The 1987 Victorian Football Association season was the 106th season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the 27th season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Springvale Football Club, after it defeated Port Melbourne in the Grand Final on 20 September by 38 points; it was Springvale's first Division 1 premiership, won in just its fourth season in the first division. The Division 2 premiership was won by Prahran; it was the club's second Division 2 premiership, and the last premiership ever won by the club in either division.
The 1987 season was tumultuous on and off the field, with three separate clubs – Moorabbin, Geelong West and Caulfield – suspended from the Association at different times during the year.
(1 May 1987). "VFA club forfeits again". The Age. Melbourne. p. 27. Sam Prenesti (7 May 1987). "Moorabbin suspended for remainder of the season". The Age...
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....
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...
April 1987). "Juniors the hope for club on the outer". The Age. Melbourne. p. 26. Linda Pearce (29 October 1988). "Ailing Geelong West quits VFA". The...
the Broadmeadows Football Club; rejected options were continuing in the VFA as a stand-alone club, folding, or merging with Sunshine. Under the terms...
September. It was the club's fifth VFA premiership, all won between 1929 and 1936, and it was the last top division VFA premiership ever won by the club...
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...
goalkicker for the season was Daily of Footscray (39 goals). Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League history (1877–2008) List of VFA premiers History...
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...
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...
The club applied for VFA membership in 1978, but the VFA was not looking to expand at that time. Finally, as part of the VFA's expansion and restructure...
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...
season was Charles Baker (Melbourne), who kicked 12 goals. Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League History (1877-2019) List of VFA/VFL...
Age. Melbourne, VIC. p. 39. "Berwick votes to quit VFA". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. 13 November 1987. p. 32. Paddy Naughton (22 September 2015). "Four Mclardy...
and it was held concurrently with the premiership season. To accommodate the competition, the VFAseason began in March, its earliest start ever. The competition...
of the home-and-away season (instead of two rounds, as had been the case in previous years), plus all of the finals. List of VFA/VFL premiers Hugo Kelly...
Over the twenty-eight seasons from 1961 until 1988 that the VFA was partitioned into two divisions, Port Melbourne played every season in the first division...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
6 October. It was the club's fourth VFA premiership. Minor premiers Coburg went through the home-and-home season unbeaten, before losing both finals to...
the South Williamstown Football Club, which also contested the VFA for two seasons. In 1888, the dispute was settled and two football clubs amalgamated;...
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...
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