{{Short description|Association football stadium in Ipswich, Queensland Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox venue | name = Briggs Rd Sporting Complex | nickname = | image = Briggs Rd Sporting Complex.jpg | location = Ipswich, Queensland | coordinates = {{coord|27|38|24|S|152|45|41|E|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | broke_ground = | opened = | closed = | demolished = | owner = City of Ipswich | operator = | surface = Grass | construction_cost = | architect = | former_names = | tenants = Western Pride FC | seating_capacity = 3,500 }} '''Briggs Road Sporting Complex''' is an Association football stadium located in the Ipswich, Queensland suburb of Flinders View.
The ground is home to Western Pride FC, which plays in the Australian second-tier National Premier Leagues Queensland competition.
The facility contains three rectangular fields and a training area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/about_ipswich/parks_reserves_precincts/parks_search/briggs-road-sporting-complex|website=Ipswich City Council|title=Briggs Road Sporting Complex|date=6 March 2014 |accessdate=21 February 2018}}</ref>
Briggs Road Sporting Complex forms a larger sporting precinct with the neighbouring Ipswich Hockey Complex, which together have been used for sporting carnivals and regional trials.
== History ==
Briggs Road Sporting Complex was the home of Ipswich Junior Rugby league and briefly state league side Ipswich Jets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=1145673|website=Ipswich Rugby League Inc.|title=Ipswich Rugby League Inc.|publisher=Sporing Pulse}}</ref> It hosted the 2012 Murri Rugby League Carnival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.murrirugbyleague.com.au/2012league.html|website=Murri Rugby League|title=www.murrirugbyleague.com.au/2012league.html|access-date=2016-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502102437/http://murrirugbyleague.com.au/2012league.html|archive-date=2013-05-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On Wednesday May 18, 2016, a crowd of reported variously as between 1200 and 3200 watched Western Pride FC played New Zealand national football team with the visitors winning 2–0.<ref>{{cite web|title=Preparing To Face The Best|url=http://www.qt.com.au/news/preparing-to-face-the-best/3030177/|website=The Queensland Times}}</ref>
On Saturday 1 September 2017, a crowd of 3383 watched Western Pride win the National Premier Leagues Queensland Grand Final against Moreton Bay United FC.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.qt.com.au/news/japan-next-mission-for-ipswichs-best-football-side/3219550/|title=Japan next mission for Ipswich's best football side|last=Lems|first=David|work=Queensland Times|access-date=2017-09-04|language=en}}</ref>
== Neville T. Bonner Building ==
The grandstand and clubhouse is named after Ipswich resident Senator Neville Bonner, the first of the country's indigenous Australians to become a member of the Australian Parliament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/about_council/media/articles/2008/briggs-road-rededicated-to-football|website=Ipswich City Council|title=Briggs Road Rededicated to football|access-date=2016-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625065952/http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/about_council/media/articles/2008/briggs-road-rededicated-to-football|archive-date=2016-06-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The clubhouse features a function room, canteen and bar.
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