Brighton Football Club (Tasmania)


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

Origins

The club began as Mangalore Football Club in 1885 and participated in various country and suburban leagues throughout southern Tasmania up until it was accepted to join the Southern Amateurs in 1981.

Mangalore continued to participate in the Southern Amateurs, winning the one premiership title until the competition collapsed following the completion of the 1995 season whereby a replacement competition, the STFL was formed and from the 1996 season they were one of eight founding clubs of the competition and continued participation to the present day.

In 1996 the club changed its name from Mangalore to Brighton Football Club but kept its same Robins nickname and red and blue playing colours.

Note that in the 1940s and early 1950s there was a club named Brighton that fielded a team in the Southern Districts Football Association while Mangalore won the South-Eastern Districts premierships in 1954 and 1955.

Success has proved elusive for the Robins since their early days in the Southern Football League, losing semi-finalists in 1996 and 1997 before winning their first and so far only premiership title in 1998.

Brighton's last grand final appearance was in 1999 under playing coach Byron Howard Jr when they were defeated by former TFL club, Hobart by 51-points at Huonville Recreation Ground on 11 September 1999.

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 Punners up
William Leitch Medalists:
Peter Hodgman Medalists
Club record games holder
Club Record Attendance
Club Record Score