2008 VFL season

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2008 VFL season
Teams14
Premiers North Ballarat
1st premiership
Minor premiers Port Melbourne
18th minor premiership
Leading goalkicker Nick Sautner (Sandringham)
Matches played149
  2007
2009  

The 2008 Victorian Football League (VFL) was a semi-professional Australian Rules Football competition featuring thirteen teams from Victoria and one team from Tasmania.

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It was the 127th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the North Ballarat Football Club, who defeated Port Melbourne by 45 points in the Grand Final on 26 September. It was the first VFL premiership in North Ballarat's history.

League membership and affiliations

Prior to the 2008 season, there were several changes to the VFL-AFL reserves affiliations: [1]

As a result, the size of the VFL increased to fourteen teams: nine VFL-AFL affiliations, two AFL reserves teams and three stand-alone VFL clubs.

VFL–AFL alignments

Bendigo Bombers Essendon
Box Hill Hawks Hawthorn
Casey Scorpions Melbourne
Coburg Tigers Richmond
Collingwood Collingwood
Frankston
Geelong Geelong
North Ballarat North Melbourne
Northern Bullants Carlton
Port Melbourne
Sandringham St Kilda
Tasmania
Werribee North Melbourne
Williamstown Western Bulldogs

VFL season

Home \ Away BEN BOX CAS COB COL FRA GEE NBR NBU PMB SAN TAS WER WIL
Bendigo Bombers 92–13383–80117–6999–11298–66119–9090–127
Box Hill Hawks 84–11994–6170–12286–11290–10492–14076–16485–8890–82
Casey Scorpions 80–51122–8971–28110–72117–78164–4691–59137–97
Coburg Tigers 145–9479–6798–151121–68178–10391–9258–133
Collingwood reserves 136–4698–10567–12346–12542–11787–7468–102
Frankston Dolphins 120–6362–6992–7183–10097–8192–66161–95148–52
Geelong reserves 131–8151–8577–7852–84100–11196–68140–87112–80
North Ballarat Roosters 112–60126–5696–57129–93117–8686–70115–66123–94115–68
Northern Bullants 56–92107–104128–77105–6352–10391–8784–7487–10369–115
Port Melbourne Borough 150–65106–76155–107109–51108–87109–108168–108
Sandringham Zebras 159–89119–8279–4990–102105–6075–142163–76105–119
Tasmanian Devils 111–92101–95125–10186–91112–11551–20356–12149–200
Werribee Tigers 115–95131–9066–103126–71108–103114–93115–10093–8773–129
Williamstown Seagulls 153–90111–9592–110162–94121–107123–106151–114130–66
Updated to match(es) played on Round 16. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Ladder

2008 VFL Ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Port Melbourne 16133017881274140.352 Finals
2 North Ballarat (P)16133019831463135.552
3 Williamstown 16124018921436131.848
4 Werribee 16106016721382121.040
5 Casey Scorpions 169701588168394.436
6 Coburg 1688015681445108.532
7 Frankston 1688016241538105.632
8 Northern Bullants 168801351151089.532
9 Sandringham 1679017391446120.328
10 Geelong reserves 1661001516169989.224
11 Bendigo 1651101380177877.620
12 Collingwood reserves 1651101221162575.120
13 Box Hill 1641201311172176.216
14 Tasmania 1641201345197868.016
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand final
September 7, TEAC Oval
1 Port Melbourne 20.10 (130)
4 Werribee 6.20 (56)September 14, TEAC Oval
Werribee 19.16 (130)
September 6, Casey Fields Casey Scorpions 9.7 (61)September 20, TEAC Oval
5 Casey Scorpions 13.10 (88) Port Melbourne 16.21 (117)
8 Northern Bullants 12.11 (83) Williamstown 13.18 (96)September 26, Telstra Dome
North Ballarat 18.12 (120)
September 6, TEAC Oval September 21, TEAC Oval Port Melbourne 11.9 (75)
6 Coburg 14.11 (95) North Ballarat 13.14 (92)
7 Frankston 14.17 (101)September 13, TEAC Oval Werribee 11.14 (80)
Williamstown 13.14 (92)
September 7, AUSTAR Arena Frankston 12.19 (91)
2 North Ballarat 15.16 (106)
3 Williamstown 12.14 (86)

Season Awards

Best and Fairest

The VFL Best and Fairest is awarded the J. J. Liston Trophy.

RankPlayerTeamVotes
1 James Podsiadly Werribee 16
=2Peter Summers Sandringham 15
=2 Brett Johnson Williamstown 15
=4 Greg Tivendale Coburg 14
=4 Brett Goodes North Ballarat 14
=4Paul Kennedy Frankston 14

Leading Goalkickers

The VFL Leading Goalkicker at the end of the regular season is awarded the Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal. The 2008 winner was Nick Sautner of the Sandringham Zebras. [3]

RankPlayerTeamNo. GamesTotal Goals
1 Nick Sautner Sandringham 1674
2 James Podsiadly Werribee 2073
3Justin Berry Frankston 2050
4Adrian Bonaddio Port Melbourne 2049
=5Patrick Rose Williamstown Seagulls 2048
=5 Robin Nahas Port Melbourne 2048

Other

Notable events

See also

References

  1. "History of the VFL 1877 – 2013". Fox Sports Pulse. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. Brett Stubbs (15 April 2014). "Dominic Baker reveals changing times in Tasmanian football". The Mercury. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  3. Sautner Climbs Mountain Again
  4. "Fothergill–Round Medallists". Sportingpulse. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  5. "Sport". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. 22 September 2008. p. 68.