Elphin FC
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Elphin Soccer club was a football (soccer)
club based in Elphin, a suburb of Launceston, Tasmania
. They played in the Northern Premier league
in the years before the Second World War. Despite winning 6 northern titles within a period of 14 years, Elphin disappeared by the early 1930s.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club based in Elphin, a suburb of Launceston, Tasmania
Launceston, Tasmania
Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River. Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart...
. They played in the Northern Premier league
Northern Premier League (Tasmania)
The Tasmania North Premier League is the highest level of association football competition in Northern Tasmania. Nationally, it is one grade lower than the A-League and is controlled by the Football Federation Tasmania , the state's governing body...
in the years before the Second World War. Despite winning 6 northern titles within a period of 14 years, Elphin disappeared by the early 1930s.
Honours
- State Championship Runners-up: 5 times (1920,1923,1924,1927,1928)
- Northern PremiershipsNorthern Premier League (Tasmania)The Tasmania North Premier League is the highest level of association football competition in Northern Tasmania. Nationally, it is one grade lower than the A-League and is controlled by the Football Federation Tasmania , the state's governing body...
: 6 times (1914,1920,1923,1924,1927,1928)