The 1978 Victorian Football Association season was the 97th season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the 18th season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Prahran Football Club, after it defeated Preston in the Grand Final on 24 September by 22 points; it was Prahran's fifth and last Division 1 premiership. The Division 2 premiership was won by Frankston; it is the only Association premiership in either division won by the club to date.
List of VFA/VFL premiers Marc Fiddian (28 August 1978). "Dandy way to stay in finals". The Age. Melbourne. p. 25. Marc Fiddian (4 September 1978). "Two...
than the Association itself, and in a typical season, a club could play against other VFA teams, non-VFA clubs, at odds against junior teams (usually twenty...
Sportingpulse. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014. David Eastman. "VFA-VFL pre-season cup". Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 24...
registered under. The club participated in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) between 1903 and 1911, and then since 1926. After World War II, the club...
games in Melbourne. List of VFA/VFL premiers Sam Prenesti (7 May 1987). "Moorabbin suspended for remainder of the season". The Age. Melbourne. p. 30....
administered in a less formal manner prior to the establishment of the VFA. The inaugural VFA premiership was won by the Carlton Football Club. The Victorian...
2000 points and concede fewer than 1000 points in a home-and-home season. The VFA sought to play the quarter-final between Coburg and Williamstown on...
List of VFA/VFL Premiers Centre (8 September 1947). "Brighton misses four". The Age. Melbourne. p. 8. Marc Fiddian (25 June 1976). "Crowds up at VFA". The...
goalkicker for the season was Daily of Footscray (39 goals). Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League history (1877–2008) List of VFA premiers History...
The 1917 Victorian Football Association season was not played owing to World War I, which was at its peak at the time. To support the war effort in World...
August 1973). "Cooper first VFA man to kick 100 this year". The Age. Melbourne. p. 28. John Holland (20 August 1973). "Last VFA round vital". The Age. Melbourne...
premiership was won by the Carlton Football Club. It was the second and last VFA premiership in the club's history. The metropolitan membership of the Association...
and 1978. On 19 November 1982 Berwick was admitted to the Victorian Football Association's second division for the 1983 season, as part of the VFA's restructuring...
Marc Fiddian (7 March 1981). "Wickes new VFA chief". The Age. Melbourne. p. 40. Marc Fiddian (28 March 1981). "VFA firm on Sunday stand". The Age. Melbourne...
Toorak Park rooms. It was never recovered. List of VFA/VFL premiers Ron Carter (3 December 1960). "V.F.A. decides on two divisions". The Age. Melbourne....
VFA/VFL Premiers "Frankston for VFA". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 13 July 1965. p. 43. Noel Carrick (2 July 1956). "Ballarat, Bendigo in V.F.A...
the most dominant seasons seen, South Melbourne finished the season undefeated from a total of 25 matches: 14–0–2 against the other VFA senior clubs, and...
VFA premiership. The Division 2 premiership was won by Geelong West, in only its second season in the VFA. Less than a month before the 1964 season,...
"Prahran expelled by VFA". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 17 March 1959. pp. 61, 64. Jack Dunn (17 July 1953). "Third VFA team to play as amateurs"...
Melbourne. p. 52. "Cook takes VFA award". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 27 August 1970. p. 62. "Scores in the VFA". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne...
as he left VFA House. Morley returned to face the honorary commission on August 28, and was initially suspended for the entire 1980 season; but this was...
The 1943 Victorian Football Association season was not played owing to World War II, which was at its peak at the time. World War II commenced in Europe...
Association (VFA) clubs – Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, South Melbourne and St Kilda – featured in the inaugural season after...
arrangement for affiliation to the ANFC was reached for the 1949 season, but in March the VFA and VFL reached a separate bilateral agreement to recognise the...
large crowd of 3,600. List of VFA/VFL Premiers "Positions of VFA clubs". The Argus. Melbourne. 9 September 1946. p. 11. "VFA win for Sandringham". The Argus...
Association – Season 1968". Noel Pascoe (23 September 1968). "Heard was star for Preston". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 48. "VFA trophy to Telford"...
Footscray by 35 points in the final on 22 August. It was the club's fourth VFA premiership, and marked the beginning of a period of unprecedented dominance...
to steal the match by two points. List of VFA/VFL Premiers Marc Fiddian (25 June 1976). "Crowds up at VFA". The Age. Melbourne. p. 23. Ken Piesse (25...
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