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Norm Smith Medallist
Would love to see Power trial games at Alberton. Crows at Norwood/Richmond/Thebarton or somewhere central-ish.
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Yep, or take them to regional areas. Frankly this should have been happening with all NAB games already.
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Norwood would struggle to cope with a 6000+ crowd you'd get at a trial match, but Richmond and Thebby would be great options - and Thebby's been used in the past as well.
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Norm Smith Medallist
Norwood comfortably holds 6-7,000 on Friday Nights for Redlegs home games. They get bigger crowds than West Adelaide do on a regular basis (Westies average closer to 3,000, Norwood 5,000). Would love to see Norwood hosting - we can all head to the Parade for a beer afterwards!
Dirty Bird
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Think of the Norwood residents!!!!
I've been to the Parade when there have been 16,000.
- Jun 23, 2008
- 33,486
- 27,230
- AFL Club
- Collingwood
- Other Teams
- Norwood, Everton, Detroit Red Wings
Pretty sure Friday nights at The Parade regularly draw 8,000+. Ground can easily cope.
Best footy ground in Australia too IMO.
Dirty Bird
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Rd 1 Thurs (n) - 7,560 (Port)
Rd 4 Fri (n) - 4,663 (Eagles)
Rd 5 Thurs - 6,038 (West - ANZAC Day)
Rd 9 Fri (n) - 2,321(Sturt)
Perfect crowd for that venue is 4,000. Anymore and it's cramping (unless you want to sit in the uncomfortable southern stand). Any less and the atmosphere is shithouse.
- Jun 23, 2008
- 33,486
- 27,230
- AFL Club
- Collingwood
- Other Teams
- Norwood, Everton, Detroit Red Wings
That doesn't mean it's at capacity. Have been there plenty of times with an 8,000+ crowd, and it hasn't felt "too cramped" at all.
Dirty Bird
Pokémon Master
Have any of these "plenty of times with an 8,000+ crowd" been in the last 20 years?
The SANFL is lucky to get that once a year outside of finals.
The SANFL is lucky to get that once a year outside of finals.
Dirty Bird
Pokémon Master
Norwood 2012
Rd 3 Sat (a) - 3,469 (Eagles)
Rd 6 Fri (n) - 5,021 (North)
Rd 7 Fri (n) - 5,551 (Glenelg)
Rd 8 Fri (n) - 4,641 (West)
Rd 12 Sun (a) - 3,568 (Glenelg)
Rd 15 Sun (a) - 6,353 (Centrals)
Rd 18 Fri (n) - 6,050 (Port)
Rd 19 Fri (n) - 4,663 (Sturt)
Rd 20 Fri (n) - 3,139 (South)
Rd 22 Sat (a) - 2,886 (Eagles)
Rd 3 Sat (a) - 3,469 (Eagles)
Rd 6 Fri (n) - 5,021 (North)
Rd 7 Fri (n) - 5,551 (Glenelg)
Rd 8 Fri (n) - 4,641 (West)
Rd 12 Sun (a) - 3,568 (Glenelg)
Rd 15 Sun (a) - 6,353 (Centrals)
Rd 18 Fri (n) - 6,050 (Port)
Rd 19 Fri (n) - 4,663 (Sturt)
Rd 20 Fri (n) - 3,139 (South)
Rd 22 Sat (a) - 2,886 (Eagles)
Dirty Bird
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After ruining this thread a little. Lets try and fix it.
Just saw this on the Adelaide Oval website
http://www.adelaideoval.com.au/library/130628 Adelaide Oval map.pdf
Gives oval dimensions too.
167.05m x 123.93m
Just saw this on the Adelaide Oval website
http://www.adelaideoval.com.au/library/130628 Adelaide Oval map.pdf
Gives oval dimensions too.
167.05m x 123.93m
hitthepost
Norm Smith Medallist
I'm surprised at those dimensions. I know the picture is not to scale (it says so) but the oval looks no smaller than the 190.2 x 130.2 of pre-demolition.
Jee, that is narrow. With out checking, I would say that would be the 2nd narrowest ground after Geelong's. IMO this is very unfortunate, and a major fcuk up!
hitthepost
Norm Smith Medallist
How is it a **** up? Not like the width of the ground has changed dramatically in the last 100+ years!
The ground has been completely rebuilt. If that is not the time make it wider when is? To have a home ground that is not even close to the width of the two Melbourne grounds is a fcuk up.
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Norm Smith Medallist
Why though? It creates a home ground advantage. They play in Melbourne often enough that they don't need an MCG/Etihad-size ground here too. Part of Aussie Rules is adapting to different grounds.
- Jul 25, 2010
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- Adelaide
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I'm pretty sure the Crows got 10,000 plus at the old pre season game at Norwood oval in very early February between 2000 and 2007.
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Think the first year was 10 000, but they declined down to about 5 000 in 2007 when they became farcical.
Dirty Bird
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Fcuk up?
The current dimensions are what make the cricket games unique. Keep it I say (And that's coming from someone who hasn't given a shit about cricket since ~2007)
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Norm Smith Medallist
Apologies that we didn't reconstruct the MCG on King William Road North Adelaide 
footyman82
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How's it f#%k up when the dimensions of the Adelaide Oval (167.05 x 123.93) are virtually the same as Etihad Stadium? I mean the Adelaide Oval's a bit longer and slightly narrower but what's the big deal?
They've been playing Footy and Cricket there for over 100 years on a funny shaped ground that once had a square fence on the old western side due to an old bike track that used to encircle the oval and it was still fine! Now with the new grand stand redevelopments around the entire ground we're going to have a perfectly shaped Football/Cricket oval with dimensions more or less the same as any major AFL ground around Australia!
Etihad Stadium
Ground dimensions: 159.5 metres x 128.8 metres
It's bigger than ANZ Stadium
Ground dimensions: 160 metres x 118 metres
And virtually the same as Skoda Stadium..
Ground dimensions: 164 metres x 123 metres
http://www.freebookiebets.com.au/afl_football_grounds.htm
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Norm Smith Medallist
I'm still not sure that those dimensions are right.
My SACA member handbook 2 summers ago said it was 190.2 x 130.2 fence-to-fence
Take space for between the boundary and the fence (5m wing, 8m behind the goals) and I'd be expecting a playing field approx 175 x 120m. Pretty much the same a Subiaco.
Watching the redevelopment, and with the knowledge that the finished oval is supposed to retain things like the approximate size the ground has always had (curving of the western boundary during the redevelopment of that side of the ground not withstanding), I'd be very surprised if they cut 30m off the size of the oval, or had the goals in that far from the fence. Remember the AFL match there end of 2011 - goals a "normal" distance from the fence.
My SACA member handbook 2 summers ago said it was 190.2 x 130.2 fence-to-fence
Take space for between the boundary and the fence (5m wing, 8m behind the goals) and I'd be expecting a playing field approx 175 x 120m. Pretty much the same a Subiaco.
Watching the redevelopment, and with the knowledge that the finished oval is supposed to retain things like the approximate size the ground has always had (curving of the western boundary during the redevelopment of that side of the ground not withstanding), I'd be very surprised if they cut 30m off the size of the oval, or had the goals in that far from the fence. Remember the AFL match there end of 2011 - goals a "normal" distance from the fence.
Dirty Bird
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Why do I have a feeling Adelaide Oval goal areas will now be like the Southern End of Woodville Oval
