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VFL/AFL Stadium Timeline

VFL/AFL Stadium Timeline

Date Event
1848 Sydney Cricket Ground opened
1852 Junction oval opened
1853 Construction begins at the MCG
1854 MCG opened
1856 Punt Road Oval opened
1859 Football played near the MCG
1859 Melbourne Football Club home at the MCG
1860 East Melbourne Cricket Ground opened
1869 Football played ON the MCG
1864 Carlton home at Royal Park
1866 Western Reserve (Oval) opened
1871 Adelaide Oval opened
1878 South Melbourne home at Lake Oval
1878 Geelong home at Argyle Square
1881 Windy Hill opened
1882 North Melbourne home at Arden Street Oval
1883 Fitzroy home at Brunswick St Oval
1884 Footscray home at Western Oval
1885 Richmond home at Punt Road Oval
1890 WACA (perth) opened
1892 Collingwood home at Victoria Park
1895 The Gabba opens
1897 Carlton moves to Princes Park
1897 Essendon home at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground
1897 Geelong home at Corio Oval
1901 St Kilda home at Junction Oval
1903 Hawthorn begin playing at Glenferrie Oval
1904 Essendon play Melbourne at the SCG
1908 Subiaco Oval opens
1908 University home at East Melbourne
1910 University moves to the MCG
1914 Bellerive Oval opens
1921 York Park opens
1922 Essendon moves to Windy Hill
1923 North Hobart Oval opened
1924 Olympic Park Speedway opened
1929 Manuka Oval opened
1932 Melbourne plays 3 home games at Speedway park (motordrome)
1941 Geelong moves to Kardinia Park
1942 South Melbourne based at Princes Park (Lake Oval used during the War)
1942 St Kilda spend a year at Toorak Park, South also play a game here
1942 Footscray spends a year at Yarraville oval due to the war
1943 Footscray moves back to the Western Oval
1944 South Melbourne moves to Junction Oval
1944 St Kilda moves back to Junction Oval
1946 South Melbourne moves back to Lake Oval
1951 Olympic Park Speedway demolished
1952 Moorabin oval opened
1963 St Kilda buys Moorabin oval
1965 North Melbourne moves to Coburg City Oval
1964 Last VFL game at Punt Road Oval
1965 St Kilda moves to Moorabin Oval
1965 Richmond move to the MCG
1966 North Melbourne moves back to Arden Street
1966 Last VFL matches at Brunswick St Oval
1967 Fitzroy has first stint at Princes Park unil 1969
1970 Waverly Park opened
1970 Fitzroy moves to Junction Oval
1973 Last VFL games at Glenferrie Oval
1974 Hawthorn begins playing at Princes Park
1974 Football Park opened in Adelaide
1981 Last South Melbourne games at Lake Oval
1982 South Melbourne begin playing at the SCG
1984 Last Fitzroy games at Junction Oval
1985 Last VFL match at Arden Street Oval
1985 North Melbourne move to the MCG
1985 Fitzroy moves to Victoria Park for two years
1987 Fitzroy moves back to Princes Park until 1993
1987 Brisbane home at Carrara Stadium
1987 West Coast Eagles play matches at WACA until 2000
1991 Last Hawthorn games at Princes Park
1991 Collingwood moves to MCG, except for minor games
1991 Adelaide home at Football Park
1991 Last Essendon games at Windy Hill
1991 Marrara Stadium (Darwin) opened
1992 Essendon moves to the MCG
1992 Fitzroy plays 4 home games at North Hobart
1992 Hawthorn begins playing at Waverly Park
1992 Last AFL games at Moorabin, St Kilda moves to Waverly
1993 Fitzroy stops playing at Princes Park
1993 Brisbane moves to the Gabba
1995 Fremantle home at the WACA until 2005
1997 Last AFL games at Western Oval
1997 Footscray spend two years at Princes Park
1997 Port Adelaide home at Football Park
1998 North Melbourne begin playing games at Manuka Oval
1998 Sydney Showground stadium opened
1999 Last Footscray game at Princes Park
1999 Last Collingwood game at Victoria Park
1999 Last AfL game at Waverly Park
1999 Stadium Australia opened
1999 Last Eagles matches at the WACA
1999 Blacktown international Sports Park opened
2000 Docklands Stadium opened
2000 Hawthorn move to MCG
2000 Essendon, Footscray, St Kilda moves to Docklands
2001 Hawthorn begins playing the odd home game at York Park
2002 North Melbourne moves to Docklands Stadium
2003 St Kilda plays 2 matches a year at York Park until 2006
2004 AFL matches begin being played at Marrara Oval
2005 Last AFL matches at Princes Park
2005 Carlton moves to Docklands Stadium
2005 Last AFL games at the WACA
2006 Last North Melbourne home games at Manuka Oval
2007 North Melbourne play 3 home games at Carrara
2011 Richmond begin playing a home game a season at Cazalys Oval
2011 Gold Coast home at Carrara Stadium
2011 First AFL game at Adelaide Oval
2011 North Melbourne begin playing home games at Bellerive
2012 GWS begin playing at Blacktown, Manuka, ANZ and the Sydney Showgrounds
2013 St Kilda play a home game in Wellington NZ
2014 Adelaide and Port Adelaide move to Adelaide Oval
2018 Fremantle and West Coast move to Perth Stadium