Claremont Football Club
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| Names | |||
| Full name | Claremont Football Club | ||
| Former name(s) | Cottesloe Beach Football Club (1906–21) Claremont-Cottesloe Football Club (1921–34) |
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| Nickname(s) | Tigers | ||
| 2016 season | |||
| Home-and-away season | 7th | ||
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| Founded | 1906 | ||
| Colours |
Navy blue Gold |
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| Competition | West Australian Football League | ||
| Chairman | Kevin Somes | ||
| Coach | Michael Broadbridge | ||
| Captain(s) | Jake Murphy | ||
| Premierships | 12 (1938, 1939, 1940, 1964, 1981, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2011, 2012) | ||
| Ground(s) | Claremont Showgrounds (capacity: 10,000) | ||
| Claremont Oval (capacity: 15,000) | |||
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| Other information | |||
| Official website | claremontfc.com.au | ||
The Claremont Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football club based in Claremont, Western Australia, that currently plays in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). Its official colours are navy blue and gold. Formed as the Cottesloe Beach Football Club in 1906, the club entering the WAFL in 1925 as the Claremont-Cottesloe Football Club, changing its name to the present in 1935. Claremont have won 12 senior premierships since entering the competition, including the 2011 & 2012 premierships. The current captain and coach are Jake Murphy and Michael Broadbridge, respectively.
It was formed as the amateur Cottesloe Beach Football Club in 1906, and joined the peak amateur competition, the Western Australian Football Association the following year. The club dominated the WAFA from the outset, winning premierships from 1907–1910, and in 1908 it beat WAFL club Subiaco in a challenge match.
Applications by the club to join the WAFL were rejected for many years. In 1919, the Cottesloe Beach club merged with a consortium from Claremont which was also attempting to gain entry to the WAFL and had no contracted players, but claimed to have secured use of the Claremont Showgrounds, as a home ground. In 1921, the club was admitted to the WAFL "B" Grade competition, as Claremont-Cottesloe, using the same blue and gold colours as the local swimming club. It was finally admitted to the senior league in 1926.
The inaugural captain-coach was former South Fremantle and Richmond player Norm McIntosh, who was the only player with senior experience. McIntosh's young squad could only win one game in their first season.
In 1927, the club moved to Claremont Oval, where it has been the club's home ground, with the exception of 1945 and 1946, where, due to the grandstand burning down in 1944, and the condition of the playing surface, the club shared with Subiaco Oval with the Subiaco Football Club.
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