Elcho Park, Soccer facility in Lara, Victoria, Australia
Elcho Park is a soccer facility on Gibbons Road in Lara, Victoria, north of Geelong. Its main pitch is surrounded by standing room, with a grandstand seating about 200 people between the clubrooms and the pitch. Two further grass pitches, pitch 2 and pitch 3, sit within the grounds.
North Geelong Warriors played their first season at Elcho Park in 1986. The ground's first competitive league match was a 3–3 draw between North Geelong and Essendon City on 29 March 1986. The privately owned facility, held by the Australian Croatian Soccer Association Geelong, later drew public money: $283,000 in 2015 for change rooms and $255,000 in 2024 for pitch-one lighting.
The facility is run by the Australian Croatian Soccer Association of Geelong and serves as home ground for the North Geelong Warriors Football Club. The venue reflects the local Croatian community's commitment to soccer.
Entry is from Gibbons Road, with over 100 parking spaces inside the grounds. Three grass pitches lie within the complex; the main pitch has standing room on all sides and a grandstand of about 200 seats between the clubrooms and the field. In 2024 pitch one gained upgraded lighting for night football.
The private facility received public funding for the first time in 2015 to improve changing rooms. This investment was part of a broader development project that modernized the grounds.
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