Metro Claremont
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| Full name | Metro Claremont Soccer Club |
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| Founded | 1941 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ground | North Chigwell, Claremont | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Gregory Saunders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Matthew Gasparin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Southern Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 9th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Metro Claremont is a football (soccer) club formed in 1941 in the northern suburb of Claremont, Hobart, Tasmania. It has range of teams for all ages and genders playing in competitions run by the Football Federation Tasmania. It's teams range from under 7's right through to seniors. The teams colours are yellow and blue.
It's home ground is North Chigwell.
Recently a Metro Claremont junior composite side faced a Gippsland Academy team over two games at North Chigwell. The first played on October, 13 was won by Metro 8-2. On October, 15 Gippsland prevailed 2-1 in a hard fought game. Gippsland were so impressed with Metro that Metro is now visiting Gippsland in March 2007.
[edit] Honours
- State Championships: 4 times (1950,1951,1952,1954)
- Southern Premierships: 5 times (1949,1950,1951,1952,1954)
- Southern Premiership Runners-up: 4 times (1946,1947,1948,1953)
- KO Cup Runners-up: 2 times (1970,1971)
- Falkinder Cup Winners: Once (1947)
- Falkinder Cup Runners-up: 5 times (1949,1950,1953,1955,1957)
- Summer Cup Winners: Once (1995)
- Summer Cup Runners-up: Once (1977)
- Vase Cup Winners: Once (2000)
