{{Short description|Soccer stadium in Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox venue | name = Chaplin Reserve | nickname = | image = Chaplin Reserve in 2015.jpg | caption = Chaplin Reserve in 2015 | location = Sunshine, Victoria | coordinates = {{coord|37|47|6|S|144|49|43|E|display=it}} | broke_ground = | opened = 1980 | closed = | demolished = 2019 | owner = City of Brimbank | operator = | surface = Grass | construction_cost = | architect = | former_names = | tenants = Sunshine George Cross | seating_capacity = 5,000 }}
'''Chaplin Reserve''' was an Australian soccer stadium in Sunshine, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. It was the home of Sunshine George Cross from 1980 to 2017, buying the facility from the State Government in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brief history of Sunshine George Cross Football Club |url=https://www.sunshinegeorgecross.com/club-contact-mainmenu-74/history-mainmenu-31/ |access-date=2025-04-28 |publisher=Sunshine George Cross Football Club}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Brincat |first=Vic |date=20 July 2009 |title=A final farewell |url=https://archive.org/details/goal-weekly-2009/Goal%2520Weekly%252C%2520Vol.%252005%252C%2520No.%252019%252C%2520Monday%2520July%252020th%25202009/page/n1/mode/2up |access-date=2025-04-28 |work=Goal Weekly |pages=2}}</ref> 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.<ref name=friends>{{Cite web |url=https://www.starweekly.com.au/news/friends-of-hv-mckay-memorial-gardens-up-in-arms-over-chaplin-reserve-plan |title=Friends of gardens up in arms over Chaplin Reserve plan |access-date=10 November 2019 |archive-date=10 November 2019|work=Star Weekly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110064120/https://www.starweekly.com.au/news/friends-of-hv-mckay-memorial-gardens-up-in-arms-over-chaplin-reserve-plan |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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.<ref name=friends /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.starweekly.com.au/news/former-soccer-ground-set-for-townhouse-transformation/|title=Former soccer ground set for townhouse transformation|work=Star Weekly|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref> After using Knights Stadium in 2018, the soccer club moved to City Vista Recreation Reserve in Fraser Rise in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.starweekly.com.au/news/cash-splash-for-fraser-rise-sporting-complex/|title=Cash splash for Fraser Rise sporting complex - Star Weekly|work=Star Weekly|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.sunshinegeorgecross.com Sunshine George Cross FC]
Category:Soccer venues in Melbourne Category:Caroline Springs George Cross FC Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Melbourne Category:Defunct soccer venues in Australia Category:Sunshine, Victoria Category:Sport in the City of Brimbank Category:Buildings and structures in the City of Brimbank Category:Sports venues demolished in 2019