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Some info..
Online since 1999, an early version. The less things change, the more they stay the same.

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Until 1989, the Australian Football League was known as the Victorian Football League.
As a result, records are often labeled "VFL/AFL" elsewhere. All data on this website also assumes this tag


Hmmm... did that really happen?..
I make no claim of 100% accuracy with any data on this website.

Jumper numbers are known to have some issues, and there is no provision for using multiple numbers within a season

Player stats have not been rigorously cross-checked, and have omissions as noted below.

I am not the AFL, nor have any connection to them. As such, information on this site should be considered unofficial.
I also reserve the right to present the facts as I see them, or as I deem appropriate or sensible. e.g. the St Kilda-Geelong issue below.
Where winning records are given, the order is W-D-L, rather than W-L-D.
Any corrections gratefully accepted

Game times
All game times are local. Australian Eastern Standard Time also given where it differs from local time. Note that this includes games played in AEDT.
Important: Some game times played in non-AEST timezones, involving West Coast, Port Adelaide and Adelaide are incorrect.
These will be checked in time, if you would like to help doing this, please contact me via the feedback form


Ladders
1987 - Rounds 16 & 17 were played over three weeks, the Round 16 ladder is derived from midway through the second week

In seasons that utilised the bye, but did not award competition points for it, teams having the bye in Round 1 will have 0 points and 0.0 percent. This would
place them last on the ladder, below Round 1 losing teams. As this is somewhat unfair, in these cases, the bye teams receive a nominal 100 percent for the
purposes of calculating the Round 1 ladder.

In 1979, 1982 and 1985, one off matches were played before Round 1. These results are included in the Round 1 and subsequent ladders.

Scope of tables - Some tables cut off at a certain number e.g. the top 10, however 11th place may have the same tally as tenth.

1909 - Geelong v St Kilda - Corio Oval. St Kilda won this match but forfeited the
premiership points to Geelong for playing a suspended player.
However this still counts as a St Kilda victory throughout this collection.
Note that this interpretation differs from the official AFL position who count it as a Geelong win

1930 grand final Bob Rush performed grand final coaching duties as Jock McHale was ill. The AFL has chosen to credit the absent McHale as coach, and not Rush.

1991-1994 - During these seasons, the competition comprised of 15 teams, hence byes were required. As the bye did not
receive competition points, the traditional ranked-by-points ladder would favour teams having less byes. As a result, the ladder was
ordered by "match ratio" i.e. (actual competition points)*100 / (possible competition points)

1996 - Essendon v St Kilda - Waverley Park. With 4m 48s of the 3rd quarter remaining, the ground lighting failed and was unable to be restored.
The balance of the match was then played the following Tuesday - however new teams were selected.
As a result 26 players turned out for Essendon, 25 for St. Kilda. 17,590 attended the second phase of the match, however this figure is currently
not included in attendance figures.

1997 - The Brisbane Lions are considered a new team, statistically distinct from its co-founders, the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions

2006 - St Kilda v Fremantle - York Park. The original score in this game was 94-94, after St Kilda had kicked the levelling behind after the siren
On appeal this behind was disallowed, and result changed to a 94-93 Fremantle victory

2013 - Prior to Round 23, Essendon were relegated to ninth place.
Their 2013 results and competition points remained intact

2015 - Adelaide v Geelong, Round 14. This Sunday match was cancelled due to the death of Adelaide coach Phil Walsh on the preceding Friday. Each team received two competition points

2024 and beyond - Opening Round or Round 0 makes no sense, and has no value, therefore is ignored




Many people have contributed over the years, here are just a few of them
Mr RipperFor crowd figures 1987-2000
Graeme & the BigFooty communityFor guernsey numbers 1994-2002
Mark and RobertFor wrangling of much Brownlow data
TobyFor corrections of many obscure details
Paul C.For corrections of many obscure details
Michael R.For crowd figures
Ron M.For coach data
Player stats prior to 1992 would not have appeared but for the work of these upstanding citizens
"Jayzel"Procurement of match stats 1965-1978
Nicholas D.1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985
Ian O.1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990
John T.1991,1981
Jeremy W.1990, 1991
John K.1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997 frees
Dan L.1984
Michael C.1991
Mike V.1991
Don P.1991
Tom R.1991
Ron M.1991
Ryan P.1991
Dale A.1991
Brian M.1991
James G.1990
Stephen H.1990
Mick J.1990
Jason K.1990
Andrew D.1990
Matthew F.1985
"HodgePodge"1978
Bradley H.1975
And big cheers to everyone else who has provided data, corrections, encouragement and praise. Positive feedback is what has kept the site up and running for over a decade.


Sources and cross checks:
Books
Every Game Ever Played, 1995
Every AFL/VFL Player since 1897, 2002
History of the Brownlow Medal : fairest and best, 1997

Newspapers and magazines
The Herald-Sun
The Age
The Sun News-Pictorial
Inside Football
Football Record
Sunday Press
Sunday Observer

Websites
afl.com.au
www.news.com.au/heraldsun

Programs
Footy Works
Goalsneak
Footy Facts

And of course
James Stewart and the World Of Rugby League who provided webhosting for many years.