Dodges Ferry Football Club

Dodges Ferry

Full name	Dodges Ferry Football Club
Nickname	Sharks
Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	1978
League	Southern Football League
Home ground	Dodges Ferry Recreation Ground
Anthem	"When the Sharks Go Marching In"
President	David Bellars
Head coach	Rodney Dann
Captain	Dave "Wally" Cusick
2010	Minor premiers

The Dodges Ferry Football Club, nicknamed the Sharks, is an Australian rules football club based in the Hobart suburb of Dodges Ferry. The club currently plays in the Southern Football League (SFL) in Tasmania, Australia. The club wears a red, yellow and black jumper and has the mascot the Sharks. The club spent its first 23 years in the Tasman Football Association (TFA) where it won half a dozen premierships. The league folded after the 2001 season. The Sharks then entered the SFL in 2002. Dodges won their first SFL premiership in 2006 and were runners up in 2010.

Home grounds, club achievements and records

• Shark Park – 1993–present
• Founded – 1978
• Colours – Red, yellow and blue
• Emblem – Sharks
• Club record games holder:
  • Paul "Wally" Cusick – 469 games
• Southern Football League premierships
  • 2006
• Southern Football League runners-up
  • 2010
• Tasman Football Association premierships
  • 1979, 1980, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991
• Tasman Football Association leading goalkickers
  • 1980 - Eddie Gotowski - 54
  • 1983 - Gary Pears - 83
  • 1994 - Bruce Rainbird - 104
• Club record score
  • 449 - Dodges Ferry 68.41.449 (v Railway 3.0.18) - Tasman FA - 1993
• Club record quarter
  • Unknown

External links

• Southern Football League official website