Farewell Football Park

Well, we've now come to what will almost certainly be the last ever competitive match at Football Park aka AAMI Stadium next Sunday as Norwood take on North in next week's Grand Final.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_Park

This thread is dedicated to those that want to purely discuss the ground, and your memories over the 40 seasons the ground was used.  What are your favourite memories of Football Park?  What will you miss about Football Park?  What won't you miss about Football Park?  What significant events at the ground were you at?

Discuss away folks.

PS - I may throw in various footage of Football Park over the years.

Footage of the first ever match at Football Park

Round 5 1974 North v Centrals

Well there are 3 highlights for me.

1 SANFL GF #1 1974
The Blues prevailing in the first Grand final at Footy Park in 1974 (it will never be AAMI to me) prevailing against the Bays kicking with a decent wind in last quarter.

2 SANFL GF # 3 1976
And of course the 76 Grand Final which will inarguably be my favourite player of all time's greatest individual performance and witnessed by the biggest GF attendance ever.

3 The Rolling Stones 1995
Back in 1995 I saw the Greatest Rock adn Roll band of all time, strut their stuff on the Voodoo Lounge tour. Had been waiting a lifetime for that and finally they came to play in Adders. Got the T-Shirt (which I still cannot wear in mixed or underrage company). And the sealer was that this was the (pre-mobile age) night before my son was due to be born. No biggie, went to the Stones of course and he wasn't born for a few more days.

It is a shame but it is a ground that I hold little affinity for, as such.

The ground is a concrete cauldron, but then the MCG and Etihad are no different. But strangely they have been better thought out.

AAMI has done itself no favours by its lack of consideration for patrons in a lot of ways.
- The fact that you have to go outside to obtain food and refreshements.
- The Weslo frenzy of promoting their version of "security" and patron "happiness".
- Beer prices. A decent margin above other venues I have attended.
- "Treatments" like the plastic sponsor marquees over seats. WTF?

However, it will go down in footy, cricket (WSC) and concert history for what has transpired over 40 years of patronage.

RIP Footy Park.

was there today & i still can not work out what is so wrong with the place.......how the SANFL leaves a place it owns & goes to a venue it doesn't own is beyond my comprehension

forgetting footy, my favourite moment was as a 13 or 14 year old seeing Agnetha Faltskog drop her pants on stage during a concert   

I was there the day the bomb went off, killing a bloke starting his car.

You could see over the southern wall at the top then.

(Hard to concentrate on writing this after your post, Bayman  

Yep, Agnetha dropping her tweeds would throw your vision sideways.

before that night they were known as ''brown eyes''..very different thoughts after that night  

Went and watched Alice Cooper's...Welcome to my nightmare back in the late 70's... came home stoned without even smoking a joint. The air was thick enough of the stuff anyway.

1975
1978
1982
1984
1997
2012
All those Grand Finals were my highlights
2013 ?

redandblack wrote:I was there the day the bomb went off, killing a bloke starting his car.

You could see over the southern wall at the top then.

Say what???  

I've never heard that story. Please elaborate R&B.....

My favourite memory would have to be as a teenager seeing westies in a night game against port where we were 9 or 10 goals down at quarter time and ended up winning a cliffhanger after Scott Simister took a screamer and kicked the goal ! I'll never forget that game

Mark Aistion "Simisterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr"

Gingernuts wrote:

redandblack wrote:I was there the day the bomb went off, killing a bloke starting his car.

You could see over the southern wall at the top then.

Say what???  

I've never heard that story. Please elaborate R&B.....

I was at a West game in 1975, behind the goals at the southern end. At that time, I think there was no seating higher up, just concrete steps. if you stood on the top steps, you could see over the wall towards the shopping centre.

I was near the top watching the game when there was an almighty BOOOMMMMMM from the shopping centre direction. I went up to the top step, but I don't think I saw much from that angle. Found out later a bloke was killed and someone had planted a bomb in his car.


http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19750729&id=NsFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8-YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2881,7677244

Wow, thanks for sharing that story R&B. I'm surprised I've never heard it - car bombs aren't exactly an everyday occurance in Adelaide.

redandblack wrote:

Gingernuts wrote:

redandblack wrote:I was there the day the bomb went off, killing a bloke starting his car.

