Elphin FC

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Elphin
Full nameElphin
Soccer Club
Founded1910–
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LeagueDefunct
2006N/A

Elphin Soccer Club was an association football club based in Elphin, a suburb of Launceston, Tasmania. Elphin, along with Launceston United SC and Tamar FC, inaugurated the two-round league competition in what was then called the Northern Soccer Association in 1912. [1] They played in the Northern Premier league in the years before the Second World War.

Despite winning 6 northern titles within a period of 14 years, Elphin disappeared by the early 1930s.

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References

  1. "BRITISH ASSOCIATION". Examiner. 5 July 1912. Retrieved 7 February 2022.