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The Launceston 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, located in the West Tamar suburb of Riverside

Riverside, Tasmania

Riverside is a residential suburb 4 kilometres north-west of the central business district of Launceston, Tasmania's second largest city. The West Tamar Highway runs through the suburb, adjoining Riverside to the West Tamar, which includes small towns: Beaconsfield, George Town and Beauty Point...

, seven kilometres north of the Launceston CBD and currently play in the Tasmanian State League

Tasmanian Football League

Tasmanian State League is the highest ranked Australian rules football league in Tasmania, Australia.The league has a long and convoluted history which dates back to its founding on 12 June 1879 Tasmanian State League (TSL) (formerly known as the Tasmanian Football League (TFL), Tasmanian...

in Tasmania, Australia.

History

Home ground – Windsor Park
Windsor Park, Tasmania
Windsor Park is an Australian Rules football ground that is home to the Launceston Football Club and has been since 1968 when the club was a member of the former NTFA competition.It is currently a venue in the Tasmanian State League....

(1968–present)
Established – 1875 (merged with Tamar Rowing Club in 1888 and Union Football Club in 1889)
Playing colours – Navy blue and white
Emblem – Blues
Club motto – "Volumus vincere" ("The will to win")
Club theme song – "Onwards to Victory" (Tune: "Notre Dame March")
Affiliations – Northern FA (1882–1885), NTFA
Northern Tasmanian Football Association (1886 - 1986)
The Northern Tasmanian Football Association was an Australian rules football competition which ran from 1886 to 1986. In its time it was one of the three main leagues in Tasmania, with the Tasmanian Football League and North West Football Union representing the rest of the state...

(1886–1986), NTFL
Northern Tasmanian Football League
The Northern Tasmanian Football League is an Australian rules football competition in northern Tasmania.-History:The Northern Tasmanian Football League was founded in 1987 to replace the former Northern Tasmanian Football Association - no relation to the current NTFA - and the North Western...

(1987–1993), TFL
Tasmanian Football League
Tasmanian State League is the highest ranked Australian rules football league in Tasmania, Australia.The league has a long and convoluted history which dates back to its founding on 12 June 1879 Tasmanian State League (TSL) (formerly known as the Tasmanian Football League (TFL), Tasmanian...

(1994–1997), NTFL
Northern Tasmanian Football League
The Northern Tasmanian Football League is an Australian rules football competition in northern Tasmania.-History:The Northern Tasmanian Football League was founded in 1987 to replace the former Northern Tasmanian Football Association - no relation to the current NTFA - and the North Western...

(1998–2008), TSL
Tasmanian Football League
Tasmanian State League is the highest ranked Australian rules football league in Tasmania, Australia.The league has a long and convoluted history which dates back to its founding on 12 June 1879 Tasmanian State League (TSL) (formerly known as the Tasmanian Football League (TFL), Tasmanian...

(2009–present)

Premiership titles

NTFA

Northern Tasmanian Football Association (1886 - 1986)

The Northern Tasmanian Football Association was an Australian rules football competition which ran from 1886 to 1986. In its time it was one of the three main leagues in Tasmania, with the Tasmanian Football League and North West Football Union representing the rest of the state...

premierships

1888, 1889, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1897, 1899, 1900, 1909, 1913, 1920, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1945, 1951, 1969, 1976, 1985

NTFL

Northern Tasmanian Football League

The Northern Tasmanian Football League is an Australian rules football competition in northern Tasmania.-History:The Northern Tasmanian Football League was founded in 1987 to replace the former Northern Tasmanian Football Association - no relation to the current NTFA - and the North Western...

premierships

2006, 2007, 2008

TFL Statewide/TSL

Tasmanian Football League

premierships

2011

Tasmanian State Premiership

The Tasmanian State Premiership was an Australian rules football tournament which was competed originally between the reigning TFL/TANFL and NTFA premiers, with the NWFU joining in from 1954....

1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938

Individual medal winners

William Leitch Medal winners

Tassie Medal winners

2011 – T. Bristow

Tasman Shield Trophy winners (NTFA)

1928 – N. Edwards
1929 – J. Milbourne
1933 – K. W. Cahill
1936 – K. W. Cahill
1939 – T. Ryan
1946 – L. Crosswell
1947 – L. Crosswell
1951 – D. Crosswell
1959 – R. Bye
1960 – R. Bye

Hec Smith Memorial Medal winners

1968 – A. Dunn
1976 – P. Ellis
1980 – G. Alford
1986 – D. Cook

Darrel Baldock Medal winners

2003 – A. Sanders (NTFL)
2004 – A. Taylor (NTFL)
2005 – B. Finch (NTFL)
2011 – N. O'Donaghue (TSL)

Competition leading goalkickers

NTFA

Northern Tasmanian Football Association (1886 - 1986)

leading goalkickers

1889 – H. Murray (9)
1892 – P. Tabart (9)
1893 – R. Lawrence (11)
1894 – R. Lawrence (12)
1896 – J. Gorman (16)
1900 – P. Bird (15)
1905 – S. Willett (8)
1906 – V. Valentine (12)
1911 – A. Ramsay (6) and R. Thomas (6)
1925 – B. Freeland (25)
1930 – J. Foley (70)
1931 – J. Foley (52)
1933 – H. Ranson (62)
1935 – A. Waddle (44)
1937 – L. Smith (59)
1938 – L. Smith (73)
1945 – M. Flood (71)
1948 – R. McCrimmon (102)
1949 – R. McCrimmon (83)
1950 – R. McCrimmon (76)
1951 – R. McCrimmon (55)
1955 – C. Tabe (67)
1967 – D. Seen (50)
1969 – A. West (65)
1970 – A. West (50)
1976 – R. Smith (94)
1977 – R. Smith (63)
1978 – I. Donnachy (63)
1982 – I. Donnachy (78)

NTFL

Northern Tasmanian Football League

leading goalkickers

2005 – A. Derbyshire (93)
2006 – A. Derbyshire (133)
2008 – A. Derbyshire (133)

TFL Statewide League/TSL

Tasmanian Football League

leading goalkickers

2010 – B.Finch (94)
2011 – B.Finch (104)

Club records

Club secord Score

46.18 (294) v Deloraine 10.11 (71) – 1984

Most goals in a match

A. Derbyshire (18) v Penguin – 2008

Most goals in a season

A. Derbyshire (140) – 2008

Club record goalkicker (all-time)

A. Derbyshire (601) from 2000–2009

Club record games holder

Paul Ellis (252) from 1973–1985

Club record match attendance

8,617 – Launceston v Longford
Longford Football Club
The Longford Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Longford, Tasmania which currently compete in the modern Northern Tasmanian Football Association. From 1926 until 1986 they had played in the original Northern Tasmanian Football Association...

at York Park (1957 NTFA
Northern Tasmanian Football Association (1886 - 1986)
The Northern Tasmanian Football Association was an Australian rules football competition which ran from 1886 to 1986. In its time it was one of the three main leagues in Tasmania, with the Tasmanian Football League and North West Football Union representing the rest of the state...

Grand Final)

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