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North Launceston Football Club
| Field | Value | |
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| clubname | North Launceston | |
| image | North bombers logo.png | |
| image_size | 190px | |
| color1 | #000000 | |
| color2 | white | |
| color3 | solid #ff0000 | |
| fullname | North Launceston Football Club | |
| formernames | Railway Football Club | |
| nicknames | Bombers | |
| clubsong | "See the Bombers fly up" | |
| season | 2023 | |
| afterfinals | 2nd | |
| home&away | 2nd | |
| topgoalkicker | Bradley Cox-Goodyer (58) | |
| founded | ||
| colours | ||
| league | Tasmanian State League | |
| president | Thane Brady | |
| coach | Bradley Cox-Goodyer | |
| captain | ground = York Park, Launceston | |
| capacity | 21,000 | |
| pattern_b1 | _redrightsash | |
| pattern_so1 | _hoops_red | |
| body1 | 000000 | |
| shorts1 | 000000 | |
| socks1 | 000000 | |
| pattern_name1 | ||
| pattern_b2 | _redrightsash | |
| pattern_so2 | _hoops_red | |
| body2 | 000000 | |
| shorts2 | FFFFFF | |
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| home&away = 2nd | pre-season = ** TSL ** (8) ** Tasmanian State Premiership ** (3)
The North Launceston Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is an Australian rules football club based in the Tasmanian city of Launceston. The club will compete in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA) in 2025.
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.
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 won the Tasmanian State Premiership in 1905 and 1906 (both unofficial), 1947, 1949, 1950, 1995 and 1998.
The club accepted an invitation to join the new Tasmanian State League that commenced in 2009. Since 2014, the club has been a dominant force in the league, reaching every Grand Final between 2014 and 2021 for five premierships: 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Honours
- Tasmanian Football League (8): 1995, 1998, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024
- Tasmanian State Premiership (3): 1947, 1949, 1950
;Notes
Seasons
Source:
| Premiers | Grand Finalist | Minor premiers | Finals appearance | Wooden spoon | League leading goalkicker | League best and fairest |
|---|
Men's
Seniors
| Year | League | Finish | W | L | D | Coach | Captain | Best and fairest | Leading goalkicker | Ref | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | NTFA JA | |||||||||||||||
| 1894 | NTFA JA | |||||||||||||||
| 1895 | NTFA JA | |||||||||||||||
| 1896 | NTFA | |||||||||||||||
| 1897 | NTFA | |||||||||||||||
| 1898 | NTFA | |||||||||||||||
| 1899 | NTFA | H. Brown | ||||||||||||||
| 1900 | NTFA | J. C. Forbes | ||||||||||||||
| 1901 | NTFA | A. Edwards | ||||||||||||||
| 1902 | NTFA | A. Edwards | ||||||||||||||
| 1903 | NTFA | L. W. Findlay | ||||||||||||||
| 1904 | NTFA | B. Carter | L. W. Findlay | |||||||||||||
| 1905 | NTFA | B. Carter | L. W. Findlay | |||||||||||||
| 1906 | NTFA | B. Carter | L. W. Findlay | |||||||||||||
| 1907 | NTFA | B. Carter | H. Robson | |||||||||||||
| 1908 | NTFA | L. W. Findlay | ||||||||||||||
| 1909 | NTFA | T. Towel | ||||||||||||||
| 1910 | NTFA | C. J. Searl | D. Munro | |||||||||||||
| 1911 | NTFA | C. J. Searl | H. Hutchinson | |||||||||||||
| 1912 | NTFA | B. Carter | H. Hutchinson | |||||||||||||
| 1913 | NTFA | C. J. Searl | H. Hutchinson | |||||||||||||
