to that the atmosphere always seems a bit wrong.

Pag wrote:

Iron Fist wrote:Probs biased but even when I wasnt playing there I liked it
Portland as one of the best!
North Haven is good cause of its lights!
Pt Districts isnt a bad oval to play on

stinkers:
unley, absolute pit!
mitcham, either hard as a rock in the centre or so soft ya roll ya ankle!
smosh, always rock hard!

alot of people will disagree on this one but I dont like salisbury either
always to hard and to big for my liking!!

Haha, consider yourself lucky you don't have to run laps of it fisty.

Salisbury is the best I've played on. Kilburn, Pooraka, Flinders Park and Campbelltown good too.

Hate playing at Pulteney and Old Iggies.

i think myself very lucky!

pultney is another dog of a ground!

bandar wrote:Never really liked Pembrokes ground and to add to that the atmosphere always seems a bit wrong.

agree shite ground no atmosphere trees over hanging.

Adelaide Lutheran!!!!!!! Away change rooms are a disgrace you cant fit your whole team in the little shoe box!

Played at Unley when it rained was a mud pit.

Before CBCOC had the Clipsal was a great ground to play on.

Agree on Iggies and Eastern Park sh!tH0U$3.

Pag wrote:

Iron Fist wrote:Probs biased but even when I wasnt playing there I liked it
Portland as one of the best!
North Haven is good cause of its lights!
Pt Districts isnt a bad oval to play on

stinkers:
unley, absolute pit!
mitcham, either hard as a rock in the centre or so soft ya roll ya ankle!
smosh, always rock hard!

alot of people will disagree on this one but I dont like salisbury either
always to hard and to big for my liking!!

Haha, consider yourself lucky you don't have to run laps of it fisty.

Salisbury is the best I've played on. Kilburn, Pooraka, Flinders Park and Campbelltown good too.

Hate playing at Pulteney and Old Iggies.

Those 2 words don't usually go in a sentence together...

Portland is a great ground (unbiased , of course)

No easy kicks to be had there, keeps the seagulls honest !!!

obviously noone here has played at pothole city. NORTH PINES oval

i reckon park 10 is a great ground to play unless the centre square gets hard as is the beautiful uni main oval.
golden grove has a great surface.

despise pertaringa even when it was my home ground

but gaza's paddock truly is horrendous.

Flipper wrote:Adelaide Lutheran!!!!!!! Away change rooms are a disgrace you cant fit your whole team in the little shoe box!

Played at Unley when it rained was a mud pit.

Before CBCOC had the Clipsal was a great ground to play on.

Agree on Iggies and Eastern Park sh!tH0U$3.

think changerooms are a diff topic.... but yes i agree with you lutherans rooms disgrace.....or tho glenungas are worse.

But as for shit grounds, i think from what i have played on or seen, Brahma lodge is the worst with the mats they lay down on cricket pitch for footy season. Then greenacres top oval when it rains its like a pig pen. Greenacres have a perfect oval next to it but for some reason its not used.

Salisbury Oval for me! New irrigation installed over Summer as well, it is in superb condition at the moment. Be surprised if it is anything close to hard under foot this season.

smac wrote:Salisbury Oval for me! New irrigation installed over Summer as well, it is in superb condition at the moment. Be surprised if it is anything close to hard under foot this season.

The Salisbury Council sure do look after Salisbury Oval compared to others in the area.

Several things came to mind when I read the thread title;

Firstly, what I hated about an oval (in order):

1. condition
2. whether I felt I was playing on a cow paddock because of the location/atmosphere
3. location of the clubrooms
4. Having a cricket pitch covered by sand
5. Size

So in order of worst:

Edwardstown Baptist(defunct)/Old Iggies - by far the worst going around
Pulteney
SA Institute of Teachers (defunct)
Glenunga
Pembroke
Wingfield
TransAdelaide Tigers (defunct)
Ovingham
Portland

Secondly, what I liked about an oval (surprisingly the opposite)

Scotch - best by far that I'd played on
Payneham
Walkerville
Hope Valley
Burnside Kensington (defunct)

I'm sure I've forgotten some, but that's a starter.

Best:
Salisbury Oval
Campbelltown Oval
Golden Grove
Flinders Park
Kilburn

Worst:
Old Iggs
Eastern Park
Salisbury West
Woodville South

blackcat wrote:

smac wrote:Salisbury Oval for me! New irrigation installed over Summer as well, it is in superb condition at the moment. Be surprised if it is anything close to hard under foot this season.

The Salisbury Council sure do look after Salisbury Oval compared to others in the area.

It is a Grade Cricket Club and they take great pride in the reputation it has. The Sportsmans association pay their dues accordingly.

seems as tho. you blokes are all higher grade players but paralowies oval is awsome to play on week in week out regardless of the weather.