North Hobart Has A Long History Equally A Soccer Venue

North Hobart, the venue for today’s double-header featuring Tasmania against Melbourne Victory Youth at 12.15pm, followed yesteryear the A-League pre-season clash betwixt heavyweights Melbourne Victory together with Sydney FC at 3pm, is no stranger to soccer.

Back inwards 1923, it was the scene of China’s 2-1 win over Tasmania.

Two years later, Tasmania lost to South Commonwealth of Australia at that topographic point 4-3.

South Hobart Oval together with then became the preferred venue for quite a few years.

It was dorsum to North Hobart inwards 1951, when England compaction Tasmania 11-0 earlier a crowd of 5,742.

England too played at York Park inwards Launceston on that tour, where they won 17-0.

Hong Kong were the adjacent visiting side to play at North Hobart together with they compaction Tasmania 6-4.

Hong Kong played at that topographic point i time again inwards 1955, winning 11-2 against Tasmania.

In 1957, the Hungarian side, Ferencvaros, played an Australian XI, containing v Tasmanians, at North Hobart.

It was 2-2 at half-time, but Ferencvaros scraped abode 3-2.  There were but over 3,000 inwards attendance.

The referee was Norm Evans, who was killed when striking yesteryear a cricket ball inwards a game at South Hobart Oval but about years later.Scottish monastic say Heart of Midlothian, to a greater extent than oft than non known equally Hearts, compaction Tasmania 10-0 at North Hobart inwards 1959.

Chelsea toured Commonwealth of Australia inwards 1965 together with they thrashed Tasmania 12-0 at North Hobart that year.

An English linguistic communication FA XI were the adjacent visitors to play at North Hobart together with they compaction Tasmania 8-0, amongst the pitch marked out from the Ryde Street halt towards Ridges Hotel, which inwards those days, was the Blind together with Deaf Institute.  Generally, the pitch ran from the Argyle Street halt to the Letitia Street end, equally it volition last today.

Apart from North Hobart, visiting sides convey too played at South Hobart Oval, Queenborough, the TCA Ground, Grove Road (now KGV Park), the Showgrounds, York Park together with the Elphin Showgrounds.

The final big game at North Hobart was inwards 1993, when Gary Lineker’s Nagoya Grampus Eight compaction Tasmania 3-0.

In to a greater extent than recent times, the Tasmanian under-21s convey played A-League youth sides at North Hobart.

In 2008, Tasmania Under-21s compaction Melbourne Victory Youth 1-0 earlier 1,500, the destination coming from Mark Ambrose.

Milos Lujic, who played for South Melbourne Hellas against South Hobart final weekend, was inwards that Melbourne Victory Youth side.  Hugh Ludford was inwards the Tasmanian side together with final weekend was the mo fourth dimension they had confronted each other.

Also inwards 2008 at North Hobart, Tasmania’s Under-21s compaction Brisbane Roar Youth 1-0 through a destination yesteryear Danny White earlier a crowd of 900.

Today’s double-header offers a top-notch programme together with anything less than 10,000 would last disappointing at this notable venue.