| 1914 | NTFA | M. Wilson; | ||||||||||||||
| J. B. Courtney | ||||||||||||||||
| 1915 | NTFA | J. B. Courtney | ||||||||||||||
| 1916 | NTFA | |||||||||||||||
| 1917 | NTFA | |||||||||||||||
| 1918 | NTFA | |||||||||||||||
| 1919 | NTFA | R. Coogan | A. G. Scott; | |||||||||||||
| C. Coogan | ||||||||||||||||
| 1920 | NTFA | L. W. Findlay | R. J. Holyman | |||||||||||||
| 1921 | NTFA | L. W. Findlay | G. W. Turner | |||||||||||||
| 1922 | NTFA | P. J. Martyn | P. J. Martyn | |||||||||||||
| 1923 | NTFA | Hutchinson; | ||||||||||||||
| Winstanley | G. W. Turner | |||||||||||||||
| 1924 | NTFA | C. A. Fowler | D. G. Scott | |||||||||||||
| 1925 | NTFA | H. H. Sutton | H. H. Sutton | |||||||||||||
| 1926 | NTFA | F. J. Odgers | F. J. Odgers | M. Munro | ||||||||||||
| 1927 | NTFA | F. J. Odgers | J. Gaitskell | J. Elmer | ||||||||||||
| 1928 | NTFA | F. J. Odgers | J. Gaitskell | Raynor Summers | ||||||||||||
| 1929 | NTFA | F. J. Odgers | J. Gaitskell | P. Hartnett | ||||||||||||
| 1930 | NTFA | Bill Adams | Bill Adams | H. Cunningham | ||||||||||||
| 1931 | NTFA | Alan Scott | Alan Scott | L. Healey | ||||||||||||
| 1932 | NTFA | Alan Scott | Alan Scott | |||||||||||||
| 1933 | NTFA | H. Cunningham | H. Cunningham; | |||||||||||||
| Sutherland | H. Dixon | |||||||||||||||
| 1934 | NTFA | H. Cunningham | H. Cunningham | |||||||||||||
| 1935 | NTFA | H. Cunningham | H. Cunningham | H. Cunningham | ||||||||||||
| 1936 | NTFA | P. W. Snowball | P. W. Snowball | |||||||||||||
| 1937 | NTFA | G. Strang | G. Strang | F. Smith | ||||||||||||
| 1938 | NTFA | F. Barnes | F. Barnes; | |||||||||||||
| Longhurst | F. Smith | |||||||||||||||
| 1939 | NTFA | Cecil Pettiona | Cecil Pettiona | F. Smith | ||||||||||||
| 1940 | NTFA | Cecil Pettiona | Cecil Pettiona | |||||||||||||
| 1941 | NTFA | Joe Sankey | Joe Sankey | F. Horesnail | ||||||||||||
| 1942 | NTFA | |||||||||||||||
| 1943 | NTFA | |||||||||||||||
| 1944 | NTFA | |||||||||||||||
| 1945 | NTFA | Gavin Luttrell | Gavin Luttrell | G. Huxley | ||||||||||||
| 1946 | NTFA | Gavin Luttrell | Gavin Luttrell | W. Hird | ||||||||||||
| 1947 | NTFA | Gavin Luttrell | Gavin Luttrell | M. Mitchell | ||||||||||||
| 1948 | NTFA | Gavin Luttrell | Gavin Luttrell | Raynor Summers | ||||||||||||
| 1949 | NTFA | Gavin Luttrell | J. Bennett | M. Mitchell | ||||||||||||
| 1950 | NTFA | Gavin Luttrell | R. Castles | N. Clarke | ||||||||||||
| 1951 | NTFA | Gavin Luttrell | R. Castles | Raynor Summers; | ||||||||||||
| W. Hird | ||||||||||||||||
| 1952 | NTFA | Doug Williams | Doug Williams | W. Byrne | ||||||||||||
| 1953 | NTFA | John Leedham | John Leedham | W. Byrne | ||||||||||||
| 1954 | NTFA | Jack Hawksley | John Leedham | P. Vincent | ||||||||||||
| 1955 | NTFA | Jim Ross; | ||||||||||||||
| Raynor Summers | Jim Ross; | |||||||||||||||
| Raynor Summers | G. Hawksley | |||||||||||||||
| 1956 | NTFA | Jim Ross | Jim Ross | Jim Ross | ||||||||||||
| 1957 | NTFA | Jim Ross | Jim Ross | R. Dargavel | ||||||||||||
| 1958 | NTFA | Raynor Summers | Raynor Summers | R. Apted | ||||||||||||
| 1959 | NTFA | Jack Hawksley | Jack Hawksley | W. Manion; | ||||||||||||
| Kevin McLean | ||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | NTFA | Bob Withers | Bob Withers | L. Sharp | ||||||||||||
| 1961 | NTFA | Bob Withers | Bob Withers | S. Wing | ||||||||||||
