Southern Football Club is a

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club from Kingston,

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. They compete in the

Southern Championship The Southern Championship is an association football league in Southern Tasmania. It is jointly with the Northern Championship, the second highest level soccer competition in Tasmania. Nationally, it sits below the A-League and NPL Tasmania. ...

of the

Football Federation Tasmania Football Tasmania (FT) is the governing body for soccer in the Australian state of Tasmania. The federation oversees competitions across Tasmania, Tasmanian representative teams, and development of the sport in the state. The federation was kno ...

. The club was formed in 2009 by the merger of two existing clubs, Kingston Cannons and Christian United.

History

Rapid FC

Rapid FC was founded in 1958. Rapid was highly successful during its life winning the State Championship 4 times, and the Southern Premiership 5 times. For a brief period in the 1980s, due to sponsorship reasons, they were known as Rapid-Wrest Point, before switching back. They played their final match in 1996, being relegated in the process to the Southern League 2. The name was changed and the club reformed as Kingston Cannons. They immediately won the Southern League 2 and were promoted back to the League 1.

Merger

At the end of the 2009 season, Kingston Cannons merged with Christian United to form Southern FC. In 2013 they won the Southern League 1 title and were runners up in 2014 gaining promotion into the

Honours

Honours as Southern FC: *Southern League 1 Runners-up 2014 *Southern League 1 Premiers 2013 Honours as Rapid: *

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(×4): 1976, 1979, 1980, 1982 * Southern Premierships (×5): 1958, 1961, 1964, 1976, 1982 *Southern Premier Runners-up (×5): 1959, 1962, 1974, 1983, 1984 *KO Cup Winners (×4): 1974, 1979, 1980, 1984 *Summer Cup Runners-up: 1984 *Falkinder Cup Runners-up: 1958 *Association Cup Winners (×2): 1961, 1965 *Ascot Gold Cup Winners: 1961 *DJ Trophy Winners: 1977 *Cadbury Trophy Winners (×2): 1982, 1983 *Cadbury Trophy Runners-up (×3): 1979, 1980, 1984

References

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