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Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based at Kardinia Park in South Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. The club formed on the 13th of April 1859, making it the second-oldest AFL side after Melbourne and one of the oldest football clubs in the world.Official Website of the Geelong Football Club Retrieved on 10 June 2007. |
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in eastern states of Australia: Victoria (Australia), Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, including reserve team, reserves teams for the eastern state AFL clubs. It succeeded and continues the competition of the former Victorian Football Association (VFA) which began in 1877. The name of the competition was changed to the Victorian Football League in 1996. Under its VFL brand, the AFL also operates a women's football competition known as VFL Women's, which was established in 2016. The VFA was formed in 1877 and was the second-oldest Australian rules football league, replacing the loose affiliation of clubs that existed in the History of Australian rules football in Victoria (1859–1900), early years of the game. It was the top-level club c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, about southwest of Melbourne. With an estimated population of 282,809 in 2023, Geelong is the second-largest city in the state of Victoria. It is the administrative centre for the City of Greater Geelong municipality, which is Port Phillip's only regional metropolitan area, and covers all the urban, rural and coastal reserves around the city including the entire Bellarine Peninsula and running from the plains of Lara in the north to the rolling hills of Waurn Ponds to the south, with Corio Bay to the east and the Barrabool Hills to the west. The traditional owners of the land on which Geelong sits are the Wadawurrung (also known as Wathaurong) Aboriginal people of the Kulin nation. The modern name of Geelong, first recorded in 1827, was derived from the local Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 VFL Season
The 2002 VFL season was the 121st season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), a second-tier Australian rules football competition played in the states of Victoria and Tasmania. Geelong's reserves team won the VFL premiership for the first time, defeating by 22 points in the 2002 VFL Grand Final on 22 September. Premiership season Round 1 , - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Ground , Date , Time , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , Tasmania, , 12.4 (76) , , Geelong reserves, , 12.15 (87) , , York Park, , Friday, 5 April , , 6pm , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , Carlton reserves, , 6.6 (42) , , Port Melbourne, , 13.18 (96) , , Optus Oval, , Saturday, 6 April , , 10:50am , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , Bendigo Diggers, , 15.8 (98) , , Springvale, , 21.14 (140) , , Queen Elizabeth Oval, , Saturday, 6 April , , 2pm , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , Coburg Tigers, , 20.12 (132), , Essendon reserves, , 14.10 (94) , , Coburg City Oval, , Saturd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of VFL/AFL Reserves Premiers
This page is a complete chronological listing of the premiers of the Australian rules football competition known as the Victorian Junior Football League from its formation in 1919 until 1924, the VFL seconds from 1925 until 1959, the VFL reserves from 1960 until 1989 and as the AFL reserves from 1990 until it merged into the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ... at the end of the 1999 season. won the most reserves premierships, with a total of 13. / was the only VFL club's reserves team never to win a reserves premiership. List of premiers * The 1924 VFL Grand Final was scheduled for October. When Essendon refused to play the Grand Final at Corio Oval, Geelong was awarded the reserves premiership by default. Notes See also * List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1886 VFA Season
The 1886 VFA season was the tenth season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. won the premiership for the seventh time. It was the club's last VFA premiership won by its senior team. Association membership The senior membership of the Association increased substantially in 1886, from ten clubs in 1885 to a record-high fifteen clubs in 1886. Four clubs were elevated from junior to senior status: Port Melbourne (maroon and navy blue), (red, white and blue), (red and black) and Prahran (light blue and dark blue). The fifth new club was the newly established South Williamstown Football Club (light blue and white), which came into existence out of a dispute between the existing Williamstown Football Club and the Williamstown Cricket Club: the football club was unable to agree to terms with the cricket club for use of the Williamstown Cricket Ground, forcing the football club to play its matches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1884 VFA Season
The 1884 VFA season was the eighth season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in the colony of Victoria. won the premiership for the fifth time, making it the club's sixth VFA premiership in just seven seasons, and the third in a sequence of three consecutive premierships won from 1882 to 1884. Association membership The senior metropolitan membership of the Association (including Geelong) increased from six to eight clubs in 1884. The two new clubs were the Williamstown Football Club, which was elevated from junior status after merging with , and the newly established Fitzroy Football Club. At this time, three other provincial senior clubs were full Association members represented on the Board of Management: Ballarat, South Ballarat (formerly known as Albion Imperial) and Horsham Unions. Due to distance, these clubs played too few matches against the rest of the VFA to be considered relevant in the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1883 VFA Season
