The PINT Football Club (sometimes referred to as PINTS), nicknamed the Greenants, is an
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 ...
club based in the
Darwin suburb of
Marrara. The club was formed by people associated with the
Postal Institute of the Northern Territory (PINT).
As of 2024, the club competes in the
Northern Territory Football League
The Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) is an Australian rules football competition, operating in Greater Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin and the Northern Territory, formerly run by the Northern Territory Football League Incorporated a ...
(NTFL), with men's and women's teams participating in Premier League, Division 1 and Division 2.
History
PINT was formed ahead of the
1981–82 NTFL season, entering the NTFL's C Grade (also known as the Carlton United Sunday Competition), which was a lower-level competition for players who were not able to play a game in the NTFL's top division.
In 1982, C Grade became its own competition with the formation of the
Northern Territory Football Association (NTFA) − which was renamed in 2000 to the
Top End Australian Football Association
The Top End Australian Football Association (TEAFA) was an amateur Australian rules football competition in the Northern Territory, Australia.
More recently in 2010/11, the TEAFA merged with the NTFL creating a three tiered competition with team ...
(TEAFA) − and PINT became an inaugural NTFA club.
In its early years, the club was known as the PINT Panthers, and some media reports simply dubbed the club "the Panthers".
The club officially changed its nickname to the "Greenants" in 1997.
The TEAFA merged with the NTFL in early 2010, and PINT entered the newly formed NTFL Division 1 for the
2010–11 season. PINT formed a women's team (nicknamed the Queenants) for the
2015–16 Division 1 season, before entering the newly formed Women's Premier League (WPL) for the
2016–17 NTFL season.
The club won its first Premier League premiership in
2021
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.
In December 2021, PINT's committee officially stated its aim to enter the Men's Premier League (MPL) for the
2022–23 NTFL season. This goal was achieved on 27 April 2022, when
AFL Northern Territory announced that PINT would be admitted into the MPL.
Shannon Motlop was appointed as senior coach, but despite the club reaching the finals series in its first MPL season, Motlop was dismissed as coach after only one year.
References
External links
Official website
{{Northern Territory Football League Clubs
Australian rules football clubs in the Northern Territory
1981 establishments in Australia
Australian rules football clubs established in 1981
Works sports clubs and teams
Postal system of Australia
Postal organizations