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roverbelle · 10-11-2008, 04:16 PM

I hope someone finds this info useful even though it is a very late post

As taffy mentioned before about Greeks and Italians being passionate about their football and up until a few years ago many soccer clubs were based predominately on ethnicity, Greek, Italian, Croatian, Macedonian etc but with the A-league starting race has tried to be taken out of the equation which I think has been quite successful. There are some very good clubs in Melbourne and I would start with http://www.footballfedvic.com.au/ Its good to note that the W-league has just began which gives women a professional stage to play on which will hopefully expand in the years to come.

I play for a team based at Eltham College a private school north of Melbourne called DOC United http://www.docfootball.com/index.php basically it is all run by Brits most who have played at some stage professionally and hold UEFA licences. They have some partnerships with English clubs which could help your kids in the future if they wanted to return to play. It could be a great way to settle in and make friends with some other Brits who understand what you are going through! They have Boys/Girls/Men’s/Women’s teams too.

Anther team that have a good reputation in the north is FC Bulleen Lions. http://www.bulleenjsc.net/index.php

Personally I’m an Aussie but my boyfriend is a Pom we are both Blackburn Rovers fans which Tracy is a rarity round here, as I type I’m sitting wearing my rovers kit!

10-11-2008, 04:16 PM	#18 (permalink)
roverbelle has no status. Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: North of Melbourne Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I hope someone finds this info useful even though it is a very late post As taffy mentioned before about Greeks and Italians being passionate about their football and up until a few years ago many soccer clubs were based predominately on ethnicity, Greek, Italian, Croatian, Macedonian etc but with the A-league starting race has tried to be taken out of the equation which I think has been quite successful. There are some very good clubs in Melbourne and I would start with http://www.footballfedvic.com.au/ Its good to note that the W-league has just began which gives women a professional stage to play on which will hopefully expand in the years to come. I play for a team based at Eltham College a private school north of Melbourne called DOC United http://www.docfootball.com/index.php basically it is all run by Brits most who have played at some stage professionally and hold UEFA licences. They have some partnerships with English clubs which could help your kids in the future if they wanted to return to play. It could be a great way to settle in and make friends with some other Brits who understand what you are going through! They have Boys/Girls/Men’s/Women’s teams too. Anther team that have a good reputation in the north is FC Bulleen Lions. http://www.bulleenjsc.net/index.php Personally I’m an Aussie but my boyfriend is a Pom we are both Blackburn Rovers fans which Tracy is a rarity round here, as I type I’m sitting wearing my rovers kit!