Darling Street Oval
Until 1992 there was no grandstand at Darling Street Oval — a playing surface, a fence line and little else on the corner of Darling Street and Hassall Street in Hamilton South. That year club volunteers put up three modular stands holding around 500 between them, plus a media box, paid for by the club and government money.
Newcastle Olympic moved in during 1987, after spells at Walker Field and Austral Park, and have not left since. The club's own name has moved around more than its address: Hamilton Olympic from 1992, back to Newcastle Olympic in late 2019, while the oval stayed the oval throughout.
The redevelopment finished in 2023/24 cost more than $3 million and replaced the volunteer-era arrangement with a grandstand seating over 300, new changerooms and amenities. The National Premier Leagues Northern NSW grand finals, men's and women's, were played here in 2025 and return in 2026.
Newcastle Jets brought a pre-season side to face Hamilton Olympic on 8 June 2011, and in the FFA Cup on 13 November 2021 Newcastle Olympic hosted Macarthur FC on the same natural grass, with a capacity of roughly 1,000 setting the limit on who got in.
Who plays here
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Hamilton Olympic
71 matches
Recent matches here
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Aug | Hamilton Olympic — Valentine | 1:2 |
| 22 Jul | Hamilton Olympic — Belmont Swansea | 5:2 |
| 1 Jul | Hamilton Olympic — Charlestown City Blues | 7:1 |
| 27 Jun | Hamilton Olympic — Cooks Hill United | 0:0 |
| 14 Jun | Hamilton Olympic — Kahibah | 3:3 |
| 17 May | Hamilton Olympic — Weston Bears | 1:2 |
| 10 May | Hamilton Olympic — Lambton Jaffas | 0:2 |
| 25 Apr | Hamilton Olympic — Edgeworth Eagles | 3:3 |