Full name Brighton Football Club After finals 7° Coach Matt Shaw Founded 1885 | Nickname(s) Robins President Peter Spotswood Ground(s) Pontville Oval | |
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The Brighton Football Club, nicknamed the Robins, is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Southern Football League in Tasmania, Australia.
Origins
Brighton began as Mangalore in 1885, In 1953, 54 and 55 Brighton fielded a team in the Southern Districts Football Association while Mangalore won the South-Eastern Districts premierships in 1954 and 1955,(trove 1954 etc.). Mangalore changed its name to Brighton Robins in 1995 before joining the SFL in 1996. In 1996, Brighton was one of eight founder members of Tasmania's Southern Football League, and were losing semi-finalists in 1996, and 1997, before winning their first and so far only title in 1998. Brighton have competed in various competitions including:
Entry to Southern Football League
SEDFA premierships
TAFL Southern Division premierships
State amateur premierships
SFL/SFL Premier League premierships
SFL/SFL Premier League runners up
William Leitch Medalists:
Peter Hodgman Medalists
Club record games holder
Club record attendance
Club record score