Alberton Oval is a sports oval located in Alberton, a north-western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It has been the home of the Port Adelaide Football Club since 1880. The ground is a public park
Partial view of Alberton Oval looking toward the Robert B. Quinn MM Grandstand
John Formby donated the land for Alberton Oval to the people of Port Adelaide for a sporting oval.
The Williams Family Grandstand at Alberton Oval.
The Williams and Quinn grandstands pictured in 2007.
The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL, is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport.
Alberton Oval
…since it played its first game on 15 May 1880 and defeated the original, now-defunct Kensington Football Club 1-nil. Port Adelaide has played all its South Australian National Football League (SANFL) home games at the ground since 1880. When the club commenced playing in the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1997, it played home matches…
An early football player guernsey and Cap
Port Adelaide played its early games at Bucks Flat, Glanville Hall Estate from 1870 to 1879
The Port Adelaide Football Club won their first premiership in 1884.(1884 Port Adelaide team pictured).
Adelaide's 1886 premiership team. The club which players were solely South Australians was formed from a merger of two junior clubs in 1885 - North Adelaide Juniors and North Park.