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Football => View from the Outer => Topic started by: one-eyed on November 17, 2009, 08:01:00 PM

Title: Port Adelaide moving to Adelaide Oval
Post by: one-eyed on November 17, 2009, 08:01:00 PM
Port moving to the 25,000 capacity Adelaide Oval according to Healy on 3aw tonight.

Title: Re: Port Adelaide moving to Adelaide Oval
Post by: wayne on November 18, 2009, 10:18:59 AM
From what I have seen on the cricket, it's an odd shaped ground.

Not very wide, but very long.
Title: Re: Port Adelaide moving to Adelaide Oval
Post by: mightytiges on November 19, 2009, 12:50:51 AM
Quote from: wayne on November 18, 2009, 10:18:59 AM
From what I have seen on the cricket, it's an odd shaped ground.

Not very wide, but very long.
It would encourage old-school direct footy  :thumbsup.

They use to play SANFL games there before Footy Park became the home of the SANFL. My dad when he was younger use to be a SANFL boundary umpire and you can imagine how hard it was running back and forth up the wings for 4 quarters following the play even in those days. You would need 4 boundary umpires nowdays with the increased speed of the game.