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The 'Victorian Football League', formerly known as the 'Victorian Football Association' (VFA), and also known as the 'VFA/VFL', is the oldest Australian rules football league, formed in 1877. Today is it a regional Australian semi-professional competition featuring 13 teams from throughout Victoria as well as a representative side from Tasmania. It should not be confused with the national Australian Football League, which was a breakaway competition originally known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990 and sometimes still referred to as the VFL/AFL. After the VFL/AFL became recognised as the national competition, the VFA adopted the VFL name, which was effective from season 1996.
The VFL is regarded as Australia's second most competitive league after the AFL and the most competitive regional league in front of the South Australian National Football League[1] and closely followed by the West Australian Football League[2]. Many Victorian AFL clubs affiliate with VFL clubs, and as a result the league partly serves as a reserves competition for the AFL.
Main articles: History of Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football Association (VFA) was the first Australian rules football league. It was founded in 1877, replacing an earlier system where club delegates met informally to decide on the rules, the selection of the winner of the Challenge Cup, the division of clubs into Senior and Junior status, and other matters of mutual interest. The VFA continued to list its teams as being of either Senior or Junior status.
Foundation Senior clubs of the VFA were Albert Park, Carlton, East Melbourne, Essendon, Hotham, Melbourne, St. Kilda & West Melbourne. During its early years, many clubs dropped in and out and there were erratic promotions between the Senior and Junior sections. Interestingly, in the early years, the compilation of fixtures was not done by the VFA but was the responsibility of each club secretary (a system that had evolved before the formation of the Association). Therefore, in a typical season, a club would play against other VFA teams (both Senior and Junior), non-VFA Victorian clubs, and even interstate teams.
At the end of each season, the VFA announced the Premier team. This was usually the club with the most wins, but that may not have been the case if the VFA felt that the leading team had had too many wins against junior clubs. Therefore, there are examples of the Premiership being given to the club with the second-highest number of wins.
As the Association continued the earlier practice of recording the number of behinds, but with only goals counting towards a win, the number of draws was extremely high. The number of players on the field was usually 20 but when a Senior and Junior team met, the Junior club was usually allowed to field extra players; there were no reserves and if a player was injured the team was a man short.
After the 1896 season, eight clubs broke away to form the Victorian Football League (VFL) [ie. Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, St Kilda and South Melbourne]. The VFA contined to be an independent body but quickly adopted a number of the VFL's reforms, including the scoring system (a goal = 6 points; a behind = 1 point), and only 18 players in a team. In 1908 Richmond also shifted to the VFL (along with Metropolitan Football League club University) and in 1925 VFA clubs Footscray, Hawthorn and North Melbourne) also defected to the VFL.
The first regular radio broadcasts of VFA games were made by 3XY, a little after the station commenced operations in 1935. The commentator was Wallace ("Jumbo") Shallard who had earlier been the first to describe VFL matches, that being on 3AR in 1923. (Jumbo Shallard was a former Geelong player and, at one time, a newspaper football reporter.) In 1954 3AK began broadcasting VFA games, albeit only for a season or two. In 1966 Network Ten began to televise Sunday games. The 1970s also saw broadcasts on 3UZ, while local Geelong station, 3GL, broadcast all Geelong West matches. In 1982, the then-dominant Melbourne sports radio station, 3AW, broadcast the Grand Final. In 2003 3AK evolved into sports radio station SEN 1116, and provided a coverage of VFL matches, but this was discontinued after they won the rights to broadcast the AFL (Australian Football League), as from the 2007 season.
The rules of the VFA sometimes differed slightly to those of the VFL (and later Australian Football League): for example, 16 players afield as opposed to the now typical 18 in the AFL.
During the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, as Melbourne expanded geographically, the VFA exbarked on a deliberate plan to establish its presence in new areas by expanding the number of teams, most of these coming from the newer, outer suburbs. In 1960, because of the large number of teams, the VFA was split into First and Second Divisions, the First Division originally having 10 teams, and Second Division seven. There was a promotion and relegation system between the two Divisions.
The VFA also pioneered night and Sunday games. After years of losing ground to the VFL, the VFA's launch of Sunday games in 1960 was a turning point for the better. Eventually, most games were played on a Sunday, while the VFL played its games on Saturdays. This was similar to the College/Pro football day divide still present in the US. The Victorian Government supported the VFA's newfound vigour, and banned the VFL from holding games on Sundays.
