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KEY FACTS

Official name
Devonport Football Club

Known as
Devonport

Former name
Formby

Former name date
1890-01-01

Formed
1881 (as Formby Football Club)

Colours
Black, white and teal blue

Emblem
Magpies

Associated clubs
Mersey Leven WFC

Affiliations (Historical)
North West Football Union (NWFU) 1911–1928, 1930, 1934–1986; Central Combine (COMB) 1929; North Western Football Association (NWFA) 1894–1910, 1931–1933; Tasmanian State League (TSL) 1987–2000, 2009–2017

Home Ground
Devonport Oval

Senior Premierships
NWFU - 1914-15, 1921*, 1925, 1933-34, 1936, 1938, 1981 (9 total, although technically the 1921 flag was won by Devonport's B grade team); TFL Statewide - 1988 (1 total)

Most Games
242 by Ricky Brown

Postal Address
PO Box 302, Devonport, TAS, 7310

Phone: (03) 6424 4542 

Email
admin@devonportfc.com.au

Website
devonportfc.com.au

Devonport



"...the Blues as they were known at the time comfortably accounted for Glenorchy in the second semi final by 20 points, and were even more convincing against the same opponent a fortnight later, winning the 1981 premiership..."

John Devaney looks back at the history of the Devonport Football Club.

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1988 Season (TFL) Fixture

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Devonport's 1988 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 H Devonport 21.17 143 WON South Launceston 10.6 66 77 DEV Apr 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 A Devonport 17.21 123 WON Sandy Bay 12.16 88 35 QBO Apr 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Devonport 36.7 223 WON New Norfolk 6.12 48 175 DEV Apr 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 A Devonport 15.23 113 LOST Burnie Hawks 17.25 127 -14 WPO Apr 24 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
5 H Devonport 22.12 144 WON North Hobart 15.13 103 41 DEV Apr 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H Devonport 14.11 95 WON Clarence 10.9 69 26 DEV May 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Devonport 17.14 116 WON Hobart 12.15 87 29 NHO May 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Devonport 12.15 87 WON Glenorchy 10.12 72 15 DEV May 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A Devonport 17.14 116 LOST North Launceston 20.17 137 -21 YOR Jun 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A Devonport 27.6 168 WON South Launceston 14.10 94 74 YNG Jun 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Devonport 12.14 86 WON Sandy Bay 11.12 78 8 DEV Jun 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 A Devonport 11.19 85 WON New Norfolk 10.9 69 16 BOY Jul 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H Devonport 18.11 119 WON Burnie Hawks 7.11 53 66 DEV Jul 10 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
14 A Devonport 12.15 87 LOST North Hobart 20.7 127 -40 NHO Jul 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A Devonport 16.11 107 WON Clarence 11.18 84 23 BEL Jul 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H Devonport 17.16 118 WON Hobart 13.12 90 28 DEV Aug 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Devonport 16.12 108 LOST Glenorchy 19.24 138 -30 KGV Aug 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Devonport 12.15 87 WON North Launceston 8.9 57 30 DEV Aug 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2SF H Devonport 6.110.412.915.13 103 WON Glenorchy 1.26.57.812.11 83 20 NHO Sep 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
GF H Devonport 5.27.310.415.7 97 WON Glenorchy 1.24.27.28.6 54 43 NHO Sep 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.