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Darwin
Names
Full nameDarwin Football Club
2019-20 season
After finals5th
Home-and-away season5th
Club details
Founded1916; 108 years ago (1916)
Colours   
CompetitionNorthern Territory Football League
PresidentJohn Patterson
PremiershipsNTFL (23): 1921/22, 1924/25, 1925/26, 1926/27, 1931/32, 1933/34, 1934/35, 1935/36, 1948/49, 1949/50, 1950/51, 1951/52, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1967/68, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1972/73, 1975/76, 1979/80, 1988/89, 2005/06
Ground(s)TIO Stadium
Uniforms
Home

The Darwin Football Club, nicknamed, Buffaloes, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the Northern Territory Football League.

Club achievements

Club Achievements
Competition Level Num. Year Won
Northern Territory Football League Premiers 23 1921/22, 1924/25, 1925/26, 1926/27,
1931/32, 1933/34, 1934/35, 1935/36,
1948/49, 1949/50, 1950/51, 1951/52,
1962/63, 1963/64, 1967/68, 1968/69,
1969/70, 1970/71, 1972/73, 1975/76,
1979/80, 1988/89, 2005/06
Runners Up 30 1919/20, 1929/30, 1930/31, 1932/33,
1936/37, 1937/38, 1938/39, 1940/41,
1946/47, 1947/48, 1952/53, 1953/54,
1954/55, 1956/57, 1958/59, 1959/60,
1961/62, 1964/65, 1966/67, 1971/72,
1983/84, 1986/87, 1987/88, 1989/90,
1990/91, 1991/92, 1993/94, 1994/95,
2000/01, 2017/18
Minor Premiers 17*
  • Note: These results only show
    from after 1946. Stats before
    that year are still on search.

1947/48, 1948/49, 1949/50, 1950/51,
1951/52, 1953/54, 1962/63, 1963/64,
1964/65, 1967/68, 1968/69, 1970/71,
1971/72, 1972/73, 1975/76, 1979/80,
1993/94

Wooden Spoons 16 1916/17, 1917/18, 1918/19, 1920/21,
1922/23, 1923/24, 1927/28, 1928/29,
1960/61, 1996/97, 2006/07, 2008/09,
2009/10, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14

History

The club was formed in 1916. They've been known as Warriors in 1917, Vestey’s in 1918, Buffaloes in 1926, Darwin in 1963 and eventually the Darwin Buffaloes in 2010.

The Buffaloes Premier League Men have won 23 titles in the competition. Their most recent win was in the 2005/06 NTFL Grand Final.

The Buffaloes (Buffettes) Premier League Women won the 2016/17 NTFL Grand Final.

The club has produced AFL players including Matthew Whelan, Andrew McLeod, Matthew Ahmat, Robert Ahmat, Matthew Campbell, Darryl White, Matthew Whelan, Cameron Stokes, Joe Anderson and Jed Anderson.

Club Song

Who are who are who are we
We are we are the Buffaloes
B-U-double F-A-L-O-E-S
BUFFALOES

You go home and get your scanties
I'll go home and get my panties
and away we'll go
Ohhhhhhh
Shuffle up the Buffal
Shuffle up the Buffaloes

Old Buffaloes never die, never die, never die
Old Buffaloes never die
They simply fade away

How do you do all you Buffaloes how do you do
How do you do
How do you do all you Buffaloes how do you do
How do you do
It's the same old sweet refrain as the Buffaloes play the game
How do yo do all you Buffaloes how do you do

They all played a jolly good game, parlez vous
They all played a jolly good game, parlez vous
They all played a jolly good game but Buffaloes beat them all the same
Inky pinky parlez vous

How do you do all you Buffaloes how do you do
How do you do
How do you do all you Buffaloes how do you do
How do you do
It's the same old sweet refrain as the Buffaloes play the game
How do you do all you Buffaloes how do you do

Old Buffaloes never die, never die, never die
Old Buffaloes never die
They simply fade away
They simply fade away
They simply fade away