Eastern Lions SC

Eastern Lions Soccer Club is an Australian football club based in Burwood, Victoria, currently playing in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2. Its home ground is the Gardiners Reserve. Club history Eastern Lions Soccer Club was founded in 1963 by a group of British expats under the name Waverley City Soccer Club. Norm Foster places adverts in the local paper, the Waverley Gazette, seeking players to form a soccer club. Waverley City began life in the Industrial League playing at the ground located at the corner of Power Street and High Street Road, Ashwood, prior to moving to the Sixth Avenue Ground. 1964: The club is elected to the 4th Division of the Metropolitan League and wins the League in the first season. 1965 & 1966: Competed in 3rd division