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The Northern Tasmanian Football League is an Australian rules football competition in northern Tasmania.
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History
The Northern Tasmanian Football League (NTFL) was founded in 1987 to replace the former Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA) - no relation to the current NTFA - and the North Western Football Union (NWFU) which suffered as a result of the defection of clubs joining the new TFL Statewide League in 1986.
In 1986, North Launceston and East Launceston joined the TFL Statewide League, with a third NTFA club, City-South merging with East Launceston midway through that season.
The NWFU lost Devonport and Burnie to the Statewide League at the conclusion of the 1986 season.Timeline
Current NTFL Clubs
- 1987-2010 –
– East Devonport Football Club - 1987-2010 –
– Latrobe Football Club - 1987-2010 –
– Penguin Football Club - 1987-2010 –
– Smithton Football Club - 1987-2010 –
– Ulverstone Football Club - 1987-2010 –
– Wynyard Football Club
Former NTFL Clubs
- 1987-1993 –
– Burnie Tigers Football Club (Merged with TFL club Burnie Hawks in late-1993) * - 2001-2008 –
– Burnie Dockers Football Club - 2001-2008 –
– Devonport Football Club - 1987-2003 –
– Deloraine Football Club - 1987-1993 & 1998-2008 –
– Launceston Football Club (Member of the TFL from 1994–1997) - 1987-1987 –
– Longford Football Club - 2001-2008 – – North Launceston Football Club
- 1998-2008 –
– South Launceston Football Club - 1987-1999 – – Scottsdale Football Club
- 1997-1998 –
– South Burnie Football Club
- Note: Burnie Tigers were absorbed by the Burnie Hawks at the end of 1993, the merged club continued to participate as the Burnie Hawks in the 1994 TFL season until the club adopted a new identity and colours from 1995 as the Burnie Dockers.
2008 Ladder
NTFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Launceston 17 2 1 0 2905 1127 257.76% 68 Burnie Dockers 16 2 2 0 2467 1223 201.72% 64 Ulverstone 13 2 5 0 2501 1521 164.43% 52 South Launceston 11 2 7 0 1845 1680 109.82% 44 Northern Bombers 10 2 8 0 2034 1852 109.83% 40 Smithton 10 2 8 0 1771 1818 97.41% 40 Latrobe 9 2 9 0 1856 1811 102.48% 36 Devonport 7 2 11 0 1603 1995 80.35% 28 Penguin 3 2 15 0 1513 2554 59.24% 12 East Devonport 2 2 16 0 1359 2474 54.93% 8 Wynyard 1 2 17 0 1274 3073 41.46% 4 FINALS
Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts Elimination South Launceston 19 12 126 Northern Bombers 13 8 86 Qualifying Burnie Dockers 16 13 109 Ulverstone 14 14 98 1st Semi Ulverstone 19 14 128 South Launceston 11 13 79 2nd Semi Launceston 12 12 84 Burnie Dockers 12 9 81 Preliminary Burnie Dockers 17 21 123 Ulverstone 15 10 100 Grand Launceston 17 18 120 Burnie Dockers 14 23 107 The competition as of 2009 will consist of 18 rounds with 3 weeks of finals (final 4 system). [1]
2009 Ladder
NTFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Smithton 16 0 2 0 1807 1197 150.96% 64 Ulverstone 12 0 6 0 1757 1470 119.52% 48 Latrobe 8 0 10 0 1635 1593 102.64% 32 East Devonport 8 0 10 0 1361 1579 86.19% 32 Penguin 6 0 12 0 1558 1949 79.94% 24 Wynyard 4 0 14 0 1470 1800 81.67% 16 FINALS
Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts 1st Semi East Devonport 15 16 106 Latrobe 6 12 48 2nd Semi Ulverstone 10 11 71 Smithton 2 11 23 Preliminary Smithton 16 15 111 East Devonport 11 12 78 Grand Ulverstone 22 14 146 Smithton 8 10 58 2010 Ladder
NTFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Latrobe 15 0 5 0 2341 1739 134.62% 60 Ulverstone 13 0 7 0 2265 1649 137.36% 52 Smithton 10 0 10 0 1558 1745 89.28% 40 Penguin 9 0 11 0 1863 2032 91.68% 36 Wynyard 7 0 13 0 1773 2281 77.73% 28 East Devonport 6 0 14 0 1781 2135 83.42% 24 FINALS
Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts 1st Semi Smithton 11 2 68 Penguin 9 13 67 2nd Semi Latrobe 6 14 50 Ulverstone 4 12 36 Preliminary Ulverstone 17 16 118 Smithton 3 11 29 Grand Latrobe 20 13 133 Ulverstone 16 7 103 Attendance
The Northern Tasmanian Football League is considered to be one of the strongest leagues in the state and has a strong supporter following. Games in the NTFL average around 500 spectators.
References
- ^ "2009 NTFL Roster". http://www.ntfl.com.au/roster.html. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
External links
Australian rules football in Tasmania Governing body Proposed AFL clubs State-wide leagues Former representative teams Tasmanian Devils (VFL)Former state-wide leagues Winfield Statewide Cup · Tasmanian State Premiership · TFL Statewide LeagueCurrent Leagues Circular Head FA · Darwin FA · King Island FA · Leven FA · NEFU · NTFA · NTFL · NWFA · ODFA · Old Scholars FA · SFL ·Former leagues GNFL · NWFU · NTFA (original) · Tasman FA · WTFA · Peninsula FA · Fingal District Football Association
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- 1987-2010 –
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