Middle Park (stadium)

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Middle Park
St Kilda SC

Middle Park (also known as the South Melbourne Hellas Soccer Stadium) was a

Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit.[1]
The ground held approximately 18,000 people, and consisted of a main stand with a capacity of 2,000, with open terracing around the rest of the ground.

History

Soccer had been played in the Albert Park precinct since the 1880s.

original St Kilda Soccer Club.[3] In the 1950s, the site that would become Middle Park Stadium was designated as 'Oval No. 18'. During the 1950s, the site was used by South Melbourne United, and from 1957 by Melbourne Hakoah.[4] In addition, a cycling track had been built around the perimeter of the soccer field in the early 1950s. By the late 1950s however, the cycling groups had abandoned the track due to spectators and soccer players' studs damaging the track.[5]

The ground was a fully enclosed venue by 1960, and a grandstand built by South Melbourne Hellas and Melbourne Hakoah, partly with funds lent to it by the Albert Park management authority[6] was opened in the May 1961.[7] Further attempts to improve the venue were often met with hostility from local residents.[5]

Apart from South Melbourne and Hakoah, one other tenant, Melbourne Hungaria, used the venue between 1969 and 1980. Other clubs to use the venue included

Victorian Premier League seasons. Middle Park also hosted the grand finals of the 1992,[12] 1993[13] and 1994[14]
Victorian Premier League seasons.

After the demolition of Middle Park, South Melbourne temporarily moved to

Lake Oval.[15]

Middle Park hosted two matches involving the

Socceroos.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Middle Park - Austadiums". www.austadiums.com.
  2. ^ "South of the Border - a South Melbourne Hellas blog: Roy Hay piece on Middle Park, as seen in Goal Weekly". 27 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Victorian Dockerty Cup 1934 Results".
  4. ^ "1957 Victorian Division One Season Results". www.ozfootball.net.
  5. ^
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  6. ISBN 0-9592793-6-9
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  7. ^ "South of the Border - a South Melbourne Hellas blog: Lakeside Stadium artefact Wednesday - Middle Park plaque". 26 March 2014.
  8. ^ "1977 National Soccer League results".
  9. ^ "1978 National Soccer League results". www.ozfootball.net.
  10. ^ "1990 Victorian State League - Season Results". www.ozfootball.net.
  11. ^ "Victorian Premier League Results - 1991". www.ozfootball.net.
  12. ^ "1992 Victorian Premier League - 1992 Season Results". www.ozfootball.net.
  13. ^ "1993 Victorian Premier League - 1993 Season Results". www.ozfootball.net.
  14. ^ "1994 Victorian Premier League - 1994 Season Results". www.ozfootball.net.
  15. ^ "Lakeside Stadium - Austadiums". www.austadiums.com.
  16. ^ "Young Socceroo 1978 Matches".
  17. ^ "Young Socceroo 1993 Matches". www.ozfootball.net.
  18. ^ "Socceroo 1985 B Matches". www.ozfootball.net.

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