Greater Northern Football League


The Greater Northern Football League was an Australian rules football competition played between the fifteen major football clubs across Northern Tasmania from the two major footballing bodies across the north of the state, the Northern Tasmanian Football Association, and the North West Football Union in 1981 and 1982.

Participating clubs

NTFA Clubs

- City-South Football Club.

- East Launceston Football Club.

- Launceston Football Club.

- Longford Football Club.

- North Launceston Football Club.

- Scottsdale Football Club.

NWFU Clubs

- Burnie Tigers Football Club.

- Cooee Football Club.

- Devonport Football Club.

- East Devonport Football Club.

- Latrobe Football Club.

- Penguin Football Club.

- Smithton Football Club.

- Ulverstone Football Club.

- Wynyard Football Club.

1982 Ladder

NWFU FINALS

FinalTeamGBPtsTeamGBPts
1st Semi Ulverstone 14 18 102 Smithton 9 15 69
2nd Semi Cooee 20 9 129 Penguin 11 10 76
Preliminary Penguin 13 5 83 Ulverstone 8 11 59
Grand Cooee 16 15 111 Penguin 16 5 101


NTFA FINALS

FinalTeamGBPtsTeamGBPts
1st Semi Scottsdale 21 15 141 East Launceston 12 12 84
2nd Semi Launceston 17 8 110 North Launceston 16 11 107
Preliminary Scottsdale 16 12 108 North Launceston 11 11 77
Grand Scottsdale 17 9 111 Launceston 12 10 82