Media Celebrating 30: the SFA History in Numbers

[GremioPower]

Note: It is my intention to write stories and opinions on the numbers, but later. First, I am putting in one place the information I'm collecting, with threadmarks to make it easier to find. Meanwhile, I have been adding commentaries and curiosities to some of the posts.

All this info is already available to anyone, but WILD available as much as wide. I thought a compilation such as this would be helpful to those interested on the subject.

For instance, did you know that the 5th place had reached the GF 4 times and won all of them? That the 2nd place, despite having fewer GF appearances than both 1st and 3rd, has won the flag the most? Or that the Furies have played in 5 more GF than the Bombers, but they both share the same amount of flags?

I didn't, but now I do. I'm using the league's 30th season as an excuse to share it with others.

Please, feel free to add stuff or to comment on what I'm posting. This thread is not about me, but about the SFA. It's mine as much as it's yours.

Enjoy!

 

[GremioPower]

Grand Final

Considering all SFA's 29 seasons so far:

I. the most common Grand Finals have been:

- Seeds: 1st v 3rd, 7 times (1st, 4 wins; 3rd, 3)
- Clubs: Demons v Furies, 3 times (Demons, 2 wins; Furies, 1)


II. In multiple GF, these are still unbeaten:

* Seeds
- 4 wins: 5th (4/4)
- 3 wins: 2nd (v 4th); 5th (v 1st)
- 2 wins: 2nd (v 1st); 4th (v 1st)

* Clubs
- 2 wins: Roys (2/2); Bombers (v Furies); Bombers (v Hawks); Swamprats (v Bears)

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GF Appearances:

*Seeds
- 1st: 16 times
- 3rd: 13
- 2nd: 9
- 4th: 6
- 5th, 6th: 4
- 7th, 8th: 3

*Clubs
- Furies: 11 times
- Wonders: 8
- Demons: 7
- Bombers: 6
- Hawks, Swamprats: 5
- Dragons: 4
- Bears, Gumbies: 3
- Roys: 2
- Warriors, Hurricanes, Titans, Magic: 1
- Royals: 0

Spoiler: Curiosity (Demons)

- No team has ever played in three consecutive GF. The Demons has a shot at being the first in S30.

Spoiler: Curiosity (Furies)

- The Furies have never been more than three consecutive season out of a GF. It can happen for the first time in their history, if they miss the GF in S30.

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GF Wins:

*Seeds
- 2nd: 7 times
- 3rd: 6
- 1st, 5th: 4
- 4th, 6th: 3
- 7th, 8th: 1

- Highest: 13 times
- Lowest: 16

Spoiler: Commentary

Most of those "highest-seeded team" losses are by the Minor Premiers. In GF without the team 1st on the ladder, the best team during the minor round has advantage: 9-4.

*Clubs
- Bombers, Furies, Wonders: 5 times
- Swamprats: 3
- Demons, Dragons, Roys: 2
- Bears, Gumbies, Hawks, Hurricanes, Magic: 1
- Royals, Warriors, Titans: 0

 

[GremioPower]

Minor Premiers:

- Hawks: 5 times
- Demons, Dragons: 4
- Gumbies, Swamprats, Wonders: 3
- Bombers, Furies: 2
- Royals, Warriors, Titans: 1
- Bears, Roys: 0

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Minor Premiers Finals Record:

- Major Premiers: 4 times (Hawks, S12; Wonders, S13; Demons, S26; Swamprats, S29)
- Grand Final: 12
- Preliminary Final: 12
- Semifinal: 1 (Gumbies, S18)

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Minor Premiers Grand-Final Record:

- Wins: 4
- Losses: 12

Spoiler: Curiosity

All 4 wins were against the 3rd-seeded team.

 

[GremioPower]

League's Firsts:

These are the League's "firsts" that I have found:

* S02
- back-to-back GF (Wonders)
* S04
- from Major Premiers to Wooden-Spooners (Magic)
* S05
- GF without Minor Premiers (Dragons)
- from Minor Premiers to Wooden-Spooners (Bombers)
* S06
- second flag of a Minor Round ladder position (2nd place)
* S09
- back-to-back Minor Premiers (Hawks)
* S11
- back-to-back Major Premiers (Furies)
- back-to-back Wooden-Spooners (Demons)
* S12
- winning both Minor and Major Premierships (Hawks)
* S13
- repeat of previous GF by ladder position (1st v. 3rd)
* S16
- from Wooden-Spooners to Major Premiers (Gumbies)
* S18
- Minor Premiers miss PF (Gumbies)

 

[GremioPower]

I have more numbers to throw around, but anyone is free to post others as well.

Mobbs, the only conclusion I have made so far is that your program is fair.

 

[Santoz]

I have more numbers to throw around, but anyone is free to post others as well.

Mobbs, the only conclusion I have made so far is that your program is fair.

I'm not sure if any other Bombers have mentioned it either this season or last, but the people running the sim are crooks

 

[Yakker]

Mr 74% checking in

 

[Tonga Bob]

I'm not sure if any other Bombers have mentioned it either this season or last, but the people running the sim are crooks

 

[spookism]

All I got from this is we should all point and laugh at the Royals.


Oh, wait.

 

[MP_]

All I got from this is we should all point and laugh at the Royals.


Oh, wait.

