Burnie Dockers Football Club

Burnie Football Club
Full name Burnie Football Club
Nickname Dockers
Sport Australian rules football
Founded 1995
First season 1995 (TFL)
League Tasmanian State League
Home ground West Park, Burnie
Colours Purple and white
Anthem "We're a happy team at Burnie"
President Peter Vincent
Head coach Clint Proctor
Captain Kade Munday
2015 (TSL) 3rd
Strip

Burnie Football Club is an Australian rules football club in Burnie, Tasmania, Australia.

Club history

The Burnie Dockers were formed as a result of a merger between former TFL Statewide League club Burnie Hawks (formerly known as Cooee) and NTFL club the Burnie Tigers. After several years of bitter hatred in the city between the two rival clubs, both clubs were struggling both on-field and financially by the early 1990s.

In late 1993 the Burnie Hawks absorbed the Burnie Tigers and merged, however the club still played as the Burnie Hawks until, with the arrival of former North Melbourne champion Peter German, the club adopted a new emblem, colours and jumper designed to appease both sides of the divide.

From 1995 the Burnie Dockers were successful, making the 1996 and 1997 Grand Finals, but ultimately losing both to Southern powerhouse, Clarence. Shortly after, the Dockers found themselves (like many TFL clubs during the 1990s) in serious financial trouble and facing extinction until a late bailout by the Burnie City Council saved them. The Dockers participated in the Tasmanian Football League until 2000 when it announced it would be pulling out of the fledgling competition, the League therefore folding and the Dockers joined the Northern Tasmanian Football League in 2001.

Success was never far away and the Dockers became arguably Tasmanian football's most powerful domestic club during the early part of the 2000s, winning five consecutive NTFL premierships from 2001–2005. After two lean years, the Dockers bounced back in 2008. Playing in a thrilling NTFL grand final, the Dockers fought tenaciously against the all-conquering Launceston Blues, but fell short by 13 points in front of 5,274 fans at Latrobe.

Burnie rejoined the newly re-established Tasmanian State League (TSL) competition in 2009, and has played there since. Since 2015, its reserves team has competed in the North West Football League seniors, and it has also fielded teams in the junior grades of that competition.[1]

Club song

The club song is "We're a happy team at Burnie" which is based on "The Yankee Doodle Boy".

Statistics and records

Affiliations – Burnie Tigers:

Affiliations – Cooee Bulldogs/Burnie Hawks:

Affiliations – Burnie Dockers:

Home ground:

Formed:

Colours:

Emblem:

Premierships – Burnie Tigers:

Tasmanian State Premierships:

Premierships – Cooee Bulldogs:

Tasmanian State Premierships:

Premierships – Burnie Dockers:

TSL Premierships:

Cheel Medallists:

S.L Alford Medallists:

Wander Medallists:

Baldock Medallists:

All-Australians:

NWFU leading goalkickers:

NTFL leading goalkickers:

TFL Statewide League leading goalkickers:

Highest scores:

Most games:

Record finals attendance:

Notable players

Past and present Burnie Dockers players who have played at AFL include:

References

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