The 129th season of the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

was held in 2010. The

North Ballarat Football Club North Ballarat Football & Netball Club, nicknamed ''The Roosters'', is an Australian rules football and netball club based at Mars Stadium in Ballarat. The club currently fields senior, reserve and Under 19 sides in the Ballarat Football Leag ...

won the premiership, its third flag in a row.

Teams

This season featured the addition of the Queensland-based

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to the league, the first new club in the VFL since

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entered in 2001. Gold Coast's participation in the VFL was as part of the club's 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 in 2009, then was to play one season of senior football in the VFL in 2010 before its AFL senior debut. 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.

Ladder

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.

Grand Final

Awards

*The J. J. Liston Trophy was jointly won by Steve Clifton ( North Ballarat) and

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(

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), who each polled 20 votes.

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( Box Hill) finished third on 13 votes, despite breaking his leg in Round 13 and missing the remainder of the season. *The

Frosty Miller Medal The Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal is awarded to the Victorian Football League player who kicks the most goals in home-and-away matches in that year. The is named in honour of Jim 'Frosty' Miller, who was the leading goalkicker of the Victorian Footbal ...

was won by Matthew Little ( Williamstown), who kicked 80 goals for the season. *The Fothergill–Round Medal was won by Michael Hibberd ( Frankston) *The top three teams after the finals – North Ballarat, Northern Bullants and Williamstown – qualified for the 2011 Foxtel Cup. * Box Hill won the reserves premiership. Box Hill 17.20 (122) defeated Williamstown 16.9 (105) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the Seniors First Preliminary Final on 11 September.

Notable events

*For the second consecutive season, Bendigo was not permitted to use its home ground

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after May due to an unfit surface. The club's remaining home matches were played at either Windy Hill or Strathfieldsaye Oval.

References

External links

AFL Victoria websiteOfficial VFL website
{{VFA/VFL seasons Victorian Football League seasons VFL