Wanderers Oval

Wanderers Oval
Magic Park
View of the field from the southern end
Wanderers Oval is located in New South Wales
Wanderers Oval
Wanderers Oval
Wanderers Oval is in New South Wales
Coordinates32°55′13.7″S 151°43′51.6″E / 32.920472°S 151.731000°E / -32.920472; 151.731000
Public transit
OwnerNewcastle Macedonia Football Club Inc
TypeSportsground
Genre(s)Sporting events
Seating type
  • 489 grandstand seats
  • bench seating around oval
  • grass perimeter seating
Capacity3,500 (500 seated)[1][2][3]
Record attendance4,000[1]
Field shapeFootball Field
SurfaceGrass
Tenants
Broadmeadow Magic
The grandstands have seating for 489 people

Wanderers Oval (nicknamed Magic Park),[4] is a soccer stadium in Newcastle, Australia. It is the home ground for the Broadmeadow Magic Football Club and had occasionally been used by Newcastle Jets women and youth sides.[1][5] It was one of 11 training sites for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.[6][7] In 2014, it hosted the first televised match of the FFA Cup (now Australia Cup).[8][9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Wanderers Oval". ultimatealeague.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Wanderers Oval". Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Magic Park". Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. ^ "The Womens National Football Competition of Australia". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Venue update on Westfield FFA Cup Round of 32 fixtures". Football Federation Australia. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Australia's Asian Cup pitch for world-class playing surfaces". Four Four Two. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  7. ^ Bennett, Josh (24 January 2015). "UAE sweat on Abdulrahman ahead of Socceroos showdown". Sportal. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  8. ^ "The magic of cup football comes to Australia". The World Game. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Venue FFA Cup 2014 Round of 32". FFA CUP. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2020.


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