Ian Dobson is a former Australia

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n football (soccer) player who has won the Victorian Premier League

Victorian Premier League

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 Coach of the Year Award twice. Currently Dobson is Director of Coaching at Green Gully Soccer Club.
Dobson first arrived in Australia in 1982 and played for the Croydon City Arrows in the State League before being snapped up by National League side Preston Makedonia.
Coincidentally Dobson's first coaching role came in 1989 with the Croydon City Arrows in a career which would span three decades to include a National Soccer League Championship with the Melbourne Knights, a National Soccer League Cup, also with the Melbourne Knights, two Victorian Premier League titles with Altona Magic (1995, 1997) and six Victorian Premier League titles with Green Gully.

Honours

As coach;

• National Soccer League (Australia) Champion 1995/96(Melbourne Knights)
• National Soccer League Cup (Australia) Champion 1996 (Melbourne Knights)
• Victorian Premier League (State League) Champion 1995, 1997 -(Altona Magic

1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2011 (Green Gully Cavaliers)

• Dockerty Cup
  Dockerty Cup
  The Dockerty Cup is a football competition held between clubs in Victoria, Australia. It is named after Harry Dockerty, a former president of the Victorian Soccer Federation. It has been in recess since 1996, except for the year 2004...
  
  Winners 2004 (Green Gully Cavaliers)
• Victorian Premier League Coach of the Year
• 1995 - Ian Dobson (Altona Magic)
• 1999 - Ian Dobson (Green Gully)