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1998 TFL Statewide League season
Teams	8
Premiers	Northern Bombers
Minor premiers	Northern Bombers 5th minor premiership
Attendance
Matches played	78
Total attendance	119,663 (1,534 per match)
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The1998 TFL Statewide League season was the 115th season of theTFL Statewide League (TSFSL), the highest-level seniorAustralian rules football competition inTasmania. This was the final season under the TSFSL name (also known as theChickenfeed Super League because of a sponsorship agreement withChickenfeed). The season began on 4 April and concluded on 20 September, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season, followed by a four-week finals series.

TheNorth Launceston Robins renamed themselves as the Northern Bombers from this season and a new club,Southern Districts Cats were admitted into the competition from this season.

• Burnie Dockers Football Club
• Clarence District Football Club
• Devonport Power Football Club
• Glenorchy District Football Club
• New Norfolk District Football Club
• North Hobart Football Club
• Northern Bombers Football Club
• Southern Districts Football Club

At the completion of the 1998 TFL Season it was disclosed as to the extent of the perilous financial situation the clubs in the competition had found themselves in.

The following is an official list of club debts released by the TFL to the Hobart Mercury.

Burnie Dockers ($735,819), Devonport ($709,067), New Norfolk ($431,858), Glenorchy ($267,897), North Hobart ($232,607), Northern Bombers ($167,570), Clarence ($153,441), Southern Districts ($80,000).

With the debt level continuing to rise, the League were continuing to raise the issue of cutbacks of participating clubs and changes to a possible Summer start in a bid to lift the flagging image of the TFL which was suffering from deep financial problems and poor attendances.

• Darren Winter (Burnie Dockers)
• Grant Fagan (Clarence)
• Max Brown (Devonport Power)
• Paul Hamilton (Glenorchy)
• Rod Grinter & Craig Stevenson (New Norfolk)
• John McCarthy (North Hobart)
• Matthew Armstrong (Northern Bombers)
• Troy Clarke (Southern Districts)

• Burnie Dockers 11.19 (85) v Northern Bombers 10.9 (69) –North Hobart Oval

• Clarence 10.13 (73) v Devonport Power 5.6 (36) –North Hobart Oval

• Ken Rainsford (Devonport Power) – 94
• Michael McGregor (Southern Districts) – 59
• Mark Colegrave (Clarence) – 58
• Jason Gibson (Northern Bombers) – 56

• Wayne Weidemann (Devonport Power) – William Leitch Medal
• Brendon Bolton (Northern Bombers) – Darrel Baldock Medal (Best player in TFL Grand Final)
• Matthew Armstrong (Northern Bombers) – TFL Coaches Award
• Nick Barnes (Burnie Dockers) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
• Chris Gracogna (Northern Bombers) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)
• Andrew McLean (Northern Bombers) & Errol Bourne (Burnie Dockers) – Lefroy Medal (Best player/s Interstate match)

Interstate Match (Saturday, 6 June 1998)

• Tasmania 13.10 (88) vVictorian FL 6.17 (53) –Att: 2,532 atNorth Hobart Oval

• Devonport: 16,585 for 9 matches at 1,842
• Burnie Dockers: 16,273 for 9 matches at 1,808
• Northern Bombers: 13,966 for 9 matches at 1,551
• Clarence: 12,361 for 9 matches at 1,373
• Southern Districts: 9,497 for 9 matches at 1,055
• Glenorchy: 9,454 for 9 matches at 1,050
• Nth Hobart: 8,494 for 9 matches at 943
• New Norfolk: 7,706 for 9 matches at 856

(Saturday, 4 April, Sunday, 5 April & Saturday, 11 April 1998)

