The Scottsdale Football Club is an

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club which competed in the old Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA) between 1948 and 1986. Scottsdale joined the

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in 1987. For financial reasons, Scottsdale could no longer field a team in the NTFL and in 2000 switched to the new NTFA, an amateur competition which had been formed four years earlier. Scottsdale, nicknamed ''The Magpies'', currently play in a competition of the Northern Tasmanian Football Association (formed 1996).

History

Scottsdale were formed in 1889 and although they originally competed in red and white colours, the club switched to black and white once admitted into the NTFA for the 1948 season. By 1973, Scottsdale had five NTFA premierships, in the space of eight years. In their finest ever season, the Magpies finished the home and away fixtures undefeated, with their only failure being a draw with North Launceston. It would be North Launceston who they would meet and account for in the Grand Final and the club went on to win the

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with a 65-point thrashing of

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and narrow 11-point victory over Cooee, both away from home. They had come from behind in their game against Cooee, having trailed by 32 points down going into the final quarter. As the premier club in Tasmania, Scottsdale were invited to the 1973 Championship of Australia where they competed against that year's premiership winners from the three major leagues, Glenelg,

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and Subiaco. The Scottsdale team of 1973, which had been captain-coached by Bob Wilson, was inducted into the

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in 2005, the first club to receive such an honour. With the disbandment of the NTFA, Scottsdale joined the

in 1987. They were premiers in 1989 as well as losing grand finals in 1990 and 1993. For financial reasons, Scottsdale could no longer field a team in the NTFL and in 2000 switched to the new NTFA, an amateur competition which had been formed four years earlier. They claimed a premiership in 2001 with a 35 points victory over George Town in the Grand Final.

Honours

Club

* Northern Tasmanian Football Association (10): 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1986 * Northern Tasmanian Football Association (formed 1996) (1): 2001 *

(1): 1973 *

(1): 1989

Individual

Tasman Shields Trophy winners * Charlie Dennis 1952 Hec Smith Memorial Medalists * Max Hadley 1972 * Stephen Nichols 1977 * Ricky Rattray 1978 * David Noonan 1979 * Jamie Dennis 1982, 1984

Team of the Century

In 2000, Scottsdale named an official 'Best Team 1960 to 2000'

References

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