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Football Park, known commercially as AAMI Stadium, was an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, the state capital of South Australia, Australia. It was built in 1973 by the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and opened in 1974.
In 2007, the event moved from its home at the Adelaide Oval to the SANFL's AAMI Stadium, due to the Oval being used for cricket by its major tenant, the Southern Redbacks. The game remained at AAMI for 2008 before moving back to the Adelaide Oval in 2009. The 2009 game was the first Slowdown to be played under lights.
The 2013 Grand Final was the last SANFL match at AAMI Stadium, with SANFL league headquarters to remain at AAMI but the finals to return to the new and improved Adelaide Oval from 2014. Ahead of the 2014 season, the AFL-based Adelaide Football Club were granted a licence to field a reserve team in the competition, increasing the number of teams ...
The 2024 South Australian National Football League season (officially the SANFL Hostplus League) is the 145th season of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), the highest-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. The season began on 28 March 2024.
South Australian National Football League: Most caps: Lindsay Head (37) Home stadium: AAMI Stadium (51,515) Adelaide Oval (53,583) Various SANFL grounds: First game: Victoria 7–0 South Australia 1879
It was used until 1999, and was replaced by the Docklands Stadium. Football Park, which was located in West Lakes, Adelaide, had a similar history to Waverley Park; it was purpose built for South Australian National Football League (SANFL) games and opened in 1974, replacing Adelaide Oval as the primary venue for the league. Unlike Waverley ...
The competition began in April 2013 and concluded with the Grand Final in August 2013, in which West Adelaide defeated East Fremantle by four points at AAMI Stadium in a low scoring thriller. It was the Bloods' first trophy of any sort since their last SANFL premiership in 1983.
By 1989 seven out of ten SANFL clubs were recording losses and the combined income of the SANFL and WAFL had dropped to 40% of that of the VFL. [31] The 1989 Port Adelaide annual report and November newsletter contrasted with the outlook of other SANFL and WAFL clubs.