Southport Australian Football Club, nicknamed the Sharks, is an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
club based on the
Gold Coast
Gold Coast may refer to:
Places Africa
* Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana:
** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642)
** Dutch G ...
,
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
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, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, that competes in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
(VFL).
Southport is one of the most successful football clubs in Queensland, having claimed 22 senior-grade premierships across multiple competitions since it was established in 1961. It competed in the
Gold Coast Australian Football League
There are several Australian rules football leagues in regional Queensland.
The sport of Australian rules football has a rich history in Queensland which dates back to the 1860s, however the game outside of South East Queensland was slower to tak ...
between 1961 and 1982, and then moved to the
Queensland Australian Football League
The Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) is an Australian rules football competition organised by the AFL Queensland, contested by clubs from South East Queensland.
Previously known as the Queensland Football League (QFL), Queensland ...
. In 2011 the club was elevated to the
North East Australian Football League
The North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) was an Australian rules football league in New South Wales, Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. The league was formed in November 2010, and its inaugural co ...
(NEAFL), before finally being accepted into the Victorian Football League following the NEAFL's cessation in 2019. Since 2020 Southport has fielded a senior women's team in Division 1 of the
QAFLW competition; the club won its inaugural women's premiership in 2020.
History
Formation and early GCAFL years (1961–1982)
On 22 May 1961, the Southport Australian Football Club was formed and six days later the first training session was held at Labrador Sports Oval. It was revealed on 7 June 1961 that the club would be known on as the Southport Magpies and would wear a black and white vertical striped jumper similar to the
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The club w ...
. In front of 1,000 spectators, Southport played their first ever game against Centrals Football Club on 25 June 1961. Southport came out victorious in their first outing 8.10.58 to Central's 6.11.47. They would then go on to win the first ever Gold Coast Australian Football League premiership with a 13-point victory over Ipswich on 25 September 1961.
With the expansion of the Gold Coast Australian Football League starting in 1962, Southport moved their home ground to Owen Park. Southport won back-to-back premierships in the first two years of the Gold Coast Australian Football League, defeating Currumbin by 53 points to win their second premiership. Following a series of local premierships, the club applied for entry into the Queensland Australian Football League in July 1981. Twelve months later, the Queensland Australian Football League officially accepted Southport's entry application for the 1983 season. In their last game as part of the Gold Coast Football League, the Southport Magpies fell in the Grand Final to Coolangatta by 28 points. The disappointment of the Grand Final loss was short lived as the rebranding from the Southport Magpies to the Southport Sharks began. The strip was changed to a black V on a white background to avoid an identity conflict with the Sherwood Magpies, who later became the
Western Magpies. The decision as to which club would retain the "Magpies" moniker was made by the toss of a coin.
New competitions (1983–)
Queensland Australian Football League (1983–1999)
Upon entrance into the Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL), the newly formed Southport Sharks were given little chance of success against the predominantly Brisbane based competition. In their first game of the 1983 season, the Sharks walked away winners with a victory over the Western Districts. They would compile a 12-6 win–loss record during the home and away season. The Sharks going undefeated through the 1983 finals series and would win the Grand Final by 13 points over
Morningside. The Sharks would continue to prove themselves through the 80s with another three premierships added to their trophy cabinet as well as two runners-up. Early in 1989, the Sharks moved their headquarters to their current ground
Fankhauser Reserve
Fankhauser Reserve is a multi-sports venue in Southport, a suburb in the Gold Coast, Australia.
It has been used by the NEAFL's Southport Australian Football Club team as their home game base. The Gold Coast Suns reserves side also occasional ...
.
The club continued their dominance with an unbeaten season in 1990 but the club's financial woes were a big issue following a Grand Final loss in 1991. The club almost abandoned the QAFL late in 1991 to re-enter the Gold Coast Australian Football League, but Queensland's introduction of poker machines would secure the financial future of the Sharks. By 1995 the Sharks had reached 20,000 members began to lead the charge for a second Queensland team entering the
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...
