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{{Short description|Australian rules football club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
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| season          = 2024
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| coach           = '''SFL:''' Lachlan Watt<br /> '''SFLW:''' Stacey Fox
| captain         = '''SFL:''' Joe Direen and Will Cleeland<br /> '''SFLW:''' Hayley Kluga 
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The '''Cygnet Football Club''' is an [[Australian rules football]] club playing in the [[Southern Football League (Tasmania)|Southern Football League]], also known as the SFL, in [[Tasmania, Australia]].

Cygnet began as Lovett Football Club in 1906, and changed its name to Cygnet in the 1910s.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Australian rules football in Tasmania|last=Stoward, John.|date=2002|publisher=J. Stoward|others=Stoward, John.|isbn=0957751575|location=Hobart|oclc=223271888}}</ref><br />The Magpies were a member of the Huon Football Association from 1906-1997 when the league disbanded and they joined the [[Southern Football League (Tasmania)|SFL]] in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://australianfootball.com/clubs/stats/cygnet/345/|title=Australian Football - cygnet Football Club - Stats|website=australianfootball.com|access-date=2019-06-20}}</ref><br />Upon entry in the [[Southern Football League (Tasmania)|SFL]] they changed from their longtime Black & White playing strip and Magpie emblem, adopting a [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] playing strip (black, white and teal) and called themselves 'The Port'.

== Club Honours ==

'''Entry to Southern Football League'''<br />1998

'''Huon Football Association Premierships (31)'''<br />1912, 1913, 1915, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1935, 1938, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1984, 1994

'''Huon Football Association Runners Up (16)'''<br />1920, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1939, 1946, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1969, 1975, 1980, 1983, 1997

'''Tasmanian Country Football Champions (2)'''<br />1947, 1948

'''SFL Premierships (6)'''<br />2002, 2003, 2004, 2021, 2023, 2024

'''SFL Runners Up (4)'''<br />1998, 2005, 2020, 2022

'''SFLW Premierships (1)'''<br />2022 (Division Two)

''' SFLW Runners Up (1)'''<br />2021 (Division Two)

== Club Records ==

'''Club Record Score'''
* HFA - Unknown
* SFL - 52.17 (329) v [[Claremont Football Club (Tasmania)|Claremont]] - Abbotsfield Park (Round 8, 29 May 2021) 
* SFLW - 24.9 (153) v [[Brighton Football Club (Tasmania)|Brighton]] - Cygnet Oval (Round 14, 3 August 2024)

'''Greatest Winning Margin'''<br />
* HFA - Unknown
* SFL - 329 points v [[Claremont Football Club (Tasmania)|Claremont]] - Abbotsfield Park (Round 8, 29 May 2021) 
* SFLW - 153 points v [[Brighton Football Club (Tasmania)|Brighton]] - Cygnet Oval (Round 14, 3 August 2024)

'''Greatest Losing Margin'''<br />249 v [[New Norfolk District Football Club|New Norfolk]] - Cygnet Oval (SFL Round 13, 12 July 2014)

''' Most Season Wins''' 
* HFA - Unknown 
* SFL - 18 wins (2002) 
* SFLW - 13 wins (2022) 

'''Most Goals In A Game'''<br />
52 v [[Claremont Football Club (Tasmania)|Claremont]] - Abbotsfield Park (SFL Round 8, 29 May 2021) 

'''Highest Scoring Quarter '''
* SFL - 15.6 (96) v [[Claremont Football Club (Tasmania)|Claremont]] (3rd Qtr) - Cygnet Oval (Round 17, 14 August 2021)
* SFLW - 8.2 (50) v [[Brighton Football Club (Tasmania)|Brighton]] (1st Qtr) - Cygnet Oval (Round 14, 3 August 2024)

'''Longest Winning Streaks''' 
* HFA - Unknown
* SFL - 13 games (Round 8, 2002 - Round 5, 2003)
* SFLW - 14 games (Round 2, 2022 - Round 1, 2023) 

'''Highest Score Conceded'''<br />
257 v New Norfolk - Cygnet Oval (SFL Round 13, 12 July 2014)

