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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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1989 Season (TFL) Fixture

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Devonport's 1989 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 H Devonport 5.7 37 LOST North Launceston 7.8 50 -13 DEV Apr 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 A Devonport 15.19 109 DRAW Clarence 16.13 109 0 BEL Apr 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Devonport 10.10 70 LOST Glenorchy 14.16 100 -30 DEV Apr 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 A Devonport 17.19 121 LOST Hobart 20.9 129 -8 NHO Apr 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 H Devonport 11.16 82 LOST Burnie Hawks 14.18 102 -20 DEV Apr 25 (Tue, 2:10) Scores
6 A Devonport 15.26 116 WON Sandy Bay 8.13 61 55 QBO May 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Devonport 21.17 143 WON South Launceston 14.15 99 44 DEV May 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 A Devonport 10.13 73 LOST New Norfolk 21.16 142 -69 BOY May 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Devonport 14.7 91 LOST North Hobart 15.21 111 -20 DEV May 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A Devonport 15.12 102 LOST North Launceston 20.12 132 -30 YOR Jun 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Devonport 6.11 47 LOST Clarence 10.10 70 -23 DEV Jun 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 A Devonport 12.15 87 WON Glenorchy 10.16 76 11 KGV Jun 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H Devonport 8.8 56 LOST Hobart 8.14 62 -6 DEV Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Devonport 13.11 89 LOST Sandy Bay 13.17 95 -6 DEV Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A Devonport 18.15 123 LOST Burnie Hawks 30.18 198 -75 WPO Jul 30 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
16 A Devonport 13.7 85 WON South Launceston 6.13 49 36 YNG Aug 5 (Sat, 2:01) Scores
17 H Devonport 21.11 137 DRAW New Norfolk 20.17 137 0 DEV Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Devonport 5.11 41 LOST North Hobart 30.22 202 -161 NHO Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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