The team was formed in 1999 due to playing numbers at the club warranting the extra capacity for players. They were entered into the BARFL Premiership and played matches against the senior sides of all the clubs, including their own. At the time the league allowed for a maximum of 11 Australian players. The rest of the side of 18, as well as the bench, had to be filled with European players. The team struggled for numbers on the European player front and rarely won matches, though never forfeited.
Regardless of the difficulties in recruiting sufficient English and European players for both the club's sides, the team played two full seasons until the London Conference was created in 2001. This competition allowed for almost all positions to be played by Australians and was intended to allow clubs to field more Australian players without reducing the integrity of the senior competition.
The team was initially joined by a third side from the club, the Stockwell Demons, though a lack of numbers and enthusiasm for the team meant that the club withdrew that team at the midway point of the season.
After being defeated in the 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 Grand Finals, the Clapham Demons finally won their first Conference Premiership title in 2009. The Clapham Demons won their second Premiership in 2016, in a three-point-thriller.
clapham, demons, australian, rules, football, team, founding, member, play, london, conference, british, australian, rules, football, league, they, reserves, grade, side, club, wandsworth, demons, based, clapham, common, south, london, football, clubnamesnickn. The Clapham Demons are an Australian rules football team who are a founding member and play in the London Conference of the British Australian Rules Football League They are the reserves grade side of the club The Wandsworth Demons based at Clapham Common in south London Clapham Demons Football ClubNamesNickname s Demons DeesMottoPunus Addo Magis2014 seasonAfter finalsRunners UpBest and fairestAdam Jeffery Mitch ThompsonClub detailsFounded2001CompetitionAFL LondonCoachHamish WilsonPremierships2 2009 2016 Ground s Clapham Common capacity Thousands ManagementPresidentJames PerretVice PresidentsMike Gates amp Kevin O BrienSecretaryDominic BurnhamTreasurerSam PercyClapham Demons jumperThe team was formed in 1999 due to playing numbers at the club warranting the extra capacity for players They were entered into the BARFL Premiership and played matches against the senior sides of all the clubs including their own At the time the league allowed for a maximum of 11 Australian players The rest of the side of 18 as well as the bench had to be filled with European players The team struggled for numbers on the European player front and rarely won matches though never forfeited Regardless of the difficulties in recruiting sufficient English and European players for both the club s sides the team played two full seasons until the London Conference was created in 2001 This competition allowed for almost all positions to be played by Australians and was intended to allow clubs to field more Australian players without reducing the integrity of the senior competition The team was initially joined by a third side from the club the Stockwell Demons though a lack of numbers and enthusiasm for the team meant that the club withdrew that team at the midway point of the season After being defeated in the 2003 2005 2006 2007 and 2008 Grand Finals the Clapham Demons finally won their first Conference Premiership title in 2009 The Clapham Demons won their second Premiership in 2016 in a three point thriller Clapham DemonsSports portalAustralia portalHonour Board editYear Position Coach Best amp Fairest2001 3rd J Cumming J Toohey2002 3rd J Cumming2003 2nd G McQueen2004 3rd J Holloway2005 2nd j Holloway D Lumley2006 2nd G Hoskins D Lumley2007 2nd D Lumley J Coombe R Ravani2008 2nd J Coombe M Meehan L Fehring2009 1st J Coombe T Edmunds J Stormont2010 2nd R Colling S Bates2011 2nd R Curry B Clohesy2012 3rd R Colling S Freeling2013 3rd M Ashton M Ashton2014 2nd J Diano A Jeffery M Thompson2015 H WilsonExternal links editWandsworth Demons Official Site Wandsworth Demons on Facebook Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clapham Demons amp oldid 1157529474, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
