Waratah Football Club - Misplaced Pages

Not to be confused with New South Wales Waratahs.

Australian rules football club

Waratah

Names

Full name

Waratah Football Club

Nickname(s)

Warriors
Tahs

2022-23 season

After finals

1st

Home-and-away season

2nd

Club details

Founded

November 1916; 108 years ago (November 1916)

Colours

Competition

Northern Territory Football League

Premierships

NTFL (16): 1920/21, 1928/29, 1929/30, 1930/31, 1932/33, 1937/38, 1940/41, 1946/47, 1947/48, 1952/53, 1953/54, 1973/74, 1976/77, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2022/23

Ground(s)

Gardens Oval

Uniforms

Home

Away

Other information

Official website

waratahfc.com.au

The Waratah Football Club, nicknamed, Warriors or Tahs, is a member club of the Northern Territory Football League.

Club achievements

Club achievements
Competition	Level	Num.	Year won
Northern Territory Football League	Premiers	16	1920/21, 1928/29, 1929/30, 1930/31, 1932/33, 1937/38, 1940/41, 1946/47, 1947/48, 1952/53, 1953/54, 1973/74, 1976/77, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2022/23
	Runners Up	16	1916/17, 1917/18, 1918/19, 1922/23, 1923/24, 1925/26, 1927/28, 1931/32, 1933/34, 1934/35, 1950/51, 1955/56, 1996/97, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2021/22
	Minor Premiers	4*	Note: These results only show from after 1946. Stats before that year are still on search. 1946/47, 1952/53, 1998/99, 1999/00
	Wooden Spoons	23	1919/20, 1921/22, 1924/25, 1926/27, 1936/37, 1949/50, 1951/52, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1961/62, 1962/63, 1975/76, 1977/78, 1978/79, 1980/81, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1988/89, 1993/94, 2014/15, 2015/16

History

The club was formed in November 1916, and was one of the original foundation clubs. Waratah is the only Club with an involvement in every year the competition has been played in Darwin.

The Waratah FC has won 15 League Premierships (including 3 consecutive Premierships from 1928/29 to 1930/31) 12 Reserves Premierships and 2 Under 18 Premierships.

The League side broke a 21-year drought in the 1998/99 season to win the League Premiership and followed this up with a back-to-back Premiership in 1999/2000. The Reserve Grade won the Premiership for 3 consecutive years over this period with Premiership wins in 1997/98, 1998/99 and 1999/2000, and again last season.

The prestigious AFLNT Nichols Medal has been won by 8 legends of the Club, with one of these players to have won dual medals. Denis Ganley 1951/52, Bluey McKee 1952/53, Bill James 1953/54, Jim Wilson 1960/61, Bertram Kantilla 1962/63, Keith Nickels 1971/72, Hank McPhee 1979/80, Peter Ivanoff 1981/82 and 1986/87.

Notable Waratah players in the AFL such as Essendon's Dean Rioli.

Club song

It’s a grand old flag
It’s a high flying flag
It’s an emblem for which we will fight
It’s the emblem of the team we love
The team of the red and the white
Every eye gleams bright
For the red and the white
As we sing this song to you
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
Keep your eye on the red and the white.

External links

v t e Northern Territory Football League
Clubs	Darwin Nightcliff Palmerston PINT Southern Districts St Mary's Tiwi Bombers Wanderers Waratah
Seasons	1916–17 1917–18 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942−1945 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Awards	Nichols Medal Chaney Medal

v t e Australian rules football in the Northern Territory
Governing body	AFL Northern Territory
Representative team	Northern Territory Football Club
Darwin league	Northern Territory Football League
Regional leagues	Barkly Big Rivers Central Australian Gove Tiwi Islands
Women's league	Northern Territory Women's Aussie Rules Football Association
Defunct Leagues	Top End Australian Football Association
NTFL teams	Darwin Nightcliff Palmerston PINT Southern Districts St Mary's Tiwi Bombers Wanderers Waratah
Principal venues	Marrara Oval

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