.
In 1996, the Sharks made their first bid to the AFL for inclusion in the national league, which was rejected by the AFL in favour of the
Port Adelaide Football Club
Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, Alberton, South Australia. The club's senior men's team plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), where they are nicknamed ...
's elevation from the
SANFL
The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport.
Originally formed as the ...
. After which, the club continued to lobby for a licence.
Following the AFL's rejection of the Sharks into the national league, the Sharks would set out to prove just how good they really were. The team would win three premierships in a row in 1997, 1998 and 1999 to finish off the millennium with success. In 1999 the Sharks were able to poach future
St Kilda Saints star
Nick Riewoldt
Nicholas Fredrick Riewoldt ( ; born 17 October 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was the first draft selection in the 2000 AFL draft. He was the ...
from their cross-town rivals
Broadbeach Cats, although Riewoldt would not compete for the Sharks senior side until 2000.
New Millennium and Dominance (2000–2010)
The Sharks would enter the 2000 season as the raging favourites to take out a fourth consecutive premiership. Soon to be number 1
AFL draft
The Australian Football League draft is the annual draft of unsigned players, especially new nominations, by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League (AFL).
History ...
pick
Nick Riewoldt
Nicholas Fredrick Riewoldt ( ; born 17 October 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was the first draft selection in the 2000 AFL draft. He was the ...
would play a huge role in their Grand Final victory over the Northern Eagles. Riewoldt would be kept virtually touchless in the first half when matching up against future Brisbane Lions player
Jamie Charman
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People Female
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* Jamie Babbit (born 1970), American film and t ...
. Riewoldt was moved to ruck and would go on to kick two goals in the Sharks Grand Final victory. The four consecutive premierships would be Southport's last taste of success for five years as the club entered a rebuilding phase. Former AFL player
Paul Dimattina
Paul Dimattina (born 22 November 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the Australian Football League (AFL). Dimattina is of Italian descent and the son of former fruiterer Frank Dimattina.
Dimattina played for Ric ...
pulled on the Sharks guernsey in 2005 and would lead the team to their first premiership in five years. The Sharks would continue their success with another three Grand Finals between 2006-2008 in which the Sharks would come away with two more premierships. In November 2010 it was announced the Sharks would be joining the newly formed
North East Australian Football League
The North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) was an Australian rules football league in New South Wales, Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. The league was formed in November 2010, and its inaugural co ...
which included four AFL reserves sides and local teams spread throughout Canberra, New South Wales, Northern Territory and Queensland.
North East Australian Football League (2011–2020)
The Sharks put together a 9–9 win–loss record in the 2011 NEAFL season but missed the finals series by percentage, their first non-finals season ever. The Sharks finished the
2012 NEAFL season with a 14–4 win–loss record and were placed third on the ladder. In the qualifying final, the Sharks fell to the
Brisbane Lions
The Brisbane Lions is a professional Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL).
The club was formed in late 1996 via a merger of the Melbourne-based 1883 foundation VFL c ...
reserves team but recorded their first NEAFL finals victory over Redland the following week. The Sharks faced the
Northern Territory Thunder
Northern Territory Football Club, nicknamed NT Thunder, was a Northern Territory-based Australian rules football club that competed in the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) between 2011 and 2019. It also competed in the VFL Women's i ...
in the preliminary finals but lost by 37 points.
The club won its first and only NEAFL premiership in controversial circumstances in 2018, defeating
Sydney reserves in the Grand Final. Southport dominated the game, and led 12.4 (76) to 2.4 (16) at three-quarter time, but then accidentally sent nineteen men onto the field to start the final quarter. Sydney called for a
head count after twenty seconds and the extra man was discovered, which would traditionally have resulted in Southport's score being re-set to zero for the final quarter; however, officials determined that since the breach had an immaterial effect on the game, Southport would retain its score and the only penalty would be a free kick and fifty metre penalty, resulting in one Sydney goal. Southport went on to win 14.6 (90) to 5.5. (35).
