"The Oval (Belfast) The Oval is a football stadium in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which has been home to Glentoran F.C. since 1892. The Oval was bombed during the Belfast blitz of World War II, and was out of use until 1949 when it was rebuilt by the club along with supporters, who had jointly formed the 'Back to the Oval' committee. During their exile, the club played games at the ground of fellow Belfast club, Distillery - Grosvenor Park. It had a new stand built in 2000 but requires consistent maintenance to fulfill health and safety requirements and its capacity"
"is currently restricted to 6,050. The Oval has occasionally hosted the final of the Irish Cup as well as hosting the final of the County Antrim Shield and the Setanta Cup. From 1882 to 1886, Glentoran used Ormeau Park as their home ground. They moved to Westbourne in Ballymacarrett for six years until 1892. They then moved to The Oval. Initially it was on Dee Street, however in 1903 The Oval's pitch was rotated 90 degrees to its current location. During the early 20th century, the land on which The Oval stood was given in perpetuity to Glentoran by the"
"holds 2,070. The Oval's record attendance is 55,000 for a European Cup Winners Cup match against Rangers on 27 September 1966. The design of the main stand is very similar to the one at Springfield Park, former home of Wigan Athletic. This was also built in 1953. In previous years, the Oval was used to host the final of the Irish Cup as one of Northern Ireland's biggest stadiums along with Windsor Park, with the location of the final often being decided on a coin toss. During the 1985 Irish Cup final, Glentoran supporters released a cockerel and a pig"
"place on 8 October 1892, and the first game at Windsor Park on 2 September 1905. Linfield previously played at a ground in Ulsterville Avenue, Belfast, before moving to Windsor Park, which is situated within walking distance of their old ground. Also the home of the Northern Ireland national football team, they have played at Windsor Park ever since. In 1941, during World War II, The Oval – including terraces, offices, kits and club records – was destroyed in a bombing raid on the nearby Harland & Wolff Shipyard. Glentoran approached Distillery to play at Grosvenor Park, which they did"
"ground has received no public investment since. During this time, in excess of £50 million of public money has been spent on 15 other football grounds in Northern Ireland. In 2005, after a match between Glentoran and rival team Linfield, Linfield fans broke down a gate in The Oval to access the pitch and throw objects at Glentoran fans in the main stand after both sets of fans had been throwing missiles at each other beforehand. Two people were charged with rioting. In 2008, The Oval was the site of a protest by the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster against"
"of Glentoran FC. On 12 January 2011, a resolution was passed that gives the GCT two permanent board members. Recently, Glentoran formed a strategic alliance partnership with Insaka AFC, the football club of the African Youth Diaspora in the Irish Republic by forming Insaka-Glentoran Football Academy at the same time becoming the first club on the island of Ireland to adopt a whole club approach to the UEFA 'Respect' campaign. On 24 May 2016, Supporters approved a board recommendation, at the club end of season AGM, to demolish and redevelop The Oval into a modern new community-based stadium, over alternative"
"until The Oval was rebuilt in 1949, with help from other Irish League clubs, most notably Distillery and Cliftonville. Glentoran considered leaving senior football to become a junior club, but after being lent kits from Distillery and Crusaders they continued to compete at Grosvenor. Out of 14 league games at Grosvenor Park however, they were only victorious over Linfield on one occasion. Since Belfast Celtic folded in 1949, the intensity of the Big Two rivalry has increased due to the fact that Glentoran has been the only club that has generated a support base similar in size to Linfield's, and"
"spending a year at the Junction Oval in St Kilda before moving back to Beach Oval ahead of the 1967 season. From the 2018 season, the club will play three of its home games each year at Moorabbin Oval, and will wear St Kilda's black, red and white guernsey in these games. The oval has a single grandstand (the Neil Bencraft Grandstand), a southern end named after Nick Sautner (the Sautner Goal), and an administration centre (the John Mennie Administration Centre) – a social club and a capacity for 10,000. A record crowd of 18,000 attended the venue's first Sunday"
