Perry Park is owned by Brisbane City Council, and managed by the YMCA, who run facilities in the complex. Brisbane Strikers hold a sub-lease from the YMCA.[1]
History
Scotsman William Raff was granted ownership of the land in 1857. He then subdivided the land in 1875, and the lot where Perry Park is now situated was sold to William Perry, among three other lots. Mr Perry was a prominent Brisbaneironmonger. He used the land essentially as his family cattle and horse paddock.[2]
Australian rules football
Action from the 1923 QANFL Grand Final between Brisbanes and ValleysTaringa vs Wests Australian rules football match QANFL match in the 1930s
It was home to the Valleys Cricket Club from 1925 to 1942 and 1948 to 1967.
Soccer
Brisbane City Council acquired the land for soccer grounds in 1967 and converted the oval into two rectangular pitches with the main pitch along Abbotsford Road allocated as the main Perry Park stadium.
In 2016, the Strikers hosted Melbourne City in the FFA Cup, losing 1–2 in the Round of 16 in front of a sell-out 3571 crowd[4] (the crowd being capped due to security concerns). The match was Tim Cahill's first in City colours.
As part of the Strikers' aborted bid for an A-League licence in 2018,[5] the club produced plans for a complete rebuild of the facility, which would have seen the current Bill Waddell stand demolished and the pitched moved to the east[6] to accommodate a 15,694-seat boutique stadium.[7]
Cox Architects' design for a boutique stadium at Perry Park.