I’ve been going to LO since I was a kid (late 80s) but have only sat in the stand once (I think was one of the times where it was the “last game” and LO, I remember vividly a female streaker run the length of the field untouched). What’s it like these days in the main stand. I would it be a big deal if it got rebuilt and the rest of the ground remains more or less the same? It looks like a pretty inefficient use of its space right now.
Someone running the length of the field untouched ...against the WT's ....nooooooo.....never ......
I remember a female streaker at Leichhardt in Balmain’s last game there in 94, not Balmain’s last game as a stand-alone club in 99.
Yeah that was it. I remember going with my Dad because it was the last game at the ground. I was still a young kid so it would have been 94
I know that it’s a vexed issue,but whatever the case I believe we have to be playing predominantly out of one ground.We’ve essentially become roving nomads unable to develop our own foothold let alone fortress.
Watching the Sharks playing in front of a fanatical partisan crowd just reinforces the notion.Down to 11/12 men the packed house at Woolooware was having nothing to do with a loss,nor was the team.I know the Warriors were all over the shop but that partisan crowd has the ability to intimidate and also to influence and sway the referee.
As for the weekend,nobody tell me that Brookvale doesn’t become a factor of sorts.
I’m adamant that we need to become a predominantly one ground team with a nostalgia clause allowing a couple of games out of Leichhardt,otherwise we’re just chasing our tail.
Fans just need to show up to whatever the homeground is every week ...not just show up to Leichhardt because it is their " Field of Dreams " ...we can turn whatever ground we choose as our sole homeground as a graveyard by simply having fans show up rain , hail or shine and support hard
I freely admit I'm biased and I love LO. No doubt part of it is nostalgia but I think a larger part of it is that it is a unique RL experience. I genuinely believe that the Members seats on the western concourse are the best in RL. Other people enjoy the hill experience.
Im not sure that Tigers fans dont take LO for granted and dont understand what they have. I am taking my (Bulldog supporting) cousin to the Bulldogs game at LO because he nagged me to because he wants to show his young son what Leichhardt is like. Other fans love it.
I have the best seats in world sport AT LO
My feelings on where we play is this ....as long as we are winning and we turn it into fortress hell for opposition teams I'm good
But you start adding a new grandstand and she will lose her attraction ...no matter how good the seating
For mine, as long as they leave the hill and the southern end the way it is, it will be the same. Personally I hope they leave the western concourse the same as well.
Corporates, food and dunnies, maybe increased seating northern end would get it over 20K
@unhappy-tiger agree parking is a problem most people are probably used to parking mike's away and walking
I look at La Montage and remember when that used to be the old Apia football club and think geez balmain missed an opportunity not putting a leagues club there
Where do yo upark at Brooky? Kogarah, even Parra isnt great.
I’ve been going to LO since I was a kid (late 80s) but have only sat in the stand once (I think was one of the times where it was the “last game” and LO, I remember vividly a female streaker run the length of the field untouched). What’s it like these days in the main stand. I would it be a big deal if it got rebuilt and the rest of the ground remains more or less the same? It looks like a pretty inefficient use of its space right now.
Someone running the length of the field untouched ...against the WT's ....nooooooo.....never ......
I remember a female streaker at Leichhardt in Balmain’s last game there in 94, not Balmain’s last game as a stand-alone club in 99.
I was there for both of those games, dont remember the streaker. One of those games it FLOGGED rain constantly.
@unhappy-tiger agree parking is a problem most people are probably used to parking mike's away and walking
I look at La Montage and remember when that used to be the old Apia football club and think geez balmain missed an opportunity not putting a leagues club there
Where do yo upark at Brooky? Kogarah, even Parra isnt great.
Well the club chopper's me on the playing surface ...but I'm that little bit special as well .... 😉
I’ve been going to LO since I was a kid (late 80s) but have only sat in the stand once (I think was one of the times where it was the “last game” and LO, I remember vividly a female streaker run the length of the field untouched). What’s it like these days in the main stand. I would it be a big deal if it got rebuilt and the rest of the ground remains more or less the same? It looks like a pretty inefficient use of its space right now.
