Sorell Eagles

Infobox aus sport club | clubname = Sorell


fullname = Sorell Football Club
emblem = Eagles
strip =
founded = 1883
sport = Australian rules football
league = Southern Football League (Tasmania)
ground = Pembroke Park
capacity = 1000
song = "We are the Mighty sorell Team {Tune: 'Road To Gundagai'}"
president = Tim Weir
coach = Fabian Ackroyd
captain = Josh White
season = 2008
position = 7th

The Sorell Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Australian Football League Southern Football League (Tasmania), also known as the Southern Football League, in Tasmania, Australia.

Origins

The Sorell Football Club was founded in 1883 and originally played in the South Eastern District Football Association (SEDFA) until 1962.
In 1963 the Eagles joined the TAFL (Southern Division) and remained a member of that competition until the League folded at the end of the 1995 season.
Since 1996 Sorell have been a member of the STFL/SFL and have predominantly been a participating club in the Regional League, apart from 2002 as a member of the Premier League and 2004 where the club went into recess for one season before rejoining the Regional League.

Pembroke FA Premierships:

* 1937, 1938, 1939

Clarence Sub-Districts FA Premierships:

* 1952

South Eastern District FA Premierships:

* 1960, 1961, 1962

TAFL (Southern Division) Premierships:

* 1966, 1983, 1990

STFL/SFL Premierships:

* Nil

STFL/SFL Runner-Up:

* 2006

TAFL State Premierships - Condor Shield:

* 1966

Walter Howard Medallists:
(Best & Fairest Player in the TAFL (Southern Division)

* 1968 - Graeme Jones

* 1982 - Lindsey White

* 1987 - Lindsey White

* 1988 - Michael Waller

* 1990 - Michael Waller

* 1991 - M.Kerslake

Club Home Grounds:

* Sorell Racecourse Ground - Until 1966

* Sorell Memorial Oval - 1967-1993

* Pembroke Park - 1994-Present.

Sorell Football Club Games Record Holder:
410 by Mark Clothier

External links

* [http://www.southernfootball.com.au/ AFL Southern Tasmania]
* [http://www.sorellfootballclub.com/ Sorell Football Club Website]