Hindmarsh Stadium
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Hindmarsh Stadium (also known as
The stadium has a capacity of 16,500,
History
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Built in 1960, the stadium stands on the site that was once Lindsay Circus/Hindmarsh Oval which housed the Hindmarsh Cricket Club (later West Torrens District Cricket Club) from 1857 - 1921, and West Torrens Football Club of the SANFL from 1905 until 1921. During World War I, the Patriotic Football League, a group of SANFL clubs that wanted to continue playing football during the war, played many games at the venue. The 1916 Patriotic Football League Grand Final was held at the ground between Port Adelaide and West Torrens with Port Adelaide winning 7.11 (53) to 1.13 (19).[4]
The Soccer Association of South Australia owned land on a former brick pit on Torrens Road at Brompton named Rowley Park which was located only 5 km from the city, and the original plan was for the land to be the home of Soccer in SA as the site formed a natural bowl.[citation needed] However, the Soccer Association had received negative press regarding its failure to grow grass on the site. Rowley Park also had a tendency to flood during winter as the bottom of "The Brick Pit" was below the level of the water table which made playing soccer virtually impossible. The land was eventually leased to a group of speedway drivers and would become the famous Rowley Park Speedway which ran from December 1949 until it closed in April 1979.[citation needed] The land was eventually sold and is now the Kym Bonython housing estate, named for the speedway's long time promoter Kym Bonython.
When it became obvious to the Soccer Association that Rowley Park would be unsuitable as a soccer venue they obtained a lease on Hindmarsh Oval from the Hindmarsh Council. The old Hindmarsh Oval was developed over the years into a rectangular stadium capable of holding 15,000 with a single tier grandstand built in 1960 that held approximately 2,000 while 6 light towers for night games (plus another 8 smaller light towers on the grandstand roof) were installed during the mid-1970s.[citation needed] Other than the grandstand, the ground was all terracing surrounding the playing surface. This changed in 1996 when seats were installed on the eastern side of the ground.[citation needed]
Along with the
In 1986, Hindmarsh stadium hosted the first leg of the NSL Grand Final between Adelaide City and
As soccer was generally played to smaller crowds during the 1970s and 1980s[
Association football since 2000
Hindmarsh Stadium was one of the venues chosen to host preliminary matches for the
Other
Adelaide United
Hindmarsh Stadium has been the home ground of
Since 2013, the stadium has been known has Coopers Stadium, under sponsorship from Adelaide brewery Coopers.[3]
The venue took host to the inaugural
Rugby football
Hindmarsh Stadium not only hosted soccer matches but also hosted
In 1998 the short lived
On 15 April 2006 on a Saturday night the stadium hosted its first NRL match since the Rams final home game in 1998 when the Sydney-based Penrith Panthers played that year's NRL Grand Finalist the Melbourne Storm. With 7,017 fans in attendance the Storm ran out easy 40–18 winners with emerging rugby league superstar Greg Inglis scoring 3 tries for Melbourne.[6] It was a home match for the Panthers who brought the game to Adelaide due to renovations being completed at their usual home, Penrith Stadium in western Sydney.
On 3 October 2008 it was announced by the SA Government Minister for Recreation and Sport Michael Wright coach Ricky Stuart, head coach of Sydney-based NRL team the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, that the Sharks would play three NRL home games at Hindmarsh over 3 years starting from 2009. The first of those was against the North Queensland Cowboys on 19 April 2009. On a sunny autumn day the Cowboys defeated the Sharks 34–10 in front of 8,547 fans, the record crowd for a rugby league match at Hindmarsh.
