Darwin Football Club

Darwin

Names
Full name| Darwin Football Club
2022-23 season
After finals| 5th
Home-and-away season| 5th
Club details
Founded| 1916; 107 years ago (1916)
Colours|
Competition| Northern Territory Football League
President| Shaun Pearce
Captain(s)| Jarrod Stokes
Premierships| NTFL (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

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Other information
Official website| http://darwinbuffaloes.com.au

The Darwin Football Club, nicknamed, Buffaloes, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the Northern Territory Football League. It is the third oldest football club in the Northern Territory. Darwin has won the second most premierships in the NTFL competition. It has produced a large number of Australian Footballers who went on to play professionally in the Australian Football League.

## Club achievements[edit]

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[edit]

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 & 2021/22 NTFL Grand Finals.

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, Jed Anderson and Malcolm Rosas Jr.

## External links[edit]

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* Official Facebook
* Full Points Footy Profile for Darwin

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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

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