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Revision as of 05:18, 5 April 2008
AFL Draft
Pre-season
North Melbourne defeated Adelaide 14.9 (93) to 8.15 (63).
Premiership season
Round 1
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
North Melbourne
11.13 (79)
Adelaide
10.16 (76)
MCG
24,882
Friday, March 31
Richmond
12.18 (90)
Fremantle
12.13 (85)
MCG
26,219
Saturday, April 1
Hawthorn
20.7 (127)
Brisbane Lions
11.4 (70)
Waverley Park
14,653
Saturday, April 1
Geelong
12.15 (87)
Melbourne
11.7 (73)
Skilled Stadium
22,707
Saturday, April 1
Fitzroy
6.2 (38)
Essendon
16.16 (112)
Whitten Oval
17,869
Saturday, April 1
West Coast
18.13 (121)
St Kilda Saints
11.9 (75)
WACA
28,083
Sunday, April 2
Carlton
14.11 (95)
Collingwood Magpies
9.12 (66)
MCG
87,119
Sunday, April 2
Footscray
15.12 (102)
Sydney Swans
12.13 (85)
Whitten Oval
19,189
Sunday, April 2
Round 2
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Fremantle
11.16 (82)
Essendon
12.19 (91)
WACA
23,688
Friday, 7 April
Melbourne
12.15 (87)
North Melbourne
16.10 (106)
MCG
25,010
Saturday, 8 April
Hawthorn
10.11 (71)
Footscray
14.11 (95)
Waverley Park
18,136
Saturday, 8 April
Carlton
18.17 (125)
Fitzroy
8.8 (56)
Princes Park
16,586
Saturday, 8 April
Brisbane Lions
18.18 (126)
Adelaide
14.15 (99)
Gabba
9,334
Sunday, 9 April
Collingwood Magpies
11.10 (76)
West Coast
11.14 (80)
MCG
33,129
Sunday, 9 April
St Kilda Saints
9.15 (69)
Richmond
14.11 (95)
Waverley Park
26,037
Sunday, 9 April
Sydney Swans
10.15 (75)
Geelong
11.14 (80)
SCG
12,973
Sunday, 9 April
Round 3
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Fitzroy
11.12 (78))
Fremantle
18.13 (121)
Whitten Oval
7,561
Saturday, 15 April
Geelong
18.14 (122)
Collingwood Magpies
14.11 (95)
Skilled Stadium
27,057
Saturday, 15 April
Footscray
8.12 (60)
Carlton
23.20 (158)
MCG
41,576
Saturday, 15 April
West Coast
12.19 (91)
North Melbourne
5.13 (43)
WACA
16,586
Saturday, 15 April
Hawthorn
5.4 (34)
Richmond
4.16 (40)
Waverley Park
24,820
Sunday, 16 April
Brisbane Lions
15.14 (104)
Sydney Swans
14.15 (99)
Gabba
8,460
Sunday, 16 April
Adelaide
13.14 (92)
St Kilda Saints
3.8 (26)
AAMI Stadium
38,046
Sunday, 16 April
Essendon
14.14 (98)
Melbourne
12.10 (82)
MCG
60,057
Monday, 17 April
Round 4
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Fremantle
12.22 (94)
Geelong
10.15 (75)
WACA
26,455
Friday, April 21
St Kilda Saints
10.10 (70)
Hawthorn
16.10 (106)
Waverley Park
24,972
Saturday, April 22
Sydney Swans
17.14 (116)
Fitzroy
12.12 (84)
SCG
10,762
Saturday, April 22
Brisbane Lions
12.10 (82)
Carlton
18.11 (119)
Gabba
12,009
Sunday, April 23
Melbourne
12.8 (80)
Footscray
16.7 (103)
Princes Park
16,969
Sunday, April 23
Adelaide
7.14 (56)
West Coast
6.10 (46)
AAMI Stadium
42,723
Sunday, April 23
Richmond
21.8 (134)
North Melbourne
13.7 (85)
MCG
62,606
Monday, April 24
Collingwood Magpies
17.9 (111)
Essendon
16.15 (111)
MCG
94,825
Tuesday, April 25
Round 5
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Richmond
