Talk:List of VFL/AFL premiers

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older entries

When the Sydney Swans were called South Melbourne their nickname was the Bloods.

Paul Melville Austin (grandson of John W. Austin South Melbourne Premiership team 1933)

Weren't South Melbourne also the Swans from the 1930's onwards because of their heavy recruiting of Western Australians? Blackmissionary 09:58, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Todo

Add VFA premiers from when it was the top-level competition.

What do the **'s next to certain games mean?

The VFL/AFL has never counted pre-VFL VFA premierships towards club tallies. Blackmissionary 09:58, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've got a few things to suggest for this list (and I haven't bothered to do them because I don't believe in extensive menial labour prior to reaching a consensus). Please comment on whether they'd be good. - Combining the "Year" and "Details for the season" columns into a "Season" column, since the pages for the year aren't generally relevant to the AFL/VFL. This is consistent with what's done on featured lists similar to this one (English football champions and Swedish football champions). - Adding a minor premiers column. - Turn the Trivia into Notes linked from various seasons, seeing as Trivia sections seem to be frowned upon at Wikipedia.

I'd also like to enquire as to whether the images as used here are really fair use. I tend to stay away from images because I've got all the artistic talent of a koala on Vegemite, but I do recall reading that fair use images are supposed to be accompanied by a relevant description (or something). Would be good if someone more knowledgeable in this area could clear this up. Omdal 16:03, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

one thing that needs to be cleaned up is the references to Brisbane and Fitzroy. in one table Brisbane Lions and Fitzroy are coupled together, where as the Brisbane Bears are seperate, another has all 3 seperate, and a third puts the Brisbane Bears and Lions together yet has Fitzroy seperate. there needs to be consistancy with all 3 tables. Lynx Raven Raide 01:59, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot 01:46, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Premiership Frequency list

Fitzroy, Brisban Bears and Brisbane lions deserve extra lines on this table, illustrating various merger / interpretations. The Brisbane bears had 10 seasons without a grand final before becoming the Lions, and Fitzroy had not been successful for a long time before the merge either. The continuity should be acknowledged. After all from the point of view of the fans of these teams they didn't just up and transfer their loyalties; their loyalty did not changed, and masking this behind reverts is in a way, perhaps pre-empting the statistics that a viewer "needs to know" rather than allowing a little amount of leeway for a more flexible interpretation. I think if a user wants to ignore this new, slightly less strict methodology they are entitled to, but it should not be commanded by the page. Rhonjimbomp (talk) 06:10, 4 July 2009 (UTC) rhonjimbomp[reply]

Fitzroy/Brisbane Lions

Aren't they one franchise? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.68.57.189 (talk) 20:12, 5 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

When Fitzroy and the Brisbane Bears merged at the end of the 1996 season, they became a new legal entity separate from the two previous clubs. This meant that the AFL history of Fitzroy and the Brisbane Bears stopped in 1996, and the Brisbane Lions' AFL history began in 1997. Hope this helps. Lindblum (talk) 13:51, 6 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]