GOSFORD
Current Affiliation: Black Diamond Australian Football League (BDAFL) since 2000
Club Address: P.O. Box 1685, Gosford, New South Wales 2250
Formed: 1971; merged with Narara-Wyoming in 1979; in recess 1996; reformed 1997
Colours: Black and yellow
Emblem: Tigers
Senior Premierships: Central Coast Australian Football League (CCAFL) - 1977, 1980, 1983-4 (4 total); BDAFL - nil
Elliott-Davey Medallists: Nil
Highest Score: 61.38 (404) vs. Wyong Lakes 1.4 (10) on 15th May 1983
Gosford Australian Football Club was established in 1971, and began competing in the Newcastle Australian Football League the following year. The side quickly proved its mettle by reaching a grand final in only its second season, and although it failed to win the achievement had the effect of stimulating interest in the code in the Gosford area. In 1976, Gosford was instrumental in setting up a new competition, the Central Coast Australian Football League, based in that area, and boasting 5 inaugural member clubs.
Gosford won its first senior premiership in 1977, and two years later bolstered its strength by amalgamating with Narara-Wyoming. Now playing as the Gosford-Wyoming Tigers, the club dominated the CCAFL during the early 1980s, winning further senior flags in 1980, 1983 and 1984. After that, however, there was a prolonged and quite worrying dip in fortunes, which culminated in the club being forced to disband owing to a lack of players in 1996. The following year, however, saw the Tigers re-emerge looking lean, hungry and purposeful, with both seniors and reserves eventually contesting their respective grand finals. The fact that neither side ended up claiming victory was disappointing, but in no real way diminished the achievement of the small band of volunteers who, in an extremely short space of time, had manufactured a vibrant and competitive organisation from virtually nothing.
In 2000 the CCAFL and NAFL were brought together to create a single controlling body for football in the region. Gosford has endured a mixed time in the new competition, even slumping to the indignity of a winless wooden spoon in 2004. In 2006, the Tigers fared rather better, managing 8 wins from 18 matches to finish in 5th place (out of 8) on the ladder. The following year they dropped one place after winning just 6 games before recovering slightly in 2008 when they managed 8 wins, albeit that this was still only good enough for a 6th place finish.
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