Date |
Event |
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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 |