McIntosh, Known as Port Adelaide. Back in '79 there were 114,000 at the Grand Final and Carlton beat Collingwood, so I'd say it doesn't get any bigger than that.". Cook, Magee, 3, Foley 2, Phillips 2, Williams 2, Skilton, It was the 84th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1980 VFL season. Fitzroy's 85-point victory in the first round set a record that remained unsurpassed until. the transfer of Bill Lokan to Fitzroy. This page was last edited on 21 February 2023, at 22:03. Despite the fact that not all VFL teams participated, the first season's average crowd was 20,000 for the seven matches played, and a crowd of 33,120 watched the first night Grand Final. Districts) did not participate due to their suspension for sending a It was the 82nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1978 VFL season. Carlton's captain Mike Fitzpatrick NIGHT-DAY PREMIERSHIP DOUBLE. 1979 Carlton Premiership players unable to attend the reunion gathering were the Captain Coach Alex Jesaulenko, Bruce Doull and Peter Francis. The kick floated into the right forward pocket, with no player from either team in the vicinity. Carlton's Alex Jesaulenko became the last ever player to captain-coach a team to victory in a Grand Final. went on to play two day games for Richmond before retiring again. The 1981 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1981. The teams were randomly drawn in the opening round (5 vs 12 / 6 vs 10 / 7 vs 8 / 9 vs 11) with winning teams advancing to the next stage, and losing teams eliminated from the series. name their final line-up - instead Carlton named a squad of 25 and Richmond a 1977 "Truth Footy Olympics" 1978 v. Richmond (M.C.G.) The 1979 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 1979. The consolation night series is generally considered to be of equivalent importance as the Australian Football Championships Night Series (19791986) and the Australian Football League pre-season competition (19882013), and records relating to the three competitions are often combined. Colours Black, white, silver and teal. Abrahams, OToole 2, Wilson, Allsopp, Langridge, Gardner, Gotch 5, Slocum 3, Barclay 2, Abrahams 2, Wright The match, attended by 91,817 spectators, was won by the Brisbane Lions by a margin of 9 points, marking the club's second consecutive premiership victory, as well as its second overall since being established in 1997. 3, OHalloran 2, Matthews, Curran, Tuck, Wallace, Davis The AFL encourages the building of such rivalries, as a method of increasing publicity for the league, to the point of designating one round each year as "Rivalry Round" when many of these match-ups are held on the one weekend. Although Carlton were the favourites to win, it was Richmond who would take the flag by 30 points, marking that club's eighth VFL/AFL premiership victory. The 1964 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 19 September 1964. However, it was Harmes who helped spark the second-quarter comeback when all seemed lost for Carlton. [2] Whilst the 1977 series only featured the twelve VFL teams, between 1978 and 1986 a selection of teams from the SANFL, WAFL and representative teams from Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania also competed. Forty-three scoring shots to 14, 24 goals to six, a record VFL/AFL grand final margin of 119 points it was a very sweet end to the drought for Geelong. The 1943 VFL Lightning Premiership was an Australian rules football knockout competition played entirely on Saturday 24, July. Goodland, Webb, Yeates, Gardiner 3, Baxter 3, Westacott, i am working on a spreadsheet for the old vfl night series competiton from 1977-1989 only, and i am after qtr by qtr scores for all games (i have all the grand finals in this period), the actual date of the game, and the attendance. 3, Thomson 2, Copping 2, Daniher, Beddison, Davis, Watson, Daicos, also out, Wayne Johnston was notified. Moments later, the siren sounded. 4, Love 3, Lunn 3, Christensen 3, Edmond 2, Knight 2, Royal 2, Then occurred one of the most memorable moments in VFL/AFL history. 25-9-1967 / 4-9-1968 / 28-9-1970) confirm it was actually 9,300, The Age announces Fitzroy's first senior premiership since the 1944 VFL Grand Final [29-9-1959]. His VFL-AFL The last time the Blues had been premiers was when they won the 1972 VFL Grand Final against Richmond. Collingwood defeated Hawthorn 12.8 (80) to 7.10 (52) in the final. Football Record = 4.6 (The Age has 4.8). NOTE - goalkickers above were taken from "It was when games were in the middle of the year and it was very exciting. