The club is nicknamed The Bulldogs, a name which was adopted upon the merger. City-South were the Redlegs and East Launceston had been known as the Demons. For their club colours they took City-South's red and white as well as the blue from East Launceston's guernsey to give them their current royal blue, red and white club colours.
Club history
The Statewide League Era
South Launceston's first taste of statewide football could be described as a failure. In 12 seasons in the Statewide Competition the Bulldogs never contested the finals with a highest finish of 6th in 1992. During these 12 years South Launceston managed to collect 3 wooden spoons, this feat has only been matched by New Norfolk who have spent a longer period in the statewide league.
Northern Tasmanian Football League
In 1998 South Launceston pre-empted the collapse of the statewide league in 2000 when they decided to join the NTFL. This move greeted them with success with them winning the 1998 and 1999 NTFL Premierships. South Launceston remained competitive while they were in this competition.
Tasmanian State League
In 2008 the South Launceston Football Club accepted an invitation to leave the Northern Tasmanian Football League (NTFL) and join the new Tasmanian Football League in 2009. After three seasons of very poor on-field performance, which included two wooden spoons and a win–loss record of 8–46 across the three years, the club appointed Mitch Thorp as playing coach for 2012. Under Thorp, the club rose to the minor premiership in 2013, with a record of 17–3, and went on to defeat Burnie in the Grand Final to win its first statewide premiership.
However, while its premiership season was ongoing, on 3 July 2013, a meeting of club members determined in a split vote to not pursue a further license in the Tasmanian State League beyond the season. The club rejected an opportunity to have a joint venture with the Prospect Senior Football Club for a 10-year license in the TSL.
The Prospect Senior Football Club and the Prospect Junior Football Club subsequently took up a 100% share of the TSL license and formed the Prospect State Football Club t/a Western Storm.
Northern Tasmanian Football Association
In late 2013 the South Launceston Football Club was successful in being accepted into the Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA) and will play the first division against pre-merger rivals Longford and Scottsdale as well as previously amateur and country teams that make up the competition. The South Launceston team that first contested the NTFA in 2014 was successful in winning the senior premiership with a victory over Deloraine in the Grand Final.
Northern Tasmanian Football League Premierships (2)
1998, 1999
Darrel Baldock Medalists
Scott Harris – 2000
Matthew Westfield – 2006
Tasmanian State League Premierships (1)
2013
Tassie Medalists
Mitch Thorp - 2013
Northern Tasmanian Football Association Premierships (2)
2014, 2015
Records
Highest score - Regional Football
City/City-South – 38.15 (243) vs East Launceston in 1974
Cornwall/East Launceston 22.14 (146) vs City-South in 1958
South Launceston – 34.19 (223) vs Penguin in 1998
Highest score - State Football
South Launceston – 29.16 (190) vs Devonport in 2013
Most games
City/City-South – 224 by Geoff Long
Cornwall/East Launceston – 206 by David Thomson
South Launceston – 199 by Nathan Richardson
Team of the Century
An official 'Team of the Century' for City-South was announced in 2002, which took into account the period from 1886 until 1986, when they merged with East Launceston
