{{Short description|Association football ground in Hobart, Tasmania}} {{distinguish|text=the adjoining Australian rules football ground [[KGV Oval]] (home of [[Glenorchy Cricket Club]] & [[Glenorchy Football Club]])}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox stadium | name = KGV Park | image = KGV Park (March 2012).jpg | image_size = 300px | location = [[Glenorchy, Tasmania|Glenorchy]], [[Tasmania]] | coordinates = {{coord|42|49|53|S|147|16|37|E|display=it}} | opened = | closed = | demolished = | owner = [[City of Glenorchy|Glenorchy City Council]] | operator = Glenorchy City Council | surface = Synthetic | stands = | tenants = [[Football Tasmania]]<br />[[Glenorchy Knights FC|Glenorchy Knights]] | seating_capacity = 4,000 }}
'''KGV Park''', or simply '''KGV''' ([[King George V]]) is an [[association football]] stadium that is home to [[Football Tasmania]], the governing body for association football in Tasmania, and home to the [[Glenorchy Knights FC|Glenorchy Knights]] football team. It is referred to as the Home of Football in Tasmania. It is located in the heart of [[Glenorchy, Tasmania|Glenorchy]] less than 1 kilometre from the Glenorchy [[Central business district|CBD]], 7 kilometres from Hobart City.
==Current use== KGV Park is owned by [[Glenorchy City Council]] with parcels of the site being owned by the Hobart [[Young Men's Christian Association]] and private residences that back onto the perimeter of the football pitch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=KING GEORGE V Sports and Community Precinct Master Plan Update |url=https://www.gcc.tas.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/kgv-master-plan.pdf |website=www.gcc.tas.gov.au}}</ref> KGV is home to the [[Glenorchy Knights]] football club who play home matches in the [[NPL Tasmania]] and lower grades at the ground. It formerly used to host [[South Hobart FC]] and was noted for hosting an incident during a 2014 [[FFA Cup]] match against [[Tuggeranong United FC]] where the commentary team first referred to the yellow card as the "slice of cheese", which eventually became common Australian slang for a yellow card.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Do You Speak Football? |first=Tom |last=Williams |page=263 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |year=2024 |isbn=9781399410243}}</ref>
It is also used for all major football matches played in the South of Tasmania, including Statewide Cup Finals and Statewide Finals Series Matches.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.footballtasmania.com.au/news/festival-football-ahead-statewide-cup-finals-0 | title=FESTIVAL OF FOOTBALL AHEAD WITH STATEWIDE CUP FINALS | Football Tasmania | date=6 June 2025 }}</ref>
In 2010, [[A-League]] side [[Central Coast Mariners FC|Central Coast Mariners]] played a Tasmanian representative side in front of a crowd of around 2,000 people.<ref>{{cite web | year = 2010 | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5dsXG9i2zM | title = Central Coast Mariners v Tasmania Match Highlights| publisher = [[Football Tasmania|Football Federation Tasmania]] | accessdate = 2012-04-11}}</ref>
==Redevelopment== In December 2012 KGV Park was resurfaced with an [[artificial turf]] pitch. The new surface included Poligras synthetic grass and an [[in situ]] rubber shock pad was installed by Grassports Australia to FIFA 2 star standard.<ref>{{cite web|title=KGV Park work well under way, and Southern FC prepare for 2013|url=http://www.walterpless.com.au/2012/december/kgv-park-work-well-under-way-and-southern-fc-prepare-for-2013.html|publisher=walterpless.com.au|accessdate=16 January 2013|archive-date=12 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512023528/http://walterpless.com.au/2012/december/kgv-park-work-well-under-way-and-southern-fc-prepare-for-2013.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> by 2025, the works had been completed, which had included new changing rooms and toilets.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.footballtasmania.com.au/news/building-works-completed-kgv-0 | title=Building works completed at KGV | Football Tasmania | date=21 February 2025 }}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://int.soccerway.com/venues/australia/kgv-park-hobart/v7967/ Soccerway page]
{{Hobart landmarks}} {{Soccer in Tasmania |state=autocollapse}}
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