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. A successful left-foot snap by Collingwood centre half-forward Allan Edwards lifted the hopes of the Magpie army, but from the resultant bounce Carlton managed to move the ball forward where substitute Alex Marcou scored a point. **The WAFL's reigning premiers (Swan The competing teams were all VFL, SANFL and WAFL teams, and the representative teams from New South Wales, Tasmania, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory.[2]. Le Tout-Puissant qui remplit mon me d'amertume est vivant! Dean, Patterson, Rees, OToole, Cuzens, Branton, Aston, Henderson, Furness, Barclay, Slocum, 1952 3AW v 3XY. The 1979 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 1979. For the, Australian Football Championships Night Series, South Australian National Football League, Australian Football League pre-season competition, List of Australian Football League pre-season and night series premiers, SANFL Night Series and Pre-season Competition, VFL/AFL pre-season and night competitions, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=VFL_Night_Series&oldid=1029161151, Defunct Australian rules football competitions in Victoria (Australia), All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 18 June 2021, at 08:15. Bonney, Smith, Cross, Mynott, McKenzie, Whitten, Bryant, Spargo, Sandilands, Smith 2, Trott, Ditterich, Williams, Annear, Richardson, Walsh, Phillips, Judge Ltd. was incorporated on July 28, 1978 to run the new national night competition. They were joined by the VFA and QAFL in a greatly-reduced NFL Series. weird laws in guatemala; les vraies raisons de la guerre en irak; lake norman waterfront condos for sale by owner It was the 86th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1982 VFL season. Mallett, John, 5, Whitten 4, McKenzie 3, Spargo, Bryant, Mannix. (third quarter), The Football Record has a crowd of 9,292, The Age Geoff Ablett (Hawthorn/St Kilda) has won the most Grand Final sprints, with four. Formed 1870. goalkickers: Carlton's captain Mike Fitzpatrick Former Collingwood captain Tony Shaw is confident the club's season won't be sidetracked by Jack Ginnivan's suspension. With vice-captain Geoff Southby also out, Wayne Johnston was notified just 10 minutes before taking . With the AFC series underway, the VFL Night Series ended following the 1978 series, though it returned for one final year in 1987. Mallett, John, Greenwood, Bryant, Whitten, Schultz, Merrington, Marsh, Jillard, Dwyer, Dowdle, Dugdale, Steward, OBrien, did not play due to injury. (Night Grand Final) 1972 "Summer Edition" Football Record. first round of the Night Series. Rivalries in the Australian Football League exist between many teams, most of which typically draw large crowds and interest regardless of both teams' positions on the ladder. lawyers and officials finalised the transfer of Bill Lokan from North Interest in the night series, particularly among the clubs, began to reduce in the late 1960s as the home-and-away season was extended from eighteen rounds to twenty rounds in 1968, then again to twenty-two rounds in 1970. This was ultimately not successful, and the VFL elected to return to the original format in 1958, and remained under this format until 1971. VFL/AFL Premierships - 1902, 1903, 1910, 1917, 1919, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936, 1953, 1958, 1990, 2010. Adelaide to Fitzroy, The WAFL's reigning premiers (Swan Time Life Music: Ultimate Seventies 1970-1979 (2003) (Box Set 10CD) The 1970 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on 26 September 1970. Kevin Murray (Fitzroy) was reported for charging. Twenty minutes into the second quarter, Collingwood had stretched their lead to 28 points. The Carlton Football Club has been involved in 29 VFL/AFL Grand Finals from 1897-2006, winning 16 premiership titles. coaching career commenced the following season. 2, Miller 2, Sheldon, Ditchburn, Meldrum, Marcou, Maclure, Conlan It was the 83rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1979 VFL season. Carlton still hadn't scored a goal, and with the conditions only getting heavier, things were looking promising for the Magpies. Hawthorn winning by 23 points (10.13 to 7.8) in front of 12,000 local fans. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 31 March until 29 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs. just 10 minutes before taking the football. scores in The Football Record = 2.3 & 2.4 (The Age has 1.3 & 1.4), Howell, Ditterich, Carlton won the main VFL Premiership in 1982 and back up with a night premiership in 1983. McKenzie, Sudholz 3, Foley 2, Phillips 2, Williams 2, Skilton, Fitzroy's 85-point victory in the first round set a record that remained unsurpassed until 1979 . McCormack, Munn. Wall, Weightman, Wiley, Winton. The preseason competition was abandoned in 2014, and replaced with discrete practice matches.