Victorian Football League (2021–)
Following the cessation of the NEAFL in 2020 during the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, Southport were granted entry into an expanded
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
for the
2021 season. The Sharks found success quickly in the VFL by compiling a 9-1 record throughout the 2021 season and qualified for the finals in second position on the ladder but were unable to compete any further due to the August–October Victorian
COVID-19 lockdown
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. Southport continued their dominance in the
2022 VFL season by winning 13 of 18 games and became the first Queensland-based club to qualify for the VFL Grand Final where they were defeated by the
Casey Demons
The Casey Football Club, nicknamed the "Demons" and formerly the "Scorpions", is an Australian rules football club based in Cranbourne East, Victoria. The club, which was known until 2005 as the Springvale Football Club and the Casey Scorpions ( ...
at
Ikon Park
Princes Park (or Carlton Recreation Ground, currently known by its sponsored name Ikon Park) is an Australian rules football ground located inside the wider Princes Park in the inner Melbourne suburb of Carlton North. It is a historic venue, ...
.
Rivalries
Broadbeach Cats
One of the most intense rivalries in local Queensland football exists between the neighbouring clubs in the form of the Sharks and the
Broadbeach Cats and stretches back to their first meeting in 1971. Matches between the two teams generally result in a larger audience and a heated contest on the field. As of the completion of the 2013 NEAFL season, the win–loss record between the two clubs stands at 70-10 in favour of the Sharks. The Cats were removed from the North East Australian Football League at the conclusion of the 2013 season which has resulted in the rivalry not continuing at the senior level.
Gold Coast Suns
Matches between Southport and the
Gold Coast Suns
The Gold Coast Suns is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club is based on Queensland's Gold Coast in the suburb of Carrara.
The club has been playing in the AFL since th ...
are often referred to as the Coast Clash and have occurred on a regular basis since 2011 when both teams entered the
North East Australian Football League
The North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) was an Australian rules football league in New South Wales, Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. The league was formed in November 2010, and its inaugural co ...
. The first ever competitive match that the Suns competed in took place in March 2009 against a reigning 2008
QAFL
The Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) is an Australian rules football competition organised by the AFL Queensland, contested by clubs from South East Queensland.
Previously known as the Queensland Football League (QFL), Queensland ...
premiership Southport team and the Sharks would win the encounter 6.3 (39) to 3.5 (23) at
Carrara Stadium
Carrara Stadium (known commercially as Metricon Stadium) is a stadium on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, located in the suburb of Carrara.
The stadium is primarily used for Australian rules football, serving as the home ground of the ...
. The two teams met in a
2022 VFL preliminary final and despite losing eight straight times to the Suns leading into the match, Southport came out victorious 14.25 (109) to 13.3 (81) at Fankhauser Reserve.
Premierships (22)
Club song
The Southport Sharks club song was sung to the tune of Goodbye Dolly Gray.
Grogan Medallists
*Peter Guy – 1983
*
Zane Taylor – 1985
*Jason Cotter – 1990 / 1993
*
David Crutchfield
David Crutchfield (2 August 1965 – 29 November 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL)
Career
Recruited from South Warrnambool, Crutchfield played in the final four rounds of ...
– 1992
*
Chris O'Sullivan – 1992
*
David Bain
On 20 June 1994, Robin and Margaret Bain and three of their four childrenArawa, Laniet and Stephenwere shot to death in Dunedin, New Zealand. The only suspects were David Cullen Bain, the eldest son and only survivor, and Robin Bain, the father ...
– 1995 / 1999
*Jeff Brennan – 1997
*
David Round
David Round (born 25 June 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Round, the son of former Brownlow Medal winner Barry, was drafted by the Western Bulldogs un ...
