Lathlain Park

Lathlain Park (currently known as Brownes Stadium under a ground sponsorship arrangement) is an Australian rules football ground, located in Lathlain, an inner-eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia.^[1] Since its opening in 1959, it has been the home ground for the Perth Football Club, who play in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

It was known only as Lathlain Park,^[2] until 2003 when the Demons sold the naming rights to Eftel, an internet company, for a period of five years.^[3] It is recorded in NRL history books as in 1999, the infant Melbourne Storm defeated Western Suburbs 62-6, a match where Matt Geyer kicked 9 goals. In 2011 EFtel decided not to renew their contract, which gave WA dairy icon Brownes the naming rights of Lathlain Oval, and so for the past three years its sponsored name has been Brownes Stadium.

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