Blandford Park

[1] The ground hosted a considerable number of notable football matches, including several international fixtures[1] and many of the Auckland regional finals and national semi-finals of the Chatham Cup.

In 1923, Blandford leased the park to the Auckland Football Association for a period of 30 years, with an option to buy outright after that point.

Over the course of the next two years, the AFA attempted to transform the park, clearing the land and adding terraces which could accommodate several thousand spectators.

The situation was not helped by the AFA's decision to offer a 30-year sub-lease of the ground during football's off-season to another group, the Stadium Company.

In the end a compromise was reached, with the Auckland City Council acquiring the lease on the park and sub-letting it to the AFA.