"Norfolk (then known as Derwent Eagles) and North Launceston (then known as Northern Bombers) resulting in an 81-point win to the Bombers. The record crowd for a match at Boyer Oval is 4,710 recorded on 25 April 1964 between New Norfolk and Clarence. Today, the ground is continuing to be used by the New Norfolk Football and Cricket clubs in their related competitions and has unfortunately been a magnet for vandalism in the town over the past several years and has fallen into a gradual state of disrepair. Boyer Oval Boyer Oval is the home headquarters of the New Norfolk"
"Oriel Park Oriel Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Dundalk F.C. Its current capacity is about 4,500 with 3,000 seats. The ground was opened in 1919. In February 2005, Dundalk F.C. announced a major programme for a complete revamping of Oriel Park. The pitch was converted to an all-weather surface (the first Irish club to do so) costing 1.5 million euro. In December 2006 Dundalk applied for planning permission to Dundalk Town Council for a Youth Development/Coaching Centre. The general facilities are to"
"Norwood Oval Norwood Oval (currently known as Coopers Stadium due to sponsorship from the Adelaide-based Coopers Brewery) is a suburban oval in the western end of Norwood, an inner eastern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is owned by Norwood, Payneham & St Peters Council but managed by the Norwood Football Club. Though mainly used for Australian rules football, the oval has been used for a variety of other sporting and community events including baseball, soccer, rugby league and American football. It is the home ground for the Norwood Football Club (""The Redlegs"") in the South Australian National Football League"
"its home fixture at Kermandie Oval, former home of Kermandie Football Club. (Saturday, 25 July 2015) Dodges Ferry 13.12 (90) d Sorell 8.12 (60) at Shark Park. New Norfolk 23.21 (159) d Cygnet 2.10 (22) at Boyer Oval. Brighton 13.14 (92) d East Coast 6.8 (44) at Pontville Oval. Claremont 24.17 (161) d Lindisfarne 11.6 (72) at Abbotsfield Park. Huonville Lions 20.22 (142) d Hobart 5.9 (39) at Huonville Recreation Ground. (Saturday, 1 August 2015) Lindisfarne 7.9 (51) d Sorell 7.2 (44) at Pembroke Park. Claremont 29.25 (199) d Hobart 3.4 (22) at TCA Ground. Brighton 15.14 (104) d Dodges"
"July 2011, an incendiary bomb was discovered outside The Oval requiring evacuation of surrounding streets. In October 2011 during an Irish Cup match between Glentoran and Portadown, a Portadown fan threw fireworks onto the pitch, injuring Glentoran's assistant manager Pete Batey and goalkeeping coach Davy McClelland. In the 21st century, the Oval has been dilapidated and has required constant repairs to fulfill Health and Safety requirements for Glentoran to host its home matches there. In 2009, Glentoran's Irish Cup match against Limavady United was abandoned after the stadium's floodlight pylons started shaking in the high winds and the referee deemed"
"defeat of Donegal in the NFL Division 1. On 5 February 2017, it hosted Kerry's defeat of Donegal in the opening round of NFL Division 1. On 4 February 2018, it hosted Galway's defeat of Donegal in the NFL Divison 1. O'Donnell Park O' Donnell Park () is a GAA stadium in County Donegal, Ireland. The home ground of the Naomh Adhamhnáin club, it is situated between the Letterkenny Regional Sports and Leisure Complex and Ballymacool Park on the outskirts of the town. The Donegal senior inter-county football team uses O'Donnell Park as a venue for matches. The ground has"
"9.8 (62) at Pontville Oval. New Norfolk 28.10 (178) d Dodges Ferry 8.5 (53) at Shark Park. Huonville Lions 12.13 (85) d East Coast 8.8 (56) at Lauderdale Oval Note: Cygnet played its home fixture at Kermandie Oval, former home of Kermandie Football Club. (Saturday, 30 May 2015) Claremont 10.15 (75) d East Coast 4.5 (29) at Abbotsfield Park. Lindisfarne 9.13 (67) d Cygnet 8.15 (63) at Anzac Park. Hobart 9.17 (71) d Sorell 8.10 (58) at Pembroke Park. New Norfolk 25.20 (170) d Brighton 8.4 (52) at Boyer Oval. Huonville Lions 12.14 (86) d Dodges Ferry 11.7 (73) at"
"Boyer Oval Boyer Oval is the home headquarters of the New Norfolk District Football Club and the Molesworth Cricket Club. The ground is a former Tasmanian Football League venue, being the host venue for New Norfolk in TFL football from 1947 to 1999 and from 2000 it became a venue for SFL football when New Norfolk were demoted from the Statewide League. It is located on First Avenue and has a back entrance on Back River Road (behind the club's licensed clubrooms) at New Norfolk, 38 kilometres north-west of the Hobart CBD. Boyer Oval at New Norfolk was built by"
"occasion. Traditionally, the two clubs play each other in the league on Boxing Day every year, with the match usually attracting the biggest league attendance of the season. However, in 2009 the match was removed from the fixture list by the Irish Football Association due to crowd trouble at Windsor Park. The match returned in 2011, and usually alternates venues between the Oval and Windsor Park each year. Linfield and Glentoran have been the two most successful clubs in Northern Irish football to date, regularly being the two main contenders for honours. They have won more league titles, Irish Cups,"
