Post-War Milestones In The TFL And SFL

POST-WAR MILESTONES IN THE TASMANIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE AND SOUTHERN FOOTBALL LEAGUE

by David Harding

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Some Post-War TFL Greats [Images are clickable]
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Des Graham	Neil Conlan	Roger Browning	Tony Martyn	David Collins
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1945 The Tasmanian Australian National Football League was re-organised as a district competition, and commenced with just 4 clubs: North Hobart , New Town, Sandy Bay, and Hobart. North Hobart won first premiership.

1946 Sandy Bay beat New Town and were crowned premiers.

1947 New Norfolk and Clarence made their debuts in the league, and North Hobart won the premiership, beating Sandy Bay.

1957 New Town and Glenorchy merged to become the Glenorchy District Football Club. In their first year as the Glenorchy Magpies they were minor premiers, but lost the grand final to North Hobart.

1958 The newly formed Glenorchy FC won its first premiership under the new name, beating Sandy Bay.

1959 New Norfolk played in its first grand final, but was beaten by Hobart.

1962 Clarence played in its first grand final against North Hobart and lost.

1968 New Norfolk won its first grand final, beating North Hobart.

1970 Clarence won its first grand final, beating New Norfolk.

1973 Clarence became known as the Eagles.

1974 New Norfolk, wearing red, white and black colours, were known as the Eagles. Clarence wore maroon and white and were known as the Kangaroos (more commonly abbreviated as Roos).

1986 The Tasmanian Australian National Football League changed its name to the Statewide Football League. Participating clubs were Clarence, East Launceston who would debut, and merge part way into season with City-South becoming South Launceston FC, Glenorchy, Hobart, New Norfolk, North Hobart, North Launceston who made their debut and Sandy Bay. Glenorchy won the flag, which was their last premiership until 1999.

1987 Burnie and Devonport would enter the league. Burnie would be known as the Hawks, and Devonport would become the Blues. Both teams had to change as there were teams in the league already using their original nicknames (Tigers for Burnie, and Magpies for Devonport). Glenorchy lost the grand final to arch rival North Hobart.

1988 Devonport won its first premiership in the league, beating Glenorchy, which reached its third grand final in a row, losing for the second time in succession.

1989 The reigning premiers Devonport failed to make the finals. North Hobart beat cross town rival Hobart in the grand final.

1990 Hobart beat North Launceston which was playing in its first grand final.

1991 North Launceston made the grand final again and faced North Hobart, but the result was the same as in 1990 as the Demons beat the Robins.

1992 North Hobart made it back to back flags after beating Hobart .

1993 Clarence won the flag and Launceston debuted as the Raiders.

1994 Clarence again dominated the league, winning a second successive premiership.

1995 North Launceston, playing under David Rhys-Jones, beat Clarence in the grand final.

1996 Clarence beat Burnie who were playing in their first grand final.

1997 Hobart, Launceston, South Launceston and Sandy Bay played their final seasons in the Statewide competition. North Hobart changed its name to the Hobart Demons.

1998 Sandy Bay, resurrected as the Southern Cats, debuted. New Norfolk changed its name to the Derwent Eagles. North Launceston won the flag, beating Clarence.

1999 The Southern Cats folded mid-way through the season. North Launceston changed its name to the Northern Bombers. The Derwent Eagles played their final season in the TFL. After being renamed the Derwent Hawks they entered the Southern Tasmanian Football League. The Magpies beat the Northern Bombers in the grand final. The Tasmanian Football League became the Tasmanian State Football League.

2000 The TSFL was renamed the Statewide Football League; this would be the final year of the Statewide competition. The grand final was moved from North Hobart for the first time ever, and was played at York Park, Launceston in front of a disappointing crowd. The Clarence Roos won the flag. After the Statewide FL disbanded at the end of the season Clarence, Glenorchy and North Hobart all moved to the Southern FL, while Burnie, Devonport, and Northern Bombers went into the Northern Tasmanian FL.

2001 Glenorchy and North Hobart were forced to change their colours. Glenorchy became the Storm, and North Hobart added a light blue demon. Clarence dropped their nickname of the Roos and were known just as Clarence.

2003 North Hobart adopted the blue and red Port Melbourne jumper. Glenorchy won the rights to become known as the Magpies again. Lauderdale joined the league as the Bombers, replacing Sorell which went into recess. North Hobart beat Hobart for the premiership.

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