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Football Grounds – The Gabba - Brisbane Lions

I hope to give some brief information about football grounds in Brisbane. It's apity I had not taken photos over the decades of all the grounds at which I have seen football played. Since about 1956 when I first saw games at the Sandgate Football Club. I now have a digital camera so it's so easy to take photographs. I take a series of images and using The GIMP I make panoramic images by joining the images together.

This ground is the well known Gabba cricket ground. Gabba is short for Woolloongabba and is about 4km southeast of the city. It is the Home ground of the Brisbane Lions. Some earlier QAFL/AFLQ finals games were played here, 1996 being the last until this year, 2005. The AFLQ decided to try the Grand Finals this year to judge if the AFLQ could return here. I attended the Grand Finals and took this photo, actually five that shows a small section of the stadium on the northern side was used. The eastern and western goalposts can be seen. There is more history to The Gabba which I may elaborate on in the future.

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“The_Gabba.html “ date 2. November 2005 OOo