| 1962 | NTFA | Bob Withers | Bob Withers | Kevin McLean | ||||||||||||
| 1963 | NTFA | Bob Withers | Bob Withers | L. Sharp | ||||||||||||
| 1964 | NTFA | Bob Withers | Bob Withers | C. Thompson | ||||||||||||
| 1965 | NTFA | Bob Withers | Bob Withers | W. Manion | ||||||||||||
| 1966 | NTFA | Bob Withers | Bob Withers | W. Manion | ||||||||||||
| 1967 | NTFA | Bob Withers | Bob Withers | Kevin McLean | ||||||||||||
| 1968 | NTFA | Trevor Somerville | Trevor Somerville | |||||||||||||
| 1969 | NTFA | Kevin McLean | Kevin McLean | Kevin McLean | ||||||||||||
| 1970 | NTFA | Kevin McLean | Kevin McLean | D. Peck | ||||||||||||
| 1971 | NTFA | Kevin McLean | Kevin McLean | P. Sellers | ||||||||||||
| 1972 | NTFA | Tony Haenen | Tony Haenen | I. Von Schill | ||||||||||||
| 1973 | NTFA | Tony Haenen | Tony Haenen | M. Hawkins | ||||||||||||
| 1974 | NTFA | Tony Haenen | Tony Haenen | T. Pickett | ||||||||||||
| 1975 | NTFA | Peter Daniel | Peter Daniel | T. Pickett | ||||||||||||
| 1976 | NTFA | Peter Daniel | Peter Daniel | R. Spencer | ||||||||||||
| 1977 | NTFA | Peter Daniel | Peter Daniel | G. Hunnibell | ||||||||||||
| 1978 | NTFA | Peter Daniel | Peter Daniel | N. Maynard | ||||||||||||
| 1979 | NTFA | Peter Daniel | Peter Daniel | S. Carey | ||||||||||||
| 1980 | NTFA | Peter Daniel | Peter Daniel | A. Downes | ||||||||||||
| 1981 | NTFA | Peter Daniel | Peter Daniel | Graeme Hunnibell | ||||||||||||
| 1982 | NTFA | Peter Daniel | Peter Daniel | Stephen Hay | ||||||||||||
| 1983 | NTFA | Tony Young | Ricky Young | Brett Manion | ||||||||||||
| 1984 | NTFA | Tony Young | Ricky Young | Kym Marsh | ||||||||||||
| 1985 | NTFA | Tony Young | Ricky Young | Brett Hughes | ||||||||||||
| 1986 | NTFA | Robbie Sanders | Jim Smith | Greg Eaves | ||||||||||||
| TFLSL | Tony Young | Ricky Young | Anthony Brand | |||||||||||||
| 1987 | TFLSL | Tony Young | Ricky Young | Mark Evans | ||||||||||||
| 1988 | TFLSL | Steve Goulding | Steve Goulding | Chris Whitford | ||||||||||||
| 1989 | TFLSL | Steve Goulding | Steve Goulding | Steve Goulding | ||||||||||||
| 1990 | TFLSL | Steve Goulding | Steve Goulding | Steve Goulding | ||||||||||||
| 1991 | TFLSL | Steve Goulding | Robert Groenewegen | Andrew Dunkley | ||||||||||||
| 1992 | TFLSL | Steve Goulding | Robert Groenewegen | Rowen Thorne | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | TFLSL | David Rhys-Jones | David Rhys-Jones | Todd Spearman; | ||||||||||||
| Craig Davies | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | TFLSL | David Rhys-Jones | David Rhys-Jones | Steane Kremerskothen | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | TFLSL | David Rhys-Jones | Steane Kremerskothen | Wes Lewis | ||||||||||||
| 1996 | TFLSL | Wes Lewis | Steane Kremerskothen | Jason Gibson | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | TFLSL | Wes Lewis | Dale Chugg | Steane Kremerskothen | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | TFLSL | Matthew Armstrong | Matthew Armstrong | Nathan Howard | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | TSFL | Rod Hill | Dale Chugg | Darren Trevena | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | SWL | Garry McIntosh | Dale Chugg; | |||||||||||||
| Nathan Howard | Michael Praciak | |||||||||||||||
| 2001 | NTFL | Garry McIntosh | Kym Curtis | Dale O'Neill | ||||||||||||