17.14 (116)
Brisbane Lions
14.12 (96)
MCG
24,379
Saturday, April 29
Geelong
28.13 (181)
Fitzroy
13.14 (92)
Skilled Stadium
19,644
Saturday, April 29
Footscray
14.14 (98)
Fremantle
14.12 (96)
Whitten Oval
16,800
Saturday, April 29
West Coast
13.12 (90)
Melbourne
11.8 (74)
WACA
30,294
Saturday, April 29
North Melbourne
7.8 (50)
Carlton
12.12 (84)
MCG
42,729
Sunday, April 30
Hawthorn
14.12 (96)
Collingwood Magpies
4.13 (37)
Waverley Park
40,715
Sunday, April 30
Essendon
24.10 (154)
St Kilda Saints
5.8 (38)
Princes Park
17,930
Sunday, April 30
Sydney Swans
20.24 (144)
Adelaide
12.15 (87)
SCG
15,491
Sunday, April 30
Round 6
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Adelaide
11.11 (77)
Melbourne
10.9 (69)
AAMI Stadium
40,406
Friday, 5 May
St Kilda Saints
10.13 (73)
Fitzroy
12.12 (84)
Waverley Park
15,440
Saturday, 6 May
Carlton
13.12 (90)
West Coast
10.7 (67)
Princes Park
24,527
Saturday, 6 May
Footscray
8.14 (62)
Geelong
22.18 (150)
Whitten Oval
20,749
Saturday, 6 May
Collingwood Magpies
12.10 (82)
Richmond
13.16 (94)
MCG
59,954
Saturday, 6 May
Fremantle
25.13 (163)
Sydney Swans
16.9 (105)
WACA
22,804
Sunday, 7 May
North Melbourne
22.12 (144)
Hawthorn
14.13 (97)
MCG
32,207
Sunday, 7 May
Essendon
19.14 (128)
Brisbane Lions
14.16 (100)
Princes Park
17,646
Sunday, 7 May
Round 7
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Richmond
10.12 (72)
Adelaide
9.4 (58)
MCG
38,791
Friday, 12 May
Carlton
10.15 (75)
Essendon
9.13 (67)
MCG
73,753
Saturday, 13 May
St Kilda Saints
15.15 (105)
Footscray
12.15 (87)
Waverley Park
13,280
Saturday, 13 May
Geelong
9.19 (73)
Hawthorn
11.12 (78)
Skilled Stadium
24,842
Saturday, 13 May
Fitzroy
13.10 (88)
North Melbourne
17.16 (118)
Whitten Oval
11,082
Saturday, 13 May
Collingwood Magpies
13.19 (97)
Sydney Swans
11.10 (76)
Victoria Park
22,835
Sunday, 14 May
West Coast
23.13 (151)
Fremantle
9.12 (66)
Subiaco Oval
40,356
Sunday, 14 May
Melbourne
12.10 (82)
Brisbane Lions
10.15 (75)
MCG
12,783
Sunday, 14 May
Round 8
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Sydney Swans
21.6 (132)
Carlton
8.12 (60)
SCG
23,744
Friday, 19 May
Richmond
14.7 (91)
Geelong
24.19 (163)
MCG
65,335
Saturday, 20 May
Hawthorn
7.8 (50)
Melbourne
17.10 (112)
Waverley Park
24,372
Saturday, 20 May
Footscray
13.6 (84)
North Melbourne
15.15 (105)
Whitten Oval
17,741
Saturday, 20 May
Collingwood Magpies
20.11 (131)
Fremantle
14.9 (93)
Victoria Park
22,466
Saturday, 20 May
Adelaide
9.12 (66)
Fitzroy
15.9 (99)
AAMI Stadium
39,888
Saturday, 20 May
Brisbane Lions
17.13 (115)
St Kilda Saints
14.10 (94)
Gabba
7,648
Sunday, 21 May
West Coast
13.12 (90)
Essendon
16.12 (108)
Subiaco Oval
Sunday, 21 May
Round 9
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
North Melbourne
12-7 (79)
Geelong
20.20 (140)
MCG
44,780
Friday 26 May
Essendon
15.11 (101)
Footscray
9.13 (67)
MCG
38,719
Saturday, 27 May
St Kilda Saints
11.14 (80)
Carlton
3.6 (24)
Waverley Park
17,902
