Dunbar Rovers

Since 1991, Dunbar Rovers (named after a Paddington Hotel) have been one of the most successful teams in the Eastern Suburbs Football (Soccer) league. Having started off with one team, there are now 15 plying their trade at various levels, including over 35s and over 45s teams as well as 2 women’s teams.
Trials are held at the beginning of each year, usually around the middle of January, for all of the teams — but if you want to be considered the Premier League team, you’ll need to be pretty decent (there are a few semi-​pro, former pros wandering this league)! Trials usually attract pretty big numbers, so don’t be too despondent if you don’t make it into the team you were going for. The various levels do cover most abilities though, so there’s a good variety of players.
The season cover the autumn/​winter months with games for the Premier League and PL Reserve teams taking place on a Saturday, while all other games are played on Sunday — which can be unpleasant following a big Saturday night! The home ground is technically the Reg Bartley Oval in Rushcutters Bay, but games take place at plenty of fields all over the Eastern Suburbs, so you may have to travel but it’s never too far.