The 'Tribute' to Franco Cozzo was a nice touch.

This brings back memories of the pre-AFL days when most clubs had their own suburban ground and you knew when your game was because it was always Saturday at 2:10 pm. You could always get to your team's game every week because the biggest trip of the year was the annual trip down the Geelong Road to Kardinia Park. I remember an extremely rainy day at Arden Street (North Melbourne v Hawthorn) when Malcolm Blight was pushed in the back as he kicked a point to tie the game just as the siren went. He was asked if he wanted to accept the point, with the game ending in a draw or take another kick from about 30 m out, directly in front. Of course, he chose to take the kick again. All we kids were banging on the boundary fence, hoping he would miss and he did. Hawthorn by a point! Great outcome. I remember the toilets at Princes Park (Ikon Oval), which was really just a corrugated iron fence behind the hill. I remember the Hyde Street marching band that marched around the boundary at Witten Oval (the Western Oval at the time) at half time, followed by kids holding the corners of a blanket into which the crowd would throw coins to support the band. I remember being pushed against the fence by a giant crowd at Windy Hill and watching Lethal Leigh Matthews smash the point post in half. And I remember the Collingwood supporters at Victoria Park hurling expletives and rocks. Going to the football is a lot more comfortable these days, but maybe a bit more bland as well.

Kind of wish all the AFL reserves went back to their own reserve league, so the VFL could go back to being stand alone clubs, though I don't know if the money is there for that sadly. Nice video!

Surely you’ll cover all the SANFL and WAFL grounds. Surely.

Only half of the wavy stands at Ikon Park remains now sadly due to the stage 3 redevelopment

I walked through Victoria Park last winter. It is open to the public and you can walk around the stands. The area around the stadium has a lot of 90's imagery, and they have a 90's theme at and in the immediate vicinity of the ground. Back in the later days of when the ground was an AFL venue I guess they went with. I really liked it. I'd recommend anyone go check it out if visiting Melbourne. Quite the time warp. Probably only footy fans would relate but.

Some of the names you cite are nicknames: Carlton's ground is the Carlton Cricket Ground or Princes Oval, Windy Hill is the Essendon Recreation Reserve, Punt Road is the Richmond Cricket Ground, Arden Street is the North Melbourne Recreation Reserve. Screw big corporations trying to buy history & credibility with naming rights sponsorships.

I’ve never even seen Aussie rules but these videos are like a drug. Just the hit I need

It's also worth noting that Metricon was also the home of the Brisbane Bears (now Lions) from 1987-1993

AFL sold its soul when all the clubs moved to the Docklands. They could have played interstate games at these small grounds. At least the NRL have maintained a presence for their suburban grounds, and use them a few times a year.

loved this video, sanfl next please 🙏🙏

Your videos are so relaxing to go to bed and watch last thing before I go to sleep. The chill music, the soothing voice, the smooth spinning Ariel shots. Love it! 👌🏼

As a lover of both the English game , throughout the entire Football pyramid and the AFL particularly Victorian Football , your content seems tailor made for me ! the deadpan delivery and brilliant humour make this channel amongst the most enjoyable on KZfaq . I did visit Port Melbourne's stadium , because I enjoy that sort of thing ..last year , the backdrop of the City of Melbourne is truly stunning ..thank you .

Unfortunately Essendon don’t use Windy Hill for VFL anymore, they use The Hanger, their training base up in Tullamarine EDIT: As of June 2nd, the fixture release for VFL Rounds 15-22 will see Essendon play 3 matches at Windy Hill

Fun fact about Brighton Homes Arena. The grandstand is a replica of the grandstand at Brunswick St Oval (as a nod to Fitzroy)

Back in the 80s, I used to love watching AFL games on ESPN. Very fun to watch 😊

Williamstown's ground may be picturesque, but watching the footy there on a cold, wet, windy winter's day is one of life's true displeasures.

i love how the 'footascray' reference will be so niche to Melbourne, but you went with it anyway! Its a shame "brunsawick' arent in the VFL

Love these kind of videos. Can you do a video on the dutch second tear of football? Some quircky grounds, and a couple grounds that are way to big for the league they play in.

Love this!

Another great video. Even the old rickety stadiums have a certain character - well, perhaps not Sydney's, but hey. I like the fact that some of these ovals are used for AFLW games, and most of the AFL behemoths still use these grounds as training grounds/spiritual homes. For the sake of research, I tried singing the last few lines of Geelong's team song to see if it still went with the flow: "See the banners flying high, from dawn to dark, down in GMHBA Park". No - I think Bizet was right in leaving out the sponsorship when he wrote the song. What chance we'll soon be seeing the WAFL and SANFL grounds before long?