– 2002
*Danny Wise - 2010
*Matthew Payne - 2011
*Fraser Pope - 2012
*Haydn Kiel - 2013
QAFL Top Goalkickers
*R. McKay (85) – 1998
*R. McKay (66) – 1999
*R. McKay (79) – 2000
*B. McEntee (119) – 2004
*B. McEntee (84) – 2005
*B. McEntee (100) – 2007
*B. McEntee (66) – 2008
Drafted players in the AFL/VFL
AFL/VFL players
There are list of past and present Southport players who have played at
AFL
AFL may refer to:
Sports
* American Football League (AFL), a name shared by several separate and unrelated professional American football leagues:
** American Football League (1926) (a.k.a. "AFL I"), first rival of the National Football Leagu ...
/VFL:
*
Jack Anthony Jack Anthony may refer to:
*Jack Anthony (hurler) (1886–1964), Kilkenny sportsperson
*Jack Anthony (jockey) (1890–1954), Welsh champion jockey
* Jack Anthony (musician) (born 1982), American singer-songwriter, composer and musician
*Jack Anthon ...
(Collingwood and Fremantle)
*
Marcus Ashcroft
Marcus Ashcroft (born 25 September 1971) is a former professional Australian rules footballer. He played 318 games for the Brisbane Bears/Lions and is currently on the coaching panel of the Gold Coast Football Club. The Marcus Ashcroft Medal, ...
(Brisbane Bears and Brisbane Lions)
*
David Bain
On 20 June 1994, Robin and Margaret Bain and three of their four childrenArawa, Laniet and Stephenwere shot to death in Dunedin, New Zealand. The only suspects were David Cullen Bain, the eldest son and only survivor, and Robin Bain, the father ...
(Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy)
*
Adrian Bassett
Adrian Bassett (born 11 March 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Notes
External links
*Adrian Basset's profile
at Blueseum
1967 births
Carlt ...
(Carlton)
*
Dayne Beams
Dayne Beams (born 12 February 1990) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He also previously played for, and captained, the Brisbane Lions duri ...
(Collingwood and Brisbane Lions)
*
Corey Bell
Corey Bell (born 24 January 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League (AFL).
One of the smallest footballers to play in the AFL, Bell was a rover for Southport when he wa ...
(Brisbane Bears)
*
Nathan Bock
Nathan Bock (born 20 March 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for the Adelaide Football Club between 2002 and 2010, and joined the new Gold Coast Football Club in 2011.
Adelaide ca ...
(Adelaide and Gold Coast)
*
Andrew Boston
Andrew Boston (born 23 March 1994) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was selected with the 55th pick in the 2012 AFL Draft, 2013 rookie d ...
(Gold Coast)
*
Jared Brennan
Jared Brennan (born 28 July 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer, who last represented the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He also previously represented the Brisbane Lions.
Early life
...
(Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast)
*
Warwick Capper
Warwick Richard Capper (born 12 June 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League. An accomplished full-forward, Capper kick ...
(Sydney Swans and Brisbane Bears)
*
Darren Carlson
Darren Graham Carlson (born 6 May 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).
Carlson played his junior football in Surfers Paradise and then partici ...
(Brisbane Bears)
*
David Crutchfield (1965–2002) (Fitzroy)
*
Ian Dargie (St. Kilda and West Coast Eagles)
*
Gary Dempsey (Footscray and North Melbourne)
*
Paul Dimattina
Paul Dimattina (born 22 November 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the Australian Football League (AFL). Dimattina is of Italian descent and the son of former fruiterer Frank Dimattina.
Dimattina played for Ric ...
(Western Bulldogs)
*
Sam Gilbert
Samuel Gilbert (born 19 August 1986) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early life
Gilbert is a rugby league convert who didn’t start pl ...
(St. Kilda)
*
Stuart Glascott (Brisbane Bears)
*
Brent Green (1976–2009) (Brisbane Bears, Brisbane Lions and Sydney Swans)
*
Steven Handley (Geelong)
*
Wally Hillis (1938–2006) (Richmond)
*
Josh Hunt
Joshua Hunt (born 14 March 1982) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League.
