1998 TFL Statewide League season
| General Information | |
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| Founded | 12 June 1879 in Hobart |
| Previous Names |
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| TFL President | Mr Roger Hampson |
| Chief Commissioner | Mr Michael Kent |
| Participating Clubs | |
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| 1998 TFL Statewide League Season. | |
| Premiers | Northern Bombers 14.16 (100) v Clarence 6.15 (51) |
| Minor Premier | Northern Bombers (5th) |
| Wooden Spooners | New Norfolk (10th) |
| Grand Final attendance | 9,638 at North Hobart Oval |
| Total Roster Series attendance | 94,336 for 72 matches at 1,310 |
| Total Finals Series attendance | 25,327 for 6 matches at 4,221 |
| Total aggregate attendance | 119,663 for 78 matches at 1,534 |
The 1998 TFL Statewide League premiership season was an Australian rules football competition, staged across Tasmania, Australia over eighteen (18) roster rounds and six (6) finals series matches between 4 April and 20 September 1998.
This was the thirteenth season of statewide football and the League was known as the Chickenfeed Super League under a commercial naming-rights sponsorship agreement with Chickenfeed Bargain Stores in Hobart worth A$350,000, with the Australian Football League also injecting a further A$1 million into Tasmanian football this season in a bid to lift the sport from its financial problems.
The North 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.
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.
Interstate Match (Saturday, 6 June 1998)
(Saturday, 4 April, Sunday, 5 April & Saturday, 11 April 1998)
(Saturday, 18 April 1998)
(Saturday, 25 April & Sunday, 26 April 1998)
(Saturday, 2 May & Sunday, 3 May 1998)
(Saturday, 9 May 1998)
(Saturday, 16 May & Sunday, 17 May 1998)
(Saturday, 23 May & Sunday, 24 May 1998)
(Saturday, 30 May & Sunday, 31 May 1998)
(Saturday, 13 June 1998)
(Saturday, 20 June & Sunday, 21 June 1998)
(Saturday, 27 June 1998)
(Saturday, 4 July & Sunday, 5 July 1998)
(Saturday, 11 July, Sunday, 12 July, Saturday, 18 July & Sunday, 19 July 1998)
(Saturday, 25 July & Sunday, 26 July 1998)
(Saturday, 1 August & Sunday, 2 August 1998)
(Saturday, 8 August 1998)
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