About Us

Contact Details

Sponsorship, and Administrative Enquiries

Please contact our club President, Dave Grill, on 0401 691 769.

Training

When: Every Tuesday and Thursday night from 6:30pm.
Where: Birchgrove Oval, Grove St Birchgrove.

Junior & Women's Soccer

Our club does not have any junior or women's teams.
If you are interested in joining a junior or women's team in the Balmain area, please see Balmain and District Soccer Club.

Non State League Mens Soccer

There are several clubs in the Balmain area that cater for all levels of ability and most of them have websites!

• Balmain Rovers
• Balmain and District SC
• Balmain Wanderers
• Melchester Rovers

Everything else

Email us but before you do, please make sure you have read above and noticed that we do not have any junior or women's teams. Thanks.

Club History

1987: Roy Lawrence forms an English player based five-a-side team to play in the district indoor competition.

1988: Entered into the Canterbury District Premier League as Balmain Tigers Soccer Club. First grade finishing as runners up and grand finalists.

1989: Entered into the NSW Soccer Federation Division Seven. First grade again finishing as league and grand final runners up. Promoted to Division Six NSWSF.

1990: Reached semi finals in division Six, promoted to division five NSWSF, as well as Grand Final Winners and undefeated champions of the district five-a-side indoor competition.

1991: Division five first grade league champions and grand finalists. Promoted to division four NSWSF.

1992: Moved to Lambert Park, Leichhardt.

1994: Grand final champions of division four reserve grade.

1995: Roy Lawrence retires as coach, secretary, manager and general dogs body on a high note as reserve grade win second consecutive Grand final.

1996: Moved back to home district of Balmain at Birchgrove Oval and new coach Bruce Allen.

1997: Roy Lawrence comes out of retirement to take on coaching.

1998: 10th Anniversary year. Two new coaches appointed Tony Dunn formerly of Concord and Jimmy Campbell an ex player from the Tigers early days.

1999: New committee formed to take Balmain into the new Millennium. Coach Campbell retained and proves his worth by taking the Tigers into Division Three with the Minor Premiership and Grand Finals wins.

2000: Coached by Campbell again, Both grades make finals series. Club promoted to Division two.

2001: Coach Jimmy Campbell takes the senior grade to 2nd place in league and a grand final win to gain promotion to Division 1.

2002: Jimmy Campbell moves on and lack of funds sees ther Tigers forgo their Division 1 spot and re-enter the league in the 4th division as Birchgrove United. Roy Lawrence comes out of retirement to take on coaching.

2003: Division 4 is dissolved and the Tigers reclaim the Balmain name. New coach Arthur Stamatis guides the Tigers to a mid-table finish in Division 3.

2004: Jimmy Campbell returns to the head coaching role in Division 3. First grade wins the league and earns promotion, and goes agonsingly close to taking out the double, going down on penalties in the grand final. Reserve grade take out the league and cup double, only being defeated once all season.

2005: Balmain appoints a new coach, Luke Andrews, to take over in Division 2 from Campbell whose success sees him snapped up by Sydney Uni in the Super League. A decent year from first grade sees them finish fourth and go out on penalties in the first week of the finals series. The newly formed U21 and U19 squads finish in the bottom half of their leagues.