Lauderdale Football Club

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Lauderdale Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in the Hobart, beachside suburb of Lauderdale, Tasmania.

1 History
2 The Club
3 Sponsors
4 Club Jumper
5 External links

[edit] History

The Lauderdale Football Club was formed in 1948 and was known as the Lauderdale Cats right up until 2004 when AFL team Essendon Bombers allined with Lauderdale changing the club's name to the Lauderdale Bombers. The club has been a member of the Southern Football League since 1996 after being a member of other various leagues, such as the Tasman Football Association (1979-80) and was a member of the Southern Tasmanian Amateur Football Association prior to 1996. In the years between 1996 and 2001, Lauderdale had little success a struggled with a success rate of just 30.2%. But in 2002 the league was split into two divisions and Lauderdale was placed in the Regional League. The club finally had some success, making the Grand Final in both 2002 and 2003. Although beaten by Cygnet in both of the club's finals campaigns, it was successful in its application to join the SFL's premier division. The Essendon allignment coincided with the clubs entry into the Southern Football League's Premier League and the club started the 2004 season as the Lauderdale Bombers. Essendon supplies the club with jumpers for their seniors, reserves, colts, 17s and junior teams.