The VFA's demise may be said to have commenced in 1982 when the VFL moved the struggling South Melbourne Swans to Sydney. All Sydney Swans home games were played on Sunday and televised. This move basically destroyed the VFA's television ratings, and in 1986 Network Ten stopped broadcasting matches. This role was later taken on by the ABC, but on a much lower-profile basis.
In 1990, the VFL renamed itself the Australian Football League. The VFA evolved into the Victorian Football League in 1995, a change which caused much debate at the time. In the same year (1995) powerhouse clubs North Ballarat and Traralgon joined the nine existing teams. The new VFL adopted the original League logo, but featured a gold "V" and football, to reflect the colours of the former VFA logo. The logo reverted to the original VFL's blue and white, a few years later.
In 1989, after the Seven network was given exclusive rights to broadcast VFL/AFL, the ABC increased its television commitment to the VFA/VFL, attracting good ratings. Despite this, the early 1990s was a difficult period for the League, with many sides, including stalwart sides such as Oakleigh, Prahran and Dandenong leaving the competition or becoming defunct, and others, like the competition's oldest member Williamstown, on the verge of folding.
In the 1990s, AFL sides began affiliating with VFL clubs, effectively making the VFL for some a reserves competition for Victorian clubs in the national competition. Some clubs thought of this as a means of not only improving their player list and onfield success, but to attract support from AFL fans and members. More recently, some clubs, such as Frankston and Port Melbourne have resisted or abandoned this trend and seen it as being more advantageous not to affiliate.
Following season 1999, the AFL's reserves competition was disbanded, and most AFL clubs launched their own "stand alone" VFL team. Those clubs were Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Geelong, Kangaroos, Richmond and St Kilda. Box Hill aligned with Hawthorn, Port Melbourne with the Sydney Swans, Sandringham with the Demons, while the Western Bulldogs aligned half their list with Werribee and the other half with Williamstown. Eventually the stand alone teams folded or merged with older VFA clubs, and Geelong is now the only AFL club with its own team in the VFL.
These days the VFL is moderately popular in Victoria, although not nearly as popular as the dominant Australian Football League.
Attendances are small by AFL standards, and generally less than the SANFL and WAFL, with an average of between 1,000-2,000 in attendance.
The VFL does not publish home and away attendance figures as some games are played as AFL curtain raisers, however various sources quote attendances for some games of the stronger clubs that maintain home records of their own.
ABC Victoria broadcasts one match a week live on Saturday afternoons during the home and away season, as well as broadcasting most finals matches.
In 2006, ABC2 shows replays of VFL matches late on Wednesday nights to a national audience.[3].
Commencing in 1996 Community radio station CASEY FM (3SER) has broadcast at least one VFL match at least one match per weekend.
Although no longer broadcasting on a regular basis (see history section) SEN have reserved the right to broadcast VFL finals and certain other games.
In 2007, Melbourne radio station 3XX 1611 kHz commenced broadcasting VFL games on both Saturdays and Sundays.
The VFL has undergone significant format changes since its induction which means several clubs have either left the league or changed identity for different reasons.
★ Albert Park Football Club
★ Ballarat Football Club
★ Ballarat Imperial Football Club
★ Barwon Football Club
★ Beechworth Football Club
★ Bendigo Diggers (changed name to Bendigo Bombers)
★ Berwick Football Club (the Trojans 1983-85 and Gippslanders 1986-87)
★ Brighton Football Club (later Brighton-Caulfield Football Club)
★ Brunswick Football Club (later Brunswick-Broadmeadows Football Club) (the Pottery Workers 1897-1908 and Magpies 1909-1990)
★ Camberwell Football Club (the Tricolors 1926-78 and the Cobras 1979-1991)
★ Carlton Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL)
★ Castlemaine Football Club
★ Caulfield Football Club (Brighton-Caulfield Penguins 1962-1964, Caulfield Bears 1965-1988)
★ Collingwood Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL)
★ Dandenong Football Club(Redlegs 1958-1993)
★ East Melbourne Football Club
★ Essendon Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL)
★ Essendon Town Football Club (later Essendon Association Football Club) (the Dreadnaughts 1901-1922. Club then merged with North Melbourne Football Club)
★ Fitzroy Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL)
★ Footscray Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL)
★ Geelong Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL)
★ Geelong Association Football Club
★ Geelong West Football Club (the Roosters 1963-1988)
★ Hawthorn Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL)
★ Heidelberg Football Club
★ Hotham Football Club (changed name to North Melbourne Football Club concurrent with the change of name of the municipality)
★ Inglewood Football Club
★ Kilsyth Football Club
