1984 Ad for VFL Park (Waverly) "The Home of Football" (AFL)

Of course, VFL Park has been demolished now so it is no longer the home of football. (This ad is from Melbourne, Australia, 1984)

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[damo3805]

Damn I miss Arctic park.

[uraniumdeath]

St Kilda got wiped nearly every week in the 1980s.

[Damecos]

"Best seats", "It's comfort"

Yeah right.

[boredoflife227]

Stuff Etihad stadium and their bloody roof worst stadium i ever been to. Waverley park was always closer to where i live

[bigal4919]

Dear AFL

Get stuffed

Yours sincerely

Al

[AdrianHoliday]

would have still been around today if ony the vic govement had let it become a 150k venue... south east melb is the population center of the city

[FlyingWarrior08]

@jimsms The faclities for players was second to none,the whole sir kenneth kuke stand which was 16 bays was fitted in under the stadium with tremendous changerooms,theatres bars etc,the national draft camp was held at waverley every yea,r now they hold it in Canberra.Got nothing against docklands except for the fact they crucified waverley for the interests of docklands.No one liked it at first but what choice do you have when your only option is games are being played there

[jimsms]

It was still a really difficult ground to get too compared with the MCG and Docklands. Even with a train line it would have been difficult because passengers from all the other lines would have been cramming onto trains on the one line causing over crowding. Apart from the playing surface, Docklands is far better than Waverly in that it is right next to Southern Cross station making it easy for people to get to the ground by train from ALL parts of the city.

[FlyingWarrior08]

@jimsms Middle of nowhere haha you brainwashed parrot.22 km from the city isnt the middle of nowhere,not to mention the 2 million people that live in the south east,that location has actually become cental if you look at the demographics of how much Melbourne has grown the last 20 years,Yeah sure the stadium needed updated stands and more corporate boxes,the playing surface and area shits on most smally shit grounds that are played on these days,no railways was its demise, thats all

[jimsms]

@FlyingWarrior08 My style of ground is one that isnt in the middle of no where. My style of ground is one that is in the heart of the city and easy to get too from all parts of melbourne. My style of ground is one with good facilities and stands, not the crappy run down ones they had at waverly with those uncomfortable seats.

[FlyingWarrior08]

@jimsms So whats your style of ground dickhead

[jimsms]

waverly park was a shit ground. glad they got rid of it...