View of the grandstand from the south-western corner of John Cain Memorial Park. Photo taken during the Round 7 2019 match against Green Gully. Photo: Luke Radziminski.
John Cain Memorial Park (also known as John Cain Memorial Reserve) in Thornbury is the current home ground of Northcote City .
Located next to the synthetic soccer pitches of the Darebin International Soccer Complex . the venue consists of a compact grandstand on the northern side of the ground with a social club space underneath, and grass hills around most of the rest of the venue.
Apart from games against Northcote City, South Melbourne also played home games at John Cain Memorial Park during the 2010 and 2011 seasons, while the re-configuration of Lakeside Stadium was taking place.
South Melbourne has also played early round Dockerty Cup and FFA Cup matches at the venue when designated as the home side and when Lakeside has been unavailable - these games were sometimes part of double-headers with an equivalent Northcote game.
The venue has also hosted Hellenic Cup matches.
To date, the only team to have beaten South Melbourne at the venue is Northcote City itself.
Season by Season record [ ]
2010s [ ]
Match No.
Season
Competition
Round
Opponent
Result
1
2010
Victorian Premier League
3
Northcote City
3-3
2
2010
Victorian Premier League
11
Sunshine George Cross
3-1
3
2010
Victorian Premier League
14
Northcote City
2-3
4
2010
Victorian Premier League
12
Altona Magic
3-1
5
2010
Victorian Premier League
18
Melbourne Knights
3-0
6
2010
Victorian Premier League
19
Hume City
2-2
7
2010
Victorian Premier League
20
Richmond
2-2
8
2011
Victorian Premier League
1
Green Gully
1-1
9
2011
Victorian Premier League
3
Bentleigh Greens
2-1
10
2011
Victorian Premier League
6
Melbourne Knights
3-1
11
2011
Victorian Premier League
8
Richmond
1-0
12
2011
Dockerty Cup
4
Yarraville Glory
14-0
13
2011
Victorian Premier League
10
Dandenong Thunder
0-0
14
2011
Victorian Premier League
11
Northcote City
0-5
15
2011
Victorian Premier League
13
Springvale White Eagles
1-0
16
2011
Victorian Premier League
15
Heidelberg United
0-0
17
2011
Victorian Premier League
16
Oakleigh Cannons
1-0
18
2011
Victorian Premier League
18
St Albans Saints
1-0
19
2011
Victorian Premier League
20
Hume City
3-1
20
2012
Dockerty Cup
4
Malvern City
2-1
21
2012
Victorian Premier League
20
Northcote City
1-0
22
2013
Victorian Premier League
10
Northcote City
0-3
23
2014
NPL Victoria
19
Northcote City
1-1
24
2015
NPL Victoria
13
Northcote City
2-1
25
2016
NPL VIctoria
2
Northcote City
4-0
26
2017
FFA Cup
4
Eastern Lions
2-0
27
2018
NPL Victoria
5
Northcote City
2-3
28
2019
NPL Victoria
7
Green Gully
1-1
Win/draw/loss record [ ]
Competition
Played
Wins
Draws
Losses
Dockerty Cup
2
2
0
0
FFA Cup
1
1
0
0
NPL Victoria
5
2
2
1
Victorian Premier League
20
11
6
3
Total
28
16
8
4
Record by opponent [ ]
Altona Magic [ ]
Played
Wins
Draws
Losses
1
1
0
0
Bentleigh Greens [ ]
Played
Wins
Draws
Losses
1
1
0
0
Dandenong Thunder [ ]
Played
Wins
Draws
Losses
1
0
1
0
Eastern Lions [ ]
Played
Wins
Draws
Losses
1
1
0
0
Green Gully [ ]
Played
Wins
Draws
Losses
2
0
2
0
Heidelberg United [ ]
Played
Wins
Draws
Losses
1
0
1
0
Hume City [ ]
Played
Wins
Draws
Losses
2
1
1
0
Malvern City [ ]
Played
Wins
Draws
Losses
1
1
0
0
Melbourne Knights [ ]
Played
Wins
Draws
Losses
2
2
0
0
Northcote City [ ]
Played
Wins
Draws
Losses
9
3
2
4
Oakleigh Cannons [ ]
Played
Wins
Draws
Losses
1
1
0
0
Richmond [ ]
Played
Wins
Draws
Losses
2
1
1
0
Springvale White Eagles [ ]
Played
Wins
Draws
Losses
1
1
0
0
St Albans Saints [ ]
Played
Wins
Draws
Losses
1
1
0
0
Sunshine George Cross [ ]
Played
Wins
Draws
Losses
1
1
0
0
Yarraville Glory [ ]
Played
Wins
Draws
Losses
1
1
0
0
References [ ]