Discussing some of the strange stadiums to have hosted an AFL game throughout history ENQUIRIES: pivotpiece56@gmail.com
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@tdb7992Ай бұрын
That picture of Optus Stadium in Perth at the start of the video is great. Perth knocked it out of the park with that stadium. It's a shame Brisbane isn't doing something similar for the olympics. The stadium has really good public transport links with a huge station right beside it, and due to some clever infrastructure, special event trains from that station can move directly onto other lines so passengers don't have to change trains.
@hydrohelicАй бұрын
Usually I just take special event buses to the stadium very close to where I live, public transport is so nice when going to optus
@BDub2024Ай бұрын
I remember watching Fitzroy vs West Coast Eagles on TV. It appeared to be sunny conditions, but I remember the commentators saying that it had a chill factor below 6 degrees. It may have been colder even. But the players from Perth were struggling with the cold. I'm surprised there isn't footage of it as it was broadcast by Seven.
@BDub2024Ай бұрын
I'm disappointed the NZ experiment in Wellington hasn't continued. We need to be playing matches there.
@themetroboy22Ай бұрын
Maybe even a team or 2
@listeyАй бұрын
It's a perfect stadium for AFL. I've watched rugby there and thought the same at the time.
@titoelcomombianoАй бұрын
No one gives a fuck about AFL outside of Victoria and the wasteland states to the west of it
@Gus.MonFriesАй бұрын
Why'd did they stop playing there?? Wat was the primary reason @@listey
@pacjman9360Ай бұрын
@@themetroboy22I miss the rvb comeng horn
@ashcoops696214 күн бұрын
Went to the Jiangwan Stadium a few years back to watch the exhibition match. One of the wierdest matches I've ever seen, simply because many of the people there were locals and simply didn't know what was going on. Even the expats were quiet. So no barracking. Not even umpire abuse. Very odd.
@RobertWilson-nm1qy23 күн бұрын
I remember AFL exhibition games in England around the 90s, maybe London. Also there was a game in the UAE around the 2000s.
@pillwolakАй бұрын
Loving the content on this channel!
@sentimentalbloke185Ай бұрын
The motordrome was a long & interesting saga between the two world wars. It was built by a private company known as Melbourne Carnivals Ltd & John Wren was a shareholder in the business. They leased the site (previously known as the Amateur Athletic ground) & built the stadium for speedway which was a dangerous motorsport that attracted many spectators for a few years but the track degraded quickly & lost favour with the public. The company spent many years trying to get the VFL & the VFA to play there; the VFA actually held 3 of their GFs at the ground. Richmond actually agreed to move their home games to the Motordrome in the mid-1930s but that was blocked. People questioned why a private for-profit company was allowed to lease crown land (susposedly for the use of amateur athletes) for the purpose of making money; the venture was an early attempt at a multi-purpose venue. Early in the war years, the lease expired & Melbourne Carnivals was dissolved. The govt used the area for military purposes & it was pretty run down & neglected. Then came the redevelopment to cater for the 1956 Olympics, but also to restore it to its original purpose as a facility for amateur sports.
@jmull91Ай бұрын
Great video, would love to see an nrl version of this video
@TimmyTickleАй бұрын
There would be enough material for a "10 Strangest RL Stadiums" video
@pavementpounder7502Ай бұрын
There's about 10 hardcore Chinese Port fans in Shanghai spewing they axed the China game.
@Gary-vv5gtАй бұрын
The shanghai experiment was pretty funny tbh
@samuelbartel3104Ай бұрын
Very successful considering it made more viewers then the Super Bowl and any other afl game. And made port so much money
@Jdid625Ай бұрын
Amazing video! The motodrome one is great and reminds me of my local club's old home ground which is situated in the field inside of the town's racecourse 🤣
@danieljdtaylorАй бұрын
A game in Yallourn is so bizarre
@footy2rockАй бұрын
I thought I mowed ya lawn last week lol
@TimmyTickleАй бұрын
Apparently Fitzroy were planning to play a total of four home games at Bruce Stadium (two in 95 and two in 96) with the ACT Government paying them handsomely for doing so. But the AFL, aware that this potential revenue stream would have kept them alive for longer, and therefore keeping Port Adelaide out of the league, blocked the move,
@Trevy21Ай бұрын
I’m a dees man myself and was aware that we had played at the motodrome for a little while.. I thought once I had read it was actually during the war time we weren’t able to be at the G as the defence force had taken over and stored stuff there but you seem to have done your homework so I’ll agree with you. Some great photos you’ve included. An honourable mention would be Abu Dhabi 2008 nab cup between pies and crows. Great vid mate, keep them coming!
@TimmyTickleАй бұрын
The MCG was unavailable during WWII as the US military had taken over the ground (they renamed it Camp Murphy). During this time, the Dees shared Punt Road with Richmond.
