Some Friday nights at the football promise fireworks. Others promise a slow burn that never quite catches. This was the latter kind. A cold evening at Keilor Park Recreation Reserve, and a game that drifted along until one moment of transition decided it. Our four-game winning run ends here, and there is no point dressing […]
This preview is proudly brought to you by Nicholas James Lawyers. The last time Essendon Royals turned up to Keilor Park Recreation Reserve, they left with five goals and a finish line in sight. Saturday afternoon, 13 August 2022, second-last round of State League 1, a 5-0 result on the way to the promotion that […]
This preview is proudly brought to you by Nicholas James Lawyers. “Three wins from three” is the sort of sentence that changes the way a team walks into training. Essendon Royals have spent the back half of April building something genuine out of a difficult start, and Friday night at Cross Keys Reserve is the […]
Back-to-back wins have a way of changing the mathematics. Two weeks ago the Royals were looking up at the top four from a long way back; now they head into Round 10 with momentum, a sharpened attack, and a fixture that is very much there to be won. Essendon Royals travel to HC Kim Reserve […]
A huge thanks to Nicholas James Lawyers for presenting this weekend’s men’s fixture. Last week marked the 60th Anniversary of the infamous UFO sighting over The Grange Reserve in 1966. The Royals men head to the very same spot this Friday to take on Kingston City, and if the past fortnight is anything to go […]
Our Men’s Match Previews are proudly sponsored by Nicholas James Lawyers. Cross Keys Reserve. Friday night. Under lights. Say it again if you need to. After three home matches at Nasiol Stadium to start the season, the Royals men are finally back where they belong. The temporary stint across town served its purpose, but Cross […]
Our Men’s Match Previews are presented by Nicholas James Lawyers. Two wins from five. Level goal difference. Ninth on the table but separated from fourth by a single point. That is the shape of VPL Men 2 after five rounds, and Essendon Royals sit right in the thick of it. Last Saturday’s 3-1 win at […]
Our Men’s Match Reports are presented by Nicholas James Lawyers. Nicholas James Lawyers Men’s Match Report: Adeyemi Brace Lifts Royals in Must-Win at Werribee Werribee City 1-3 Essendon Royals. Round 5. The match the preview called a six-pointer, and the Royals treated it like one. For the first time this season, the Royals started the […]
Our 2026 Men’s Match Previews are brought to you by Nicholas James Lawyers. There is a version of football that does not care about aesthetics or ambition. It cares about points. Cold, hard, necessary points. Saturday at Costas Mitre 10 Park is one of those days. Essendon Royals sit 13th. Three points from four rounds. […]
Our 2026 Men’s Match Reports are powered by Nicholas James Lawyers. There is a line in football, somewhere between admirable and infuriating, where effort and result refuse to meet. Friday night at Nasiol Stadium sat right on it. Essendon Royals lost 1-2 to league leaders Malvern City, finishing with ten men and a second half […]
