Wanderers Oval

Magic Park
Wanderers Oval
View of the field from the southern end
Magic Park
Magic Park 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

Magic Park[4] (formerly known as Wanderers Oval due to naming rights) 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.