If I was in the Royals I’d be having a good hard look at myself

 

[spookism]

If I was in the Royals I’d be having a good hard look at myself

No one does that in the comp anymore. Not since El Dubya got nuked anyway.

 

[MP_]

No one does that in the comp anymore. Not since El Dubya got nuked anyway.

What has happened to this league, bunch of marshmallows

 

[GremioPower]

SFA-Clubs Timeline

- 27 different clubs have played in the SFA, with 25 of them having played between S01 and S09.

- One club was absolutely fake and has played 2 seasons: AFL AllStars (S07; S09)

- The extinct club with more seasons played is the Titans/Team Kournikova (S01-S06)

- The last club to fold was the Mod Squad (S10)

- It was from S11 onwards that the league has found stability: first, with 8 clubs; then, with 10 in S16; and, since S18, with 12.

- The 8 clubs that have managed to consolidate the league are: Wonders, Demons, Furies, Bombers, Gumbies, Roys, Dragons, and Hawks.

- Two clubs among the founders are still playing: Wonders; and Demons.

- The founding club BigFooty Dragons is unrelated to the current existing Dragons.

- There was one merger, in S08, between the Dragons and the Southern Sharks. The Southern Dragons have played until S16; then, since S17, the club has once again been called as the Dragons.

- Three of the current clubs have had an interrupted history, with seasons away from the league: Roys (S09-S10); Swamprats (S08; S10-S15); and Bears (S08-S17).

- The league's youngest club is the Warriors (S18); followed by the Royals (S16).

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Sweet F.A. All-Time Win Progression
by Broken

Stats & History - Sweet F.A. All time win progression

I've been playing around with some data visualisation tools and, given the Sweet F.A. has lots of nice data to play with, I've created the above using the win total data of teams in the league from the first ever round to the current day. Note: Better watched in a larger screen.

www.bigfooty.com

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Attached, one can find the timeline with all the clubs.

 

[Tonga Bob]

No one does that in the comp anymore. Not since El Dubya got nuked anyway.

What happened to El Dubya? Saw they won a B&F with us early on then threw a smoke ball on the ground.

 

[spookism]

What happened to El Dubya? Saw they won a B&F with us early on then threw a smoke ball on the ground.

A candle that burns at both ends, burns twice as bright for half the time.

 

[GremioPower]

A candle that burns at both ends, burns twice as bright for half the time.

 

[The Half Back]

What is the point of this thread?

 

[Ned_Flanders]

What is the point of this thread?

he's proving he's the premature ejaculator of Beez whores

 

[GremioPower]

he's proving he's the premature ejaculator of Beez whores

You can get the Beez and shove it into your Arze, for all that I care...

What is the point of this thread?

It's pretty much described in the title, really. [It still is, but now I have put a note in the OP to make it clearer.]

The SFA is going to its 30th season, and I'm acknowledging it. Others may be interested in participating. They are all welcome.

If no one else is, that is also fine. I'm doing this because I want to. It's enough.

 

[Blacky]

Grand Final Appearances:

*Seeds
- 1st: 16 times
- 3rd: 13
- 2nd: 9
- 4th: 6
- 5th, 6th: 4
- 7th, 8th: 3

*Clubs
- Furies: 11 times
- Wonders: 8
- Demons: 7
- Bombers: 6
- Hawks, Swamprats: 5
- Dragons: 4
- Bears, Gumbies: 3
- Roys: 2
- Warriors, Hurricanes, Kournikova, Magic: 1
- Royals: 0


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Grand Final Wins:

*Seeds
- 2nd: 7 times
- 3rd: 6
- 1st, 5th: 4
- 4th, 6th: 3
- 7th, 8th: 1

- Highest: 13 times
- Lowest: 16

*Clubs
- Bombers, Furies, Wonders: 5 times
- Swamprats: 3
- Demons, Dragons, Roys: 2
- Bears, Gumbies, Hawks, Hurricanes, Magic: 1
- Royals, Warriors, Kournikova: 0

Firstly, what gives you the right?

 

[GremioPower]

Firstly, what gives you the right?

 

[The Half Back]

You can get the Beez and shove it into your Arze, for all that I care...


It's pretty much described in the title, really.

The SFA is going to its 30th season, and I'm acknowledging it. Others may be interested in participating. They are all welcome.

If no one else is, that is also fine. I'm doing this because I want to. It's enough.

Where's the media though? Just looks like a copy+paste from the Archives and Sim Info threads. If you're going to do the numbers, at least add some media to it.

 

[GremioPower]

add some media to it.

It's your primary language, not mine; but here:

Definition of MEDIUM

something in a middle position; a middle condition or degree : mean; a means of effecting or conveying something: such as… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

b plural usually media
(1): a channel or system of communication, information, or entertainment

I'm posting information. It's media.

You're welcome.

 

[The Half Back]

It's your primary language, not mine; but here:

Definition of MEDIUM

something in a middle position; a middle condition or degree : mean; a means of effecting or conveying something: such as… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

I'm posting information. It's media.

You're welcome.

You're re-posting all of the stats that are widely available to not only the league but the general public.

I'd love for you to write some media about these stats, but at the moment you've just copy and pasted archived stats.

 

[GremioPower]

You're re-posting all of the stats that are widely available to not only the league but the general public.

I'd love for you to write some media about these stats, but at the moment you've just copy and pasted archived stats.

Don't worry. I am just warming up. I have changed the OP. It now explains what's going on.