272:. In 1989 and 1990 the Hawks narrowly missed out on finals appearances (their reserves team broke through for a premiership in 1990 however) but despite a finals appearance in 1991, the club was struggling for support and by the following season the club itself was in serious jeopardy with large debts and a rapidly sinking supporter base, so much so that the club had sought a merger with Burnie Tigers, as both clubs were struggling under the harsh economic recession hitting the state at the time.
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club Burnie Tigers, so much so that after a period of good onfield success for the new Hawks venture, Burnie Hawks junior development coach and ABC Radio commentator Geoff White stated in an interview on ABC Radio
Football on 18 April 1992 that "sponsorship was becoming difficult to obtain, with
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Tasmanian competition from midway through 1986, and it was the rebranding of the club which was seen to have tipped the scales in favour of Cooee/Burnie Hawks.
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businesses in the Burnie area refusing to support one club over the other for fear of a backlash by supporters of each club, it's just so divided at the moment, it's a real crying shame because this town (Burnie) could field a great team in State League football."
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as captain-coach and one of his first tasks was to attempt to reunify the supporters of both clubs, as a result he adopted a full change of uniforms, colours and a new emblem as the
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At the end of 1994 the club signed former North
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337:– "We're a happy team at Burnie" (Tune: "
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27:Defunct Australian rules football club
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539:30.18 (198) – Burnie Hawks v
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472:1987 – Warren "Putt" McCarthy
677:Western Storm/Prospect Hawks
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498:Club record match attendance
392:Tasmanian State Premierships
516:Club record home attendance
101:; 30 years ago
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60:Burnie Hawks Football Club
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558:Devaney, John P. (2008).
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18:Cooee Football Club
462:1994 – Brett Jones
459:1993 – Paul Atkins
456:1992 – Leigh Heath
453:1991 – Paul Atkins
450:1990 – Paul Atkins
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425:1950 – Lou Redman
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351:(1987–1994)
317:Established
308:Home ground
127:Competition
65:Nickname(s)
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583:References
402:Individual
667:Sandy Bay
541:Devonport
523:Devonport
505:Glenorchy
281:Devonport
266:Glenorchy
137:Ground(s)
96:Dissolved
75:Club song
57:Full name
642:Cananore
231:Tasmania
147:Uniforms
617:Former
427:1973 –
394:(Cooee)
362:Honours
331:– Hawks
302:Summary
237:History
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88:Founded
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