Today life ends

[pieman]

Ah, but Collingwood still holds the record for the three-peat. Twice.

Runners up 1937, 1938, 1939 (Geelong, Carlton, Melbourne)
and again in 1979, 1980, 1981 (Carlton, Richmond, Carlton)

But who holds the record of 4 premierships in a row hmmmmm?

[ScottH]

But who holds the record of 4 premierships in a row hmmmmm?

Who remembers that far back??

[laughingnome]

But who holds the record of 4 premierships in a row hmmmmm?

1950's Melbourne: 5 premierships (1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960), 2 Runners Up (1954, 1958)
1920's Collingwood 4 premierships (1927, 1928, 1929, 1930), 4 Runners Up (1920, 1922 1925, 1926)

I'd take Melbourne.

Who remembers that far back??

Statisticians

[pieman]

1950's Melbourne: 5 premierships (1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960), 2 Runners Up (1954, 1958)
1920's Collingwood 4 premierships (1927, 1928, 1929, 1930), 4 Runners Up (1920, 1922 1925, 1926)

I'd take Melbourne.


Here's a number for you, it is number fifteen.
Statisticians

Premierships that is

[Ruda Wakening]

Who remembers that far back??

Me!

[ScottH]

Me!

Yeh, but you don't forget, so it doesn't count!!

[goswannie14]

But who holds the record of 4 premierships in a row hmmmmm?

No-one since the inception of the AFL.

Why is it clubs count their VFL premierships, but not their VFA premierships?

IMO the premiership count should have restarted when the AFL was born, otherwise, why can't Port claim all of their SANFL flags?

[pieman]

Me!

Hooray I have backup.

[laughingnome]

Why is it clubs count their VFL premierships, but not their VFA premierships?

IMO the premiership count should have restarted when the AFL was born, otherwise, why can't Port claim all of their SANFL flags?

Just guessing, but I suppose it has something to do with the fact that the VFL was effectively a rebel league that broke away from the VFA to manage their own affairs and run the game (in a way they saw as) better. VFA Premierships don't count because the VFL was the birth of a new league with new rules and new governorship, albiet one in which all competing clubs came from the same source.

The transition from VFL to AFL, however, was a cosmetic one rather then a breakaway. The VFL garnered more and more power, including disbanding the Australian National Football Council and taking charge of all Aussie Rules in the country through it's replacement - the AFL (nee VFL) Commission established in 1985. The VFL grew into a national game and changed it's identity accordingly, but for all intents and purposes it is still the VFL. The Grand Final is in Melbourne (and will be at least until 2037), the Tribunal is in Melbourne, as is AFL Headquarters and the only two stadiums the AFL has owned - Waverley and Docklands. So because the game is the same, run by the same organisation and played the same way, the AFL is an extention of the VFL and all VFL records count. SANFL, WAFL, et al records don't count as they are distinctly seperate leagues.

[Matty10]

Why is it clubs count their VFL premierships, but not their VFA premierships?

At a club level each team would definitely count their VFA (or equivalent) premierships as part of their history (Port Adelaide certainly do). But on the competition level you can only really count those that were won in the same competition - and the AFL is just an extension (or name change) of the VFL, so all the VFL stats should stand.

Considering the Swans had a good run in the VFA they (and their supporters) should be happy to mention their VFA flags at every opportunity.

[laughingnome]

Considering the Swans had a good run in the VFA they (and their supporters) should be happy to mention their VFA flags at every opportunity.

I had to look this up because I didn't know it - 5 total - 1881, 1885, 1888, 1889, 1890.

Essendon won four in a row from 91 - 94. South was second to Geelong when the split happened after 1896, who won 7; the most recent in 1886.