Footy clubs and training in Moonee Valley
11 clubs in Moonee Valley, 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.
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11 footy clubs have a home ground in Moonee Valley (population 130,501 at the 2021 census), across 10 suburbs. Most play in the Essendon District Football League (9 clubs), with others in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (2) and the Western Football Netball League (1). Essendon is the VFL side here, at Windy Hill, Essendon.
Juniors who live in Moonee Valley 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 Moonee Valley
Every club with a home ground in Moonee Valley, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aberfeldie | Clifton Park, Aberfeldie | EDFL Premier Division · women’s |
| Airport West | Hansen Reserve, Airport West | EDFL Premier Division |
| Ascot Vale | Walter Street Reserve, Ascot Vale | EDFL juniors |
| Avondale Heights | Canning Reserve, Avondale Heights | EDFL Division 1 |
| East Keilor | Overland Reserve, East Keilor † | EDFL Division 1 |
| Essendon Doutta Stars | Nipper Jordan Oval, Essendon | EDFL Premier Division · women’s |
| St Bernard's | St Bernard's College Oval, Essendon West; St Bernards College, Essendon West | VAFA Premier WFNL juniors |
| PEGS | PEGS Sporting Fields, Keilor East † | VAFA Premier C |
| Maribyrnong Park | Maribyrnong Park, Moonee Ponds | EDFL Premier Division · women’s |
| Moonee Valley | Ormond Park, Moonee Ponds | EDFL Division 1 · women’s |
| Strathmore | Lebanon Reserve, Strathmore; Boeing Reserve, Strathmore Heights | EDFL Premier Division · women’s |
† The ground’s suburb is shared with a neighbouring council, so the club may sit just over the boundary. 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 Moonee Valley 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.
- Essendon
- VFL — Windy Hill, Essendon — Essendon’s VFL side.
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Set it up for your club in Moonee Valley
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 — Essendon District Football League 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.
Moonee Valley by suburb
130,501 people at the 2021 census. Suburb populations from the same census; a suburb marked * is shared with a neighbouring council.
Coaching a side in Moonee Valley?
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 Moonee Valley: questions
What footy clubs are in Moonee Valley?
Which Talent League club are Moonee Valley juniors zoned to?
Where can women and girls play footy in Moonee Valley?
Which league do Moonee Valley 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.
- Essendon District Football League — current clubs and grounds
- Victorian Amateur Football Association — current clubs and grounds
- Western Football Netball League — current clubs and grounds
- City of Moonee Valley — suburbs and 2021 census population
- Calder Cannons — about the club and zone
- Calder Cannons — club profile
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Turn up to round one already fit
Pick footy, tell it your Essendon Doutta Stars training nights — or wherever you play — and your first block and testing session are ready before you leave the car park.
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