Moorabbin City Soccer Club History

Once again Tony Morgan and Laurie Spence organised a great weekend away at Yarrawonga-Mulwala for the Moorabbin City golf trip/reunion. Unfortunately Peter Crawford was a late withdrawl but the turnout was good, with the return of Steve Gregory being a highlight. The weather was brilliant on Saturday and Sunday for the two rounds of golf. Around this were taking in some Bledisloe Cup rugby, the Australia Cup Final, Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur on the laptop, wishing Steve Martin a happy birthday, and the odd drink here or there. Back: Richard Robinson, Mick O'Neill, Danny Morgan, Derek, Steve Thomas, John Forbes, Mark Hynes, Glenn O'Rourke, John Laverty, Brian Morris Front: John Pearce, John Bris, Tony Morgan, Steve Gregory, Laurie Spence, Steve Martin Johnnie Bris, first tee, Sunday John Laverty, first tee, Sunday Richard Robinson, first tee, Sunday Mark Hynes following his shot, Steve Thomas in the cart 'Straya mate! Steve Gregory, Steve Martin, Glenn O'Rourke, Jo...

Last week I visited former player/committeeman/President Ian Rigg, after he had recently met up with Tony Morgan. Ian has kindly supplied me with some materials to add to the archives on this website.   They include a missing Matchday from 1983 v Geelong. I've also added an issue of Bulletin Board from 1977 (No.2) to the Library page. Added to the team photo galleries are:   The following team photos need a bit more identification for labeling: Seniors 1978 (has 1978 written on it but we already have 1978 team photos in a different kit so it may be 1979) Guesses so far, please get in touch if you have answers: Back: Peter Fairbanks?, Mark Watling, Keith Watling, Steve Thomas, Tony Wynton, ???, ??? Front: Donovan De Cerff?, John Bris, Colman Kelly, Steve Gregory, Claude Senese, John Tsagadouris Reserves June 1978, according to note in pencil on the back of the card containing the photo. Back: ???, ???, John Hamill?, ???, Ross Bauer, Ron Sharp, Paul Mara? Front: Tony Morgan, Sam...

Thanks to Dave O'Gara lending me a box of Matchday programmes, other papers and some photos, significant updates have recently been made to the blog. For a start, the following issues of Matchday have now been added to the Seasons pages: 1980  August 16 v Keysborough 1982  April 10 v Sandringham City     April 24 v South Oakleigh     June 5 v Essendon City     June 19 v Hamlyn Rangers 1983  April 30 v Moooroolbark     July 23 v Ferntree Gully 1988 April 2 v Moreland Park Rangers     May 28 v Clarinda     September 3 v Hamlyn Rangers 1989 April 29 v Yallourn     July 22 v Bell Park     August 26 v Lalor United 1990 June 9 v Clayton 1991  April 6 v Springvale United     August 24 v Clarinda 1992  April 25 v Clarinda     July 18 v Seaford United     September 5 v Dandenong     September ...

Trevor Bishop, a great player and truly the nicest bloke you could hope to meet, passed away late last year after enduring the terrible motor neurone disease (MND) for a number of years. He will be remembered for his blistering shooting strength, and his booming laugh. He played in every senior team at Moorabbin City, from the firsts to the reserves and thirds and even the fourths. He was denied the 1982 Metropolitan League Division Four Best and Fairest award on countback after tying with North Geelong's Drago Krajina in the days when the V.S.F. wouldn't issue multiple medals as they do now.  Living opposite Bailey Reserve, he was often helping out around the club in ways other than scoring goals on the park.  A true gentleman with a cheerful disposition that made everyone enjoy being in his company. It is a blessing to have known him. Click on images to enlarge. Click on video to play

Following last week's Golf Trip/Reunion I've been able to make substantial updates to the site. Several Matchday Programmes have been added to the appropriate seniors Seasons pages. They are: 1987  May 30 v Clarinda August 22 v Port Melbourne 1988 April 30 v Seaford United August 20 v Hawthorn Citizens 1989 April 15 v Chelsea May 20 v Hawthorn Citizens August 5 v Springvale United August 12 v Clarinda Also the 1989 Presentation Night Matchday has been added to the Library . Many new photos have been added to the various galleries: Seniors - 1977 & 1996 Reserves - 1977 & 1997 There are additions to the Miscelleneous Mystery galleries for the 1990's whilst similar galleries have now been added for the 1970's and 1980's . The glaring hole in the banner image has been filled with the arrival of the original The Dominoes club emblem. Three senior team line-ups and three reserve team line-ups for 1975 have been added to the respective Seasons pages. On the m...

The piles of photos given to me be Thommo at the 2023 Golf Trip have finally been scanned and added to the galleries on the blog . The senior team photo section has had pics from 1952, 1975, 1978 & 1992 added. The reserves photo gallery has seen 1976, 1984 and 1996 added. The thirds photo gallery has been updated with pics for 1991 and 1997. A massive gallery has been added with pictures from a gathering at the club's regular pub, the McKinnon Hotel, in the 1960's. It can be viewed here . Another new gallery are some shots from the junior game between Moorabbin City and Croatia in March 1972, played at Cheltenham High School. It can be viewed here . Also now available are pictures from a game at Monbulk between the local juniors and a Moorabbin team. It is available here . There is also now a Junior Teams gallery which I still have photos to add to. It can be found here . A golf day in the 1960's also has it's own gallery of photos, which can be found here . Finally...