South Launceston Football Club
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The South Launceston Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently competing in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association. They were formed through a merger between City-South and East Launceston in 1986, clubs in the former Northern Tasmanian Football Association (which is not related to the current NTFA). South Launceston was in the TFL Statewide League from 1986 to 1997, then the Northern Tasmanian Football League until 2008, then in the Tasmanian Football League until 2013.
Bulldogs | ||
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Names | ||
Full name | South Launceston Football Club | |
Former name(s) | East Launceston, City South. | |
Nickname(s) | Bulldogs | |
Club song | "It's A Grand Old Flag" (Same as Melbourne Football Club but with slightly modified lyrics _ "the team of the red, white and blue") | |
2018 (NTFA) season | ||
After finals | 1st | |
Home-and-away season | 1st | |
Leading goalkicker | Brad Keegan | |
Best and fairest | Leigh Harding | |
Club details | ||
Founded | 29 May 1986; 37 years ago (1986-05-29) (as a merger) | |
Colours | ||
Competition | Northern Tasmanian Football Association | |
President | Wayne Mitchell[1] | |
Coach | Aaron Viney[1] | |
Captain(s) | Luke McCarty | |
Ground(s) | Youngtown Oval (capacity: 2,000) | |
Uniforms | ||
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Other information | ||
Official website | southlaunceston.com |
The club is nicknamed The Bulldogs, a name which was adopted upon the merger. City-South were the Redlegs and East Launceston had been known as the Demons. For their club colours they took City-South's red and white as well as the blue from East Launceston's guernsey to give them their current royal blue, red and white club colours.