Windy Hill

Windy Hill is a football Ground Located in Essendon opened for AFL/VFL matchs in 1922, the ground at one stage was Essendon's home ground and was their Headquaters, it is still a home ground to the Essendon Cricket Club and some of the Essendon District Football League senior divisions teams.

The Name

the actual name of the ground is called the Essendon Cricket Ground, it got it's name from Lou Richards who nicknamed it Windy Hill because fo the winds he encountred when he was captain of collingwood

Reputation



Windy Hill had a reputation for rough violent footy, which has reulted in many famous footy moments such as the battle of Windy Hill which was an all out brawl between everyone at the oval during a richmond essedon match.

What happened to the goal post?

another famous footy moment was born when Hawthorn's Leigh Matthews broke a behind post during a game back in 1982 thumb|500px|left

The end of AFL at Windy Hill

In 1991 Essendon moved from Windy Hill to the MCG, but retained it as their Headquaters untill 2011 when they moved their Headquaters to a new area at Tullamarine, there current homeground is the docklands stadium.