Greater Northern Football League

Greater Northern Football League
Founded1981
No. of teams15

The Greater Northern Football League (GNFL) was an Australian rules football competition played between the fifteen (15) major football clubs across Northern Tasmania from the two major footballing bodies across the north of the state, the Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA), and the North West Football Union (NWFU) in 1981 and 1982.

Participating clubs

NTFA Clubs

Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Est.
City-South Redlegs Youngtown Memorial Oval, Youngtown 1879
East Launceston Demons York Park, Invermay 1948
Launceston Blues Windsor Park, Riverside 1875
Longford Tigers Longford Recreation Ground, Longford 1878
North Launceston Robins York Park, Invermay 1893
Scottsdale Magpies Scottsdale Recreation Ground, Scottsdale 1889

NWFU Clubs

Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Est.
Burnie Tigers West Park Oval, Burnie 1885
Cooee Bulldogs West Park Oval, Burnie 1894
Devonport Magpies Devonport Oval, Devonport 1881
East Devonport Swans Girdlestone Park, East Devonport 1901
Latrobe Demons Darrel Baldock Oval, Latrobe 1881
Penguin Two Blues Dial Park, Penguin 1890
Smithton Saints Circular Head Recreation Ground, Smithton 1907
Ulverstone Robins Ulverstone Recreation Ground, Ulverstone 1888
Wynyard Cats Wynyard Football Ground, Wynyard 1885

1982 Ladder

Great Northern FL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts
Penguin 15 0 3 1 2031 1683 120.68% 62
Cooee 14 0 5 0 2633 1645 160.06% 56
Launceston 14 0 5 0 2054 1857 110.61% 56
Ulverstone 13 0 6 0 2133 1651 129.19% 52
Smithton 11 0 7 0 2179 1655 131.66% 44
Devonport 11 0 8 0 2024 1842 109.88% 44
North Launceston 9 0 9 1 2308 2128 108.46% 38
Burnie 9 0 10 0 2026 1933 104.81% 36
East Launceston 8 0 11 0 1979 2151 92.00% 32
Latrobe 8 0 11 0 1798 2008 89.54% 32
Wynyard 8 0 11 0 1704 1948 87.47% 32
Scottsdale 7 0 12 0 1571 1945 80.77% 28
East Devonport 6 0 13 0 1660 2242 74.04% 24
City-South 4 0 13 0 1613 2161 74.64% 16
Longford 2 0 15 0 1655 2519 65.70% 8

NWFU FINALS

Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
1st Semi Ulverstone 14 18 102 Smithton 9 15 69
2nd Semi Cooee 20 9 129 Penguin 11 10 76
Preliminary Penguin 13 5 83 Ulverstone 8 11 59
Grand Cooee 16 15 111 Penguin 16 5 101

NTFA FINALS

Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
1st Semi Scottsdale 21 15 141 East Launceston 12 12 84
2nd Semi Launceston 17 8 110 North Launceston 16 11 107
Preliminary Scottsdale 16 12 108 North Launceston 11 11 77
Grand Scottsdale 17 9 111 Launceston 12 10 82

See also

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