- Established: 1918
 - Joined the VAFA: 1933
 - Senior Premierships: 7
 - Reserve Premierships: 9
 - Under 19 Premierships: 7
 - Junior Premierships (U11-17): 28
 - Junior Lightning Premierships (U9-U10): 10
 - Senior Teams affiliated: VAFA (2009 - B Section)
 - Junior Teams affiliated: MSJFL
 - Total teams in 2008: 18 (3 Snr + 15 Jnr)
 - Auskick participants: 178

The Hampton Rovers Amateur Football Club boasts a proud history spanning almost 80 years. The club has grown to become one of the largest Australian Rules Football Club's in Australia with around 500 registered players. At senior level, the club has won seven premierships in the Victorian Amateur Football Association including the A Section Premiership in 1951. The Rovers were the first club to win a premiership in every VAFA section.
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Hampton Rovers AFC have some of the best facilities in the VAFA. Boss James Reserve underwent a major redevelopment prior to the 2002 season, this included tripling the size of the social rooms, a new gym connected to the home rooms, new male and female toilets, and improved away rooms. Other facilities at the Rovers include a fully licensed bar, canteen, large home rooms, and more. The Boss James Reserve itself is a large ground with a grass embankment surrounding it. 4 light towers suitable for training and junior matches. There are also 2 sealed car parks while you can also park on the hill around the ground.

 
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Senior home games at Boss James Reserve are a great experience with the Rovers playing in front of some of the biggest crowds in the VAFA. The action commences off at 11:40am with the Reserves. The famous Hampton Rovers Luncheon commences shortly after in the large social rooms which overlook the ground. Enjoy a great feed and drinks from the Bar while listening to a guest speaker. By the time the main game kicks off at 2pm, cars surround the embankment while a large crowd settles in front of the social rooms to cheer on the mighty Rovers. After the game, the social rooms are filled to capacity with the Bar serving your favourite beer, wine & spirits including Carlton Draught on tap. Match awards shortly follow and the Bar remains open until late. Make sure you get down to Boss James Reserve for all the action!

Oh we do like to be beside the seaside,
Oh we do like to be beside the sea,
Down at Hampton there's a football team,
The boys all wear the Gold and the Green,
So lets give a cheer for Hampton Rovers,
For this years Premiers we will be,
Though it's not quite in the bag,
We've got our eyes upon the flag,
Beside the seaside, beside the sea.

»LUDSTONE STREET RESERVE  [VIEW MAP]
Ludstone Street
HAMPTON, VIC 3188 (Melways Ref: 76 J5)
Teams: U9 - U13
Facilities include:
 - Home and away rooms
 - Training lights
 - Canteen
 - Toilets
 - Car park

The Hampton Rovers are a true community club. As well as getting involved in the local community, the club also supports a number of charities. In 2007 and again in 2008, the Rovers held functions supporting beyondblue and the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation. Each year, the club also supports The Salvation Army with junior players collecting donations.

1995: Rovers Alive in '95
1996: Rovers Blitz in '96
1997: Rovers are Revin' in '97
1998: Rovers Top Rate in '98
1999: Rovers On line in '99
2000: All The Way in Y2K
2001: Rovers are the one in 2001
2002: Rovers and you in 2002
2003: Rovers - A must see in 2003
2004: Foot to the Floor in 2004
2005: Rovers to Rise in 2005
2006: Get a Rovers Fix in 2006

Hampton Rovers were the first VAFA, and one of the first non-AFL clubs, to have a club website. The site began in 1998. The site has been improved each year and continues to set the benchmark. In 2000 it received the most visitors to an non-AFL club website. Since then traffic is increased at a mammoth rate. In 2007, the site was visited 228,788 times and 964,398 pages were viewed. Click here to learn more about the Rovers website.

The Rovers host the popular Auskick program where 7 & 8 year-olds can learn the basics of Australian Rules Football. In 2008 there are 160 participants. Playing at the Rovers means kids can go on to Under 9's and develop their skills through the junior ranks and right through to playing senior football.

The club has had numerous AFL/VFL players over the year. St Kilda champion Ross Smith is arguably Hampton Rovers most well known player, winning the Brownlow medal in 1967 as well as captaining the club and Victoria. [Click Here]

The Hampton Rovers have adopted a 'one-club' set-up whereby the Seniors & Juniors are in fact a single club. There are two committees: Senior Committee who are responsible for the senior side of the club and a Junior Committee who are responsible for the junior side (U9-U17). Above the two committees is a Board of Management who deal with top-level issues and ensure both committees work together.