Football in Launceston has its origins dating back to the mid 1860s not many years after the official birth of the game in Melbourne in 1858. The formation of the Launceston FC occurred in 1875 making the Club the oldest in Tasmania’s history.
The Club was a founding member of the Northern Tasmanian Football Association in 1886 and continued in that competition for a century. The Blues enjoyed early success in Tasmania and then dominated the State in the 1930s winning 5 State Premierships.
In the period when the NTFA expanded from 1948 the Launceston Club found it more difficult to achieve the same level of success. Highlights were still found when the Club moved to Riverside to Windsor Park and with great premiership triumphs in 1951, 1969, 1976 and 1985
With the arrival of a statewide league in Tasmania in the mid-1980s the Launceston Club was unable to gain a license but continued in the NTFL. In the early 1990s the Blues finally were accepted into the then declining Statewide League, but were unable to enjoy any success in 4 seasons. The return to the NTFL in 1998 saw a long period pf development culminate with premierships in 2006 and 2007.
The official induction of the ‘Club’ will take place on Friday 4 July at the Hall of Fame gala function at Wrest Point Casino.
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