2010 VFL season
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| 2010 VFL season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 14 |
| Premiers | North Ballarat 3rd premiership |
| Minor premiers | Williamstown 10th minor premiership |
| J. J. Liston Trophy | Steve Clifton (North Ballarat) Shane Valenti (Port Melbourne) |
| Leading goalkicker | Matthew Little (80) |
The 129th season of the Victorian Football League was held in 2010. The North Ballarat Football Club won the premiership, its third flag in a row.
Teams
This season featured the addition of the Gold Coast Football Club to the league, the first new club in the VFL since Tasmania entered in 2001. The new Gold Coast club was to play this single season of VFL football as preparation for its entry into the Australian Football League in 2011. The club had played one season of under-18s football in the TAC Cup the previous year.
The VFL continued to serve as both the top state-level football league in Victoria, and as a reserves competition for Victorian-based clubs in the Australian Football League, as had been the case since 2000. The affiliation agreements between VFL and AFL clubs were unchanged from 2009.
The top three teams after the finals – North Ballarat, Northern Bullants and Williamstown – qualified for the inaugural Foxtel Cup in 2011.
Ladder
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| TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williamstown | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2174 | 1312 | 165.70 | 60 | |||
| 2 | North Ballarat (P) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1650 | 1260 | 130.95 | 60 | |||
| 3 | Casey Scorpions | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1619 | 1471 | 110.06 | 56 | |||
| 4 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1946 | 1506 | 129.22 | 52 | |||
| 5 | Box Hill Hawks | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1663 | 1531 | 108.62 | 44 | |||
| 6 | Northern Bullants | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1814 | 1539 | 117.87 | 40 | |||
| 7 | Collingwood | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1672 | 1509 | 110.80 | 40 | |||
| 8 | Bendigo Bombers | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1564 | 1533 | 102.02 | 40 | |||
| 9 | Sandringham | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1366 | 1463 | 93.37 | 28 | |||
| 10 | Gold Coast | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1409 | 1706 | 82.59 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Coburg Tigers | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1502 | 1757 | 85.49 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Geelong | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1401 | 1743 | 80.38 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Werribee | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1586 | 1957 | 81.04 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Frankston | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1000 | 2079 | 48.10 | 4 | |||
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | Source | |||||||||||
Finals
The preliminary finals and the reserves Grand Final were moved from TEAC Oval to Box Hill City Oval because heavy rain and frequent use during September had left TEAC Oval unplayable.[1] Template:AFL finals system
Awards
- The J. J. Liston Trophy was jointly won by Steve Clifton (North Ballarat) and Shane Valenti (Port Melbourne), who each polled 20 votes. Ed Curnow (Box Hill) finished third on 13 votes, despite breaking his leg in Round 13 and missing the remainder of the season.[1]
- The Frosty Miller Medal was won by Matthew Little (Williamstown), who kicked 80 goals for the season.
- The Fothergill-Round Medal was won by Michael Hibberd (Frankston)
- The Norm Goss Memorial Medal was won by Myles Sewell (North Ballarat)
See also
- List of VFA/VFL premiers
- Australian Rules Football
- Victorian Football League
- Australian Football League
- 2010 AFL season
References
- ^ a b Brent Diamond (7 September 2010). "Valenti and Clifton share Liston". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. Retrieved 24 March 2014.