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Glenorchy District Football Club 
Names Nickname(s) The Magpies, Pies Motto Fortis ad finem 2011 season Premiership 4th Home and away season 5th (10 wins, 8 losses, 0 draws) Best and fairest TBC Club details Founded 1919 (as New Town) Colours Black and White Coach Ben Beams Captain(s) Jaye Bowden and Jonathan Bowring Premierships 16 (1935, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1965, 1975, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1999, 2007, 2008) Ground(s) KGV Oval
Glenorchy, Tasmania (capacity: 18,000+ capacity)Other information Official website www.glenorchymagpies.org.au Guernsey:
The Glenorchy District Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Tasmanian State League and the Southern Football League in Tasmania, Australia.
Origins
The club is nicknamed the Magpies after its black and white playing strip, and was originally known as New Town Football Club (wearing a green and white strip) when it started out as a member of the Tasmanian Football League in 1921.
New Town changed its name to Glenorchy in 1957 after absorbing the already established club Glenorchy Rovers and relocated its headquarters to KGV Oval at Glenorchy in Hobart's northern suburbs in the same year, playing its first match at the venue on 4 May 1957 against Hobart. It remains there to this day.
After the death of the Tasmanian Football League in December 2000, the club was temporarily without a league to play in.
Entry to Southern Football League
After some political maneuvering within football circles, Glenorchy were admitted to the Southern Football League, but at a high price, with the club being forced, as a condition of entry to the League, to give up its black and white playing strip, and its Magpies emblem as it clashed with former Southern Amateur club Claremont Magpies, who were already a member of the SFL.
Glenorchy announced in early 2001 that they would adopt a new green, black & white playing uniform, and be known as the "Glenorchy Storm".
This was not popular with fans who drifted away from the club, and its membership and support base decreased rapidly.
There was to be considerable rejoicing amongst its fans in 2004, after persistent pressure from the club, and the fact that Claremont were now playing in the SFL Regional League, which resulted in Glenorchy being granted the return of its black and white strip, and the Magpie emblem.
TANFL/TFL Statewide League/TSL premierships
- 1935, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965, 1975, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1999
TANFL/TFL Statewide League/TSL runners up
- 1923, 1926, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 2009
SFL Premier League premiers
- 2007, 2008
SFL Premier League runners up
- 2001, 2006
State premierships
- 1948, 1953, 1956, 1965, 1975
William Leitch Medallists
(Best and fairest player – TFL and SFL premier senior football)
- 1951 – Rex Garwood
- 1975 – Trevor Sprigg
- 1978 – Peter Hudson
- 1979 – Peter Hudson
- 1980 – Gary Linton
- 1988 – Adrian Fletcher
- 1999 – Ben Atkin
- 2005 – David Newitt
- 2006 – Jesse Crouch
- 2008 – Shane Piuselli
George Watt Medallists
(Best and fairest player – TFL reserves football)
- 1963 – Dal Johnson
- 1968 – W. Hayes
- 1973 – P. Lynsky (tied)
- 1981 – Wayne Olding
- 1987 – Mark Horner (three way tie)
- 1988 – Steven Hay
- 2006 – Clinton French
V. A. Geard Medallists
(Best and fairest player – TFL thirds football)
- 1950 – J.Chick
- 1956 – D. Cransfield
- 1974 – L. Berwick
- 1981 – N. Jeffrey
D. R. Plaister Medallists
(Best and fairest – TFL fourths football)
- 1978 – Jamie Woolley
- 1991 – Craig Grace
Lefroy Medallists
(Best and fairest – Tasmanian state team)
- 1965 – M. McMahon (tied)
- 1979 – Darryl Sutton
- 1986 – David Pearce
- 2009 – Shane Piuselli (tied)
Horrie Gorringe Medallists
(Best on field in the Premier League Grand Final)
- 2007 – Brad Curran
- 2008 – Damian McIvor
Club record attendance
24,968: 1979 TFL Grand Final vs Clarence Roos at North Hobart Oval.
Club record score
TFL 34.21 (225) vs Hobart 18.14 (122) at KGV Oval Round 22, 1983.
Glenorchy District Football Club Team of the Century: 1921–2000
Backline: Roland Curley, Roy Witzerman, Alan Leitch.
Half-back line: Trevor Sprigg, Barry Strange, Robbie Dykes.
Centre line: Michael Styles (Capt), Neil Conlan, Ben Atkin.
Half-forward line: John Klug, Max Griffiths, David Pearce.
Forward line: Danny Ling, Peter Hudson, Gary Linton.
Ruck: Jack Rough, Rex Garwood, Ron Marney.
Interchange: John Chick, Matthew Mansfield, Kevin Morgan, Denis Lester, Kevin Baker, Adrian Fletcher, Max McMahon.
External links
Tasmanian Football League (TFL) Clubs Burnie Dockers • Clarence Roos • Devonport Magpies • Glenorchy Magpies • Hobart Tigers • Lauderdale Bombers • Launceston Blues • North Hobart Demons • North Launceston Bombers • South Launceston BulldogsGrounds North Hobart Oval • Aurora Stadium • Bellerive Oval • KGV Oval • Devonport Oval • West Park Oval • TCA Ground • Lauderdale Oval • Windsor Park • Youngtown OvalHonours Leading goal-kickers • Premiers • RecordsFormer Tasmanian Football League (TANFL/TFL) clubs Categories:- Australian rules football clubs in Tasmania
- Sports clubs established in 1919
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