You could see over the southern wall at the top then.

Say what???  

I've never heard that story. Please elaborate R&B.....

I was at a West game in 1975, behind the goals at the southern end.  At that time, I think there was no seating higher up, just concrete steps.  if you stood on the top steps, you could see over the wall towards the shopping centre.

I was near the top watching the game when there was an almighty BOOOMMMMMM from the shopping centre direction.  I went up to the top step, but I don't think I saw much from that angle.  Found out later a bloke was killed and someone had planted a bomb in his car.


http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19750729&id=NsFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8-YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2881,7677244

I was at that game too my car was just out of the roped off area,i think it was a mini and yes you could see over the top of the wall at that stage of development.I think we were playing sturt??IT WAS A HUGE BANG.Never seen so many people running up to the top to hava look.Believe me or not but my mate and i were sitting on the west side in stand and you could feel the vibrations.

Round 14 1975
Sturt 0.7 6.15 9.24 13.27 (105)
West 5.4 7.6 11.9 15.10 (100)
Football Park, 7436

Thank you spelly.

Have there been finals that have had the same result score line wise ST d PA in G/f about 1966 16.16 to 8.8.

Na d WA 16.16 to 8.8 in pre 2013

We would have won that game if we'd kicked a bit straighter.

Advertiser article on Football Park

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/the-end-of-aami-stadium-what-are-your-most-memorable-moments/story-fni6uo1m-1226730036664

Bundy wrote:Have there been finals that have had the same result score line wise ST d PA in G/f about 1966 16.16 to 8.8.

Na d WA 16.16 to 8.8 in pre 2013

Others:
F 1910: P.A 6.13 St 6.9
2SF 1923: N.A 6.13 St 6.9

1SF 1929: P.A 13.14 W.T 9.10
GF1946: Nor 13.14 P.A 9.10

CF 1929: Nor 16.14 P.A 10.9
GF 1932: St 16.14 N.A 10.9

2SF 1940: St 11.13 P.A 10.16
GF 1954: P.A 11.13 W.A 10.16

1SF 1941: W.A 14.16 P.A 12.12
1SF 1970: Gl 14.16 N.A 12.12

PF 1948: Nor 13.12 W.A 12.14
QF 1983: Nor 13.12 St 12.14

PF 1949: W.T 10.20 Nor 7.13
PF 1951: N.A 10.20 Gl 7.13

1SF 1952: Nor 13.10 W.T 10.17
GF 1967: St 13.10 P.A 10.17

2SF 1990: Gl 16.14 P.A 15.9
1SF 2005: Eag 16.14 N.A 15.9

One of my Highlights Was when West played Port there and I think West kicked 1 point to Ports 9 goals. Scott Simister took a Mark in the dying mins. to win the game for the Bloods. I guess that was one of my First Time representing West Adelaide. I guess you can Add the Bloods wining The Foxtel Cup there this year.

Chambo Off To Work We Go wrote:
2 SANFL GF # 3 1976
And of course the 76 Grand Final which will inarguably be my favourite player of all time's greatest individual performance and witnessed by the biggest GF attendance ever.

Some highlights from this game

redandblack wrote:

Gingernuts wrote:

redandblack wrote:I was there the day the bomb went off, killing a bloke starting his car.

You could see over the southern wall at the top then.

Say what???  

I've never heard that story. Please elaborate R&B.....

I was at a West game in 1975, behind the goals at the southern end.  At that time, I think there was no seating higher up, just concrete steps.  if you stood on the top steps, you could see over the wall towards the shopping centre.

I was near the top watching the game when there was an almighty BOOOMMMMMM from the shopping centre direction.  I went up to the top step, but I don't think I saw much from that angle.  Found out later a bloke was killed and someone had planted a bomb in his car.


http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19750729&id=NsFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8-YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2881,7677244

while on morbid memories, there was a death threat on a Norwood player (i do know who but not sure i should mention his name) if he played, Norwood played him & never told the player of the death threats until after the game, fortunately nothing eventuated