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Waratah Football Club

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Waratah
Names
Full nameWaratah Football Club
Nickname(s)Warriors
Tahs
2022-23 season
After finals1st
Home-and-away season2nd
Club details
FoundedNovember 1916; 107 years ago (November 1916)
Colours   
CompetitionNorthern Territory Football League
PremiershipsNTFL (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 websitewaratahfc.com.au

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

Club achievements

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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

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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

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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.

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