1989 Geelong Football Club season

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Geelong Football Club
1989 season
President Ron Hovey
Coach Malcolm Blight
(1st season)
Captain(s) Damian Bourke
(3rd season)
Home ground Kardinia Park
Panasonic Cup 2nd
VFL season 3rd
1989 VFL Final Series Runner up
Best and Fairest Paul Couch
Leading goalkicker Gary Ablett (89)
Club membershipTBA

The 1989 Geelong Football Club season was the club's 118th season of senior competition in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Under new coach Malcolm Blight, the Cats played attractive attacking football, scoring a combined total of 2916 points during the home-and-away season to break Sydney's record set in 1987 (2846 points). The Cats made it to their first Grand Final since 1967, but ultimately fell six points short to Hawthorn in one of the all-time classic Grand Finals.

Contents

Season summary

Regular season

Geelong's 1989 VFL season fixture [1]
RoundDate and local timeOpponentHomeAwayResultVenueAttendanceLadder
position
Scores [a]
1
Sunday, 2 April (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 18.17 (125)17.21 (123)Lost by 2 points MCG [A] 24,3838th
2
Sunday, 9 April (2:10 pm) West Coast 26.19 (175)11.14 (80)Won by 95 points Kardinia Park [H] 19,9393rd
3
Sunday, 16 April (2:10 pm) Carlton 16.21 (117)9.10 (64)Won by 53 points Kardinia Park [H] 27,6331st
4
Sunday, 23 April (2:10 pm) Footscray 12.15 (87)14.15 (99)Won by 12 points Western Oval [A] 22,8442nd
5
Saturday, 29 April (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 16.17 (113)16.16 (112)Lost by 1 point Princes Park [A] 13,1025th
6
Saturday, 6 May (2:10 pm) Hawthorn 26.15 (171)25.13 (163)Lost by 8 points Princes Park [A] 17,4308th
7
Saturday, 13 May (2:10 pm) St Kilda 35.18 (228)16.13 (109)Won by 119 points Kardinia Park [H] 21,4216th
8
Saturday, 20 May (2:10 pm) Brisbane Bears 26.23 (179)6.14 (50)Won by 129 points Kardinia Park [H] 17,2655th
9
Saturday, 27 May (2:10 pm) Richmond 10.17 (77)32.19 (211)Won by 134 points MCG [A] 24,3214th
10
Thursday, 25 May (7:20 pm) Collingwood 13.10 (88)23.16 (154)Won by 66 points MCG [A] 65,1854th
11
Monday, 12 June (2:10 pm) Essendon 12.17 (89)4.11 (35)Won by 54 points MCG [H] 87,6533rd
12
Saturday, 17 June (2:10 pm) Melbourne 2.8 (20)13.11 (89)Won by 69 points MCG [A] 38,1282nd
13
Sunday, 25 June (2:10 pm) Sydney 14.19 (103)16.15 (111)Won by 13 points SCG [A] 12,9672nd
14
Saturday, 8 July (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 11.16 (82)8.10 (58)Won by 24 points Kardinia Park [H] 18,4072nd
15
Saturday, 15 July (7:40 pm) Brisbane Bears 11.11 (77)22.19 (151)Won by 74 points Carrara Oval [A] 18,1982nd
16
Saturday, 22 July (2:10 pm) Melbourne 17.7 (109)16.16 (112)Lost by 3 points Waverley Park [H] 38,8653rd
17
Saturday, 29 July (2:10 pm) Collingwood 14.20 (104)19.11 (125)Lost by 21 points MCG [H] 35,2174th
18
Saturday, 5 August (2:10 pm) St Kilda 13.12 (90)17.11 (113)Won by 23 points Moorabbin Oval [A] 14,2433rd
19
Saturday, 12 August (2:10 pm) Footscray 18.16 (124)10.14 (74)Won by 50 points Kardinia Park [H] 17,0463rd
20
Friday, 18 August (7:40 pm) West Coast 18.18 (126)12.10 (82)Lost by 44 points WACA Ground [A] 15,7213rd
21
Saturday, 26 August (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 20.19 (139)17.15 (117)Won by 22 points Kardinia Park [H] 18,0253rd
22
Saturday, 2 September (2:10 pm) Richmond 23.24 (162)12.14 (86)Won by 76 points Kardinia Park [H] 20,7883rd

Ladder

1989 VFL ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Hawthorn (P)22193026781748153.276 Finals
2 Essendon 22175022401705131.468
3 Geelong 22166029161987146.864
4 Melbourne 2214801876194496.556
5 Collingwood 22139022161964112.852
6 Fitzroy 22121002069212597.448
7 Sydney 221111019591958100.144
8 Carlton 2291211921207992.438
9 North Melbourne 2291302061230189.636
10 Brisbane Bears 2281401792227478.832
11 West Coast 2271501948224786.728
12 St Kilda 2271502108250284.328
13 Footscray 2261511614185587.026
14 Richmond 2251701725243470.920
Source: VFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Honours

Milestones

Others

Notes

Key
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