Saturday, 27 May
Fitzroy
8.6 (54)
West Coast
12.10 (82)
Bruce Stadium
11,282
Saturday, 27 May
Adelaide
9.6 (60)
Hawthorn
7.16 (58)
AAMI Stadium
38,740
Saturday, 27 May
Sydney Swans
14.6 (90)
Richmond
17.14 (116)
SCG
23,475
Sunday, 28 May
Melbourne
12.13 (85)
Collingwood Magpies
7.16 (58)
MCG
51,774
Sunday, 28 May
Fremantle
17.18 (120)
Brisbane Lions
8.6 (54)
Subiaco Oval
17,574
Sunday, 28 May
Round 10
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
North Melbourne
19.12 (126)
Essendon
15.9 (99)
MCG
59,354
Friday, 2 June
Melbourne
15.12 (102)
Sydney Swans
11.11 (77)
MCG
26,630
Saturday, 3 June
St Kilda Saints
9.6 (60)
Fremantle
20.11 (131)
Waverley Park
14,890
Saturday, 3 June
Geelong
16.20 (116)
Adelaide
14.7 (91)
Skilled Stadium
26,314
Saturday, 3 June
Collingwood Magpies
13.15 (93)
Fitzroy
10.19 (79)
Victoria Park
23,356
Saturday, 3 June
West Coast
17.10 (112)
Brisbane Lions
10.7 (67)
Subiaco Oval
26,261
Sunday, 4 June
Footscray
9.10 (64)
Richmond
13.18 (96)
MCG
33,042
Sunday, 4 June
Carlton
26.16 (172)
Hawthorn
10.10 (70)
Princes Park
29,520
Sunday, 4 June
Round 11
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Collingwood Magpies
25.11 (161)
St Kilda Saints
13.9 (87)
MCG
36,528
Friday, 9 June
Essendon
17.10 (112)
Geelong
19.9 (123)
[MCG]
77,643
Saturday, 10 June
Richmond
18.15 (123)
West Coast
9.9 (63)
Princes Park
17,041
Saturday, 10 June
Adelaide
12.18 (90)
Footscray
6.10 (46)
AAMI Stadium
36,955
Saturday, 10 June
Brisbane
17.30 (132)
Fitzroy
10.14 (74)
Gabba
8,209
Sunday, 11 June
Fremantle
11.6 (72)
North Melbourne
22.11 (143)
Subiaco Oval
28,013
Sunday, 11 June
Melbourne
12.8 (80)
Carlton
16.16 (112)
MCG
53,290
Monday, 12 June
Hawthorn
17.11 (113)
Sydney Swans
9.17 (71)
Waverley Park
19,737
Monday, 12 June
Round 12
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Essendon
10.18 (78)
Hawthorn
8.12 (60)
MCG
47,237
Friday, 23 June
Richmond
15.19 (109)
Fitzroy
15.13 (103)
MCG
26,403
Saturday, 24 June
Footscray
10.11 (71)
Collingwood Magpies
10.11 (71)
Waverley Park
27,421
Saturday, 24 June
Carlton
16.16 (112)
Geelong
15.19 (109)
Princes Park
30,843
Saturday, 24 June
Adelaide
16.9 (105)
Fremantle
12.12 (84)
AAMI Stadium
40,981
Saturday, 24 June
Brisbane Lions
13.11 (89)
North Melbourne
20.13 (133)
Gabba
11,996
Sunday, 25 June
St Kilda Saints
11.7 (73)
Melbourne
13.12 (90)
Waverley Park
18,390
Sunday, 25 June
West Coast
11.7 (73)
Sydney Swans
10.12 (72)
Subiaco Oval
24,574
Sunday, 25 June
Round 13
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Collingwood Magpies
24.8 (152)
Adelaide
7.14 (56)
MCG
33,407
Friday, 30 July
Melbourne
14.11 (95)
Richmond
12.12 (84)
MCG
42,548
Saturday, 1 July
St Kilda Saints
12.12 (84)
North Melbourne
18.13 (121)
Waverley Park
14,301
Saturday, 1 July
Geelong
17.14 (116)
West Coast
9.10 (64)
Skilled Stadium
23,743
Saturday, 1 July
Footscray
9.15 (69)
Brisbane Lions
8.5 (53)
Whitten Oval
11,556
Saturday, 1 July
Sydney Swans
21.12 (138)
Essendon
