Footy clubs and training in Darebin
Darebin has 13 footy clubs, in Reservoir, Preston and Bundoora and more. Find yours below, then build the fitness that holds your place in it.
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13 footy clubs have a home ground in Darebin (population 161,609 at the 2021 census), across 9 suburbs. Most play in the Northern Football Netball League (6 clubs), with others in the Yarra Junior Football League (5) and the Victorian Amateur Football Association (4).
Juniors who live in Darebin are in the Northern Knights’ region — Whittlesea, Nillumbik, Darebin and Banyule — and the Knights are based at Preston.
Footy clubs in Darebin
Every club with a home ground in Darebin, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Parkside | Pitcher Park, Alphington | VAFA Division 1 · women’s Division 2 YJFL juniors |
| La Trobe University | Tony Sheehan Oval, Bundoora † | VAFA Division 3 · women’s Division 2 |
| Coburg | Barry Plant Park, Coburg † | VAFA women’s Premier B |
| Fitzroy | Cox and Olney Ovals, Fairfield; Alfred Crescent and W.T. Peterson Ovals, Fitzroy North; Ramsden Street Reserve, Clifton Hill; Victoria Park, Abbotsford † | YJFL juniors |
| Macleod | Macleod Reserve, Macleod; Greensborough College, Greensborough; De Winton Reserve, Rosanna † | YJFL juniors |
| Northcote | McDonnell Park, Northcote | YJFL juniors |
| Northcote Park | Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote | NFNL Division 2 |
| Darebin | A.H. Capp Reserve, Preston | NFNL women’s Division 2, Division 3 · juniors |
| Preston Bullants | WR Ruthven VC Reserve, Preston | VAFA Division 1 · women’s Division 4 YJFL juniors |
| West Preston Lakeside | J E Moore Park, Preston; J E Moore Park, Reservoir | NFNL Division 1 · women’s Division 2 · juniors |
| Keon Park Stars | J C Donath Reserve, Reservoir | NFNL juniors |
| Reservoir | Crispe Park, Reservoir | NFNL Division 3 · women’s Division 2 |
| Fitzroy Stars | Sir Douglas Nicholls Oval, Thornbury | NFNL Division 2 · women’s Division 2 |
† 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 Darebin are in the Northern Knights’ region — Whittlesea, Nillumbik, Darebin and Banyule — and the Knights are based at Preston.
Set it up for your club in Darebin
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 — Northern Football Netball 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.
Darebin by suburb
161,609 people at the 2021 census. Suburb populations from the same census; a suburb marked * is shared with a neighbouring council.
Coaching a side in Darebin?
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 Darebin: questions
What footy clubs are in Darebin?
Which Talent League club are Darebin juniors zoned to?
Where can women and girls play footy in Darebin?
Which league do Darebin 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.
- Northern Football Netball League — current clubs and grounds
- Yarra Junior Football League — current clubs and grounds
- Victorian Amateur Football Association — current clubs and grounds
- City of Darebin — suburbs and 2021 census population
- Northern Knights — region
- NFNL — representation in Knights squads
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Turn up to round one already fit
Pick footy, tell it your Reservoir 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.