Longford Football Club


The Longford Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Longford, Tasmania which currently compete in the Northern Tasmanian [Football Association (formed 1996)|modern Northern Tasmanian Football Association]. From 1926 until 1986 they had played in the original Northern Tasmanian Football Association. Formed in 1878, Longford are nicknamed the Tigers and wear black and gold as their club colours.

History

As a founding club of the South Esk FA in 1890 the club won the first 10 premierships. Further premiership followed in 1901, 1904 and 1906.
From 1926 until 1986 they had played in the original Northern Tasmanian Football Association. Longford has their strongest decade in the 1950s when they claimed three NTFA premierships, including their breakthrough triumph in 1955. They had previously never won the competition but had been runners-up in 1931, 1940 and 1953. In 1959 the club attempted to win their third premiership in a row but lost the Grand Final to City-South.
The Tigers were Tasmanian State Premiers in 1957. After accounting for Ulverstone, premiers of the North West Football Union, in the preliminary match, Longford defeated North [Hobart Football Club|North Hobart] by 21 points in the decider at York Park.
The club spent one unsuccessful year in the NTFL before realising that the football standard was too high for them so they transferred to the Tasmanian Amateurs where they remain to this day.

Honours

Premierships

NTFA premierships
Original
  • 1955
  • 1957–58
Current
  • 1989
  • 2022
Tasmanian State Premierships
  • 1957

Medalists

Tasman Shields Trophy winners
Hec Smith Memorial Medalists

Team of the Century

In September 2001, the Longford named an official 'Team of the Century'.