| 2002 | NTFL | Rod Keogh | Kym Curtis | Paul McKendrick | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | NTFL | Rod Keogh | Kym Curtis | Kym Curtis | ||||||||||||
| 2004 | NTFL | Rod Keogh | Josh Nunn | Robert Gilligan | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | NTFL | Rod Keogh | Josh Nunn | G. Dunne | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | NTFL | Rod Keogh | Shane Wager | Robert Gilligan | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | NTFL | Shane Wager | Shane Wager | Adam Viney | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | NTFL | Chris Whitford | Alan O'Sign | Leigh Harding | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | TSL | Chris Whitford | Alan O'Sign; | |||||||||||||
| Shane Wager | Shane Wager | |||||||||||||||
| 2010 | TSL | Paul Atkins | Shane Wager | Michael Praciak | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | TSL | Jeff Dunne | Shane Wager | Darren Crawford | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | TSL | Zane Littlejohn | Darren Crawford | S. Carins | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | TSL | Zane Littlejohn | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | TSL | Zane Littlejohn | title=Local star to help drive new Academies | url=https://play.afl/news/local-star-help-drive-new-academies | publisher=Play AFL | access-date=24 November 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241124043453/https://play.afl/news/local-star-help-drive-new-academies | archive-date=24 November 2024 | date=27 February 2024}} | |||||||
| 2015 | TSL | Zane Littlejohn | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | TSL | Zane Littlejohn | Brad Cox-Goodyer | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | TSL | Tom Couch | Brad Cox-Goodyer | Brad Cox-Goodyer | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | TSL | Taylor Whitford | Brad Cox-Goodyer | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | TSL | Taylor Whitford | Brad Cox-Goodyer | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | TSL | Taylor Whitford | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | TSL | Brad Cox-Goodyer | Brad Cox-Goodyer | Brad Cox-Goodyer | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | TSL | 5th | 9 | 9 | 0 | Brad Cox-Goodyer | Jack Avent; | |||||||||
| Alex Lee | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | TSL | 2nd | 15 | 3 | 0 | Brad Cox-Goodyer | Alex Lee; | |||||||||
| Ben Simpson | Brad Cox-Goodyer | 53 | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | TSL | 1st | 18 | 0 | 0 | Adrian Smith | Harvey Griffiths | 53 |
References
References
- (22 March 2024). "NTFA reveals six clubs for inaugural Premier League competition". The Examiner.
- "Northern Bombers – History".
- "History of the North Launceston Football Club". North Launceston Football Club.
- "CAPTAINS AND COACHES SENIORS". North Launceston Football Club.
- "Seniors Best and Fairest". North Launceston Football Club.
- (27 February 2024). "Local star to help drive new Academies". Play AFL.
- (19 October 2021). "Brad Cox-Goodyer wins North Launceston's 2021 best and fairest". The Examiner.
- "Tasmanian State League (TSL), 2022 ladder". PlayHQ.
- "Tasmanian State League (TSL), 2023 ladder". PlayHQ.
- (21 September 2024). "Brad Cox-Goodyer wins 2024 Alastair Lynch Medal". Tasmanian State League.
- "Tasmanian State League (TSL), 2024 ladder". PlayHQ.
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