• Northern Bombers 20.16 (136) v New Norfolk 11.10 (76) –Att: 1,340 atYork Park (4 April)
• Nth Hobart 12.6 (78) v Southern Districts 9.19 (73) –Att: 1,558 atNorth Hobart Oval (5 April)
• Burnie Dockers 13.10 (88) v Devonport 12.13 (85) –Att: 3,152 atDevonport Oval (5 April)
• Clarence 18.4 (112) v Glenorchy 16.10 (106) –Att: 1,455 atBellerive Oval (11 April)

(Saturday, 18 April 1998)

• Clarence 18.8 (116) v Nth Hobart 10.9 (69) –Att: 1,398 atNorth Hobart Oval
• Northern Bombers 18.15 (123) v Glenorchy 9.13 (67) –Att: 1,161 atKGV Football Park
• Devonport 21.10 (136) v New Norfolk 12.8 (80) –Att: 907 atBoyer Oval
• Burnie Dockers 12.19 (91) v Southern Districts 8.12 (60) –Att: 2,251 atWest Park Oval (Night)

(Saturday, 25 April & Sunday, 26 April 1998)

• Clarence 18.13 (121) v Southern Districts 14.12 (96) –Att: 1,510 atBellerive Oval
• Burnie Dockers 15.13 (103) v New Norfolk 8.11 (59) –Att: 846 atBoyer Oval (Sunday)
• Northern Bombers 20.15 (135) v Nth Hobart 4.5 (29) –Att: 993 atYork Park (Sunday)
• Devonport 18.14 (122) v Glenorchy 14.8 (92) –Att: 1,537 atDevonport Oval (Sunday)

(Saturday, 2 May & Sunday, 3 May 1998)

• Nth Hobart 15.10 (100) v Devonport 14.8 (92) –Att: 654 atNorth Hobart Oval
• Glenorchy 18.11 (119) v New Norfolk 13.9 (87) –Att: 1,530 atKGV Football Park
• Burnie Dockers 11.15 (81) v Clarence 8.21 (69) –Att: 1,887 atWest Park Oval
• Northern Bombers 14.16 (100) v Southern Districts 11.10 (76) –Att: 912 atNorth Hobart Oval (Sunday)

(Saturday, 9 May 1998)

• Burnie Dockers 14.18 (102) v Glenorchy 10.9 (69) –Att: 817 atNorth Hobart Oval
• Nth Hobart 13.9 (87) v New Norfolk 11.7 (73) –Att: 952 atBoyer Oval
• Northern Bombers 16.12 (108) v Clarence 13.8 (86) –Att: 1,276 atYork Park
• Devonport 22.10 (142) v Southern Districts 6.9 (45) –Att: 1,044 atDevonport Oval

(Saturday, 16 May & Sunday, 17 May 1998)

• Clarence 30.21 (201) v New Norfolk 4.8 (32) –Att: 1,494 atBellerive Oval
• Burnie Dockers 18.17 (125) v Nth Hobart 11.11 (77) –Att: 1,425 atWest Park Oval
• Glenorchy 15.20 (110) v Southern Districts 16.8 (104) –Att: 2,038 at Huonville Recreation Ground (Sunday)
• Northern Bombers 14.22 (106) v Devonport 5.9 (39) –Att: 2,149 atDevonport Oval (Sunday)

(Saturday, 23 May & Sunday, 24 May 1998)

• Southern Districts 27.20 (182) v New Norfolk 6.12 (48) –Att: 1,015 atNorth Hobart Oval
• Clarence 16.17 (113) v Devonport 17.6 (108) –Att: 988 atBellerive Oval
• Northern Bombers 7.15 (57) v Burnie Dockers 5.9 (39) –Att: 2,024 atYork Park
• Nth Hobart 7.13 (55) v Glenorchy 7.10 (52) –Att: 1,335 atNorth Hobart Oval (Sunday)

(Saturday, 30 May & Sunday, 31 May 1998)

