PINT Football Club
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| Full name | PINT Football Club | |
| Nickname(s) | Greenants, Queenants | |
| Former nickname | Panthers (1981−1997) | |
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| Founded | 1981[1] | |
| Competition | Northern Territory Football League | |
| Premierships | NTFL Division 1 (2) NTFL Division 2 (2) NTFLW Premier (3) NTFA/TEAFA (5)[2]
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| Official website | pintfc.tidyhq.com | |
The PINT Football Club (sometimes referred to as PINTS), nicknamed the Greenants, is an Australian rules football club based in the Darwin suburb of Marrara.[3] The club was formed by people associated with the Postal Institute of the Northern Territory (PINT).[4]
As of 2024, the club competes in the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL), with men's and women's teams participating in Premier League, Division 1 and Division 2.[5][6]
History
[edit | edit source]PINT was formed ahead of the 1981–82 NTFL season, entering the NTFL's C Grade (also known as the Carlton United Sunday Competition), which was a lower-level competition for players who were not able to play a game in the NTFL's top division.[1][7] In 1982, C Grade became its own competition with the formation of the Northern Territory Football Association (NTFA) − which was renamed in 2000 to the Top End Australian Football Association (TEAFA) − and PINT became an inaugural NTFA club.[1][8]
In its early years, the club was known as the PINT Panthers, and some media reports simply dubbed the club "the Panthers".[4] The club officially changed its nickname to the "Greenants" in 1997.[4]
The TEAFA merged with the NTFL in early 2010, and PINT entered the newly formed NTFL Division 1 for the 2010–11 season.[9][10] PINT formed a women's team (nicknamed the Queenants) for the 2015–16 Division 1 season, before entering the newly formed Women's Premier League (WPL) for the 2016–17 NTFL season.[4] The club won its first Premier League premiership in 2021.[11][12]
In December 2021, PINT's committee officially stated its aim to enter the Men's Premier League (MPL) for the 2022–23 NTFL season.[13] This goal was achieved on 27 April 2022, when AFL Northern Territory announced that PINT would be admitted into the MPL.[14][15] Shannon Motlop was appointed as senior coach, but despite the club reaching the finals series in its second MPL season, Motlop was dismissed as coach after two years.[16][17][18]
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