Glenelg Oval
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Glenelg Oval is located on Brighton Road, Glenelg East, South Australia
. The ground is primarily used for Australian rules football
and cricket
and is the home ground for the Glenelg Football Club in the SANFL competition. It is also the home of the Glenelg Cricket Club
, and hosts local school football matches. with two seated grandstands holding 1,500.
The oval has a current capacity of 15,000 and the entire spectator area on the western side of the ground (where the grandstands are located) is concrete terracing while the entire outer consists only of grass banking with the area behind the southern goals generally where the Glenelg cheer squad stands for games. At only 160m x 115m Glenelg Oval has one of the smallest playing surfaces in the SANFL.
The ground record attendance was set on 20 July 1968 when 17,171 saw Sturt defeat Glenelg by just one point, 13.13 (91) to 13.12 (90).
Glenelg Oval saw the highest ever score by any team in SANFL history when Glenelg defeated Central Districts
49.23 (317) to 11.13 (79) in 1975. The 228 point winning margin was also at the time an SANFL record.
In 2009 the oval was renamed to Gliderol Stadium @ Glenelg as part of a sponsorship arrangement between the football club and their major sponsor Gliderol Garage Doors. Previously the ground was named "Challenge Recruitment Oval" under sponsorship with employment agency Challenge Recruitment.
Glenelg East, South Australia
Glenelg East is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia located east of the historic suburb of Glenelg.-Demographics:In 2006, 3,573 persons were resident in the suburb...
. The ground is primarily used for Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
and cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
and is the home ground for the Glenelg Football Club in the SANFL competition. It is also the home of the Glenelg Cricket Club
Glenelg Cricket Club
Glenelg Cricket Club are a Grade Cricket team located in Adelaide, South Australia.Their official website is http://www.gdcc.net.au...
, and hosts local school football matches. with two seated grandstands holding 1,500.
The oval has a current capacity of 15,000 and the entire spectator area on the western side of the ground (where the grandstands are located) is concrete terracing while the entire outer consists only of grass banking with the area behind the southern goals generally where the Glenelg cheer squad stands for games. At only 160m x 115m Glenelg Oval has one of the smallest playing surfaces in the SANFL.
The ground record attendance was set on 20 July 1968 when 17,171 saw Sturt defeat Glenelg by just one point, 13.13 (91) to 13.12 (90).
Glenelg Oval saw the highest ever score by any team in SANFL history when Glenelg defeated Central Districts
Central District Bulldogs
Central District Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in the city of Elizabeth about 25 km to the north of Adelaide, South Australia.-Origins and Background:...
49.23 (317) to 11.13 (79) in 1975. The 228 point winning margin was also at the time an SANFL record.
In 2009 the oval was renamed to Gliderol Stadium @ Glenelg as part of a sponsorship arrangement between the football club and their major sponsor Gliderol Garage Doors. Previously the ground was named "Challenge Recruitment Oval" under sponsorship with employment agency Challenge Recruitment.