We’re back! Football is coming home to grounds all over the Eastern Suburbs from Lyne Park to Chifley Sports Reserve and from Christison Park to L’Estrange Park. Starting this Friday night, over 9,000 players, coaches, team managers and volunteers will resume their love of the round ball game. ESFA President Nigel Singh is amongst those…

The Level C Return to Play Guidelines have been released. Please click here for further information. Your Clubs will guide you further and have been provided with relevant templates for teams. We are looking forward to returning to play responsibly and safely.

Following on from the NSW Government announcement this morning of return to community sport for adults from 1st July, 2020 ESFA are pleased to announce the Senior Competitions will commence from the weekend of 3rd/4th/5th July 2020. This is fantastic news for football. Senior Competitions will end on the weekend of 10th and 11th October,…

Randwick City Council Onside With football set to return and Clubs financially affected by COVID-19, ESFA General Manager, Bill Kostandas has been working closely with all Councils. Randwick City Council have been fundamental in ensuring football can be provided by ESFA and its member Clubs without further financial burden. “It is fantastic what Randwick City…

The NSW Government today announced the return to community sport for children (18 years and under) from 1st July 2020. This is great news for our MiniRoos and Junior competitions! Our MiniRoos and Juniors will commence their competitions from Saturday 4th July 2020. Details will be provided to Clubs and registrations will need to be…

ESFA players’ opinion has always been invaluable and none more so than at these trying and unprecedented times. ESFA in collaboration with Club Presidents have created a survey which we would appreciate our current active (registered in Play Football) players completing. The Survey is available by clicking here and should take under 2 minutes to…

Eastern Suburbs Football Association SAP League 2022 ESFA are pleased to announce the introduction of a new League for Under 10s through to U12s. Clubs will now be issued with an ESFA SAP Licence for the League, which is designed for talented and aspiring players of any gender. The Skills Acquisition Phase is for player…

Football Federation Australia has announced an extension of the suspension of grassroots football in Australia until 31st May 2020. Please click here for FFA Circular from James Johnson FFA CEO. Football NSW has also sadly and regretfully announced a stand down and restructure of staff, following on from FFA. To learn more, please read here….

Important FAQs regarding ESFA Football Season during Covid-19. Below is an email sent to all Club Presidents this afternoon from the ESFA President. This was subsequently forwarded to all Clubs from ESFA Communications along with an FAQ document. Dear Club President, I appreciate that many of you have received questions on what the suspension of…

With the fluidity of the current worldwide health advice in regards to COVID-19 (Coronavirus), further communications were provided to all Clubs.  It is important that we remain calm and understand that information will change and be updated on a continual basis. As such an updated message from the ESFA Board is available here.  We ask that…