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Perry Park, Brisbane

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licence in 2018, the club produced plans for a complete rebuild of the facility, which would have seen the current Bill Waddell stand demolished and the pitched moved to the east to accommodate a 15,694-seat boutique
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acquired the land for soccer grounds in 1967 and converted the oval into two rectangular pitches with the main pitch along Abbotsford Road allocated as the main Perry Park stadium.
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William Raff was granted ownership of the land in 1857. He then subdivided the land in 1875, and the lot where Perry Park is now situated was sold to
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Perry Park during the FFA Cup semi final match between Brisbane Strikers and Melbourne City, which attracted a crowd of 3706 on 1 October 2019.
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from 1925. The ground hosted 27 QANFL Grand Finals and many interstate games. The QAFL outgrew Perry Park in the 1950s, leaving it for the
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in front of a sell-out 3571 crowd (the crowd being capped due to security concerns). The match was
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Perry Park hosted its sole international football match on 20 September 1992, when the
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and Perry Park). The club now plays all of its home games at Perry Park in the
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It was home to the Valleys Cricket Club from 1925 to 1942 and 1948 to 1967.
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Taringa vs Wests Australian rules football match QANFL match in the 1930s
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and cricket between the 1920s and 1950s. From 1923 it was home to the
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Action from the 1923 QANFL Grand Final between Brisbanes and Valleys
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In its oval configuration Perry Park was primarily used as an
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Cox Architects' design for a boutique stadium at Perry Park.
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The following year, the Strikers hosted former NSL club
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Bowen Hills
Bowen Hills railway station
Capacity
1977 NSL Cup final
Brisbane City FC
Brisbane Lions
Fortitude Valley Diehards
Brisbane Roar FC (W-League)
Brisbane Strikers FC
Brisbane
Bowen Hills
Brisbane Strikers
National Premier Leagues Queensland
Brisbane City Council
YMCA
Scotsman
William Perry
Brisbane
ironmonger
cattle
horse


Australian rules football
Queensland Australian Football League
Mayne Football Club
Brisbane Exhibition Ground
Brisbane Cricket Ground
Z Special Unit

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