The Brighton Robins Football Club is an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 club currently playing in the Southern Football League

Southern Football League (Tasmania)

The Southern Football League is an Australian rules football league which is based in Tasmania, Australia.- History :The Southern Tasmanian Football League was founded in 1996 with the league's original clubs being those of the recently defunct Tasmanian Amateur Football League – Southern Division...

 in Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

, Australia

Australia

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Origins

Brighton began as Mangalore in 1885, but changed to Brighton Robins in 1995 before joining the SFL in 1996.

In 1996, Brighton was one of eight founder members of Tasmania's Southern Football League, and were losing semi-finalists in 1996, and 1997, before winning their first and so far only title in 1998.

Brighton have competed in various competitions including:

• Brighton FA: 1922-1931
• Richmond FA: 1933-1934
• South Eastern District FA: 1952-1979
• Tasman FA: 1980
• Tasmanian Amateur FL (Southern Division): 1981-1995

Entry to Southern Football League

• 1996
  

SEDFA Premierships

• 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1979
  

TAFL Southern Division Premierships

• 1985
  

State Amateur Premierships

• 1985
  

SFL/SFL Premier League Premierships

• 1998
  

SFL/SFL Premier League Runners Up

• 1999
  

William Leitch Medalists:

• Nil
  

Peter Hodgman Medalists

• 2000 - Brendon Browning
  

Club Record Games Holder

• 270 - Leigh Gray
  

Club Record Attendance

3,096 v Hobart

Hobart Football Club

Hobart Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Hobart, Tasmania. They play their home fixtures at the TCA Ground on the Queens Domain, in Hobart and from 2009, the club has been a member of the Tasmanian State League.- Club history :...

 on 11 September 1999 - SFL

Southern Football League (Tasmania)

The Southern Football League is an Australian rules football league which is based in Tasmania, Australia.- History :The Southern Tasmanian Football League was founded in 1996 with the league's original clubs being those of the recently defunct Tasmanian Amateur Football League – Southern Division...

Grand Final at Huonville Recreation Ground


Club Record Score

Not known.

External links

• Southern Football League Official Website