"until 2010; Glentoran officials removed it, saying that they needed the space to sell advertising because of the club's financial troubles and because the sign had garnered no income for Glentoran for several years. In 2000 The Oval received funding for the refurbishment of the railway stand, by bolting seats on to the old terracing to create a 1,600-person-capacity stand. It was funded by a small grant as part of the much bigger £2,000,000 investment in Northern Irish sports announced by the Northern Ireland sports minister Michael McGimpsey. Other than new floodlights and a small section of terracing refurbishment, the"
"The Oval (Wirral) The Oval (sometimes referred to as the ""Bebington Oval"" and ""Port Sunlight"") is a Municipal athletics stadium in Bebington, Merseyside. The venue has played host to Tranmere Rovers F.C. reserve and ladies teams. The track is regularly used by Wirral AC and many competitions such as the Merseyside Championships take place here. The ground has an eight-lane running track which was originally paid for by Lever Brothers in the 1920s but has since undergone an upgrade. It is the home to the athletics club Wirral AC. It was featured in the film Chariots of Fire and represented"
"when it adopted Oriel Park as its home ground, where it has remained playing to date. Oriel Park, located on the Carrick Road, faces Dundalk railway station and the Great Northern Brewery. The ground's attendance record is 21,000, set in 1979 on the occasion of the club's European Champion Clubs' Cup second round tie against Celtic. The stadium, which now has a 1,600-seater stand, has hosted many memorable games including visits from Nottingham Forest, Liverpool, Ajax and Red Star. In February 2005, the club announced a major programme for a complete revamp of Oriel Park, which included the conversion of"
"KGV Oval KGV Oval is the home headquarters of the Glenorchy football and cricket clubs, as well as the Southern Football League. The ground is a former TFL and now Tasmanian State League and also a Southern Football League finals venue. It is located in the heart of Glenorchy less than 1 kilometre from the Glenorchy CBD, and 7 kilometres from Hobart City. It is also the third largest capacity venue in Tasmanian football after North Hobart Oval (18,000), and Aurora Stadium (20,000). KGV Oval is not to be confused with KGV Park, an adjoining association football (soccer) ground, which"
"a decision by the Irish Football Association to allow football matches to be played on Sundays, a first in Northern Ireland due to traditional sabbatarianism. The protesters were concerned that regular Sunday matches would attract churchgoers away from attending church. The protest was led by Reverend David McIlveen, who said ""Fundamentally, it is a desecration of God's day."" In October 2010 the British National Party (BNP), who were trying to gain electoral support, held a rally outside The Oval. Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Member of the Legislative Assembly, Robin Newton described the BNP's presence outside The Oval as ""nauseous"". In"
"Coast 10.18 (78) d Cygnet 4.6 (30) at Kermandie Oval.* New Norfolk 18.21 (129) d Brighton 3.6 (24) at Boyer Oval. Claremont 16.13 (109) d Dodges Ferry 4.1 (25) at Abbotsfield Park. Lindisfarne 20.22 (142) d Huonville Lions 4.9 (33) at Anzac Park. Note: Cygnet played their home fixture at Kermandie Oval, the former home of Kermandie Football Club. (Saturday, 3 May 2014) New Norfolk 33.21 (219) d Cygnet 6.7 (43) at Boyer Oval. Lindisfarne 15.15 (105) d Sorell 6.10 (46) at Pembroke Park. Dodges Ferry 14.10 (94) d Brighton 8.11 (59) at Pontville Oval. East Coast 19.12 (126) d"
"Glentoran F.C. Glentoran Football Club is a semi-professional football club that plays in the NIFL Premiership. The club was founded in 1882 and plays its home games at The Oval in East Belfast. Club colours are red, green and black. Linfield and Glentoran are nicknamed Belfast's ""Big Two"", as they have traditionally dominated local football in Northern Ireland since the demise of Belfast Celtic. The two play a league match on Boxing Day each year, which regularly attracts the largest attendance of the Irish League season. In 1914, Glentoran won the Vienna Cup, becoming the first team from Ireland to"
"on ground leased from St John's College of Divinity. The lease conditions stated that there would be no matches played on holy days and no ""intoxicating liquour"" would be sold at the stadium. However these stipulations were dropped after Arsenal bought the ground outright in 1925. In Northern Ireland, Christianity plays a strong part of life in football. Until 2008, playing football was banned on Sunday, including the Northern Ireland national football team due to Sabbatarianism of the Protestant majority. Belfast club Linfield F.C. currently maintains a ban on the club playing on Sundays. Port Vale half-back Norman Hallam was"
