KINGBOROUGH (Kingston/Longley)
Affiliated: STFA 1895; Channel Football Association 1908; Kingborough Football Association 1909-66; Huon Football Association 1967-95; SFL 1996-present
Formed: 1886 Absorbed Longley Football Club in 1967 Changed name to Kingborough at the end of the 2003 season
Club Address: Kingston Beach Oval, Recreation Street, Kingston Beach 7050, Tasmania
Home Ground: Kingston Beach Sports Ground ('the Pit')
Colours: Black and gold
Emblem: Tigers
Premierships: 1930, 1933, 1936, 1948, 1953, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1980, 1991, 1995, 1997 (14 total)
Horrie Gorringe Medallists: Nil
SthFL Top Goal Kickers: M.Darcy (94) 2006 (1 total)
Kingston's Official 'Best Team 1949 to 1999': Click here
Most Games: Ray Lorkin is reputed to have played in excess of 500 games
| Kingborough has a long, proud and distinguished history
which has yielded fourteen senior grade premierships in a variety of
competitions. Its most recent flag came in the SFL in 1997 when it
scored a 10.14 (74) to 8.1 (49) grand final defeat of Claremont. The
arrival in the SFL in recent years of five former TFL Statewide heavyweights made life difficult for Kingston
- which from 2004 became known as Kingborough - but the club has never previously
shirked a challenge and is unlikely to do so now.
In 2005 the Tigers qualified for the finals in 5th place with an 8-10 roster match record, but their season ended calamitously as Glenorchy overwhelmed them in the elimination final to the tune of 87 points. It was a similar story twelve months later, with Hobart on this occasion proving too strong on elimination final day, winning by 10 clear goals, 20.10 (130) to 10.10 (70). |
Kingston (dark jumpers) take on Hobart in a 2003 Southern Football League roster match. (Photo courtesy of Dan Garlick of OzVox Media - click to enlarge.) |
After these promising results, the Tigers' performances in 2007 were extremely disappointing as they managed just 1 win and a draw from their 18 roster matches to end up with the wooden spoon.
The SthFL was reconstituted as a single division competition in 2009.
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