Essendon Royals FC are an Australian football (soccer) club from Essendon, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

G'day Schonberg, Thanks for your question. The best known team in Australia called Essendon is the Essendon AFL team. It is one of the most popular sporting teams in the country with up to 100,000 attending some games. http://www.essendonfc.com.au/main.asp I had never heard of an Essendon soccer club until I saw this question. The team that Ed referred to is a suburban club. Regards

Australia. 1) "Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club and is part of the Australian Football League. Formed in 1871 as a junior club and as a senior club in 1873, it is headquartered at the Essendon Recreation Reserve, Windy Hill in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon, but match day home games are at Docklands Stadium. They share the most premierships of any VFL/AFL club. They have won 16 premierships, along with Carlton." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club However, Australian rules football is not soccer. 2) "Bulleen Royals FC are an Australian football (soccer) club from Bulleen, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia." "The club was established in 1959 by the local Italian community as Unione Sportiva Triestina, Sporting Union Triestina, or Triestina, and competed in the provisional Victorian leagues in the early 1960s." " In 1994, the club amalgamated with East Brunswick-Ivanhoe SC and became Essendon-Brunswick Royals SC. Concentrating on developing their youth, the club eventually gained promotion to the Victorian Premier League in 2000. Experiencing another drop to the First Division, the Essendon Royals FC gained promotion to the Victorian Premier League again in 2002." "Following the clubs long term use of the Veneto Club as their home ground, 2008 saw the State League 1 club change their name to Bulleen Royals, to suit their home ground location." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essendon_Royals This is a soccer team, but Essendon Royals in its former name. 3) "Essendon United Football Club (EUFC) are an Australian football (soccer) team based in Essendon, Melbourne, Australia. The club competes in the Victorian Provisional League 3 North West, and are currently fighting for promotion into 2nd division." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Essendon_United