"Oval on 15 February 1875. Both teams fielded 20 players in this match, as was customary in the early years of rugby union; it was not until 1877 that the number of players was reduced from 20 to 15. Ireland's first home game was also against England in the same year held at Leinster Cricket Club's Observatory Lane ground in Rathmines as Lansdowne Road was deemed unsuitable. The first match at Lansdowne Road was held on 11 March 1878, with England beating Ireland by 2 goals and 1 try to nil. It was not until 1881 that Ireland first won"
"O'Doherty. He said the club pays tax and should be entitled to the same facilities as any Belfast club. Derry City Council, owners of the stadium, agreed in principle in December 2013 to spend £2.7 million on its redevelopment. In 2015, Mr O'Doherty blamed a council consultation project for the delay in redevelopment, which had already seen part of the Glentoran stand torn down. That stand was one of the oldest structures in the Irish Football League, and originally stood at the Oval football ground in Belfast, hence its name. The stadium was purchased, disassembled and reconstructed at Brandywell in"
"Northern Ireland at the disused Maze prison outside Lisburn for the use of Rugby, Gaelic games and football. This plan was given an ""in principle"" go-ahead by the Irish Football Association. However, it was opposed by fans, over 85% of whom in a match day poll conducted by the Amalgamation of Northern Ireland Supporters' Clubs (""AONISC"") preferred to stay at a smaller new or redeveloped ground in the city of Belfast. The AONISC organised a protest against the move to the Maze at the game against Estonia in March 2006. The issue assumed ever greater urgency by 2007, following a"
"14 January 2012 the club managed what the BBC described as ""one of the biggest shocks in Irish Cup history"" when they defeated Glentoran 1–0 in the fifth round at the east Belfast giants' own ground, The Oval. Rated 20–1 by bookmakers to win the match, the club triumphed through Neil Quinn's goal and were drawn to face Dungannon Swifts in the sixth round. On 24 May 2013, the biggest game in the club's history to date, they achieved promotion to NIFL Championship 2, the third tier of national football. They faced Mid-Ulster Football League champions Dollingstown in a two-legged"
"Foreglen GAC O'Brien's GAC Foreglen () is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Foreglen, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of the Derry GAA and currently cater for gaelic football. The club is named after Irish nationalist MP and social revolutionary William O'Brien. They are the oldest club within the Derry GAA. Foreglen have won the Derry Intermediate Football Championship three times and the Derry Junior Football Championship once. Underage teams up to U-12's play in North Derry league and championships, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions. Foreglen won the Derry Intermediate Football Championship"
"Park (Dublin), Fitzgerald Stadium (Kerry), Páirc Uí Chaoimh (Cork), Pearse Stadium (Galway), Casement Park (Belfast), Elverys MacHale Park (Mayo), Nowlan Park (Kilkenny) and Celtic Park (Derry). Although rugby has traditionally been associated with the more anglophile elements of Irish society, it has not been without its following in the nationalist and republican communities. For example, the longest serving taoiseach, Éamon de Valera was a former player, and lifetime fan of the game. At the age of sixteen, De Valera won a scholarship to Blackrock College, County Dublin. It was at Blackrock College that de Valera began playing rugby. Later during"
"Preston City Oval The Preston City Oval is an Australian rules football stadium in Cramer Street in Preston, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne. It has a main grandstand and the ground is capable of holding around 5,000 spectators. The ground is the traditional home of the Preston Football Club in the Victorian Football League, and remains one of its two primary home grounds in the club's current incarnation as the Northern Blues. It is also the home of the Northern Knights TAC Cup side and the Preston Bullants Junior Football Club. It was also the venue for the Victorian Women's"
"O'Donnell Park O' Donnell Park () is a GAA stadium in County Donegal, Ireland. The home ground of the Naomh Adhamhnáin club, it is situated between the Letterkenny Regional Sports and Leisure Complex and Ballymacool Park on the outskirts of the town. The Donegal senior inter-county football team uses O'Donnell Park as a venue for matches. The ground has hosted Gaelic games since the 1930s when CLG Naomh Adhamhnáin bought the land for £300. The ground opened on Sunday 2 May 1937, with the Bishop of Raphoe's blessing of the park, a hurling match between Donegal and Antrim, an address"