Launceston Football Club
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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
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...

 premierships
  • 2011


Tasmanian State Premiership
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....

s
  • 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938

Individual medal winners

William Leitch Medal winners
  • Nil


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)
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...

 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
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...

 leading goalkickers
  • 2005 – A. Derbyshire (93)
  • 2006 – A. Derbyshire (133)
  • 2008 – A. Derbyshire (133)


TFL Statewide League/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...

 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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