The 1883 VFA season was the seventh season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in the colony of Victoria. won the premiership for the fifth time, making it the club's fifth VFA premiership in just six seasons, and the second in a sequence of three consecutive premierships won from 1882 to 1884. Association membership As the East Melbourne Football Club folded in August 1882, the senior metropolitan membership of the Association (including Geelong) was reduced from seven to six clubs in 1883: , , , Hotham, and . At this time, three other provincial senior clubs were full Association members represented on the Board of Management, for a total membership of nine: Ballarat, Albion Imperial and Horsham Unions. Due to distance, these clubs played too few matches against the rest of the VFA to be considered relevant in the premiership. Premiership season The 1883 premiership was won by the Geelong Footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1882 VFA Season
The 1882 VFA season was the sixth season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in the colony of Victoria. won the premiership for the fourth time, making it the club's fourth VFA premiership in just five seasons, and the first in a sequence of three consecutive premierships won from 1882 to 1884. Association membership The senior metropolitan membership of the Association (including Geelong) during 1882 was seven, the same clubs that had competed in 1881: , East Melbourne, , , Hotham, , and South Melbourne. At this time, three other provincial senior clubs were full Association members represented on the Board of Management for a total membership of ten: Ballarat, Benalla and Horsham. Due to distance, these clubs played too few matches against the rest of the VFA to be considered relevant in the premiership. Premiership season Club records The below table details the playing records of the seven clubs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1880 VFA Season
The 1880 VFA season was the fourth season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), the highest-level Australian rules football competition in the colony of Victoria. The premiership was won by the Geelong Football Club. It was the club's third VFA premiership, and the last in a sequence of three consecutive premierships won from 1878 to 1880; Geelong lost two matches for the season, its first losses since 1877, having been unbeaten through the previous two years. Association membership Between the 1879 and 1880 seasons, the Albert-park and South Melbourne football clubs amalgamated, with the merged entity known as South Melbourne. East Melbourne entered the senior ranks of the association. As such, the senior membership of the Association remained at eight clubs. 1880 VFA premiership The 1880 premiership was won by the Geelong Football Club, which finished with a record of 9–1–2 in senior games and 14–2–2 overall. Geelong finished ahead of the newly amalgamated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1879 VFA Season
The 1879 VFA season was the third season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), the highest-level Australian rules football competition in the colony of Victoria. won the VFA premiership for the second time after completing a second consecutive unbeaten year. It was the club's second premiership in a sequence of three consecutive premierships won from 1878 to 1880. Association membership The South Melbourne Football Club entered the senior ranks of the Association in 1879; however, while was nominally a senior club to begin the year, it was in a weakened state and went into recess after playing five senior games. The status of the Geelong Football Club also changed subtly in 1879. It had been a senior Association club since 1877, but it had played primarily against other provincial teams during 1877 and 1878. In its first premiership year of 1878, it played only four senior matches against metropolitan clubs, but in 1879, it played nine senior matches against metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1878 VFA Season
The 1878 VFA season was the second season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), the highest-level Australian rules football competition in the colony of Victoria. Like the 1877 season, the existence of the VFA was effectively an administrative change only, and there was no significant change to the manner in which matches were scheduled and played – or the premiership decided – compared to the unaffiliated 1876 season. The premiership was won by the Geelong Football Club, after it defeated in a playoff match on 5 October. It was the club's first VFA premiership, and the first in a sequence of three consecutive premierships won from 1878 to 1880. Geelong was unbeaten during the year. Association membership The number of senior metropolitan clubs in the Association increased from five to seven in 1878, with and West Melbourne being newly promoted to senior ranks for 1878, having been leading junior teams in 1877. Additionally, several provincial teams, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
