Old mate from Darley on there is commenting that Melton were given the choice and chose Darley park which is Simply not true. A member of Melton committee denied that.
Where would have melton chosen you think? The BFL should say to Melton, you can have a home game but you pay us $3000 (200 people not paying) for lost revenue. I get why they want fenced off. They are a business.
See I knew I was missing something
It’s all about $
Not sure where they would have chosen, but think its safe to say it would've been anywhere but the home ground of the team they are playing against
Think Darley might dust off the pigeon shit and move back in for a day. Do a bit of reminiscing ???
Well maybe. Did win the flag last year playing out of a pigeon shed and portable dunnies
Why didn't they flip the venues ?
I believe it's because Darley Park is fenced off, while Mac. Park is surrounded by parkland.
RDFL successfully ran junior Grand Finals and made a healthy gate at Maccy Park.
Yeah, I’d be interested to know. If a Ballarat teams got choice between playing east at east or playing them at Darley I nearly think they are playing at east. League needs to work out having too grounds available at both ends to get rid of this problem.Not sure where they would have chosen, but think its safe to say it would've been anywhere but the home ground of the team they are playing against
No, the Eastern Oval is the most pronounced home ground advantage in Ballarat. Other ovals are fairly generic now whereas the Eastern Oval is more unique. Plus the crap facilities for visiting teams to coach from are substandard.
Yep, venues were locked in a fair way out.
Honestly, you'd probably play them at Darley.
Yeah it has but if why should players have to pay to play in a final imagine if the afl turned to their players and said we are going to charge you to get into the ground!!
