The Redbacks Club, located in Wattletree Road (Eltham North) promotes Vets football and last year fielded 3 teams (The Reds, Blacks and Whites) in the Over 45s league (www.over45soccer.com.au)
The Reds team (pictured here), managed by Bob Messenger proudly celebrate winning the inaugural Vets league in 2011.
The number of men playing vets soccer has grown from half a dozen in 2004 to over 50 now in our area. We have players from 40 through to 65 so don’t hang up your boots yet!
Our club and league we play in gives all players of all ability and fitness the chance to continue playing the game they love in a safe and enjoyable league environment. This is because unruly or offensive behaviour is not tolerated by any club or referee and if anyone should break this code they would be thrown out of the club and the league instantly.
Eltham has its home fixtures on Saturday afternoon at 3pm (on grass or an artificial 93G pitch) depending on your preferred surface, and a home game at 5pm on a Sunday afternoon.
There is also a training night each week (time and day yet to be announced by the club)
If you cannot commit long term to playing all season we also offer casual or part time options as well.
Eltham is also proud to align itself with the Melbourne City Mission and plays fund raising games for the Eltham Aged Care Centre, and is always pleased to invite them down to watch a game, an exciting match and hot cup of tea gives them a great afternoon of entertainment!
In short joining the club is as much about boosting your social life as it is kicking a ball and many great friendships have been made at the club and needless to say many social functions happen between players so you really will get to make new friends quickly and so will your wives and partners as well!
To enquire about playing Veterans football at Eltham Redbacks please email Bob Messenger at veterans@elthamredbacksfc.org.au
We look forward to hearing from you!
Championship Winning Team 2011
Back Row L-R Darren Kaye, Nigel Dalton, Paul Rizio, Graham Attwood, Nick Redpath, Marco Celebi, Ian Crockett,
Front Row L-R Ray Crompton, Brendan Quinn, Steve Harrison, Bob Messenger, Brian Stockley, Tony Siolis
