Geelong hasn't won the wooden spoon since 1958

[Benny78]

Soon enough it will be 60 years and counting since Geelong last won a wooden spoon. Every other club has won one more recently. It's a pretty remarkable feat when you think about it.

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Soon enough it will be 60 years and counting since Geelong last won a wooden spoon. No other club in AFL history has avoided bottoming out for this long. It's a pretty remarkable feat when you think about it.

I really hate to say this, but carlton have you beat for vfl/afl

They got their first ever spoon in 2002, so you have another 45 odd years before you beat their streak

Now i need to go shower, hate saying nice things about that mob

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

Yes, and as mentioned, Carlton took 106 years to win their first spoon (might have missed a season or two during the war years)

 

[Ned_Flanders]

I'm pretty sure Essendon had gone 70+ years before they had half their team banned for being drug cheats.

Club. Time period. Years
Carlton. 1897–2002. 105
Essendon. 1933–2016. 83
Collingwood. 1897–1976. 79
Geelong. 1958–present. 59
Hawthorn. 1965–present. 52
North Melbourne. 1972–present. 45
Richmond. 1917–1960. 43
Fitzroy. 1897–1936. 39
Footscray. 1925–1959. 34

 

[Boxhead_31]

Better to change the title to in 159years Geelong has never finished lower than 12th

 

[Benny78]

I really hate to say this, but carlton have you beat for vfl/afl

They got their first ever spoon in 2002, so you have another 45 odd years before you beat their streak

Now i need to go shower, hate saying nice things about that mob

I guess in terms of "standing" streaks Geelong has currently gone the longest without winning one. While Geelong haven't won their last for 59 years. All of Carlton Essendon and Collingwood received their last spoons within the last 20 years.

 

[gangsta deluxe]

Also "bottoming out" doesn't necessarily mean coming dead last. Bottom 4 will do.

 

[demondavey]

St Kilda have won the most haven't they?

 

[Ricky Vaughn]

Seriously, who gives a *?

 

[emuboy]

St Kilda have won the most haven't they?

Yes, the Saints have won twice as many wooden spoons as any other team.

Adelaide and Port Adelaide have never won the wooden spoon in their history. The Crows have never been in danger of finishing last, but the Power came close in 2011, only climbing off the bottom of the ladder with a win over Melbourne in the last round with the Gold Coast Suns finishing last.

 

[demondavey]

Yes, the Saints have won twice as many wooden spoons as any other team.

Adelaide and Port Adelaide have never won the wooden spoon in their history. The Crows have never been in danger of finishing last, but the Power came close in 2011, only climbing off the bottom of the ladder with a win over Melbourne in the last round with the Gold Coast Suns finishing last.

Oh yes, a team saving their skin against Melbourne when it matters......can't say I've ever seen it the other way!

 

[radiojake]

I would love to see a backfire tag if something extraordinary happened before the 60 years

 

[blue harvest]

Do Port have one since then?

 

[radiojake]

Do Port have one since then?

they should have got one in 2011 but Gold Coast took it by default

but then again Port got screwed with bottoming right out during the peak of compromised drafts

so it probably evens out

 

[kozi]

Geelong to commemorate their 60 year milestone by winning the spoon.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Geelong is a respectable club. No denying that.

However given the way the draft works, I'm still not convinced the occasional spoon isn't a good thing.

 

[FISTO]

* were good

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Is that all? Wow, they aren't any good are they!

 

[Ricky Vaughn]

**** were good

I'd argue * still are good, but each to their own.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

**** were good

#punctuationmatters

 

[Jarman3]

Outstanding thread. Definitely belongs on the main board.

 

[Rance2Mewtwo]

If success is defined as "not being the worst", then yes, Geelong are the most successful team ever behind Carlton.

 

[Jesse Custer]

Geelong board

 

[sprockets]

I suppose if some other team had a square or triangular shaped ground they'd avoid the spoon with a lot of home wins as well.

 

[Engimal v3]

North have the second most wooden spoons in history, but haven't had one since '72. The '30s were a rough decade for us, winning 5/10 possible spoons.