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Brighton Football Club (Tasmania)
The Brighton Football Club, nicknamed the Robins, is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the SFL Premier League in Tasmania, Australia. Origins The club began as Mangalore Football Club in 1885 and participated in various country and suburban leagues throughout southern Tasmania up until it was accepted to join the Southern Amateurs (TAFL Southern Division) in 1981. Mangalore continued to participate in the Southern Amateurs, winning the one premiership title (in 1985 when they also took out the State Amateur title) until the competition collapsed following the completion of the 1995 season whereby a replacement competition, the STFL (now known as the SFL) was formed and from the 1996 season they were one of eight founding clubs of the competition, continuing participation to the present day. In 1996 the club changed its name from Mangalore to Brighton Football Club but kept its same Robins nickname and red and blue playing colours. Note that in the 1940s a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Football League (Tasmania)
The Southern Football League (SFL) is an Australian rules football league based in the state of Tasmania, Australia, Tasmania. History Beginning and growth The Southern Tasmanian Football League (STFL) was founded in 1996. The league's original clubs were those of the recently defunct Tasmanian Amateur Football League (Southern Division) (Southern Amateurs) and two clubs from the Huon Football Association. In the first season, the competing clubs from the Tasmanian Amateur Football League (Southern Division) were Brighton, Lauderdale, Lindisfarne, Claremont, Sorell and Lachlan, and those from the Huon Football Association were Kingston (Kingborough) and Channel. Despite the lopsided results in many of the matches in its first two seasons, the STFL soon began to rival its long-established counterpart, the Tasmanian Football League, TFL Statewide League for attendances, community involvement, players, and money, as players and fans alike became tired of the politics and negat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Rules Football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the Football (ball)#Australian rules football, oval ball between the central goal posts (worth six points), or between a central and outer post (worth one point, otherwise known as a "behind"). During general play, players may position themselves anywhere on the field and use any part of their bodies to move the ball. The primary methods are kick (football), kicking, handball (Australian rules football), handballing and running with the ball. There are rules on how the ball can be handled; for example, players running with the ball must intermittently running bounce, bounce or touch it on the ground. Throwing the ball is not allowed, and players must not get caught holding the ball. A distinctiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmania
Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the List of islands by area#Islands, 26th-largest island in the world, and the List of islands of Tasmania, surrounding 1000 islands. It is Australia's smallest and least populous state, with 573,479 residents . The List of Australian capital cities, state capital and largest city is Hobart, with around 40% of the population living in the Greater Hobart area. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Tasmania is the most decentralised state in Australia, with the lowest proportion of its residents living within its capital city. Tasmania's main island was first inhabited by Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal peoples, who today generally identify as Palawa or Pakana. It is believed that Abori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hobart Football Club
Hobart Football Club (nicknamed The Tigers) is an Australian rules football club based in Hobart, Tasmania. The club play their home fixtures at the TCA Ground on the Queens Domain, in Hobart and is a member of the Southern Football League. History The Hobart Football Club was formed at a meeting at The Continental Ballroom in Hobart on 19 December 1944 and became a playing member of the Tasmanian Football League (TFL) in 1945 as a direct continuation of the former Cananore Football Club which participated in the TFL from 1908 to 1941. The club was a playing member of the TFL from 1945 to 1997 when it had its license cancelled by the TFL due its perilous financial position and ongoing poor onfield performances. Hobart's finest era was from 1947 to 1966 when they made the finals in all bar three years, earned five minor premierships and took out six TFL premiership titles in 1950, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1963 and 1966 and the 1959 State Premiership from ten grand final appeara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Rules Football Clubs In Tasmania
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1885 Establishments In Australia
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