17.17 (119)
SCG
21,853
Sunday, 2 July
Fitzroy
7.10 (52)
Hawthorn
21.25 (151)
Princes Park
12,503
Sunday, 2 July
Fremantle
7.7 (49)
Carlton
15.16 (106)
Subiaco Oval
25,465
Sunday, 2 July
Round 14
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
North Melbourne
18.17 (125)
Collingwood Magpies
10.13 (73)
MCG
66,719
Friday, 7 July
Essendon
27.20 (182)
Adelaide
8.12 (60)
MCG
40,269
Saturday, 8 July
Hawthorn
8.8 (56)
West Coast
14.13 (97)
Waverley Park
19,373
Saturday, 8 July
Geelong
15.21 (111)
Brisbane Lions
15.8 (98)
Skilled Stadium
22,459
Saturday, 8 July
Sydney Swans
14.10 (94)
St Kilda Saints
17.17 (119)
SCG
14,979
Sunday, 9 July
Carlton
17.13 (115)
Richmond
12.13 (85)
MCG
84,745
Sunday, 9 July
Fitzroy
12.7 (79)
Footscray
23.8 (146)
Whitten Oval
16,745
Sunday, 9 July
Fremantle
7.8 (114)
Melbourne
15.12 (102)
Subiaco Oval
16,161
Sunday, 9 July
Round 15
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Richmond
15.11 (101)
Essendon
15.11 (101)
MCG
76,628
Friday, 14 July
North Melbourne
12.12 (84)
Sydney Swans
16.17 (113)
MCG
22,524
Saturday, 15 July
Hawthorn
18.10 (118)
Fremantle
11.8 (74)
Waverley Park
14,167
Saturday, 15 July
Carlton
20.13 (133)
Adelaide
15.10 (100)
Princes Park
22,543
Saturday, 15 July
Fitzroy
7.8 (50)
Melbourne
20.11 (131)
Whitten Oval
8,862
Saturday, 15 July
Brisbane Lions
11.14 (80)
Collingwood Magpies
19.15 (129)
Gabba
11,467
Sunday, 16 July
Geelong
13.7 (85)
St Kilda Saints
13.15 (93)
MCG
37,382
Sunday, 16 July
West Coast
8.13 (61)
Footscray
12.15 (87)
Subiaco Oval
30,169
Sunday, 16 July
Round 16
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Adelaide
9.11 (65)
North Melbourne
7.12 (54)
AAMI Stadium
34,301
Friday, 21 July
Essendon
22.18 (150)
Fitzroy
12.7 (79)
MCG
25,295
Saturday, 22 July
St Kilda Saints
9.10 (64)
West Coast
19.8 (122)
Waverley Park
13,490
Saturday, 22 July
Melbourne
12.10 (82)
Geelong
15.21 (111)
Princes Park
18,416
Saturday, 22 July
Sydney Swans
12.7 (79)
Footscray
21.8 (134)
SCG
15,708
Saturday, 22 July
Brisbane Lions
14.20 (104)
Hawthorn
14.13 (97)
Gabba
8,209
Sunday, 23 July
Collingwood Magpies
10.8 (68)
Carlton
12.18 (90)
MCG
78,934
Sunday, 23 July
Fremantle
9.13 (67)
Richmond
10.14 (74)
Subiaco Oval
18,723
Sunday, 23 July
Round 17
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
North Melbourne
12.8 (80)
Melbourne
15.12 (102)
MCG
28,838
Friday, 28 July
Essendon
21.9 (135)
Fremantle
13.9 (87)
MCG
29,102
Saturday, 29 July
Richmond
9.8 (62)
St Kilda Saints
15.17 (107)
Princes Park
15,715
Saturday, 29 July
Geelong
23.13 (151)
Sydney Swans
11.8 (74)
Skilled Stadium
28,600
Saturday, 29 July
Footscray
8.9 (57)
Hawthorn
7.10 (52)
Whitten Oval
16,673
Saturday, 29 July
West Coast
18.21 (129)
Collingwood Magpies
11.13 (79)
Subiaco Oval
35,332
Sunday, 30 July
Fitzroy
9.10 (64)
Carlton
24.17 (161)
Waverley Park
15,567
Sunday, 30 July
Adelaide
6.10 (46)
Brisbane Lions '
11.10 (76)
AAMI Stadium
33,829
Sunday, 30 July
Round 18
