North Hobart | ||
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Names | ||
Full name | North Hobart Football Club | |
Nickname(s) | Demons | |
Club song | "It's A Grand Old Flag!" | |
2022 TSL season | ||
Home-and-away season | 6th | |
Leading goalkicker | Jack McCulloch (17) | |
Club details | ||
Founded | 1881 | |
Colours | Blue Red | |
Competition | Tasmanian Football League | |
President | Dave Kilpatrick | |
Coach | Adam Bester | |
Captain(s) | Callen Daly | |
Ground(s) | North Hobart Oval (capacity: 18,000) | |
Uniforms | ||
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Other information | ||
Official website | nhfc.net.au |
The North Hobart Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Tasmanian State League. The club returned to the state league in 2018 after its position was effectively filled by a new club, the Hobart City Football Club after the 2013 season. [1] The club (i.e. North Hobart) was part of the Tasmanian Football League from the early 1900s through to 2001, where the club joined Southern Football League. In 2009, the club was invited into the second reincarnation of the statewide league where it remained until 2013.
In 2014, the North Hobart Football Club Inc. changed from an incorporated body to a company limited with 100% ownership of the Hobart City Football Club, with the Hobart City Demons now the trading name of North Hobart Football Club Ltd. [2]
On October 9, 2017 the paying members of the Hobart City Demons voted 371-118 in favour of returning the playing name of the club to the North Hobart identity for season 2018 and beyond. [3]
Players to reach Australian Football League level include Paul Williams, Peter 'Percy' Jones, Daryn Cresswell, Chris Bond, James Manson, Jim Wright, Tony Pickett, Colin Garland and several other big names. In total 54 North Hobart players have moved on to play at VFL/AFL level.
In 2005, North Hobart was the first club inducted into the AFL Tasmania Hall of Fame as a Great Club. [4]
Tasmanian State Premierships (12): 1914, 1920, 1923, 1929, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1961, 1962, 1969
George Watt Medallists
V. A. Geard Medallists
D. R. Plaister Medallists
TFL Leading Goalkicker Award
Southern Football League Leading Goalkicker
Most Senior games [5]
Most overall games
Most Goals:
Club Record Attendance
Club Record Score
In 1967 TANFL Season North Hobart went on to win the premiership after winning just once in their first eight games of the season. The team won nine of their last 11 games to finish fourth on the ladder, before going on to beat New Norfolk by 5 points in the Semi-Final, followed by a 9 point victory over an inaccurate Clarence team in the preliminary final. The team then went on the beat Glenorchy by 14 points in front of 17,523 in the TANFL Grand Final.
1967 TANFL Grand Final
Glenorchy 2.5 2.12 3.13 8.16 (64)
North Hobart 3.3 6.5 9.8 11.12 (78)
Result: North Hobart won by 14 points [6]
After winning the TANFL Premiership, the club qualified to compete against NWFU Premiers Wynyard in the 1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final at West Park Oval in Burnie. The match turned out to be one of the most controversial is Tasmanian football history.
1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final
Wynard 1.1 9.7 10.9 13.14 (92)
North Hobart 3.8 5.11 11.17 12.19 (91)
Result: No Result
One of the most controversial games in Australian rules football history, the match was declared no result and the premiership was withheld after fans invaded the field and eventually took down the goal posts, preventing North Hobart full-forward David Collins from taking a kick after the siren which would likely have won or tied the game for North Hobart.
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