Someone running the length of the field untouched ...against the WT's ....nooooooo.....never ......
I remember a female streaker at Leichhardt in Balmain’s last game there in 94, not Balmain’s last game as a stand-alone club in 99.
Yeah that was it. I remember going with my Dad because it was the last game at the ground. I was still a young kid so it would have been 94
@garry has never been the same since .....
https://innerwest.infocouncil.biz/Open/2022/05/C_10052022_AGN_3943_AT_SUP.PDF
link to the council document from the council meeting. Basically a motion to develop a master plan for the sight. One caveat is that it says the Tigers have to commit to a minimum of 6 games a year.
I’ve been going to LO since I was a kid (late 80s) but have only sat in the stand once (I think was one of the times where it was the “last game” and LO, I remember vividly a female streaker run the length of the field untouched). What’s it like these days in the main stand. I would it be a big deal if it got rebuilt and the rest of the ground remains more or less the same? It looks like a pretty inefficient use of its space right now.
Someone running the length of the field untouched ...against the WT's ....nooooooo.....never ......
I remember a female streaker at Leichhardt in Balmain’s last game there in 94, not Balmain’s last game as a stand-alone club in 99.
I was there for both of those games, dont remember the streaker. One of those games it FLOGGED rain constantly.
That was 98, Sironen’s last game.
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https://innerwest.infocouncil.biz/Open/2022/05/C_10052022_AGN_3943_AT_SUP.PDF
link to the council document from the council meeting. Basically a motion to develop a master plan for the sight. One caveat is that it says the Tigers have to commit to a minimum of 6 games a year.
Interesting 🧐 six games
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I’ve been going to LO since I was a kid (late 80s) but have only sat in the stand once (I think was one of the times where it was the “last game” and LO, I remember vividly a female streaker run the length of the field untouched). What’s it like these days in the main stand. I would it be a big deal if it got rebuilt and the rest of the ground remains more or less the same? It looks like a pretty inefficient use of its space right now.
Someone running the length of the field untouched ...against the WT's ....nooooooo.....never ......
I remember a female streaker at Leichhardt in Balmain’s last game there in 94, not Balmain’s last game as a stand-alone club in 99.
I was there for both of those games, dont remember the streaker. One of those games it FLOGGED rain constantly.
That was 98, Sironen’s last game.
one of the "last" games it flogged rain as well, from memory against Parra. I remember buying a hugely overpriced Balmain cap on the way out because it was going to be history.
I’ve been going to LO since I was a kid (late 80s) but have only sat in the stand once (I think was one of the times where it was the “last game” and LO, I remember vividly a female streaker run the length of the field untouched). What’s it like these days in the main stand. I would it be a big deal if it got rebuilt and the rest of the ground remains more or less the same? It looks like a pretty inefficient use of its space right now.
Someone running the length of the field untouched ...against the WT's ....nooooooo.....never ......
I remember a female streaker at Leichhardt in Balmain’s last game there in 94, not Balmain’s last game as a stand-alone club in 99.
I was there for both of those games, dont remember the streaker. One of those games it FLOGGED rain constantly.
That was 98, Sironen’s last game.
one of the "last" games it flogged rain as well, from memory against Parra. I remember buying a hugely overpriced Balmain cap on the way out because it was going to be history.
Yeah rained at Balmain's last game.
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I’ve been going to LO since I was a kid (late 80s) but have only sat in the stand once (I think was one of the times where it was the “last game” and LO, I remember vividly a female streaker run the length of the field untouched). What’s it like these days in the main stand. I would it be a big deal if it got rebuilt and the rest of the ground remains more or less the same? It looks like a pretty inefficient use of its space right now.
Someone running the length of the field untouched ...against the WT's ....nooooooo.....never ......
I remember a female streaker at Leichhardt in Balmain’s last game there in 94, not Balmain’s last game as a stand-alone club in 99.
I was there for both of those games, dont remember the streaker. One of those games it FLOGGED rain constantly.
