SA Footy

Reading todays paper re Rating the Grounds and part of this topic the writer also rates the changerooms and all bar 1 Woodville gets a better than most and all others inadequate?

I have been in SA a number of times and all looks good to me (when the room is empty) so what is adequate???

Is this the home or away rooms?

The away rooms were all upgraded by SANFL, you would hope they upgraded them to an adequate standard.

smac wrote:Is this the home or away rooms?

The away rooms were all upgraded by SANFL, you would hope they upgraded them to an adequate standard.

I would imagine the article is talking about away changerooms and there aint many of them that are adequate. Some are terrible and there are none that are anywhere near what the home changerooms are. It is something that should be addressed.

The away changerooms are the issue. At the grounds with older facilities the away rooms are bloody awful, Glenelg, Unley and Alberton are the worst IMO.

Yeah I play cricket at Unley as a visiting side and I agree they are not that crash hot. Good amount of space but the last time I was there the Showers/toilets needed some work desperately.

LBT wrote:The away changerooms are the issue. At the grounds with older facilities the away rooms are bloody awful, Glenelg, Unley and Alberton are the worst IMO.

I agree. I couple years back there was a triple header at Glenelg. An u19 rd 23 match at 9am, then 2 u17 finals from 11.30. Shared the away rooms with West and it was a squeeze had to fill the bottles when West were in their meeting for the last match.

admittidly, i havnt been in all the SANFL away rooms, but i'd say Souths are pretty good

the_big_bang wrote:admittidly, i havnt been in all the SANFL away rooms, but i'd say Souths are pretty good

You would say that as a South fan. I think that the ones at Prospect are pretty good.

MightyEagles wrote:

the_big_bang wrote:admittidly, i havnt been in all the SANFL away rooms, but i'd say Souths are pretty good

You would say that as a South fan. I think that the ones at Prospect are pretty good.

I can't believe the ones at Prospect are any good - they are there Cricket changerooms, surely they'd be too small for Football? The ones at South are good from what I have heard.

matt1 wrote:

MightyEagles wrote:

the_big_bang wrote:admittidly, i havnt been in all the SANFL away rooms, but i'd say Souths are pretty good

You would say that as a South fan. I think that the ones at Prospect are pretty good.

I can't believe the ones at Prospect are any good - they are there Cricket changerooms, surely they'd be too small for Football? The ones at South are good from what I have heard.

They are big enough.

Having been in all opposition change rooms, Woodville Oval has by far the best (I'm not being biased here, it's a fact). The stand the opposition rooms are in used to initially cater for two clubs before the Jarman Stand was built, so now that it caters for only one club, it has ample room, showers and facilities.
The main issue with all other grounds is the ability to cater for up to 4 different clubs on a finals day taking into account the reserves or a league double header.

All the league home teams change rooms are more than suitable, its the visitors change rooms that are inadequate.

Glenelg, Unley and Prospect, to small, to dingy, to dark.
Norwood, Richmond, Noarlunga, Alberton, slightly better
Elizabeth, so, so
Woodville, this is what the standard should be.

If the SANFL or the clubs want to get a slice of the action come finals times then it time for the clubs to bring the standard of change rooms into the present day, those days of "ferk the opposition" has well and truly gone. If the SANFL wants to lift it's standard in the football community, maybe it should open its purse strings, give each of the clubs a loan, with X ammount of time to repay the loan, direct them to all build to a standard size which includes, warm up, rub down, medical , toilet and showering facitities, with a playing race leading to the oval.

It might be a big ask and pie in the sky stuff, who knows.

the away ones at prossy used to be the shambles...we painted them during the offseason for cricket several years ago now...an absolute disgrace they were, we used em as home changerooms for cricket...paint job was good

not sure if they are much different now tho...

Jimmy wrote:the away ones at prossy used to be the shambles...we painted them during the offseason for cricket several years ago now...an absolute disgrace they were, we used em as home changerooms for cricket...paint job was good

not sure if they are much different now tho...

When I first started with the juniors in 2005 they needed to be done up. It has since been done up, they are better then they were, just needs to be a little bigger.

Prospect and Woodville are one of best change Rooms
Port are small
Elizabeth are shocking it is were anybody come and give heaps to oppstion players and the security stops at the Umps rooms

Thiele wrote:Prospect and Woodville are one of best change Rooms
Port are small
Elizabeth are shocking it is were anybody come and give heaps to oppstion players and the security stops at the Umps rooms

I wouldn't say Elizabeth's are shocking, if you knew what they were like before the upgrades at the ground, you wouldn't be saying that...

I can see how with the 'race' out the back going under the grandstand can be relative to a few passing supporters but it isn't that bad...

I know you have had a bad experience out there Thiele and I do agree that they could resolve any issues with extra security presence out there, but to say they are shocking is maybe a tad over the top.

Big Phil wrote:

Thiele wrote:Prospect and Woodville are one of best change Rooms
Port are small
Elizabeth are shocking it is were anybody come and give heaps to oppstion players and the security stops at the Umps rooms

I wouldn't say Elizabeth's are shocking, if you knew what they were like before the upgrades at the ground, you wouldn't be saying that...

I can see how with the 'race' out the back going under the grandstand can be relative to a few passing supporters but it isn't that bad...

I know you have had a bad experience out there Thiele and I do agree that they could resolve any issues with extra security presence out there, but to say they are shocking is maybe a tad over the top.

Sort mate i went over top. Once again Big Phil sorry

Thiele wrote:

Big Phil wrote:

Thiele wrote:Prospect and Woodville are one of best change Rooms
Port are small
Elizabeth are shocking it is were anybody come and give heaps to oppstion players and the security stops at the Umps rooms

I wouldn't say Elizabeth's are shocking, if you knew what they were like before the upgrades at the ground, you wouldn't be saying that...

I can see how with the 'race' out the back going under the grandstand can be relative to a few passing supporters but it isn't that bad...

I know you have had a bad experience out there Thiele and I do agree that they could resolve any issues with extra security presence out there, but to say they are shocking is maybe a tad over the top.

Sort mate i went over top. Once again Big Phil sorry

Hey Thiele,

Don't apologise mate, it was an opinion you had and of course you are well and truly entitled to have it and post it on here...

I just think your one bad experience is tainting your general opinion of the place. Again mate, don't apologise, you raised a valid point about the lack of security out the back there.

Cheers mate,

BP

I well remember what the old visitors' rooms at Elizabeth were like, Phil. Smallest rooms ever and a total disgrace.

The new rooms are marginally better, but the location is really bad. They should make the half-time break a few minutes longer at Elizabeth to allow for the extra time it takes to get into the rooms and back

Having the visiting coaches box and stats teams box so far down the southern end is also really poor.

redandblack wrote:I well remember what the old visitors' rooms at Elizabeth were like, Phil. Smallest rooms ever and a total disgrace.

The new rooms are marginally better, but the location is really bad. They should make the half-time break a few minutes longer at Elizabeth to allow for the extra time it takes to get into the rooms and back

Having the visiting coaches box and stats teams box so far down the southern end is also really poor.

Where else do you suggest they put them ???

I too know how bad the old opposition rooms were, I spent every Tuesday and Thursday night playing Indoor Cricket in there with some of the players before and after training for about 5 years in the mid to late 90's. In all honesty, it would be an extra 150 metre walk at most to the current away rooms in comparison to the old rooms.

I think you guys are making it sound worst than what it actually is...