@BDub2024Ай бұрын
Have you got footage of when the Eagles played a match in US. I think it may have been Portland. Not sure. But it was a baseball field and I think the half backs wre taken out. I remember Matera racing off half back and thumping into the goal square. It was on astroturf so some players had elbow and knee protection. Also, the Dockers played in S Africa and at one stage wanted more matches there. But that stopped too.
@TenaciousACАй бұрын
12 October 1990 - West Coast vs Melbourne at Civic Stadium, which, after a few renovations, is now Providence Park, home of Major League Soccer’s Portland Timbers. I had a random memory from my youth of watching a game the year before, when a game was held at BC Place in Vancouver.
@M9tigersadventuresАй бұрын
Where’s GMHBA Stadium AKA Kardinia Park in this video?
@NoovaRBАй бұрын
If you’re into it, I would love to see an NRL version! There have been some interesting grounds as well. Also, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs also played a home game at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane in 2007
@danielbradley9805Ай бұрын
I would include Stadium Australia/Accor Stadium as being one of the strangest stadiums to host AFL games, given that the stadium is more suited to host Rugby League, Rugby Union and Football games there.
@iconicsnzАй бұрын
Can you do a video on NZ stadiums? Interested to see your opinion compared to the larger more modern looking Australian stadiums.
@sandrafowler6717Ай бұрын
The old Olympic Park which is next to AAMI Park is now the training ground for the Collingwood Football Club.
@albertmiller2electricbooga897Ай бұрын
Could so do a part 2, even unusual home game venues such as Gold Coast “hosting” Freo in 2018 at Optus
@raymorris388222 күн бұрын
In my opinion for AFL to progress and develop further they must come up with an extra hybrid game fitted to an oblong field like rugby has with 7s Otherwise there are not enough oval fields of size in the world to accommodate the game as is
@rmar127Ай бұрын
I could be wrong, but I’m almost certain that Brisbanes Exhibition showground hosted some VFL matches mid last century.
@AdamFordGhostshipsАй бұрын
Bit of extra trivia - the Tigers were on the verge of moving all their home games from Punt Rd to the Motordrome in the 1930s, but the vote to move was lost at borad level by a single vote.
@sentimentalbloke185Ай бұрын
The club determined to move for the1936 season, but the VFL delegates' vote to permit the move was locked at 12-12 so the VFL president Bill McLelland had a casting vote & according to protocol his casting vote was for the status quo. By that time it had been renamed to Olympic Park. The sequel came during the season when there were challenges to the Richmond CC, the head tenant of the ground, and their right to charge admission fees to an area of crown land, designated for public use. Groups of spectators were organised by John Wren & Melbourne Carnivals to gatecrash a couple of matches & the matter went to court, the decision being in favour of the cricket club due to its historical occupancy of the ground. The govt didn't renew the lease when it expired c1939 & Melb Carnivals was dissolved. The area was used for military purposes during the war.
@AdamFordGhostshipsАй бұрын
@@sentimentalbloke185 yes, you're right it comes back to me now - it was a VFL vote. And yes, supposedly Wren had employed a slew of less than savoury tactics worthy of the CFMEU in "persuading" the club to make the move. It took them another 60-odd years to finally evict the cricketers. A measure of how much power has shifted between the two sports down the years.
@sentimentalbloke185Ай бұрын
@@AdamFordGhostships Right from their admission to the league in 1908, Richmond understood the drawbacks of Punt Road as a venue & explored options to move. They thought about an upgraded City Reserve (Citizens Park, behind the Town Hall) but opted to build the grandstand instead, just before WW1. There was another move in the mid 1920s, then the mooted Olympic Park move in 1936, after which they built the King stand. Following WW2, the club once again explored moves, this time to the MCG, before that actually happened in 1965.
@Randomstuff1342Ай бұрын
Cardman sent me here
@NickSamonАй бұрын
same.
@thetwosmartbros26 күн бұрын
AFL match in china, my honest reaction:😂
@tdnic1Ай бұрын
For some reason I got unnecessarily annoyed when you mentioned Olympic Park as only being the home of Melbourne Storm. Not sure if you’re deliberately shitting on Melbourne Victory there or just misinformed.
@qizza7142Ай бұрын
Probs just misinformed
@user-pp7ye2sj6jАй бұрын
geelong v melbourne at u.s?
@btoogoodАй бұрын
The VFL is not the AFL it was a inner Melbourne competition. Doesn’t make sense to list both together- why not throw in WAFL and SANFL?
@raymorris388222 күн бұрын
In my opinion for AFL to progress and develop further they must come up with an extra hybrid game fitted to an oblong field like rugby has with 7s Otherwise there are not enough oval fields of size in the world to accommodate the game as is