Career
Early career
Hunt was drafted by ...
(Geelong and GWS)
*
Matthew Kennedy (Brisbane Bears and Brisbane Lions)
*
Trent Knobel
Trent Knobel (born 23 May 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.
Knobel, a ruckman originally from the Gold Coast, was recruited to the AFL in his home state with the Brisbane Lions onto their rookie ...
(Brisbane Lions, St. Kilda and Richmond)
*
Eddie Lake
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(Essendon)
*
Steven Lawrence
Steven James Lawrence (born 19 May 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer. He is the son of St Kilda star Barry Lawrence.
Brisbane career
Debuting with the Brisbane Bears in 1995, Lawrence was a solid half back flanker who enjoyed ...
(Brisbane Bears, Brisbane Lions and St. Kilda)
*
Broc McCauley
Broc McCauley (born 20 December 1986) is a former Australian rules footballer, who played for Hawthorn Football Club and Brisbane Lions Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early life
A junior sporting standout in cricket, soc ...
(Brisbane Lions and Hawthorn)
*
Steven McLuckie
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From Surfers Paradise, McLuckie played with AFL Queensland State League club Southport ...
(Brisbane Bears)
*
Daniel Merrett
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Merrett was born in Adelaide, but moved to the Gold Coast with his family ...
(Brisbane Lions)
*
Glen Middlemiss
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(Geelong and St. Kilda)
*
Wayde Mills
Wayde Mills (born 29 August 1987) is an Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League, and formerly in the Australian Football League.
Overview
Mills played junior football with the Coolangatta Tweed Heads Aus ...
(Brisbane Lions)
*
Brad Moran (North Melbourne and Adelaide)
*
Chris O'Sullivan (Brisbane Bears)
*
Andrew Raines
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(Richmond, Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast)
*
Brent Renouf
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Early life
Renouf was born in New Zeala ...
(Hawthorn and Port Adelaide)
*
Nick Riewoldt
Nicholas Fredrick Riewoldt ( ; born 17 October 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was the first draft selection in the 2000 AFL draft. He was the ...
(St. Kilda)
*
David Round
David Round (born 25 June 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Round, the son of former Brownlow Medal winner Barry, was drafted by the Western Bulldogs un ...
(Western Bulldogs)
*
Bill Ryan (Geelong)
*
Leigh Ryswyk (Brisbane Lions)
*
Ray Sarcevic (Geelong)
*
Zane Taylor (Geelong)
*
Rory Thompson
Rory Thompson (born 12 March 1991) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was one of the club's Zone Selections, and played in the Gold Coast's first se ...
(Gold Coast)
*
Joel Tippett (Gold Coast and North Melbourne)
*
Kurt Tippett
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(Adelaide and Sydney Swans)
*
Lachie Weller (Fremantle)
*
Pat Wellington (1953–1987) (Essendon)
*
Jesse White (Sydney Swans and Collingwood)
*
Joshua Williams
Sir Joshua Strange Williams (19 September 1837 – 22 December 1915) was a New Zealand lawyer, politician, Supreme Court judge and university chancellor.
Early life
Williams was born in London, England in 1837, the eldest son of the late ...
(North Melbourne)
*
Marc Woolnough
Marc Woolnough (born 20 May 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer who played six games for Geelong in 1998 and 2002.
Woolnough was raised on the Gold Coast, Queensland and attended All Saints Anglican School with Kurt Tippett both ...
(Geelong)
*
Billy Gowers (Carlton and Western Bulldogs)
*
Brad Lynch (Western Bulldogs)
*
Lukas Webb
Lukas Webb (born 4 March 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional sports, professional comp ...
(Western Bulldogs)
Season Results
References
External links
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Southport Sharks History
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Southport
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Southport lies on the Irish ...
Victorian Football League clubs
Southport, Queensland
1961 establishments in Australia
Australian rules football clubs established in 1961
Australian rules football teams on the Gold Coast, Queensland