2023 NFNL senior and junior football finals venues


Published on Friday, July 21, 2023

The Northern Football Netball League has announced the venues for the 2023 NFNL Senior and Air Fusion Junior Football Finals Series.

All senior men’s football finals will again be played at Preston City Oval, Epping Recreation Reserve and Whittlesea Showgrounds.

Preston City Oval will host every Melbourne Greyhounds Division 1 final, including the Grand Final on Saturday September 23.

The MC Labour Division 2 finals series will be played across two venues.

All finals games will be played at Epping Recreation Reserve except the Grand Final, which will take place at Preston City Oval on Saturday September 16.

Whittlesea Showgrounds will host all Heidelberg Golf Club Division 3 finals, including the Grand Final on Saturday September 9.

The NFNL senior women’s finals will take place across three venues, beginning with the qualifying and elimination finals in Cleaning Melbourne Division 2 and Division 3 on Saturday August 5 and Sunday August 6 which will be played at Whittlesea Showgrounds.

All semi finals will take place the following week at Epping Recreation Reserve before Preston City Oval will be set to host the preliminary final and the Grand Final in all three women’s competitions.

The NFNL Board of Directors have also finalised the admission prices of all senior finals in 2023.

All finals (excluding Grand Finals)

Adults: $17.50
Concession/Pension: $11.00

Grand Finals

Adults: $20.00
Concession/Pension: $12.50

The 2023 Air Fusion junior finals series kick off on Sunday August 6, with Grand Finals set to take place on Sunday August 20.

The NFNL has confirmed the venues which will host junior finals. The league is pleased to announce for the first time that ALL venues hosting junior finals have been allocated to clubs that have sides currently participating in the NFNL Junior Football Competition.

This year’s junior finals will be played at:

A.E. Cracknell Reserve (Panton Hill)
Ben Frilay Oval
(Hurstbridge)
Coventry Oval (Diamond Creek)
Eltham Central Park (Eltham)
Epping Recreation Reserve (Epping)
J.C. Donath Reserve (Keon Park)
Redleap Reserve (Mill Park)
Research Park (Research)
Wallan Recreational Reserve (Wallan)
Waterview Recreation Reserve (Mernda)
Yarrambat War Memorial Park (Yarrambat)

Again, in season 2023 there is no admission charge for patrons to any junior finals series games including the Grand Finals.

Further information relating to the 2023 finals series will be posted on the NFNL social media platforms as we draw closer to finals series matches.

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