'''Lowest Score Conceded'''<br />
* SFL - 0 (2021, Round 8, v Claremont, Abbotsfield Park; 2021, Round 17, v Claremont, Cygnet Oval)
* SFLW - 0 (2022, Round 12, v North Hobart, [[North Hobart Oval]]; 2022, Round 6, v Huonville, Cygnet Oval; 2023, Round 10, v South East Suns, Pembroke Park; 2024, Round 2, v South East Suns, Pembroke Park; 2024, Round 7, v Lindisfarne; Anzac Park; 2024, Round 14, v Brighton, Cygnet Oval)

'''Club Record Attendance'''<br />4,150 v [[Huonville Football Club|Huonville Lions]] (2021 SFL Grand Final)

== Individual Honours ==

'''Peter Hodgeman Medallists'''<br />2004 - Jeremy Brereton

'''William Leitch Medallists'''<br />2001 - Damien Dillon<br />2021 - Thor Boscott

'''Tony Martyn Medallists'''<br />2002 - Gordon Shaw<br />2003 - Heath Dillon<br />2004 - Grant Clark

'''Gorringe-Martyn Medallists'''<br />2021 - Thor Boscott<br />2023 - Thor Boscott<br />2024 - Luke Ashlin

'''SFL Leading Goalkicker'''<br />1998 - Micheal Darcy - 106<br />2003 - Micheal Darcy - 113 (Regional League)<br />2004 - Micheal Darcy - 105 (Regional League)<br />2005 - Micheal Darcy - 100 (Regional League)<br />2007 - Micheal Darcy - 103 (Regional League)<br />2013 - Ben Halton - 88<br />2020 - Josh Fox - 61

'''SFLW Leading Goalkicker'''<br />2022 - Stacey Fox - 48 (Division 2)

== Player Records ==

'''Club Games Record Holder'''<br />450 by Greg Gordon (310: Seniors - 110: Reserves - 30: Underage) between 1973-1998

'''Senior Games Record Holder'''<br />345 by Laurence 'Ocker' Jarrett

'''Record Goals In A Match'''<br />HFA - 22.4 by Greg Howard v Franklin (24 July 1976)<br />SFL - 15 by Micheal Darcy v [[Channel Football Club|Channel]] (2 June 2007)<br />SFLW - 8 by Stacey Fox v [[North Hobart Football Club|North Hobart]]  (15 July 2022)

