GRAND FINAL VENUES For Sydney Senior Football
This is a list of venues where the Sydney Australian Football Senior Grade played its grand final.
The following should be noted: Erskineville Oval In 1885, 22 acres bounded by Ashmore, Binning, Swanson and Copeland Streets and Mitchell Road was proclaimed as Macdonaldtown Park. The name was changed to Erskineville Park when the municipality name changed in 1892.
A sports ground for cricket and football was built in the park, with the ground later enlarged for Australian Football matches.
The actual football ground had an east-west orientation and was located further west than its present position, more near Binning Street on which in 1937 construction started on Department of Housing flats with the ground relocated further east to its present position, adjacent to Mitchell Road.
It was the home ground for the Newtown FC from 1908-1986.
The present Erskineville Oval was used from 1940.
League Re-Commenced The League was resuscitated in 1903 following an eight year hiatus. Before this the NSW Australian Football Association conducted the game in Sydney from 1881 with a structured competition (ie fixture and premiers) only functioning between 1889 – 1894.
YEAR GROUND YEAR GROUND YEAR GROUND NSW FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION 1889 Wentworth Park 1891 Moore Park 1893 Moore Park 1890 Moore Park 1892 RAS Showground 1894 Moore Park NSW AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE FORMED 1903 RAS Showground 1944 Erskineville Oval 1984 Erskineville Oval 1904 SCG 1945 Erskineville Oval 1985 Erskineville Oval 1905 SCG No. 2 1946 Erskineville Oval 1986 Erskineville Oval 1906 RAS Showground 1947 Erskineville Oval NSW STATE FOOTBALL LEAGUE 1907 RAS Showground 1948 Erskineville Oval 1908 Erskineville oval 1949 Erskineville Oval 1909 RAS Showground 1950 Erskineville Oval 1910 Erskineville Oval 1951 Erskineville Oval 1987 Erskineville Oval 1911 Erskineville Oval 1952 Erskineville Oval 1988 Erskineville Oval 1912 Aust Football Ground 1953 Erskineville Oval 1989 Erskineville Oval 1913 Aust Football Ground 1954 Erskineville Oval 1990 Erskineville Oval 1914 Erskineville Oval 1955 Erskineville Oval 1991 Football Park, Macq Fields 1915 SCG No. 2 1956 Trumper Park 1992 Wagener Oval 1916 RAS Showground 1957 Trumper Park 1993 Gore Hill Oval 1917 RAS Showground 1958 Trumper Park 1994 Football Park, Macq Fields 1918 RAS Showground 1959 Trumper Park 1995 Football Park, Macq Fields 1919 Erskineville 1960 Trumper Park 1996 Wagener Oval 1920 Erskineville Oval 1961 Trumper Park 1997 Wagener Oval GRAND FINAL VENUES For Sydney Senior Football YEAR GROUND YEAR GROUND YEAR GROUND 1921 Erskineville Oval 1962 Trumper Park 1998 Roger Sheeran Oval 1922 Erskineville Oval 1963 Trumper Park 1999 Roger Sheeran Oval 1923 Erskineville Oval 1964 Trumper Park 2000 Roger Sheeran Oval 1924 Erskineville Oval 1965 Trumper Park 2001 Roger Sheeran Oval 1925 Erskineville Oval 1966 Trumper Park 2002 Roger Sheeran Oval 1926 Erskineville Oval 1967 Trumper Park 2003 Monarch Field 1927 Erskineville Oval 1968 Trumper Park 2004 Henson Park 1928 Erskineville Oval 1969 Trumper Park 2005 Henson Park 1929 Erskineville Oval 1970 Trumper Park 2006 Henson Park 1930 Erskineville Oval 1971 Trumper Park 2007 Henson Park 1931 Erskineville Oval 1972 Trumper Park 2008 Henson Park 1932 Erskineville Oval 1973 Trumper Park 2009 Blacktown Olympic Park 1933 Erskineville Oval 1974 Trumper Park 2010 Blacktown Olympic Park 1934 Erskineville Oval 1975 Trumper Park 2011 Blacktown Int Sports Pk 1935 Erskineville Oval 1976 Trumper Park 2012 Blacktown Int Sports Pk 1936 Erskineville Oval 1977 Trumper Park 2013 Blacktown Int Sports Pk 1937 Erskineville Oval 1978 Trumper Park 2014 Blacktown Int Sports Pk 1938 Erskineville Oval 1979 RAS Showground 2015 Blacktown Int Sports Pk 1939 Erskineville Oval SYDNEY FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2016 Blacktown ISP Oval 1940 (New) Erskineville Oval 1980 SCG 2017 Blacktown ISP Oval 1941 Erskineville Oval 1981 Erskineville Oval 2018 Blacktown ISP Oval 1942 Erskineville Oval 1982 Erskineville Oval 2019 Blacktown ISP Oval 1943 Erskineville Oval 1983 Erskineville Oval 2020 Kanebridge Oval, Rouse Hill