North Hobart Football Club

North Hobart
Names
Full nameNorth Hobart Football Club
Nickname(s)Demons
Club song"It's A Grand Old Flag!"
2022 TSL season
Home-and-away season6th
Leading goalkickerJack McCulloch (17)
Club details
Founded1881; 143 years ago (1881)
ColoursBlue   Red  
CompetitionTasmanian Football League
PresidentDave Kilpatrick
CoachAdam Bester
Captain(s)Callen Daly
Ground(s)North Hobart Oval (capacity: 18,000)
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official websitenhfc.net.au

The North Hobart Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Tasmanian State League. The club returned to the state league in 2018 after its position was effectively filled by a new club, the Hobart City Football Club after the 2013 season.[1] The club (i.e. North Hobart) was part of the Tasmanian Football League from the early 1900s through to 2001, where the club joined Southern Football League. In 2009, the club was invited into the second reincarnation of the statewide league where it remained until 2013.

In 2014, the North Hobart Football Club Inc. changed from an incorporated body to a company limited with 100% ownership of the Hobart City Football Club, with the Hobart City Demons now the trading name of North Hobart Football Club Ltd.[2]

On October 9, 2017 the paying members of the Hobart City Demons voted 371-118 in favour of returning the playing name of the club to the North Hobart identity for season 2018 and beyond.[3]

Players to reach Australian Football League level include Paul Williams, Peter 'Percy' Jones, Daryn Cresswell, Chris Bond, James Manson, Jim Wright, Tony Pickett, Colin Garland and several other big names. In total 54 North Hobart players have moved on to play at VFL/AFL level.

In 2005, North Hobart was the first club inducted into the AFL Tasmania Hall of Fame as a Great Club.[4]

  1. ^ Hobart City Football club sticks to grand old roots with playing strip reflecting heritage of North Hobart
  2. ^ Current details for the North Hobart F.C. Ltd. on Australian Business Register, 2013
  3. ^ "Diehard Demons fans reclaim club name". The Mercury. 9 October 2017.
  4. ^ "North Hobart Football Club website".