Wanderers | ||
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Names | ||
Full name | Wanderers Football Club | |
2022–23 season | ||
After finals | DNQ | |
Home-and-away season | 8th | |
Club details | ||
Founded | 1916 | |
Colours | ||
Competition | NTFL | |
Premierships | NTFL (12): 1916/17, 1917/18, 1918/19, 1919/20, 1922/23, 1923/24, 1957/58, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1992/93, 2010/11, 2014/15 | |
Ground(s) | TIO Stadium | |
Uniforms | ||
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The Wanderers Football Club, nicknamed, Eagles, is an Australian rules football club, currently playing in the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).
The club was formed in 1916 as a founding member of the NTFL. It has produced Australian Football League (AFL) players such as Shannon, Daniel and Marlon Motlop, Russell Jeffrey, Mark West, Troy Taylor, Relton Roberts, Steven Motlop and Liam Patrick.
Club achievements | |||
Competition | Level | Num. | Year won |
Northern Territory Football League | Premiers | 12 | 1916/17, 1917/18, 1918/19, 1919/20, 1922/23, 1923/24, 1957/58, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1992/93, 2010/11, 2014/15 |
Runners Up | 14 | 1920/21, 1921/22, 1924/25, 1948/49, 1949/50, 1951/52, 1988/89, 1984/85, 1988/89, 2004/05, 2008/09, 2013/14, 2015/16, 2016/17 | |
Minor Premiers | 3* |
1916/17, 1917/18, 1982/83 | |
Wooden Spoons | 28 | 1930/31, 1931/32, 1932/33, 1933/34, 1935/36, 1946/47, 1953/54, 1954/55, 1955/56, 1956/57, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1965/66, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1971/72, 1976/77, 1979/80, 1989/90, 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2007/08 |
If you are a Wanderer, then sing along with me
We are the Eagles on the road to victory
All for one and one for all, will answer to the call
We're the greatest team of all
Good ol' Wanderers forever
We will always stick together
We will always do the bestest we do
For the good ol Gold and Blue!
The Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) is an Australian rules football operating in Greater Darwin and the Northern Territory. It operates a semi-professional senior men's league as well as competitions for women and underagers.
In the Northern Territory (NT), Australian rules football is a popular participation and spectator sport, particularly among the many remote Indigenous Australian communities of the outback such as the Tiwi Islands but also in the capital Darwin and other cities particularly Alice Springs. There are more than 15 regional competitions across the territory, the highest profile being the semi-professional Northern Territory Football League based around Darwin and Central Australian Football League around Alice Springs. It is governed by AFL Northern Territory. 7,158 adults and 3,917 children play it, of which about a third are female. Participation per capita has fallen from 18% in 2017 when it had the highest rate for a team sport in Australia to 3.4% in 2024 and fourth behind soccer, basketball and cricket.
Shannon Motlop is an Indigenous Larrakia Australian rules footballer. Primarily playing as a midfielder or small forward, he represented both the Kangaroos and Melbourne in the Australian Football League. He currently plays for the Robinvale Football Club in Robinvale.
Daniel Motlop is a former Australian rules footballer who played a total of 130 senior games for the North Melbourne Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). After leaving the AFL, Motlop played for the Wanderers Football Club in the Northern Territory Football League for some time.
Marlon Motlop, also professionally known as Marlon, is an Indigenous Australian former Australian rules footballer and musician.
The 2018–19 NTFL season was the 98th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).
The 2016–17 NTFL season was the 96th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).
The 2015–16 NTFL season was the 95th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).
The 2014–15 NTFL season was the 94th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).
The 2010–11 NTFL season was the 90th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL), an Australian rules football competition that was based in the Northern Territory. Eight teams competed in the 2010 season, the same since the 2007 season when the Tiwi Bombers joined the league.
The 1984–85 NTFL season was the 64th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).
The 2008–09 NTFL season was the 88th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).
The 1982–83 NTFL season was the 62nd season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).
The 1992–93 NTFL season was the 72nd season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).
The 1981–82 NTFL season was the 61st season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).
The 1980–81 NTFL season was the 60th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).
The 1988–89 NTFL season was the 68th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).
The 1951–52 NTFL season was the 31st season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).
Jesse Motlop is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Carlton Football Club with their first selection and twenty-seventh overall in the 2021 national draft. Jesse is the son of former North Melbourne and Port Adelaide player Daniel.
The 2022–23 NTFL season was the 102nd season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL).