Dodges Ferry Sharks
Encyclopedia
The Dodges Ferry Football Club is an Australian rules football
club currently playing in the SFL
in Tasmania, Australia. The club wears a red, yellow and black jumper and has the mascot the Sharks. The club spent its first 23 years in the Tasman Football Association
where it won half a dozen premierships. The league folded after the 2001 season. The Sharks then entered the SFL in 2002 under new coach David "Moose" Lewis. Danny Ling became coach in 2005. Dodges won their first SFL premiership in 2006 and were runners up in 2010. The Sharks have been involved in every finals series since being in the SFL apart from their first season.
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 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...
in Tasmania, Australia. The club wears a red, yellow and black jumper and has the mascot the Sharks. The club spent its first 23 years in the Tasman Football Association
Tasman Football Association
The Tasman Football Association was a former Australian rules football competition in Tasmania, Australia. The association had origins back to 1902 when games were played at random. In 1919 a proper association was set up...
where it won half a dozen premierships. The league folded after the 2001 season. The Sharks then entered the SFL in 2002 under new coach David "Moose" Lewis. Danny Ling became coach in 2005. Dodges won their first SFL premiership in 2006 and were runners up in 2010. The Sharks have been involved in every finals series since being in the SFL apart from their first season.
Home Grounds, Club Achievements & Records
- Shark Park - 1993-
- Founded - 1978
- Colours - Red, Yellow and Black.
- Emblem - Sharks
- Club Record Games Holder:
- Paul 'Wally' Cusick - 401 games
- Southern Football League Premierships
- 2006
- Southern Football League Runners-Up
- 2010.
- SFL Leading Goalkickers
- Unknown
- Record Finals Attendance - Southern Football League
- Unknown
- Dodge Ferry FC Club Record Score
- 510 v Railway
- Dodges Ferry FC Club Record Quarter
- Unknown