Whitten Oval

Venue Details

Name: Whitten Oval
Location: Footscray, Victoria, AU 3011
Seasons: 1890-1915, 1918-1941, 1943-2000, 2012, 2014-2026
Former Names:
Western Oval (1890-1915, 1918-1941, 1943-1995)
Commercial Aliases:
Victoria University Whitten Oval (2014-2024)
Mission Whitten Oval (2025-2026)
Team Home Grounds:
Footscray (1890-1915, 1918-1941, 1943-1996)
Footscray Reserves (1925-1941, 1943-1965, 1967-1970, 1972-1996, 2014-2019, 2021-2022, 2024-2026)
Fitzroy (1994-1996)
Fitzroy Reserves (1994-1996)
Western Bulldogs Women's (2017-2025)

Venue History

VFL/AFL Seasons: 1925-1941, 1943-1997
VFA/VFL Seasons: 1890-1915, 1918-1924, 1983, 1998, 2000, 2012, 2014-2019, 2021-2022, 2024-2026
VFL/AFL Reserves Seasons: 1925-1941, 1943-1965, 1967-1970, 1972-1997, 1999
VFA/VFL Reserves Seasons: 2012, 2014, 2016
AFL Women's Seasons: 2017-2025
VFL Women's Seasons: 2016-2019, 2021-2022, 2024-2025

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