Sandy Bay FC
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Sandy Bay Soccer Club was a football (soccer)
club which represented Sandy Bay
in the Tasmania
n Southern Premier League
from 1922 until its demise in 1953. In their 31 year history Sandy Bay established itself as a powerhouse club of Tasmanian football, winning a remarkable seven state championships, and seven southern premierships which still sees them placed fourth on the winners lists of both competitions despite folding over 50 years ago.
Their great rivalry with neighbours South Hobart
was a feature of pre-World War II
Tasmanian football competitions, and their demise was regretted by all associated with the great club.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club which represented Sandy Bay
Sandy Bay, Tasmania
Sandy Bay is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, located immediately south of the central business district.The suburb is home to many large homes, and adjoins the waterfront Salamanca area and Battery Point. The suburb is known as one of the city's prestigious areas...
in the Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
n Southern Premier League
Southern Premier League (Tasmania)
The Tasmania South Premier League is, jointly with the Tasmania North Premier League, the highest level association football competition in Tasmania. Nationally, it is one grade lower than the A-League and is controlled by the Football Federation Tasmania...
from 1922 until its demise in 1953. In their 31 year history Sandy Bay established itself as a powerhouse club of Tasmanian football, winning a remarkable seven state championships, and seven southern premierships which still sees them placed fourth on the winners lists of both competitions despite folding over 50 years ago.
Their great rivalry with neighbours South Hobart
South Hobart SC
South Hobart Football Club is an association football club which plays in the Tasmanian Southern Premier League. The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams....
was a feature of pre-World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Tasmanian football competitions, and their demise was regretted by all associated with the great club.
Honours
- State ChampionshipTasmanian football championshipThe Tasmanian association football championship has been decided using three different formats; a short lived statewide league, a playoff between Northern and Southern league Champions and lastly a statewide finals system with top teams from Northern and Southern leagues.-The Tasmanian Statewide...
: (7 times) 1924,1925,1927,1933,1936,1938,1939 - Southern PremiershipsSouthern Premier League (Tasmania)The Tasmania South Premier League is, jointly with the Tasmania North Premier League, the highest level association football competition in Tasmania. Nationally, it is one grade lower than the A-League and is controlled by the Football Federation Tasmania...
: (7 times) 1924,1925,1927,1933,1936,1938,1939 - Southern Premier Runners-up: (5 times) 1923,1931,1932,1934,1937
- Falkinder Cup Winners: (10 times) 1923,1925,1926,1927,1931,1933,1935,1936,1937,1939
- Falkinder Cup Runners-up: (4 times) 1929,1930,1934,1946