Dunbar Rovers FC

Dunbar Rovers Football Club has become one of the leading football (soccer) clubs in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs Football Association (ESFA). The Club was founded in 1991 with one team and has grown to now field 17 senior and a number of junior teams in Sydney, plus sponsoring 3 junior teams in Cambodia. At the highest level Dunbar currently has a unique position with our first grade men's side winning the ESFA Men's Championship competition five times since its inception in 2007. The Prems team is supported by eight other all age men's teams who compete at various levels in ESFA. Over the past ten years Dunbar has consistently been prominent at the top of ESFA's women's competition and we have also been competitive in the older version of the game with our two Over 35 teams and for the first time in 2011, an Over 45 team. We are rightly proud of our on-field record: 35 grand final appearances, 17 club grand final wins and 18 club minor premierships. Since its inception, Dunbar has always featured strongly in players' lives both on and off the field. The Club has become a source of great friendships and business contacts which we regard as an important contribution to our success. We now have over 300 playing members many of whom have played at Dunbar for well over five years. The on-field success is matched by the numerous events put on by the party spirits on the social committee including various functions with our lead sponsor The Porterhouse in Surry Hills. The end of season Presentation Night is always spectacular and consistently attracts acclaim from many notables in Australian football. Dunbar is independently operated and run by a dedicated organising committee who have achieved the fine art of running an amateur Club very professionally. The committee is supported by the team managers and coaches who dedicate their time and effort to ensure the teams get on the pitch. The Club is funded by a combination of players' registrations fees and generous financial support from the Club sponsors. The club attracts players from all over the world with the majority now living in the Eastern Suburbs. A recent survey by The Seed profiled the members to be aged between 23 to 59 mainly 29 to 36 with professional backgrounds in managerial positions. Community contribution is an important part of Dunbar. We support boys and girls teams of Cambodian children to use football to bring new direction into their lives. We also support local community needs and this has included Lou's Place, a safehouse for women in Kings Cross, the McGrath Foundation and in 2009 the Victorian Bush Fire Appeal.