Footy clubs and training in City of Melbourne
6 clubs in the City of Melbourne, and every one of them picks its best side on who can run, tackle and back up week after week. Here is where they play — and how to be the player they pick.
One month free, then A$24.99/month. Cancel any time. iPhone and iPad.
6 footy clubs have a home ground in the City of Melbourne (population 149,615 at the 2021 census), across 2 suburbs. Most play in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (5 clubs), with others in the Western Football Netball League (1). North Melbourne, Carlton and Richmond all play VFL football here.
Juniors who live in City of Melbourne are zoned to the Calder Cannons, based at Highgate Recreation Reserve in Craigieburn, whose zone runs from Merri-bek and Moonee Valley out through Hume to the Macedon Ranges.
Footy clubs in City of Melbourne
Every club with a home ground in the City of Melbourne, where it plays, and the league and grades it fields. Most senior clubs also run junior and girls’ teams — the club can tell you which age groups have spots.
| Club | Home ground | Competition and grades |
|---|---|---|
| Flemington Juniors | JJ Holland Park, Kensington | WFNL juniors |
| Melbourne University | University Oval, Parkville | VAFA women’s Premier |
| UHS-VU | Brens Oval, Parkville | VAFA Division 1 · women’s Division 2 |
| University Blacks | University Oval, Parkville | VAFA Premier |
| University Blues | University Oval, Parkville | VAFA Premier |
| West Brunswick | Ransford Oval, Parkville | VAFA Division 2 · women’s Premier, Division 4 |
From each league’s current club list, checked September 2026. Clubs change leagues and divisions between seasons; the league is right if this is not.
Which Talent League club you trial for
Juniors who live in City of Melbourne are zoned to the Calder Cannons, based at Highgate Recreation Reserve in Craigieburn, whose zone runs from Merri-bek and Moonee Valley out through Hume to the Macedon Ranges.
- North Melbourne
- VFL — Arden Street Oval, North Melbourne.
- Carlton
- VFL — Princes Park (Ikon Park), Carlton North.
- Richmond
- VFL — Punt Road Oval, Yarra Park.
Melbourne’s north-west: the zones, the leagues and the VFL clubs →
Set it up for your club in City of Melbourne
Four things, in the order the app asks them. The footy calendar and conditions are on the Melbourne guide.
Choose footy, then your team nights
Onboarding asks “When do you train with your team?” Pick your club nights — Victorian Amateur Football Association or wherever you play — and your gym and conditioning are scheduled around them, lighter the day after a big one. Tell it your equipment and any niggles and every exercise is fitted to both.
Match the program to your league’s start
The app treats March as the start of the AFL season. If your league does not start until mid-April, set your season phase yourself and stay in pre-season a few weeks longer. The phase lives in Program → Your year.
Know your numbers on day one
Your first testing session is ready immediately: 2km time trial, Bench press 1RM, Max pull-ups, Trap-bar deadlift 1RM, Running vertical jump. It is re-run every 8 weeks, and the results re-price your training weights and conditioning paces.
Put your suburb on the board
In Social → Town, set where you train. Your minutes count toward that town’s weekly conditioning and strength top-10 boards — only the town is kept, never your location.
The City of Melbourne by suburb
149,615 people at the 2021 census. Suburb populations from the same census; a suburb marked * is shared with a neighbouring council.
Coaching a side in City of Melbourne?
A club licence is A$8 per player, per month (minimum 5), and every player on it gets full Train Smart membership at no cost to them. You write the block once, it lands in each player’s app, and the console shows who actually did it.
Footy in City of Melbourne: questions
What footy clubs are in the City of Melbourne?
Which Talent League club are City of Melbourne juniors zoned to?
Where can women and girls play footy in the City of Melbourne?
Which league do City of Melbourne footy clubs play in?
Where these facts come from
Checked September 2026. Zones, grades and dates change — if something here is out of date, the governing body is right and we are wrong.
More of Melbourne’s north-west
Turn up to round one already fit
Pick footy, tell it your Flemington Juniors training nights — or wherever you play — and your first block and testing session are ready before you leave the car park.
One month free, then A$24.99/month. Cancel any time. iPhone and iPad.