It is generally believed that the South Australian Football Association established at a meeting held on April 30 1877, was the first constituted controlling body of Australian Football, pre dating the Victorian Football Association whose formation has been reported as having been decided on at...
Jimmy Bartel was in the right place at the right time for round 2 2013 to see a new record being established for the highest match/win percentage from 150 consecutive matches.
Details:
(If the Cats keep winning, especially once they get 150 games beyond round 5 2007, the record may be...
The round 22 match this year vs. Sydney will be the 1,000th League match played in Geelong. It will also be Sydney/Sth Melbourne's 101st match in Geelong making them the club with the most visits to Geelong for matches. St Kilda make their 100th visit to Geelong in round 18. (Has anyone seen any...
vinum coupe posted a pre-season quiz with the exhortation, "No cheating!!!!".
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/2013-pre-season-quiz-1.993329/
Unfortunately all the answers (to some challenging and interesting questions) could be easily found on the web or in a current edition of the AFL...
As a result of research by Big Footy member, 'the croucher' it has been discovered that the correct score for the 1914 Semi-final between Sth. Melbourne and Geelong should be:
Sth Melbourne 5.14-44 v Geelong 5.7-37 not 5.8-38.
The AFL will now amend the score in future publication of records...
Thanks to research by Big Footy member, 'the croucher' it has been discovered that the correct score for the 1914 Semi-final between Sth. Melbourne and Geelong should be:
Sth Melbourne 5.14-44 v Geelong 5.7-37 not 5.8-38.
The AFL will now amend the score in future publication of records.
At...
An article in the Age by Matt Murnane, Cap could cut blowouts: Judge - 7 March 2013,
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/cap-could-cut-blowouts-judge-20130306-2flpi.html#ixzz2MnPhLqH0
included the following:
''Blowouts'' were a major issue last season. Midway through 2012, the average...
Some consolation in this category:
Each club's matches played as the reigning premiers 1898-2012.
(e.g. Geelong's combined results from the 1926,1932,1938,1952,1953,1964,2008,2010 and 2012 seasons, Brisbane's from the 2002,2003 and 2004 seasons etc.)
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When Geelong defeated Hawthorn in round 19 they equaled Hawthorn's record of 105 'home and away' matches won in six consecutive seasons (1984-1989)
The win over St Kilda in round 21 gave Geelong the new record of 106 'home and away' wins in six consecutive seasons - 2007-2012.
Collingwood...
For those who may not be aware of this contest:
Teams that have competed the last 30 seasons - 1983 to round 18 2012.
A Hawthorn win in round 19 would put them on 58.97%
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For those who may not be aware of this contest.
Teams that have competed the last 30 seasons - 1983 to round 18 2012.
A Hawthorn win in round 19 would put them on 58.97%
From 1983, Geelong and Hawthorn have won a higher percentage of their matches than anybody else.
This is how they stand 30 seasons on at round 1 2012 before they meet in round 2.
Played W L D For Agst % Match/Win%
Geelong 679 396 278 5...
An article entitled "Tradition Falls by the Wayside" with the byline - Matt Windley; dealing with starting times in the 2012 AFL fixture has a premise expressed by this sentence:
"VFL football was first played at 2.10 on a Saturday afternoon in 1898 _ the league's second season _ and it has...
The E.L. Wilson Shield was a perpetual trophy inaugurated in 1929 by the League in honour of its retiring secretary, E.L. Wilson.
Wilson was a former secretary of the Collingwood Football Club who became the first secretary of the break-away Victorian Football League at the end of 1896 and...
The 2011 Grand Final will see Collingwood and Geelong paired for the 23rd time in a final - the most of any two clubs.
Also Collingwood v Geelong now becomes the equal second most common Grand Final combination.
More Grand Final Trivia - Plus Collingwood and Geelong scoring/results...
What is this team board going to be called now?
"Western Sydney" is an acceptable name. (Although one could think that it referred to Glebe and Camperdown as the western parts of the City of Sydney.)
"Greater Western Sydney" seems to infer there is a "Lesser" Western Sydney (maybe Glebe and...
Malthouse v Lyon
Collingwood v St Kilda 2007-2010
Set of tables attempting to give a snapshot of the relative performance of Collingwood and St Kilda since Ross Lyon took over as coach of St Kilda...
Malthouse v Lyon
Collingwood v St Kilda 2007-2010
Set of tables attempting to give a snapshot of the relative performance of Collingwood and St Kilda since Ross Lyon took over as coach of St Kilda...
Malthouse v Lyon
Collingwood v St Kilda 2007-2010
Set of tables attempting to give a snapshot of the relative performance of Collingwood and St Kilda since Ross Lyon took over as coach of St Kilda...
Season Summaries and New Records
Scoring and results summaries including new records of the 8 non finalists for 2010 - top 8 will be added as they are eliminated from the finals...
With their recent losses West Coast have now recorded their worst result from 300 matches and have lost their position as "least worst" in this category.
Full table here: