What we also noticed were the surrounding street names….Clarendon, Napier, Raglan, Albert, Palmerston, Park…all names of well known South Melburne streets. The South Adelaide Under-18s hit the road to take on the Redlegs on Saturday morning. The South Adelaide Football Club is a fun inclusive environment where we welcome all people. Through our SANFL Women's team and underage sides, we actively work to encourage the growth and development of the sport.
The soccer pictch remains, although a runnning track around it has made for an oval shape returning to the venue, along with the name reverting to Lakeside Stadium, having been From the outside all you could see was a rusty grate and darkness.
Most if not all of these gems have since been removed with the redevelopment. The home games were played at the South Melbourne Cricket Ground from 1878 on the banks of the Albert Park lake. I had no idea of what or even who was in there, so I quickly departed to inspect my photos. Just over the back of the ground you can make out the newly planted palm trees which still standtoday. In fact I only once saw it as a footy ground before it became rectangularised, when dad took us to look around in the early 1990’s. I know that’s a very Victorian-centric mindset, but it’s what I needed to do to get myself up! Australian Unity Health Insurance Discount Support the next and current South Adelaide Female athletes with a tax-deductible donation today! I remember the ball being kicked out to that wing and splatting into the water and the ball just started to float along until a boundary umpire came along and rescued it.
The Southern wing had water over the oval and inside the boundary by about 10 metres.
The photo has been significantly brightened and demonstrates how unloved the stand had become.Lake Oval, South Melbourne, Victoria « Scoreboard pressureHere’s hoping lots of Swans fans see your photos and yarns.Was going to go with the 20 year suspension for the umpire and spectator abuse in the old Army Reserve Cup but the post was quickly escallating into a novel…had to make some hard calls. The flash of my camera revealed some lovely red and white tiling of what could only be the loos. Address: 1 Lovelock Drive, Noarlunga Downs, South Australia, Australia, 5168
Betta Teams: SANFL Round 13 - South Adelaide vs Norwood The VFL football club South Melbourne were relocated to Sydney to become the Sydney Swans, and becoming the first team located outside of the traditional home of AFL Victoria. 1933 would be the clubs last Premiership for 72 years when in today’s AFL, the Sydney Swans won premierships in 2005 and 2012. Have they no sense of theatre?Make sure you check out Billy Millers wonderful videos on all the old VFL grounds.I’ve got very vague memories of listening to broadcasts of the Lakeside night games and wondering how on earth anybody could see what was going on.Love the old grounds… cant get that feeling anymore, other than local footy… the AFL has wiped its hands of those days.Finally, there are some other stands and grouns which share a connection with Lakeside Oval. After Swans moved to Sydney I remember going to the Lakeside oval after heavy rain. I remember standing in the shadows of the old stand and dad being pleased that the tunnel in the outer terracing still existed. The Army reserve cup on Sundays (was it the Statewide cup before that?) However as I fiddled around, I realised I could get it open. The South Adelaide Football Club announce new partnership with the Woods Panthers Netball Club.
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