• Southern Districts 11.11 (77) v Nth Hobart 10.15 (75) –Att: 883 atNorth Hobart Oval
• Clarence 11.18 (84) v Glenorchy 6.9 (45) –Att: 1,127 atKGV Football Park
• Northern Bombers 17.10 (112) v New Norfolk 8.7 (55) –Att: 686 atBoyer Oval
• Devonport 17.12 (114) v Burnie Dockers 12.8 (80) –Att: 3,275 atWest Park Oval (Sunday)

(Saturday, 13 June 1998)

• Burnie Dockers 24.13 (157) v Southern Districts 8.6 (54) –Att: 754 atNorth Hobart Oval
• Clarence 21.22 (148) v Nth Hobart 7.6 (48) –Att: 1,293 atBellerive Oval
• Northern Bombers 14.17 (101) v Glenorchy 10.5 (65) –Att: 1,138 atYork Park
• Devonport 19.12 (126) v New Norfolk 6.12 (48) –Att: 863 atDevonport Oval

(Saturday, 20 June & Sunday, 21 June 1998)

• Northern Bombers 17.12 (114) v Nth Hobart 9.11 (65) –Att: 890 atNorth Hobart Oval
• Devonport 12.12 (84) v Glenorchy 11.11 (77) –Att: 788 atKGV Football Park
• Burnie Dockers 20.14 (134) v New Norfolk 8.8 (56) –Att: 1,009 atWest Park Oval
• Clarence 20.17 (137) v Southern Districts 8.15 (63) –Att: 940 atNorth Hobart Oval (Sunday)

(Saturday, 27 June 1998)

• Burnie Dockers 20.9 (129) v Clarence 17.16 (118) –Att: 1,336 atBellerive Oval
• Glenorchy 11.18 (84) v New Norfolk 8.13 (61) –Att: 1,130 atBoyer Oval
• Northern Bombers 20.18 (138) v Southern Districts 11.12 (78) –Att: 865 atYork Park
• Devonport 26.15 (171) v Nth Hobart 5.14 (44) –Att: 1,089 atDevonport Oval

(Saturday, 4 July & Sunday, 5 July 1998)

• Devonport 15.20 (110) v Southern Districts 15.7 (97) –Att: 613 atNorth Hobart Oval
• Northern Bombers 15.8 (98) v Clarence 13.15 (93) –Att: 1,689 atBellerive Oval
• Burnie Dockers 14.15 (99) v Glenorchy 10.12 (72) –Att: 1,407 atWest Park Oval
• New Norfolk 14.12 (96) v Nth Hobart 10.19 (79) –Att: 971 atNorth Hobart Oval (Sunday)

(Saturday, 11 July, Sunday, 12 July, Saturday, 18 July & Sunday, 19 July 1998)

• Southern Districts 13.7 (85) v Glenorchy 11.16 (82) –Att: 1,018 atKGV Football Park (11 July)
• Clarence 15.11 (101) v New Norfolk 9.6 (60) –Att: 962 atBoyer Oval (12 July)
• Burnie Dockers 15.9 (99) v Nth Hobart 12.9 (81) –Att: 734 atNorth Hobart Oval (18 July)
• Northern Bombers 15.10 (100) v Devonport 14.15 (99) –Att: 3,889 atYork Park (19 July)

(Saturday, 25 July & Sunday, 26 July 1998)

• Glenorchy 19.11 (125) v Nth Hobart 13.10 (88) –Att: 1,173 atKGV Football Park
• Southern Districts 17.17 (119) v New Norfolk 11.8 (74) –Att: 870 atBoyer Oval
• Devonport 19.14 (128) v Clarence 14.18 (102) –Att: 1,501 atDevonport Oval
• Northern Bombers 16.15 (111) v Burnie Dockers 15.8 (98) –Att: 2,599 atWest Park Oval (Sunday)

(Saturday, 1 August & Sunday, 2 August 1998)

