North Launceston 1989 TFL Club Song

This recording was provided to me by the State Library of Tasmania and has been published with permission from the North Launceston Football Club. Recorded by Spectangle Productions circa 1989 and originally distributed via audio cassette.

[@VYOM4]

Very nice 😊👍. I love how Spectangle Productions executed Essendon's tune for North Launceston back in 1989. Do you think the Robins name should return for North Launceston?

[@nate_37]

Absolutely I reckon they should change back to the Robins. It's been their nickname for most of the club's history and it's much more unique than Bombers

[@VYOM4]

@@nate_37 Yeah 👍, I honestly agree.

[@Igloo3471]

They changed it in the off season after 1997. Not sure why they did that to be honest, they had poor seasons in 1996 and 1997 by their standards and decided to go with the Northern Bombers name from 1998, of course it probably didn't hurt when they went undefeated and won the TFL premiership by 8 goals over Clarence that year, lost the 1999 decider to Glenorchy and 2000 final to Clarence so it was successful. Bit of a shame to just chuck away their heritage like that but I haven't heard any grumblings about it. On the other hand, the OTHER Bombers outfit in the current state league is South-Eastern Hobart based club, Lauderdale. That club was only founded in 1979 and played two years as the Magpies before changing to the Cats in 1981 which they remained as until 2003. There was some sort of partnership deal with Essendon at the time that saw the club swap to Bombers jumpers, curiously they've never worn the proper Essendon strip, ever. It's been predominantly a Geelong-style hooped Red & Black uniform (similar to the old Jane Franklin Hall, University of Tasmania football jumper). There has been calls in recent years to return to the Cats but nothing has eventuated.

[@VYOM4]

@@Igloo3471 Oh wow, that's interesting.

[@ArgentinaFan76]

​@@Igloo3471Do you know anything about the Southern Cats and their theme song?

[@ArgentinaFan76]

Did John R Williams did a Brisbane Bears CD as well?

[@nate_37]

There's a very good chance. That's the main lead I'm pursuing in trying to find the Bears '94-96 club song at the moment. The back of each CD says 'Collect all 13 songs' and there were 15 clubs in the 1993 season so I'm guessing all except one had a new song recorded that year

[@ArgentinaFan76]

@@nate_37 Ok and I also emailed the State Library of Queensland to see if they have a copy

[@ArgentinaFan76]

@@nate_37 Also he probably sang Camry Crows too

[@nate_37]

@@ArgentinaFan76 Yeah I've always been 50/50 as to whether that was him. Now that I've heard a couple more of his songs I'll have to give Camry Crows another listen - timeframe does seem to line up after all

[@michelleroworth4886]

@@nate_37please reply to my previous comment