Coburg Football Club

Coburg

Names
Full name	Coburg Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Tigers
Club details
Founded	1891
Colours	Navy and      Red
Competition	Victorian Football League
Coach	Adam Potter
Captain(s)	Nick Carnell
Ground(s)	Coburg City Oval (capacity: 15,000)
	Highgate Recreation Reserve
Other information
Official website	www.coburgtigers.com.au
Guernsey:

Coburg Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club based in Coburg, a northern suburb of Melbourne, and currently playing in the Victorian Football League. Coburg have an alignment in place with the AFL's Richmond Football Club which saw the Coburg club change its nickname from the Lions to the Tigers from the commencement of this arrangement in 2001. Season 2007 ended with the senior team as runners-up and the reserves side win their premiership.

Coburg City Oval

Coburg City Oval has the home ground of the Coburg Tigers throughout its history. It was also home of the North Melbourne Football Club for the 1965 VFL season. The ground has a grandstand on southern end near the goals. Terraces surround the rest of the ground.

The capacity of the ground is 15,000 while the highest attendance recorded was 21,695. There are seats for approximately 3,000–5,000 people

From 2010, Coburg has split its home games between Coburg City Oval and Highgate Recreation Reserve, Craigieburn.

Coburg City Oval is fenced off from residents.

From 2011, Coburg City Oval has been renamed as Mantello Holden Oval, with the Coburg Football Club securing Mantello Holden & Mantello Hyundai as the Naming Rights Sponsor of CCO for Season 2011, 2012 and 2013.

History

• Coburg 1891–1999
• Coburg-Fitzroy 2000
• Coburg Tigers 2001–

Club records

VFA/VFL Premierships – 1st Division

• 6 (1926, 1927, 1928, 1979, 1988, 1989)

VFA Premierships – 2nd Division

• 2 (1970, 1974)

The club were runners-up to the Northcote Football Club in three successive seasons from 1932 to 1934. They were also runners-up in 1941, 1959 , 1980 and 1986.

Coburg had prolific goal kickers such as Bob Pratt and Lance Collins during the 1930s. Collins in his first official season (he was injured in 1935 and played one game), kicked 16, 12, 11 and 10 goals in separate games. He kicked 116 goals for the 1936 season and in 98 games for Coburg Football Club (VFA) his tally was 432 goals. Collins played in the 1945 Carlton (VFL) Premiership side. Bob Pratt kicked 183 goals in the 1941 VFA season for Coburg, which was the highest number of goals kicked in a VFA season until Ron Todd of Williamstown (VFA) beat that record and kicked 188 goals in 1945. Pratt and Collins have kicked the most goals by two players in a season :they kicked a total of 256 goals in 1941. Pratt kicked 22 goals in a match against Sandringham Football Club: a club record. Apart from Bob Pratt (183) and Lance Collins (73), Coburg also had N. Glenister who kicked 37 goals, giving the three players a total of 293 goals which is the highest total goals score in the VFA or senior competition of Australian rules football by three players in a season.

The only J.J.Liston trophy winner for Coburg was Jim Sullivan in 1967. Prior to 1943 the Best and Fairest Award in the VFA was the 'Recorder Cup'. Coburg VFA winners were Peter Reville (ex-South Melbourne VFL) who was the equal winner in 1936 and E. "Snowy" Martin in 1927.

Jim Sullivan was credited by club statistics to have amassed 54 kicks in a match in 1969, which is the second highest recorded in senior football competition and the highest in the VFA competition. Coburg has the second highest number of reported players in a VFA match, which occurred in the 1933 Grand final against Northcote Football Club.

After many years in the doldrums, the club enjoyed somewhat of a rebirth in the late 1970s, with a continued period of success until the 1990. During that time, the club won three flags, and finished runner-up another two times.

Superstar and VFA legend Phil Cleary was a member of all these games, as either a player or a coach.

Dave Starbuck holds the club record for games, with 219, played mostly in the 1950s. He is closely followed by cult figure, Vin "The Tank" Taranto, who played during the 1980s and the dark days of the 1990s, when the club was at its lowest and almost folded. Third on the games list, on 205 games, is Cleary.

Famous Fans

Famous supporters of Coburg, harking back to the days when they were known as the "Lions" in the VFA include Cleary, former Trades Union boss Dean Mighell, and 3SER stats doyen Anthony Brady.

Team of the Century

Back	Bob Atkinson	Ron Promnitz	Trevor Price
Half Back	Dave Starbuck	Brad Nimmo	Tony Tancredi
Centre	Alan Mannix	Jim Sullivan	Gary Sheldon
Half Forward	Lance Collins	Bill Byron	Laurie Birt
Forward	Ken Ingram	Bob Pratt	Brian Allison
Ruck	Jim Jenkins	Colin Hobbs	Clarrie Mears
Interchange	Ray Jordon	Harry Kerley	Mick Erwin
	Jack Condon	Tim Reinerts	Mark Weidemann
Emergencies	John Harris	Jack Rogan	Allen Eade
Captain	Brad Nimmo
Coach	Phil Cleary

Coaches and Captains

Year 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Captains R Weatherill H Kerley H Kerley H Kerley J Jenkins T Trevaskis / J Jenkins J Jenkins G Stockdale G Stockdale G Rudolph A Duncan P Reville J Scanlon J Scanlon E Lines / J Scanlon L Collins L Collins R Atkinson R Atkinson R Wilson R Wilson H Equid H Equid H Equid C Lambert C Lambert J Condon J Condon H Wilkinson D Bigelow D Bigelow D Bigelow D Bigelow R Jordan R Jordan / G Short J Sullivan B Barclay A Tancredi J Welsh J Welsh J Welsh M Erwin M Erwin M Erwin M Erwin M Erwin C Hobbs C Hobbs D O'Callaghan A Mannix L Robertson R Beattie R Beattie L Burt L Burt L Burt P Cleary P Cleary P Cleary B Nimmo B Nimmo B Nimmo B Nimmo B Nimmo K Ingram K Ingram S Salvador S Salvador S Salvador A Alessio A Alessio A Alessio M McLeod J Lappin / M McLeod P Steinfort D Talbot L Carlson E Kuret T Ronaldson T Ronaldson P Shelton N Carnell

Coaches R Weatherill C Hardy C Hardy H Kerley J Jenkins T Trevaskis / J Jenkins J Jenkins G Stockdale G Stockdale G Rudolph A Duncan P Reville J Scanlon J Scanlon J Scanlon L Collins L Collins P Rowe P Rowe R Wilson J Scanlon H Equid H Equid H Equid C Lambert C Lambert W Findlay W Findlay W Findlay D Bigelow D Bigelow D Bigelow D Bigelow J Edwards J Edwards L Smith P Bushby P Bushby P Bushby P Bushby P Bushby M Erwin M Erwin M Erwin M Erwin J Dugdale J Dugdale J Dugdale D O'Callaghan C Kinnear C Kinnear C Kinnear C Kinnear J Nicholls H Martin H Martin P Cleary P Cleary P Cleary P Cleary P Cleary P Cleary P Cleary P Cleary P Cleary A Jesaulenko K Breen K Breen B Dunn A Ezard A Ezard S Macpherson S Macpherson A Richardson A Richardson P Spargo D Flood D Flood A Collins A Collins J Rawlings C McRae D Newett A Potter

External links

• Official Coburg Tigers Site
• Full Points Footy Profile for Coburg