★ Melbourne Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL)
★ Melbourne City Football Club
★ Moorabbin Football Club (the Kangaroos 1951-1964, 1983-1988)
★ Mordialloc Football Club (the Bloodhounds 1957-1988)
★ Murray Kangaroos
★ North Melbourne Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL - later fielded the Murray Kangaroos as a reserves side)
★ Northcote Football Club (originally the Brickfielders and later the Dragons)
★ Oakleigh Football Club (originally the Purple and Golds, and later the Devils)
★ Prahran Football Club (the Two Blues 1886-1888, 1899-1959, 1960-1995)
★ Richmond Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL)
★ Rochester Football Club
★ St Kilda Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL)
★ South Ballarat Football Club
★ South Melbourne Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL)
★ South Williamstown Football Club (forced by the VFA to amalgamate with Williamstown Football Club in 1888)
★ Sunshine Football Club (the Crows 1959-1989)
★ Traralgon Football Club (the Maroons 1996-1997)
★ University Football Club
★ Waverley Football Club (the Panthers 1961-1988)
★ West Melbourne Football Club
★ Yarraville Football Club (the Villains 1927-1948, the Eagles 1949-1984)
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★ VFL Official Site
★ VFL Official History
★ List of VFA/VFL premiers since 1877
★ VFA and VFL Stats and History at Full Points Footy
★ VFLFooty Unofficial Fan Site
★ VFL Mark of the Year competition
★ History of the VFL
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2. "It worked". URL accessed 6 September 2006
3. [1]
The 'Victorian Football League', formerly known as the 'Victorian Football Association' (VFA), and also known as the 'VFA/VFL', is the oldest Australian rules football league, formed in 1877. Today is it a regional Australian semi-professional competition featuring 13 teams from throughout Victoria as well as a representative side from Tasmania. It should not be confused with the national Australian Football League, which was a breakaway competition originally known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990 and sometimes still referred to as the VFL/AFL. After the VFL/AFL became recognised as the national competition, the VFA adopted the VFL name, which was effective from season 1996.
The VFL is regarded as Australia's second most competitive league after the AFL and the most competitive regional league in front of the South Australian National Football League[1] and closely followed by the West Australian Football League[2]. Many Victorian AFL clubs affiliate with VFL clubs, and as a result the league partly serves as a reserves competition for the AFL.
| Contents |
| History |
| Audience |
| Attendance |
| Recent Finals Series |
| Television |
| Radio |
| Clubs |
| Current Clubs |
| Past Clubs |
| Timeline |
| External links |
| References |
History
Main articles: History of Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football Association (VFA) was the first Australian rules football league. It was founded in 1877, replacing an earlier system where club delegates met informally to decide on the rules, the selection of the winner of the Challenge Cup, the division of clubs into Senior and Junior status, and other matters of mutual interest. The VFA continued to list its teams as being of either Senior or Junior status.
Foundation Senior clubs of the VFA were Albert Park, Carlton, East Melbourne, Essendon, Hotham, Melbourne, St. Kilda & West Melbourne. During its early years, many clubs dropped in and out and there were erratic promotions between the Senior and Junior sections. Interestingly, in the early years, the compilation of fixtures was not done by the VFA but was the responsibility of each club secretary (a system that had evolved before the formation of the Association). Therefore, in a typical season, a club would play against other VFA teams (both Senior and Junior), non-VFA Victorian clubs, and even interstate teams.
At the end of each season, the VFA announced the Premier team. This was usually the club with the most wins, but that may not have been the case if the VFA felt that the leading team had had too many wins against junior clubs. Therefore, there are examples of the Premiership being given to the club with the second-highest number of wins.
As the Association continued the earlier practice of recording the number of behinds, but with only goals counting towards a win, the number of draws was extremely high. The number of players on the field was usually 20 but when a Senior and Junior team met, the Junior club was usually allowed to field extra players; there were no reserves and if a player was injured the team was a man short.
After the 1896 season, eight clubs broke away to form the Victorian Football League (VFL) [ie. Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, St Kilda and South Melbourne]. The VFA contined to be an independent body but quickly adopted a number of the VFL's reforms, including the scoring system (a goal = 6 points; a behind = 1 point), and only 18 players in a team. In 1908 Richmond also shifted to the VFL (along with Metropolitan Football League club University) and in 1925 VFA clubs Footscray, Hawthorn and North Melbourne) also defected to the VFL.