• Southern Districts 10.16 (76) v Nth Hobart 8.13 (61) –Att: 956 atNorth Hobart Oval
• Clarence 17.11 (113) v Glenorchy 9.14 (68) –Att: 1,544 atBellerive Oval
• Northern Bombers 16.6 (102) v New Norfolk 12.11 (83) –Att: 849 atYork Park
• Devonport 15.6 (96) v Burnie Dockers 8.5 (53) –Att: 3,911 atDevonport Oval (Sunday)

(Saturday, 8 August 1998)

• Clarence 21.16 (142) v Nth Hobart 14.10 (94) –Att: 949 atNorth Hobart Oval
• Northern Bombers 13.8 (86) v Glenorchy 10.10 (70) –Att: 955 atKGV Football Park
• Devonport 25.17 (167) v New Norfolk 5.6 (36) –Att: 754 atBoyer Oval
• Burnie Dockers 14.21 (105) v Southern Districts 12.13 (85) –Att: 1,205 atWest Park Oval

(Saturday, 15 August 1998)

• Southern Districts 14.14 (98) v Clarence 12.12 (84) –Att: 1,052 atBellerive Oval
• Burnie Dockers 11.12 (78) v New Norfolk 8.7 (55) –Att: 599 atBoyer Oval
• Northern Bombers 15.13 (103) v Nth Hobart 7.5 (47) –Att: 1,592 atYork Park
• Devonport 14.14 (98) v Glenorchy 11.10 (76) –Att: 1,339 atDevonport Oval

(Saturday, 22 August & Sunday, 23 August 1998)

• Devonport 21.18 (144) v Nth Hobart 4.4 (28) –Att: 680 atNorth Hobart Oval
• Glenorchy 21.16 (142) v New Norfolk 5.8 (38) –Att: 885 atKGV Football Park
• Clarence 5.8 (38) v Burnie Dockers 3.12 (30) –Att: 1,215 atWest Park Oval
• Northern Bombers 12.10 (82) v Southern Districts 6.8 (44) –Att: 711 atNorth Hobart Oval (Sunday)

(Saturday, 29 August 1998)

• Clarence Roos: 1.4 (10) | 8.10 (58) | 14.15 (99) | 19.18 (132)
• Southern Districts: 2.2 (14) | 4.2 (26) | 5.5 (35) | 11.7 (73)
• Attendance: 2,243 atNorth Hobart Oval

(Sunday, 30 August 1998)

• Devonport Power: 2.1 (13) | 7.4 (46) | 8.8 (56) | 11.18 (84)
• Burnie Dockers: 2.3 (15) | 4.4 (28) | 5.4 (34) | 8.5 (53)
• Attendance: 5,576 atDevonport Oval

(Saturday, 5 September 1998)

• Clarence Roos: 7.2 (44) | 8.3 (51) | 13.5 (83) | 17.10 (112)
• Burnie Dockers: 2.0 (12) | 5.4 (34) | 6.4 (40) | 11.6 (72)
• Attendance: 2,041 atNorth Hobart Oval

(Sunday, 6 September 1998)

• Northern Bombers: 3.3 (21) | 8.5 (53) | 8.8 (56) | 14.13 (97)
• Devonport Power: 2.2 (14) | 3.4 (22) | 4.7 (31) | 6.8 (44)
• Attendance: 3,892 atYork Park

(Sunday, 13 September 1998)

• Clarence Roos: 0.5 (5) | 4.7 (31) | 10.12 (72) | 12.13 (85)
• Devonport Power: 3.3 (21) | 4.4 (28) | 4.6 (30) | 7.8 (50)
• Attendance: 1,937 atNorth Hobart Oval

(Sunday, 20 September 1998)

• Northern Bombers: 2.8 (20) | 5.11 (41) | 10.14 (74) | 14.16 (100)
• Clarence Roos: 0.4 (4) | 0.8 (8) | 4.12 (36) | 6.15 (51)
• Attendance: 9,638 atNorth Hobart Oval

Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury, Launceston Examiner and North West Advocate publications.

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