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The 1976 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over seventeen (17) roster rounds and four (4) finals series matches between 3 April and 11 September 1976.

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Hobart City in Tasmania, Australia

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1976 TANFL Premiership Season
General Information
Founded 12 June 1879 in Hobart, Tasmania
Previous Names TFA (1879–1886)
STFA (1887–1896)
STFL (1897)
STFA (1898–1905)
TFL (1906–1927)
TANFL President Mr R.T Butler
Participating Clubs Clarence Kangaroos
Glenorchy Magpies
Hobart Tigers
New Norfolk Eagles
North Hobart Demons
Sandy Bay Seagulls
Stadiums North Hobart Oval
Bellerive Oval
KGV Football Park
TCA Ground
Boyer Oval
Queenborough Oval
1976 TANFL Premiership Season.
Premiers Sandy Bay 21.10 (136) v Glenorchy 5.9 (39)
Minor Premier Sandy Bay (6th)
Wooden Spoon Nth Hobart
Grand Final attendance 10,881 at North Hobart Oval
Total Roster Series attendance 96,865 for 51 matches at 1,899
Total Finals Series attendance 31,368 for 4 matches at 7,842
Total aggregate attendance 128,233 for 55 matches at 2,331

Participating Clubs

Clarence Football Club

The Clarence Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Tasmanian State League, based in Bellerive, Tasmania.

Glenorchy Football Club

The Glenorchy District Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Tasmanian State League and the Southern Football League in Tasmania, Australia.

Hobart Football Club

Hobart Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Hobart, Tasmania. They play their home fixtures at the TCA Ground on the Queens Domain, in Hobart and from 2014, the club has been a member of the Southern Football League after voting to withdraw from the Tasmanian State League at the end of the 2013 season after five seasons in that competition.

1976 TANFL Club Coaches

Peter John HudsonAM is a former Australian rules football player, considered one of the greatest full-forwards in the game's history.

David George Harris is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Paul Sproule is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Essendon Football Club in the VFL from 1968 to 1971 and then for the Richmond Football Club from 1972 to 1975. He was senior coach of Richmond in 1985.

TANFL Reserves Grand Final

North Hobart Oval

North Hobart Oval is a sports venue in North Hobart, Tasmania, used for Australian rules football.

TANFL Under-19's Grand Final

State Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 18 September 1976)

Ulverstone Football Club

The Ulverstone Football Club, nicknamed the Robins, is an Australian rules football club based in Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia. The club fields three teams in the North West Football League and also fields two junior teams in the AFL Tasmania North West Competition.

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Devonport Oval

Devonport Oval is an Australian rules football, cricket and athletics stadium in Devonport, Tasmania. It is the home stadium for the Devonport Football Club in the Tasmanian State League (TSL) and for the Devonport Cricket Club in the NWTCA competition. The oval also hosts the Devonport Athletics & Cycling Carnival each year and regularly attracts interstate competitors. The stadium has a capacity of 13,000 people and has recently undergone upgrades for increased lighting to be used for night football matches in the TSL in 2009. There has been recent talk of selling the Devonport Oval, along with the East Devonport Oval and two other local recreation facilities, to fund a new sporting precinct in Devonport.

State Grand Final

(Saturday, 25 September 1976)

Interstate Matches

Interstate Match (Saturday, 12 June 1976)

Interstate Match (Sunday, 11 July 1976)

Intrastate Matches

Jubilee Shield – (Saturday, 15 May 1976)

Jubilee Shield – (Saturday, 29 May 1976)

Inter-Association Match – (Sunday, 16 May 1976)

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL

Medal Winners

1976 TANFL Ladder

TeamPlayedWonLostDrawForAgainstPercentagePoints
Sandy Bay 17152018751270149.21%60
Glenorchy 17116018471449127.47%44
Clarence 179801607162998.65%36
Hobart 1789017891699105.36%32
New Norfolk 1761101480176783.76%24
North Hobart 1721501186197060.20%8

Round 1

(Saturday, 3 April 1976)

Round 2

(Saturday, 10 April 1976)

Round 3

(Saturday, 17 April & Monday, 19 April 1976)

Round 4

(Saturday, 24 April 1976)

Round 5

(Saturday, 1 May 1976)

Round 6

(Saturday, 8 May 1976)

Round 7

(Saturday, 22 May 1976)

Round 8

(Saturday, 29 May 1976)

Round 9

(Saturday, 5 June 1976)

Round 10

(Monday, 14 June 1976)

Round 11

(Saturday, 19 June 1976)

Round 12

(Saturday, 26 June & Saturday, 3 July 1976)

Round 13

(Saturday, 10 July 1976)

Round 14

(Saturday, 17 July 1976)

Round 15

(Saturday, 24 July 1976)

Round 16

(Saturday, 31 July 1976)

Round 17

(Saturday, 14 August 1976)

Note: This round was postponed by one week on 7 August due to poor weather and ground conditions.

First Semi Final

(Saturday, 21 August 1976)

Second Semi Final

(Saturday, 28 August 1976)

Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 4 September 1976)

Grand Final

(Saturday, 11 September 1976)

Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury and Saturday Evening Mercury (SEM) publications.

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