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Richmond
13.21 (99)
Hawthorn
8.7 (55)
MCG
37,543
Friday, 4 August
Melbourne
11.7 (73)
Essendon
15.16 (106)
MCG
52,523
Saturday, 5 August
St Kilda Saints
10.8 (68)
Adelaide
14.14 (98)
Waverley Park
13,141
Saturday, 5 August
North Melbourne
15.16 (106)
West Coast
7.2 (44)
Princes Park
11,822
Saturday, 5 August
Sydney Swans
17.9 (111)
Brisbane Lions
19.12 (126)
SCG
8,150
Sunday, 6 August
Collingwood Magpies
15.9 (99)
Geelong
14.11 (95)
MCG
62,212
Sunday, 6 August
Carlton
15.16 (106)
Footscray
11.15 (81)
Princes Park
24,084
Sunday, 6 August
Fremantle
17.14 (116)
Fitzroy
9.10 (64)
Subiaco Oval
20,073
Sunday, 6 August
Round 19
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
North Melbourne
16.14 (110)
Richmond
15.10 (100)
MCG
51,247
Friday, 11 August
Essendon
16.14 (110)
Collingwood Magpies
15.12 (102)
MCG
77,448
Saturday, 12 August
Hawthorn
14.13 (97)
St Kilda Saints
16.9 (105)
Waverley Park
19,852
Saturday, 12 August
Geelong
16.10 (106)
Fremantle
12.11 (83)
Skilled Stadium
20,679
Saturday, 12 August
Footscray
11.12 (78)
Melbourne
7.16 (58)
Whitten Oval
17,697
Saturday, 12 August
West Coast
26.21 (177)
Adelaide
5.12 (42)
Subiaco Oval
30,507
Sunday, 13 August
Carlton
11.19 (85)
Brisbane Lions
10.11 (71)
Princes Park
16,350
Sunday, 13 August
Fitzroy
6.8 (44)
Sydney Swans
27.8 (170)
Whitten Oval
7,426
Sunday, 13 August
Round 20
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Collingwood Magpies
15.14 (104)
Hawthorn
15.11 (101)
MCG
51,746
Friday, 18 August
Melbourne
10.15 (75)
West Coast
16.8 (104)
MCG
24,874
Saturday, 19 August
St Kilda Saints
10.15 (75)
Essendon
23.13 (151)
Waverley Park
34,121
Saturday, 19 August
Carlton
18.14 (122)
North Melbourne
15.13 (103)
Princes Park
32,065
Saturday, 19 August
Fitzroy
8.17 (65)
Geelong
15.16 (106)
Whitten Oval
9,196
Saturday, 19 August
Adelaide
13.15 (93)
Sydney Swans
22.7 (139)
AAMI Stadium
38,529
Saturday, 19 August
Brisbane Lions
24.16 (160)
Richmond
13.5 (83)
Gabba
11,524
Sunday' 20 August
Fremantle
17.14 (116)
Footscray
12.13 (85)
Subiaco Oval
18,175
Sunday, 20 August
Round 21
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Melbourne
18.7 (115)
Adelaide
23.8 (146)
MCG
22,800
Friday, 25 August
Richmond
14.25 (109)
Collingwood Magpies
7.13 (55)
MCG
70,809
Saturday, 26 August
Hawthorn
9.14 (68)
North Melbourne
17.11 (113)
Waverley Park
21,513
Saturday, 26 August
Geelong
15.20 (110)
Footscray
19.11 (125)
Skilled Stadium
25,057
Saturday, 26 August
Fitzroy
13.12 (90)
St Kilda Saints
16.21 (117)
Princes Park
9,363
Saturday, 26 August
Brisbane Lions
17.14 (116)
Essendon
12.12 (84)
Gabba
12,657
Saturday, 26 August
Sydney Swans
19.13 (127)
Fremantle
20.24 (144)
SCG
10,410
Sunday, 27 August
West Coast
15.8 (98)
Carlton
15.15 (105)
Subiaco Oval
41,492
Sunday, 27 August
Round 22
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Brisbane Lions
16.14 (110)
Melbourne
13.11(89)
Gabba
11,842
Friday, 1 September
Essendon
