Southern FC

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Southern Football Club
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Southern F.C. logo
Nickname(s)Southern FC
Founded1958 (as Rapid SC)
1997 (as Kingston Cannons)
2009 merged
GroundSherburd Park [1]
ManagerScott Pepper
League Southern Championship
20168th

Southern Football Club is a football club from Kingston, Tasmania, Australia. They compete in the Southern Championship of the Football Federation Tasmania. The club was formed in 2009 by the merger of two existing clubs, Kingston Cannons and Christian United.

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History

Rapid FC

Rapid FC was founded in 1958. Rapid was highly successful during its life winning the State Championship 4 times, and the Southern Premiership 5 times. For a brief period in the 1980s, due to sponsorship reasons, they were known as Rapid-Wrest Point, before switching back. They played their final match in 1996, being relegated in the process to the Southern League 2. [2]

The name was changed and the club reformed as Kingston Cannons. [3] They immediately won the Southern League 2 and were promoted back to the League 1. [4]

Merger

At the end of the 2009 season, Kingston Cannons merged with Christian United to form Southern FC. In 2013 they won the Southern League 1 title and were runners up in 2014 gaining promotion into the Southern Championship.

Honours

Honours as Southern FC:

Honours as Rapid:

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References

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  3. "A cardboard blast from the past". Walter Pless. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
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