Tyne Tees Tigers

The Tyne Tees Tigers are an Australian rules football club in North East England, England.

Tyne Tees Tigers
Names
Full name	Tyne Tees Tigers Australian Rules Football Club
Nickname	Tigers
Motto	"Tigers"
Club details
Founded	2012
Colours	Black   Gold
Competition	AFL Scotland
President	Phil Martin
Coach	Anthony Brannigan
Captain	David Hodgson
Ground	Broadway West, Gosforth "The Tigers Den"
Other information
Official website	Official Website

History

The Tigers were founded in April 2012 from the remnants of the North East England league, which formerly comprised the Durham Saints, Gateshead Miners, Hartlepool Dockers, Middlesbrough Hawks, Newcastle Centurions and the Redcar Bombers.

The 2012 and 2013 seasons saw the Tigers playing as a social team in friendly matches and tournaments in and in 2014 the Tigers played their first competitive season having been voted in as a full member team of the AFLCNE.

In 2016 the Tigers found a new home in Gosforth Sports Association and triumphed against Merseyside Saints and Sheffield Thunder in the AFLCNE Plate competition to take their first League silverware. In 2017 the Tigers repeated this feat with a one sided victory over Merseyside Saints.

From 2018 the Tigers will be playing in the SARFL.

Notable Members

Chris "Crafty" Medcraft, Tom Lally, Josh Tambakis, Travis ‘Trav’ Sperling, Harry ‘Haz’ Telfer (Scotland Capped), Matthew ‘Elmo’ Gallagher (Scotland and Great Britain Capped), Anthony ‘Roy’ Brannigan (Ex Captain, Coach, Great Britain and England Capped), David ‘Hodgy’ Hodgson (Captain, Great Britain and England Capped), David ‘Mini’ Rolt, Chris ‘Rog’ Rodger (Ex Coach), Phil Martin (President), Colum ‘Col’ Doherty (Treasurer)

Further reading

• Charlie, Snedden. "Tyne Tees Tigers and Sky News Show Newcastle How To Play Football". Retrieved 23 September 2013.