Rapid FC (Tas)

Southern Football Club

Southern F.C. logo
Nickname(s)	Southern FC
Founded	1958 (as Rapid SC) 1997 (as Kingston Cannons) 2009 merged
Ground	Sherburd Park
Manager	Scott Pepper
League	Southern Championship
2016	8th

Southern Football Club is a Football (Soccer) Club from Kingston, Tasmania. They play in the Tasmanian competition. The club was formed in 2009 by the merger of two existing clubs Kingston Cannons and Christian United.

Rapid FC was founded in 1958. Rapid was highly successful during its life winning the State Championship 4 times, and the Southern Premiership 5 times. For a brief period in the 1980s due to sponsorship reasons, they were known as Rapid-Wrest Point, before switching back. They played their final match in 1996, being relegated in the process to the Southern League 2.

The name was changed and the club reformed as Kingston Cannons. They immediately won the Southern League 2 and were promoted back to the League 1.

At the end of the 2009 season, Kingston Cannons merged with Christian United to form Southern FC. In 2013 they won the Southern League 1 title and were runners up in 2014 gaining promotion into the Southern Championship.

In the 2016 season, Southern FC had an under 13's boys team, under 14's boys team, under 16's boys team, under 18's boys team, women's team, and a men's team.