| Aspley | ||
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| Full name | Aspley Australian Football Club | |
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 1964; 61 years ago (1964) | |
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| Competition | QAFL: Senior men QAFLW: Senior women QFA: Reserves men Masters: Over 35 & Over 45 | |
| President | Keith Hill | |
| Coach | QAFL: Daniel Webster QAFLW: Luke Glacken QFA: Matt Argus | |
| Captain(s) | QAFL: James Ives & Jackson Allen QAFLW: Courtney Daniec & Angela Lingard QFA: Harrison Payne & Richard Harrison | |
| Premierships | QAFL (2)QFA Div 1 (9)QFA Div 2 (9)NEAFL (1) | |
| Ground(s) | Graham Road Oval (3,000) | |
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| Other information | ||
| Official website | www | |
TheAspley Football Club, nicknamed theHornets, is anAustralian rules football club based in the northern-Brisbane suburb ofAspley. The club competes in multiple Queensland-based competitions, including in theQueensland Australian Football League,Division 1 of the Queensland Football Association, theQueensland AFL Women's League, and several underage competitions for boys and girls. The senior men's team has in the past competed in second-tier state league competitions, notably theNorth East Australian Football League from 2011 to 2020 and theVictorian Football League in 2021.
The roots of Aspley HornetsFootball Club can be traced back to 1964, when it was founded as a junior club, before transitioning to incorporate seniors-level football four years later. The club's senior men's team competed in Division 1 of theQFA competition for several years and won six consecutive premierships between 1985 and 1990. The QFA is the leading metropolitan football competition in Brisbane and the south-east, sitting one rung below theQueensland Australian Football League. The club dropped to Division 2 of the QFA by the mid-2000s, its best result was reaching a preliminary final in 2006. Despite a poor 2008 campaign, Aspley were promoted to Division 1 for the 2009 season following the demise of fellow northern Brisbane team theZillmere Eagles, on the basis of their strong financial position and impressive playing numbers.[1][2] In recognition of this change, Aspley played four matches in the 2009 season at Zillmere's former homeground O’Callaghan Park.[1]
In 2011 Aspley's senior men's team was granted a license to compete in theNorth East Australian Football League (NEAFL), the premier competition for independent clubs and reserves teams of AFL clubs based inQueensland andNew South Wales. Aspley were a very competitive team in the NEAFL, qualifying for finals most seasons and claiming the2014 premiership against the Sydney Swans reserves at their home ground, the Hornets' signature achievement. In 2020 the NEAFL was dissolved and Aspley accepted an invitation from theAFL Commission to participate in theVictorian Football League (VFL) from 2021, along with one other independent Queensland-based NEAFL team (Southport);[3] it won its first game, but lost its next nine to win the wooden spoon, and declined to renew its licence beyond the 2021 season. In its sole VFL season, the club celebrated the individual success of Matthew Hammelmann who won theJim 'Frosty' Miller Medal after kicking 42 goals to lead the competition goalkicking.[4]
As of 2021 Aspley's reserve men's team competes in Division 1 of the QFA and the women's team competes in theQueensland AFL Women's League. With the biggest number of juniors in Queensland, Aspley has established itself as a power base for the game in the south-east Queensland region.[1][5][6][7]
Aspley have a highly successful licence and gaming club at its Graham Road premises, own other grounds at Brendale, and recently opened a new $1.5 million training and changeroom complex.[1]
NEAFL League MVP's: 3 (Matthew Payne – 2014, 2016, 2018)
Players from Aspley who have also played in theAFL are:
Players from Aspley who have also been part ofAFLW squads are:
The club song is sung to the tune of "Toreador" fromCarmen, a melody that is also used by theGeelong Cats, a team ofVictoria inAustralian Football League.
(First Verse)
We are the Hornets, we're the greatest team
We're from Aspley, that's easily seen
See the brown and gold colours flying high,
We will reach for the sky!
We'll win the premiership, and that's no brag,
We'll win the premiership flag!
(Second Verse)
Now see the Hornets, watch them how they play
They'll show their sting, when they win today
See the brown and bold colours flying high
We will reach for the sky
We’ll win the Premiership
And that’s no brag
We’ll win the Premiership Flag
