Initially formed as the Southport Football Club the Southport Tigers compete in both the junior and senior

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competitions. The club is based at Owen Park in

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, Australia.

History

There has been a long history of Southport being represented in

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dating back to the 1930s. They were then known as the Southport Wanderers. In 1931, the Southport Wanderers were the A Grade undefeated Premiers winning the Plunket Cup in that year. The Southport Wanderers Football Club A Grade side were the South Coast League Premiers and winners of the Mathias Cup in 1939. Southport also played local competition in the late forties and early fifties. The Southport Wanderers also had south coast representative teams in the Brisbane Rugby League Premiership competition. In the late fifties the team was revived as the All Whites. The team was resurrected again in the sixties as the Gold Coast R.L.F.C. In 1966 they lost the grand final to Seagulls. In 1968 the Gold Coast Tigers won the grand final against the Seagulls and won the Caltex Cup the same year. Gold Coast Tigers beat Seagulls again in the grand final in 1972 and went on to win the grand final in 1976 and 1977. In 1978 Gold Coast Tigers changed the name to the ''Southport Tigers'' to accommodate new

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clubs. ''Southport Tigers'' went on to win the grand final of the Gold Coast competition in 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987 and 1988.

Notable Juniors

Southport Tigers have produced some notable players: * Greg Eastwood *Bobby Cook *Lloyd Little *Norm McFadden *Lance Townsend *Ray McCarron * Steve Rogers *John Chisolm *Pat Kelly * Paul Wild *Paul Cahill *Errol Slingsby * Peter Inskip * Jay Hoffman *

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*Pat Shepherdson * Keith Harris *Greg Beddow *Richard Rice * Paul Garrett *

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* David Boyd * Shaun Devine *Dean Scott * Jamahl Lolesi *Gary Roberts *Keith Hookway *Steve Bunney

Recent history

Their most successful A grade season was 2008, in which they won every match and beat Currumbin Eagles in the grand final. A win that not only saw the A Grade team win the Grand Final as undefeated Premiers but also backed it up with a Reserve Grade Premiership. In 2009,the reserves went undefeated the whole season beating

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16-18 in the grand final. The A grade also had a good year defending their premiership after beating Bilambil Jets 12-6 in the grand final.

References

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History

Notable Juniors

Recent history

See also

References