That was 98, Sironen’s last game.
one of the "last" games it flogged rain as well, from memory against Parra. I remember buying a hugely overpriced Balmain cap on the way out because it was going to be history.
Yeah rained at Balmain's last game.
Yeah tries for their opposition ..... 🤣
I’ve been going to LO since I was a kid (late 80s) but have only sat in the stand once (I think was one of the times where it was the “last game” and LO, I remember vividly a female streaker run the length of the field untouched). What’s it like these days in the main stand. I would it be a big deal if it got rebuilt and the rest of the ground remains more or less the same? It looks like a pretty inefficient use of its space right now.
Someone running the length of the field untouched ...against the WT's ....nooooooo.....never ......
I remember a female streaker at Leichhardt in Balmain’s last game there in 94, not Balmain’s last game as a stand-alone club in 99.
I was there for both of those games, dont remember the streaker. One of those games it FLOGGED rain constantly.
That was 98, Sironen’s last game.
one of the "last" games it flogged rain as well, from memory against Parra. I remember buying a hugely overpriced Balmain cap on the way out because it was going to be history.
Yeah rained at Balmain's last game.
Yes, you’re right. I got my games mixed up.
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I’ve been going to LO since I was a kid (late 80s) but have only sat in the stand once (I think was one of the times where it was the “last game” and LO, I remember vividly a female streaker run the length of the field untouched). What’s it like these days in the main stand. I would it be a big deal if it got rebuilt and the rest of the ground remains more or less the same? It looks like a pretty inefficient use of its space right now.
Someone running the length of the field untouched ...against the WT's ....nooooooo.....never ......
I remember a female streaker at Leichhardt in Balmain’s last game there in 94, not Balmain’s last game as a stand-alone club in 99.
I was there for both of those games, dont remember the streaker. One of those games it FLOGGED rain constantly.
That was 98, Sironen’s last game.
one of the "last" games it flogged rain as well, from memory against Parra. I remember buying a hugely overpriced Balmain cap on the way out because it was going to be history.
Yeah rained at Balmain's last game.
Yeah tries for their opposition ..... 🤣
I actually think we won that one
I know that it’s a vexed issue,but whatever the case I believe we have to be playing predominantly out of one ground.We’ve essentially become roving nomads unable to develop our own foothold let alone fortress.
Watching the Sharks playing in front of a fanatical partisan crowd just reinforces the notion.Down to 11/12 men the packed house at Woolooware was having nothing to do with a loss,nor was the team.I know the Warriors were all over the shop but that partisan crowd has the ability to intimidate and also to influence and sway the referee.
As for the weekend,nobody tell me that Brookvale doesn’t become a factor of sorts.
I’m adamant that we need to become a predominantly one ground team with a nostalgia clause allowing a couple of games out of Leichhardt,otherwise we’re just chasing our tail.
It depends on what that one ground is and that is the core of the problem.
No way we have a Shark Park or Brooky atmosphere at Homebush or even SFS. Possibly at Bankwest but there are issues there as well.
To be honest the only ground that fits the bill that you are guaranteed that atmosphere (if we are winning) is Leichhardt and to a lesser degree CSS.
The trouble with Leichhardt is that it’s a logistical high density nightmare(as much as I love the place,and personally would love every game there),getting in and out isn’t too flash if you’re driving.That’s before you even step inside the ground and start considering refurbishments.
If you check the stats CSS has just as much pulling power as Leichhardt if we’re winning.Unfortunately there’s been precious little of that over the past decade.Still,to me it remains the logical choice.We have a footprint in the Macarthur,and would be stupid to relinquish it.
I think the "getting to LO" issue is overstated. When parking is open at Orange Grove, Ive never had a problem and public transport is as good as most grounds. Most grounds dont have great parking options other than Homebush.
I agree that CSS has as much potential as LO. Im biased and think the atmosphere is better at LO but they are similar type grounds with similar plusses and minuses. Transport better at CSS.
I agree. I’ve been going to Leichhardt oval for as long as I can remember. Always get a park up near the school or Orange Grove pub. As for getting away - it can take longer to get out of ANZ car park!!
