Clubs
The table below lists all Melbourne clubs in the top two tiers of the Australian football league system: from the top division (the A-League), down to Step 2 of (the Victorian Premier League). League status is correct for the 2011–12 season. Stadiums and capacity are of 13 April 2012.
| Club | Stadium | Capacity | Founded | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-League (1) | ||||
| Heart | AAMI Park | 30,050 | 2008 | They contested the first ever Melbourne Derby against Victory on 8 October 2010, and won 2-1. |
| Victory | AAMI Park | 30,050 | 2004 | Victory have had the highest average attendance in every A-League season. |
| Victorian Premier League (2) | ||||
| Bentleigh | Kingston Heath Soccer Complex | 5,000 | 1986 | Qualified for Premier League finals 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002. |
| Dandenong | George Andrews Reserve | 5,000 | 1970 | |
| Green Gully | Green Gully Reserve | 10,000 | 1955 | |
| Heidelberg United | Olympic Park | 10,000 | 1958 | |
| Hume City | John Ilhan Memorial Reserve | 5,000 | 1979 | |
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Famous quotes containing the word clubs:
“Neighboring farmers and visitors at White Sulphur drove out occasionally to watch ‘those funny Scotchmen’ with amused superiority; when one member imported clubs from Scotland, they were held for three weeks by customs officials who could not believe that any game could be played with ‘such elongated blackjacks or implements of murder.’”
—For the State of West Virginia, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“The true reformer does not want time, nor money, nor coöperation, nor advice. What is time but the stuff delay is made of? And depend upon it, our virtue will not live on the interest of our money. He expects no income, but outgoes; so soon as we begin to count the cost, the cost begins. And as for advice, the information floating in the atmosphere of society is as evanescent and unserviceable to him as gossamer for clubs of Hercules.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Women realize that we are living in an ungoverned world. At heart we are all pacifists. We should love to talk it over with the war-makers, but they would not understand. Words are so inadequate, and we realize that the hatred must kill itself; so we give our men gladly, unselfishly, proudly, patriotically, since the world chooses to settle its disputes in the old barbarous way.”
—General Federation Of Women’s Clubs (GFWC)