Railways Football Club

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Railways Football Club
Names
Full nameRailways Football and Sporting Club
Former name(s)Railways Football and Tigers Sporting Club, East Albany and Albany Railways
Nickname(s)Tigers
Former nickname(s)Railways
MottoYear of the Tiger
2019 season
After finalsNA
Home-and-away season2nd
Club details
Founded1946
ColoursYellow and Black
Competition Great Southern Football League
ChairmanAndrew Want
CoachTroy Leo (2019 Season)
Captain(s)Bodhi Stubber
Ground(s)Tigerland

Railways Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Albany, Western Australia. The club has played in the Great Southern Football League since 1991. Prior to this they played in the Southern Districts Football League (SDFL) before it merged with the Central Great Southern Football League (CGSFL) to form the GSFL.

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The Club

The Railways Football Club, Albany (The Tigers) have been around since the 1946. They have also been called the East Albany and the Albany Railways. They play in the Great Southern Football League alongside Albany Sharks, North Albany Kangas, Royals, Denmark Walpole Magpies and the Mt Barker Bulls. [1]

Their guernseys are the same as Australian Football League club Richmond - black with a yellow strip going from the left shoulder to the right hip.

The derby

Railways have a strong rivalry with Royals Football Club. Big crowds always turn up to watch the game.[ citation needed ]

History

The founders of the Albany Football Association decided to create wards for the towns new football competition. There were three wards, North, East and West. All matches were to be played at the Parade Street Oval. In 1897 football players from the East Ward formed a club called the East Albany Football Club.

For the next 40 years they played as East Albany until WWII suspended football in the town. In 1946 Railways football club was formed.

Railways have won five league premierships in 1961, [2] 1985, 1986, 2012 and 2013.

Honours

Premierships since 1991 (Start of GSFL)

League: 2012, 2013

Reserves: 1993, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2013, 2018

Colts: 1991

Under 17s: 2013

Kleemann Medalists (Best in League)

1992 M.Thomson

1993 G.Hooper

1996 B.Prater

2005 B.Parker

2007 Scott Hillman

2015 Zane Marwick

2018 Joel Want [3]

2019 Logan Stubber [4]

Gillies Medalists (Best in Colts)

2010 Zane Marwick

2019 Henrick Alforque [5]

Leading Goal Kickers for the League

1996 J.King 85 Goals

2000 S.Plaisted 81 Goals

2006 B.Parker 56 Goals

2007 B.Parker 63 Goals

2012 N.Eades ?? Goals

2018 K Gibbs 45 Goals

Charlie Puch Medal

2012 Jayden Scott

2018 Hayden Davies

2019 Jarrad Norton

Ground

Railways are based at Tigerland, an oval in Centennial Park, Western Australia which is adjacent to Centennial Oval, the home ground of their rivals Royals.

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References

  1. "Clubs - Railways". Australian Football. Slattery Media Group. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  2. Newbold, Cameron (29 July 2011). "Football: Railways reunion". Albany Advertiser. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  3. "Want edges out rivals in thrilling Kleemann count". 11 September 2018.
  4. "The Albany Advertiser".
  5. "Alforque snares Gillies Medal in a thriller". 5 September 2019.