North Launceston Football Club
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| Full name | North Launceston Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Bombers |
| Sport | Australian rules football |
| Founded | 1893 |
| First season | 1896 (NTFA) |
| League | Tasmanian State League |
| Home ground | York Park, Launceston |
| 2015 (TSL) | Premiers |
The North Launceston Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Launceston, Tasmania. Australia. Since 2009 they have played in the newly formed Tasmanian State League.
History
The club started as Railway Football Club in 1893 and were known as Essendon in the 1898 season. It fielded a team in the NTFA Junior Competition for three years, and began playing in the senior competition in 1896.[1]
Its first season under the North Launceston name was in 1899 when it played in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association.
The club has remained in the top tier of state competition ever since, playing in the Tasmanian Football League and Northern Tasmanian Football League upon the competition restructures in the state.
The club accepted an invitation to join the new Tasmanian State League that commenced in 2009. The club won the Tasmanian State Premiership in 1905 and 1906 (both unofficial), 1947, 1949, 1950, 1995, 1998 and 2014.[1] Their most recent premiership success came in the 2015 TSL season.
Senior coaches
| Coach | Years | Competition | Premierships |
| Bill Adams | 1930 | NTFA | |
| Alan Scott | 1931-1932 | NTFA | 1931 |
| H. Cunningham | 1933-1935 | NTFA | |
| P. W. Snowball | 1936 | NTFA | |
| Gordon Strang | 1937 | NTFA | |
| F. Barnes | 1938 | NTFA | |
| Cecil Pettiona | 1939-1940 | NTFA | |
| Joe Sankey | 1941 | NTFA | |
| Gavin Luttrell | 1945-1951 | NTFA | 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 |
| Doug Williams | 1952 | NTFA | |
| John Leedham | 1953 | NTFA | |
| Jack Hawksley | 1954 | NTFA | |
| Raynor Summers | 1955 | NTFA | |
| Jim Ross | 1955-1957 | NTFA | |
| Raynor Summers | 1958 | NTFA | |
| Jack Hawksley | 1959 | NTFA | |
| Bob Withers | 1960-1967 | NTFA | 1961, 1963 |
| Trevor Somerville | 1968 | NTFA | |
| Kevin McLean | 1969-1971 | NTFA | |
| Tony Haenen | 1972-1974 | NTFA | |
| Peter Daniel | 1975-1982 | NTFA | 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 |
| Tony Young | 1983-1987 | NTFA, TFL Statewide | 1983 |
| Steve Goulding | 1988-1992 | TFL Statewide | |
| David Rhys-Jones | 1993-1995 | TFL Statewide | 1995 |
| Wes Lewis | 1996-1997 | TFL Statewide | |
| Matthew Armstrong | 1998 | TFL Statewide | 1998 |
| Rod Hill | 1999 | TSFL | |
| Garry McIntosh | 2000-2001 | SWL, NTFL | |
| Rod Keogh | 2002-2006 | NTFL | |
| Shane Wager | 2007 | NTFL | |
| Chris Whitford | 2008-2009 | NTFL, TSL | |
| Paul Atkins | 2010 | TSL | |
| Jeff Dunne | 2011 | TSL | |
| Zane Littlejohn | 2012-2016 | TSL | 2014, 2015 |
| Jade Selby | 2017- | TSL |
References
- 1 2 "Northern Bombers – History". Retrieved 2008-06-14.
- ↑ "Honour Boards". North Launceston Football Club.