Brighton Football Club (Tasmania)

Brighton
Full name Brighton Football Club
Nickname Robins
Sport Australian rules football
Founded 1885 (Mangalore) – 1995 (Brighton)
League Southern Football League
Home ground Pontville Oval
Anthem "It's A Grand Old Flag! "
President Peter Spotswood
Head coach Matt Shaw
2007 7th

The Brighton Football Club, nicknamed the Robins, is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Southern Football League in Tasmania, Australia.

Origins

Brighton began as Mangalore in 1885, In 1953, 54 and 55 Brighton fielded a team in the Southern Districts Football Association while Mangalore won the South-Eastern Districts premierships in 1954 and 1955,(trove 1954 etc). Mangalore changed its name to Brighton Robins in 1995 before joining the SFL in 1996. In 1996, Brighton was one of eight founder members of Tasmania's Southern Football League, and were losing semi-finalists in 1996, and 1997, before winning their first and so far only title in 1998. Brighton have competed in various competitions including:


Entry to Southern Football League

SEDFA premierships

TAFL Southern Division premierships

State amateur premierships

SFL/SFL Premier League premierships

SFL/SFL Premier League runners up

William Leitch Medalists:

Peter Hodgman Medalists

Club record games holder

Club record attendance

Club record score

External links


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