9.13 (67)
Carlton
16.12 (108)
MCG
87,984
Saturday, 2 September
Hawthorn
15.12 (102)
Geelong
23.10 (148)
Waverley Park
32,747
Saturday, 2 September
North Melbourne
30.24 (204)
Fitzroy
15.11 (101)
Princes Park
14,907
Saturday, 2 September
Footscray
11.12 (78)
St Kilda Saints
20.12 (132)
Whitten Oval
19,442
Saturday, 2 September
Adelaide
12.14 (86)
Richmond
19.9 (123)
AAMI Stadium
40,168
Saturday, 2 September
Sydney Swans
19.13 (127)
Collingwood Magpies
15.14 (104)
SCG
18,191
Sunday, 3 September
Fremantle
8.10 (58)
West Coast
16.15 (111)
Subiaco Oval
39,844
Sunday, 3 September
Qualifying Finals
Semi Finals
Preliminary Finals
Grand Final
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Carlton
21.15 (141)
Geelong
11.14 (80)
MCG
93,102
Saturday, 30 September
Ladder
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Awards
Notable Events
The Fremantle Dockers made their debut in the competition.
They played their first game against Richmond at the MCG and won their first game against Fitzroy at Whitten Oval .
Carlton won a record 16th premiership, after just dropping two games for the entire season. They won their 16th consecutive match in the grand final, comfortably beating Geelong 21.15 (141) to 11.14 (80).
Richmond reached the finals for the first time since 1982, finishing 4th and making the preliminary finals.
They won their first 7 games , winning their first five games for the first time since the early 1980s.
They were on top of the ladder for the first time since 1982 (from rounds 9 to 12).
Brisbane made the finals for the first time (losing to Carlton by just 13 points).
Tony Lockett transferred from St Kilda to the Sydney Swans .
Footscray Football Club , VFL and State of Origin legend Ted Whitten died.
He had been given a "lap of honour" during the 1995 State of Origin match between Victoria and South Australia.
Hawthorn missed out on the finals for the first time since the early 1980s.
The team finished second last, failing to register a win for its last seven matches.
Fitzroy continued to decline.
Fitzroy failed to register a win from round 9 and finished on the bottom of the ladder with just 2 wins.
There were many significant changes to incumbent AFL team coaches:
After round 19, the Fitzroy coach Bernie Quinlan was sacked and replaced by caretaker coach Alan McConnell for the remaining three games of their season (Michael Nunan later was signed as coach for 1996).
Peter Knights was sacked as coach of Hawthorn .
John Northey resigned from Richmond (he became coach of Brisbane in 1996).
Robert Walls resigned as coach of Brisbane and joined Richmond as coach in 1996.
Ron Barassi coached his last VFL/AFL match, resigning at from the Sydney Swans at the end of 1995.
References
Clubs
Seasons Grand finals Venues Awards Major recurring events Second-tier and junior competitions
Related articles Known as the Victorian Football League from 1897–1989; no grand finals were held in 1897 and 1924