== SFL Season Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! Season !! Win–loss !! Finishing position !! Coach !! Leading goalkicker
|- 
| align="center" | '''1998''' || 14-4 || align="center" style="background: #dfdfdf" | '''2nd''' || Wayne Lamb || Micheal Darcy (119) 
|-
| align="center" | '''1999''' || 11-7 || align="center" | 6th || Wayne Lamb || Micheal Darcy<sup>(2)</sup> (80)
|-
| align="center" | '''2000''' || 13-7 || align="center" | 6th || Wayne Lamb || Gerard Oakford (53)
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! colspan="5" | SFL Regional League (2001-2008)
|-
| align="center" | '''2001''' || 10-8 || align="center" | 8th || Jason Frawley || Micheal Darcy<sup>(3)</sup> (83)
|-
| align="center" | '''2002''' || 15-3 || align="center" style="background: #ffffbf" | '''1st''' || Gary Williamson || Daniel Walter (74)
|-
| align="center" | '''2003''' || 16-2 || align="center" style="background: #ffffbf" | '''1st''' || Gary Williamson<sup>(2)</sup> || Micheal Darcy<sup>(4)</sup> (122)
|-
| align="center" | '''2004''' || 16-2 || align="center" style="background: #ffffbf" | '''1st''' || Gary Williamson<sup>(3)</sup> || Micheal Darcy<sup>(5)</sup> (117) 
|-
| align="center" | '''2005''' || 16-2 || align="center" style="background: #dfdfdf" | '''2nd''' || Anthony Cole || Micheal Darcy<sup>(6)</sup> (108)
|-
| align="center" | '''2006''' || 4-14 || align="center" | 9th || Anthony Cole || Allan Chandler (30)
|-
| align="center" | '''2007''' || 10-8 || align="center" | 6th || Steve Bozicevic || Micheal Darcy<sup>(7)</sup> (103)
|-
| align="center" | '''2008''' || 4-14 || align="center" | 9th || Micheal Darcy || Micheal Darcy<sup>(8)</sup> (57)
|-
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! colspan="5" | Southern Football League (2009-present)
|-
| align="center" | '''2009''' || 4-14 || align="center" | 10th || Micheal Darcy || Ben Halton (31)
|-
| align="center" | '''2010''' || 5-13 || align="center" | 9th || Gary Williamson || Ben Halton<sup>(2)</sup> (41) 
|-
| align="center" | '''2011''' || 6-14 || align="center" | 8th || Matthew Tyrell || Ben Halton<sup>(3)</sup> (62)
|-
| align="center" | '''2012''' || 8-8 || align="center" | 6th || Matthew Tyrell || Ben Halton<sup>(4)</sup> (50)
|-
| align="center" | '''2013''' || 9-9 || align="center" | 7th || Matthew Tyrell || Ben Halton<sup>(5)</sup> (88) 
|-
| align="center" | '''2014''' || 1-17 || align="center" | 10th || Matthew Tyrell || Micheal Darcy<sup>(9)</sup> (30) 
|-
| align="center" | '''2015''' || 4-14 || align="center" | 10th || Gavin Quirk || Brayden Hayes (38)
|-
| align="center" | '''2016''' || 10-8 || align="center" style="background: #ffdf9f" | '''3rd''' || Gavin Quirk || Ben Halton<sup>(6)</sup> (72)
|-
| align="center" | '''2017''' || 9-7 || align="center" | 4th || Ben Cato || Josh Halton (67)
|-
| align="center" | '''2018''' || 9-7 || align="center" | 5th || Ben Cato || Ben Halton<sup>(7)</sup> (45) 
|-
| align="center" | '''2019''' || 8-6 || align="center | 4th || Ben Cato || Ben Halton<sup>(8)</sup> (58)
|-
| align="center" | '''2020''' || 6-2 || align="center" style="background: #dfdfdf" | '''2nd''' || Ben Cato || Josh Fox (61)
|-
| align="center" | '''2021''' || 13-2 || align="center" style="background: #ffffbf" | '''1st''' || Thor Boscott || Jordan Lane (49)
|-
| align="center" | '''2022''' || 14-2 || align="center" style="background: #dfdfdf" | '''2nd''' || Thor Boscott || Joe Direen (70)
|-
| align="center" | '''2023''' || 12-2 || align="center" style="background: #ffffbf" | '''1st''' || Thor Boscott<sup>(2)</sup> || Joe Direen<sup>(2)</sup> (52) 
|-
| align="center" | '''2024''' || 15-1 || align="center" style="background: #ffffbf" | '''1st''' || Lachlan Watt || Joe Direen<sup>(3)</sup>(96)
|}

== SFLW Season Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! Season !! Win–loss !! Finishing position !! Coach !! Leading goalkicker
|- 
| align="center" | '''2020''' || 6-4|| align="center" | 6th || Jason Kluga || Stacey Fox (29) 
|-
| align="center" | '''2021''' || 10-2 || align="center" style="background: #dfdfdf" | '''2nd''' || Jason Kluga || Stacey Fox<sup>(2)</sup> (32) 
|-
| align="center" | '''2022''' || 11-1 || align="center" style="background: #ffffbf" | '''1st''' || Jason Kluga || Stacey Fox<sup>(3)</sup> (48)
|-
| align="center" | '''2023''' || 8-8 || align="center" | 5th || Cameron Ashlin || Amy Sharp (29)
|- 
| align="center" | '''2024''' || 11-3 || align="center" style="background: #ffdf9f | '''3rd''' || Stacey Fox || Amy Sharp<sup>(2)</sup> (44)
|}

== References ==
<references />
==External links==
*[http://cygnetfc.com.au/ Official website]

{{Southern Football League teamlist}}
{{Tasmanian Sports Teams}}

[[Category:Australian rules football clubs in Tasmania]]
[[Category:1906 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Australian rules football clubs established in 1906]]