North Launceston Football Club

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North Launceston
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Names
Full nameNorth Launceston Football Club
Former name(s)Railway Football Club
Nickname(s)Bombers
Club song"See the Bombers fly up"
2023 season
After finals2nd
Home-and-away season2nd
Leading goalkickerBradley Cox-Goodyer (58)
Club details
Founded1893;130 years ago (1893)
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Competition Tasmanian State League
PresidentThane Brady
CoachBradley Cox-Goodyer
Captain(s)Brad Cox-Goodyer
Premierships TSL (7)
  • 1995
  • 1998
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
Tasmanian State Premiership (3)
  • 1947
  • 1949
  • 1950
Ground(s) York Park, Launceston (capacity: 21,000)
Uniforms
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Home
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The North Launceston Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club based in Launceston, Tasmania. Australia. Since 2009 they have played in the newly formed Tasmanian State League.

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History

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A North Launceston team of 1923.

The club started as "Railway Football Club" in 1893 and were known as "Essendon" in the 1898 season. It fielded a team in the NTFA Junior Competition for three years, and began playing in the senior competition in 1896. [1]

Its first season under the North Launceston name was in 1899 when it played in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association.

The club has remained in the top tier of state competition ever since, playing in the Tasmanian Football League and Northern Tasmanian Football League upon the competition restructures in the state. The club won the Tasmanian State Premiership in 1905 and 1906 (both unofficial), 1947, 1949, 1950, 1995 and 1998.

The club accepted an invitation to join the new Tasmanian State League that commenced in 2009. Since 2014, the club has been a dominant force in the league, reaching every Grand Final between 2014 and 2021 for five premierships: 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019. [1]

Honours

Notes
  1. As "Northern Bombers FC"

Senior coaches

[2]

CoachYearsCompetitionPremierships
Bill Adams 1930NTFA
Alan Scott 1931–1932NTFA1931
H. Cunningham1933–1935NTFA
P. W. Snowball1936NTFA
Gordon Strang 1937NTFA
F. Barnes1938NTFA
Cecil Pettiona 1939–1940NTFA
Joe Sankey1941NTFA
Gavin Luttrell1945–1951NTFA1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950
Doug Williams 1952NTFA
John Leedham 1953NTFA
Jack Hawksley1954NTFA
Raynor Summers1955NTFA
Jim Ross 1955–1957NTFA
Raynor Summers1958NTFA
Jack Hawksley1959NTFA
Bob Withers 1960–1967NTFA1961, 1963
Trevor Somerville 1968NTFA
Kevin McLean 1969–1971NTFA
Tony Haenen 1972–1974NTFA
Peter Daniel 1975–1982NTFA1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
Tony Young1983–1987NTFA, TFL Statewide1983
Steve Goulding 1988–1992TFL Statewide
David Rhys-Jones 1993–1995TFL Statewide1995
Wes Lewis1996–1997TFL Statewide
Matthew Armstrong 1998TFL Statewide1998
Rod Hill1999TSFL
Garry McIntosh 2000–2001SWL, NTFL
Rod Keogh 2002–2006NTFL
Shane Wager2007NTFL
Chris Whitford2008–2009NTFL, TSL
Paul Atkins 2010TSL
Jeff Dunne 2011TSL
Zane Littlejohn2012–2016TSL2014, 2015
Tom Couch 2017TSL2017
Taylor Whitford2018-2020TSL2018, 2019
Brad Cox-Goodyer2021-TSL

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References

  1. 1 2 "Northern Bombers – History" . Retrieved 14 June 2008.
  2. "Honour Boards". North Launceston Football Club.