Fantastic video mate, This is something I’m very interested in as a Victorian who loves their footy. And I never thought you’d make a video on the grounds. As a Hawthorn supporter, I like Box Hill but love it when any standalone club gets a win. Especially against a big AFL affiliate. Was it meant to just be main venues? Because you left out Austworld Centre Oval, NEC Hanger, Giants Stadium, Marvel Stadium, RSEA park, MCG, Wonthaggi Recreation Reserve, AIA Centre and the SCG.

Another banger!!

Alberton oval is mentioned in the Port Power theme. "We're the Alberton Crowd, Port Adelaide Proud"

Baseball fields visible at the Giants field. Nice.

Can you do a video on ipl there is an interesting variety of stadiums

Please may you do the urc. Thanks. Love the vids man 🫡

Very timely to do a footy video with the Tasmania news!

Thank you for my suggestion! Which state or territory league is next?

Please do SANFL Grounds Next ❤

Down at GMHBA Stadium 🎶

Many of the parks could hos an Exhibition MLB game! Being that they are so wide. Just an idea! 😉

Can you do a video for the GAA Stadiums

Glad you didn't mention how bitterly cold Williamstown gets at times!

Can you do Sanfl Next???

Swiss NLA ice hockey stadiums pls!

For Canadians it would be the Hamilton Tiger-cats.

pls cover any european ice hockey league

Do WAFL next

Frankston and Casey grounds get bloody cold

Yay WAFL and sanfl next

Now its City V City.. but 50 years back footy was tribal.. kinda like our village(suburb) V yours, so the home team actually had a "home ground advantage" & if u went back 100 or more years it probably would have been boys born & raised in a certain area ie: suburb V other boys born from across town.

After 4 goes of asking it has happened, thank you wide world

That was wicked, great job

Thought Waverley Park would get a mention

me when metricon stadium (i saw it today and also called it the wrong name because it feels wrong)

Something that could be interesting to all of your non Texas viewers would be the ten most expensive/largest high school football stadiums in Texas.

Do NSW Cup and QLD Cup Venues please

Port Adelaide's AFL song mentions "The Alberton Crowd". That's kind of mentioning a stadium.

I'm not sure that us Canadians have an equivalent of Millwall supporters because we are docile and don't want to offend anybody eh. But Habs (Montreal Canadiens) fans can get rowdy so maybe them but I think it would be Ti Cats (Hamilton Tiger Cats of the CFL) fans because the Hammer has a reputation.

DO SANFL PLEASE

Wy wouldn't you do the WAFL stadiums too.

Funky Town!!!

And the NEC Hangar? Most of Essendons 2023 VFL home games are there, not Windy Hill…

What about Tasmania?

Surely Port are the Millwall of Aussie rules, maybe Collingwood is of the VFL. I'd say Port is more the Philadelphia Eagles of the AFL and for Canadians it would be the Montreal Canadians.

C'arn the Ants 🐜

This is an Australian rules football fan from the states here. Why do they call it a siren when it’s clearly a horn sound.

Hmm, you could argue SANFL and WAFL are more prominent than VFL outside of AFL

Having umpired games at both Victoria Park and Preston. Victoria Park is a lot better. Preston is nice though

So strange to me how gold coast has 2 teams in the VFL when it's nowhere near Victoria, yet Ballarat and Bendigo don't have any teams in the league. Also why does Tasmania not have an AFL or at least a VFL team when it has two cities and stadiums that could support one. I'm not from there though I just like the sport and have extended family in Adelaide so I don't know the ins and outs or the culture.

Werribee Tigers is older the suburb Chinside Park

No actual knowledge of the league but i would think while the affiliated teams do have an advantage in access to prospects for the big teams, while the independent teams dont have to worry about successful players being called up mid season? though again I dont even know if thats a thing in these leagues

Perhaps change it to the South Eastern football league

"you can't have your cake and eat it, too." Why the heck are these people making cakes? What's the point? What do they want them for, if not eating?

Williamstown on top

Come on man. Where is the Slovenian Football league 1?

Reserve grade rugby league in qld and new aouth wales PLEASE PLEASE

Wasn't the VFL the top tier once? Windy Hill is asymmetrical. As is Genis Steel Oval.

Danish Superliga🙏🙏🙏🙏

Ha Way Richmond, eat em alive.

Most modern grounds and modern buildings in older grounds are absolute puke and ugly as hell.

You mention AFLW for Carlton but not for Brisbane like come on. I’d almost be shouting Vic bias here lol.

Have you reached the bottom of the barrel? Lifted it up and dug down to find this dead parrot. Norwegian blue, beautiful plumage. I am not dead (yet) it squeaks. If there is a good argument for euthanasia, this is it! An interesting factoid would be the average attendance for ground last season. A good indicator of a team’s terminal velocity towards “charking it”.

The VFL is a joke nobody wants to watch a AFL reserve team play.