Doutta Stars began playing football at Buckley Park in West Essendon in 1946 and consisted mainly of returned soldiers looking for sporting opportunities.

The team developed a sense of tradition that has formulated its successes on, and continues to play at this ground today.

Buckley Park is also the home for the cricket team since 1967 and the bowling and tennis clubs.

In 2014, the Stars were relegated to Division 1, which saw the recruitment of Former Essendon great Dean Wallis to coach the club.

Touted as the 2015 Division 1 experiment, Wallis will hopefully instill belief in the group, led by loyal clubman Jake Brown, to return the Stars to top flight football in 2016.