Channel Saints

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**Channel Saints**

Full name	Channel Football Club
Nickname	Saints
Strip
Founded	1967
Sport	Australian rules football
League	Southern Football League (Tasmania)
First season	{{{firstseason}}}
Ground	Snug Park
Club song	There's A Team On The Track, Dressed In Red, White & Black.
President/Chair	Nick Webb
Coach	Owen Johnstone
Captain	To Be Announced
2006

The Channel Saints Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Australian Football League Southern Football League (Tasmania), also known as the Southern Football League, in Tasmania, Australia.

[edit] Origins

The Channel Football Club was formed in 1967 after the disastrous 1967 Tasmanian bushfires, which decimated the Channel region.
With the demise of the Margate, Kettering, Snug and Woodbridge Football Clubs, the Saints were formed to incorporate all four of these clubs.
Channel adopted the Saints emblem and Red, White & Black playing strip and were firstly based at Margate before moving to the club's present Snug Park headquarters.
Channel left the Huon Football Association at the end of 1995 and joined the then STFL (now SFL) in 1996 whereby they won the League's inaugural Senior premiership.

Entry to Southern Football League
1996

Southern Football League Premierships
1996

Southern Football League Runners Up
Nil

Huon Football Association Premierships
1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990

Peter Hodgeman Medallists
1998 Andrew Beveridge
2005 M.Gowans

William Leitch Medallists
Nil

Club Record Games Holder
400+ by Ken Smith

Club Record Attendance
4110 v Claremont for the 1996 SFL Grand Final at Abbotsfield Park

Club Record Score
Unknown