Unfortunately for NRL fans in Adelaide it was announced early in the 2010 season that Cronulla had been allowed by the SA Government to pull out of their contract. Cronulla's official reasons were wanting to concentrate on their home fans by not taking home games away from Toyota Stadium. The NRL return to Adelaide in 2010 when another Sydney based club Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs played a home game at the Adelaide Oval instead of Hindmarsh against the Melbourne Storm. The Bulldogs had planned to make the Adelaide Oval their 'other' home, returning in 2011, again against the Storm, but this was also abandoned after just two years.[7]
Rugby league attendances and results
Hindmarsh Stadium has hosted six top grade rugby league matches.[8]
Date | Result | Attendance | Notes |
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3 July 1998 | Adelaide Rams def. Balmain Tigers 52–0 | 7,351 | 1998 NRL season (round 17) |
26 July 1998 | Auckland Warriors 22–20 |
7,445 | 1998 NRL season (round 20) |
7 August 1998 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles def. Adelaide Rams 32–10 |
7,459 | 1998 NRL season (round 22) |
15 August 1998 | North Sydney Bears def. Adelaide Rams 36–0 | 7,035 | 1998 NRL season (round 23) |
15 April 2006 | Melbourne Storm def. Penrith Panthers 40–18 | 7,017 | 2006 NRL season (round 6) |
19 April 2009 | North Queensland Cowboys def. Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 34–10 | 8,547 | 2009 NRL season (round 6) |
Upgrades
In 1996 as part of the rebuilding of the venue before the 2000 Summer Olympics, the original single tier grandstand with its wooden bench seats was demolished and replaced by the current two tier structure. The terracing on the opposite wing was also removed and replaced by seating. When the ground was rebuilt before the Olympics only the new grandstand would remain in place.
In 2021 Hindmarsh Stadium began undergoing a $53 million redevelopment which included new stadium lighting, a roof for the eastern grandstand, big screens, improvements to the stadium's change-rooms, upgrades to the media facilities, spectator amenities, and a corporate facility in the Eastern stand.[9] The redevelopment was completed in January 2023, months in advance of the stadium's fixtures for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[10]
2000 Olympic Games football fixtures
Hindmarsh Stadium hosted seven games of the 2000 Olympic men's football tournament. The stadium's all-time attendance record of 18,430 was set during the Group A match between Italy and Nigeria.
Date | Time (ACST) | Team #1 | Result | Team #2 | Round | Attendance |
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13 September 2000 | 18:30 | Nigeria | 3–3 | Honduras | Group A | 13,386 |
14 September 2000 | 18:30 | South Korea | 0–3 | Spain | Group B | 14,060 |
16 September 2000 | 18:30 | Italy | 3–1 | Honduras | Group A | 18,301 |
17 September 2000 | 18:30 | South Korea | 1–0 | Morocco | Group B | 12,753 |
19 September 2000 | 18:30 | Italy | 1–1 | Nigeria | Group A | 18,430 |
20 September 2000 | 18:30 | South Korea | 1–0 | Chile |
Group B | 16,309 |
23 September 2000 | 18:30 | United States | 1–1 (5–4 pen.) |
Japan | Quarter-finals | 18,345 |
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup fixtures
The venue hosted 6 matches of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - 4 group games and 1 knockout fixture.
Date | Team #1 | Result | Team #2 | Round | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 July 2023 | Brazil | 4–0 | Panama | Group F | 13,142 |
28 July 2023 | China | 1–0 | Haiti | Group D | 12,675 |
30 July 2023 | South Korea | 0–1 | Morocco | Group H | 12,886 |
1 August 2023 | China | 1–6 | England | Group D | 13,497 |
8 August 2023 | France | 4–0 | Morocco | Round of 16 | 13,557 |
See also
References
- ^ Adelaide Venue Management Corporation
- ^ a b Coopers Stadium (Hindmarsh Stadium) | Austadiums
- ^ a b Coopers Wins Naming Rights To Hindmarsh Stadium, Coopers Brewery, 1 July 2013, archived from the original on 3 February 2014, retrieved 1 July 2013
- The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 5, no. 222. South Australia. 19 August 1916. p. 5. Retrieved 23 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "Adelaide triumph in inaugural Cup Final". Adelaide United. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ Penrith v Melbourne stats Archived 4 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Adelaide left to Bulldogs | Courier Mail
- ^ Hindmarsh Stadium at Rugby League Project
- ^ "$53m Coopers Stadium upgrade underway as updated renders are released". Austadiums. 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Upgraded Coopers Stadium ready for FIFA Women's World Cup". Austadiums. 9 January 2023.
External links
- Coopers Stadium
- Hindmarsh Stadium at Austadiums