Stadiums
Every venue the AFL has ever called home — current cathedrals, suburban grounds long-bulldozed, and everything in between.
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Corio Oval — Geelong’s Lost Waterfront First Home
Corio Oval was Geelong’s first home, and it’s now mostly a memory. A heritage cricket-and-footy ground on the shore of…
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Moorabbin Oval — St Kilda’s 1966 Premiership Home
Moorabbin Oval was St Kilda’s home from 1965 to 1992, and Saints fans have a complicated relationship with it. A…
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Whitten Oval (Western Oval) — Footscray’s Working-Class Soul
Whitten Oval — formerly the Western Oval — was the Western Bulldogs’ home until 1997, and the proudly working-class Footscray…
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Windy Hill — Essendon’s 70-Year Bombers Fortress
Windy Hill was Essendon’s home from 1922 to 1991, and the name is no joke — the wind off Maribyrnong…
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Glenferrie Oval — Hawthorn’s Heritage Heartland
Glenferrie Oval was Hawthorn’s home until 1973, and it’s still standing — too small for modern footy, but absolutely beautiful…
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Punt Road Oval — Richmond’s Heritage Tigers’ Den
Punt Road Oval was Richmond’s home until 1965, and it’s still where the Tigers train every week. A heritage suburban…
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East Melbourne Cricket Ground — The Bombers’ Demolished First Home
East Melbourne Cricket Ground was Essendon’s first home, and it’s now the Jolimont rail yards. A heritage cricket-and-footy ground in…
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Brunswick Street Oval — Fitzroy’s Lost Lions’ Den
Brunswick Street Oval was Fitzroy’s heartland, and it’s now a quiet inner-Melbourne park most footy fans walk past without realising…
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Junction Oval — St Kilda’s Pre-Premiership Heartland
Junction Oval was St Kilda’s spiritual home until 1964, and Saints fans still talk about it as the ground that…
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Lake Oval (South Melbourne Cricket Ground) — South Melbourne’s Lost Home
Lake Oval is South Melbourne’s lost home, and it’s now a quiet park most Melburnians walk past without realising what…
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