The first regular radio broadcasts of VFA games were made by 3XY, a little after the station commenced operations in 1935. The commentator was Wallace ("Jumbo") Shallard who had earlier been the first to describe VFL matches, that being on 3AR in 1923. (Jumbo Shallard was a former Geelong player and, at one time, a newspaper football reporter.) In 1954 3AK began broadcasting VFA games, albeit only for a season or two. In 1966 Network Ten began to televise Sunday games. The 1970s also saw broadcasts on 3UZ, while local Geelong station, 3GL, broadcast all Geelong West matches. In 1982, the then-dominant Melbourne sports radio station, 3AW, broadcast the Grand Final. In 2003 3AK evolved into sports radio station SEN 1116, and provided a coverage of VFL matches, but this was discontinued after they won the rights to broadcast the AFL (Australian Football League), as from the 2007 season.
The rules of the VFA sometimes differed slightly to those of the VFL (and later Australian Football League): for example, 16 players afield as opposed to the now typical 18 in the AFL.
During the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, as Melbourne expanded geographically, the VFA exbarked on a deliberate plan to establish its presence in new areas by expanding the number of teams, most of these coming from the newer, outer suburbs. In 1960, because of the large number of teams, the VFA was split into First and Second Divisions, the First Division originally having 10 teams, and Second Division seven. There was a promotion and relegation system between the two Divisions.
The VFA also pioneered night and Sunday games. After years of losing ground to the VFL, the VFA's launch of Sunday games in 1960 was a turning point for the better. Eventually, most games were played on a Sunday, while the VFL played its games on Saturdays. This was similar to the College/Pro football day divide still present in the US. The Victorian Government supported the VFA's newfound vigour, and banned the VFL from holding games on Sundays.
The VFA's demise may be said to have commenced in 1982 when the VFL moved the struggling South Melbourne Swans to Sydney. All Sydney Swans home games were played on Sunday and televised. This move basically destroyed the VFA's television ratings, and in 1986 Network Ten stopped broadcasting matches. This role was later taken on by the ABC, but on a much lower-profile basis.
In 1990, the VFL renamed itself the Australian Football League. The VFA evolved into the Victorian Football League in 1995, a change which caused much debate at the time. In the same year (1995) powerhouse clubs North Ballarat and Traralgon joined the nine existing teams. The new VFL adopted the original League logo, but featured a gold "V" and football, to reflect the colours of the former VFA logo. The logo reverted to the original VFL's blue and white, a few years later.
In 1989, after the Seven network was given exclusive rights to broadcast VFL/AFL, the ABC increased its television commitment to the VFA/VFL, attracting good ratings. Despite this, the early 1990s was a difficult period for the League, with many sides, including stalwart sides such as Oakleigh, Prahran and Dandenong leaving the competition or becoming defunct, and others, like the competition's oldest member Williamstown, on the verge of folding.
In the 1990s, AFL sides began affiliating with VFL clubs, effectively making the VFL for some a reserves competition for Victorian clubs in the national competition. Some clubs thought of this as a means of not only improving their player list and onfield success, but to attract support from AFL fans and members. More recently, some clubs, such as Frankston and Port Melbourne have resisted or abandoned this trend and seen it as being more advantageous not to affiliate.
Following season 1999, the AFL's reserves competition was disbanded, and most AFL clubs launched their own "stand alone" VFL team. Those clubs were Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Geelong, Kangaroos, Richmond and St Kilda. Box Hill aligned with Hawthorn, Port Melbourne with the Sydney Swans, Sandringham with the Demons, while the Western Bulldogs aligned half their list with Werribee and the other half with Williamstown. Eventually the stand alone teams folded or merged with older VFA clubs, and Geelong is now the only AFL club with its own team in the VFL.
These days the VFL is moderately popular in Victoria, although not nearly as popular as the dominant Australian Football League.
Audience
Attendance
Attendances are small by AFL standards, and generally less than the SANFL and WAFL, with an average of between 1,000-2,000 in attendance.
The VFL does not publish home and away attendance figures as some games are played as AFL curtain raisers, however various sources quote attendances for some games of the stronger clubs that maintain home records of their own.
