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Chaplin Reserve was an Australian
Sunshine George Cross FC
soccer
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stadium in Sunshine
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, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria
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. It was the home of Sunshine George Cross from 1980 to 2017, buying the facility from the State Government in 1997. The stadium had a capacity of 5,000. Chaplin Reserve was also home to the Sunshine George Cross Bocci Club.
The state government sold the land to the soccer club on the condition that it was only used for the purpose of a private sports ground.
Despite the reserve being sold to George Cross on the condition that it was only used for the purpose of a private sports ground, George Cross sold the reserve to developers in 2016, who intend to build 150 townhouses on the site, despite angry objections by Sunshine residents. After using Knights Stadium
Knights Stadium was a baseball stadium which served as the home of the International League's Charlotte Knights from 1990 to 2013 and had a capacity of 10,002. The park was located across the state line from Charlotte, North Carolina, in Fort ...
in 2018, the soccer club moved to City Vista Recreation Reserve
The City Vista Recreation Reserve is a soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball ...
in Fraser Rise in 2019.
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