Fremantle Oval

Infobox_Stadium
stadium_name = Fremantle Oval
location = Fremantle, Perth
opened = 1904
closed = N/A
demolished = N/A
surface = Grass
construction_cost = £3579
former_names = N/A
tenants = Fremantle Football ClubSouth Fremantle Football Club
seating_capacity = 17,500
record = 23,109
lighting = Yes
video = No

Fremantle Oval is a stadium in the heart of Fremantle, Western Australia. It currently has a capacity of 17,500 with terracing and a members area holding 750. Fremantle Oval was originally used for cricket, but in 1895 hosted its first game of Australian rules football [http://www.freofocus.com/main/html/about_history.cfm] . It is located between the Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle Markets and the Fremantle Prison. Although the Fremantle Dockers play all AFL home games at Subiaco Oval, they are based at Fremantle Oval and use it for training, administrative offices and sometimes for pre-season matches. South Fremantle Football Club, the Bulldogs, train and play their home WAFL matches here and are one of the few sporting organisations in Western Australia to own their club rooms freehold, rather than on a long-term lease.

Cricket has also been played at the ground and in the past it has also been used a venue for conferences, rock concerts (including the Big Day Out) and exhibitions.

Record Crowd

23,109, when the Bulldogs beat East Fremantle on the 4th June, 1979.

External links

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* [http://www.sffc.asn.au/ South Fremantle FC website]
* [http://fremantlefc.com.au/ Fremantle Dockers website]
* [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&z=17&ll=-32.056318,115.751384&spn=0.003746,0.007231 Google Maps image of Fremantle Oval]