Recent Finals Series
| Year | Grand Final Clubs | Venue | Crowd | Total Finals Series Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Sandringham def Geelong | MC Labour Park | 6,000 | ? |
| 2005 | Sandringham def Werribee | Optus Oval | 9,000 | 45,118 |
| 2004 | Sandringham def Port Melbourne | Optus Oval | ? | 38,656 |
| 2003 | Williamstown def Box Hill | Optus Oval | 10,500 | 43,573 |
| 2002 | Geelong def Port Melbourne | Optus Oval | 11,500 | ? |
Television
ABC Victoria broadcasts one match a week live on Saturday afternoons during the home and away season, as well as broadcasting most finals matches.
In 2006, ABC2 shows replays of VFL matches late on Wednesday nights to a national audience.[3].
Radio
Commencing in 1996 Community radio station CASEY FM (3SER) has broadcast at least one VFL match at least one match per weekend.
Although no longer broadcasting on a regular basis (see history section) SEN have reserved the right to broadcast VFL finals and certain other games.
In 2007, Melbourne radio station 3XX 1611 kHz commenced broadcasting VFL games on both Saturdays and Sundays.
Clubs
Current Clubs
Past Clubs
The VFL has undergone significant format changes since its induction which means several clubs have either left the league or changed identity for different reasons.
★ Albert Park Football Club
★ Ballarat Football Club
★ Ballarat Imperial Football Club
★ Barwon Football Club
★ Beechworth Football Club
★ Bendigo Diggers (changed name to Bendigo Bombers)
★ Berwick Football Club (the Trojans 1983-85 and Gippslanders 1986-87)
★ Brighton Football Club (later Brighton-Caulfield Football Club)
★ Brunswick Football Club (later Brunswick-Broadmeadows Football Club) (the Pottery Workers 1897-1908 and Magpies 1909-1990)
★ Camberwell Football Club (the Tricolors 1926-78 and the Cobras 1979-1991)
★ Carlton Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL)
★ Castlemaine Football Club
★ Caulfield Football Club (Brighton-Caulfield Penguins 1962-1964, Caulfield Bears 1965-1988)
★ Collingwood Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL)
★ Dandenong Football Club(Redlegs 1958-1993)
★ East Melbourne Football Club
★ Essendon Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL)
★ Essendon Town Football Club (later Essendon Association Football Club) (the Dreadnaughts 1901-1922. Club then merged with North Melbourne Football Club)
★ Fitzroy Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL)
★ Footscray Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL)
★ Geelong Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL)
★ Geelong Association Football Club
★ Geelong West Football Club (the Roosters 1963-1988)
★ Hawthorn Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL)
★ Heidelberg Football Club
★ Hotham Football Club (changed name to North Melbourne Football Club concurrent with the change of name of the municipality)
★ Inglewood Football Club
★ Kilsyth Football Club
★ Melbourne Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL)
★ Melbourne City Football Club
★ Moorabbin Football Club (the Kangaroos 1951-1964, 1983-1988)
★ Mordialloc Football Club (the Bloodhounds 1957-1988)
★ Murray Kangaroos
★ North Melbourne Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL - later fielded the Murray Kangaroos as a reserves side)
★ Northcote Football Club (originally the Brickfielders and later the Dragons)
★ Oakleigh Football Club (originally the Purple and Golds, and later the Devils)
★ Prahran Football Club (the Two Blues 1886-1888, 1899-1959, 1960-1995)
★ Richmond Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL)
★ Rochester Football Club
★ St Kilda Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL)
★ South Ballarat Football Club
★ South Melbourne Football Club (breakaway club to the VFL/AFL)
★ South Williamstown Football Club (forced by the VFA to amalgamate with Williamstown Football Club in 1888)
★ Sunshine Football Club (the Crows 1959-1989)
★ Traralgon Football Club (the Maroons 1996-1997)
★ University Football Club
★ Waverley Football Club (the Panthers 1961-1988)
★ West Melbourne Football Club
★ Yarraville Football Club (the Villains 1927-1948, the Eagles 1949-1984)
Timeline
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at:1917 color:grey width:4 # WWI
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at:1944 color:grey width:2 # WWII
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External links
★ VFL Official Site
★ VFL Official History
★ List of VFA/VFL premiers since 1877
★ VFA and VFL Stats and History at Full Points Footy
★ VFLFooty Unofficial Fan Site
★ VFL Mark of the Year competition
★ History of the VFL
References
1. "Vics Lose in a Thriller". URL accessed 6 September 2006
2. "It worked". URL accessed 6 September 2006
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