Collingwood
The oldest of the VFL/AFL teams is Melbourne which was founded in 1859.
1989 - 1990 was the transition from VFL to AFL. The Collingwood football club won the first AFL premiership in 1990.
Well AFL or VFL before AFL there was VFL, it has been around for years in Australia.
Collingwood
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greg Williams
As of May 2011, Essendon and Carlton share the honor of having won the most VFL/AFL Premierships with sixteen apiece.
the afl started in Victoria with the vfl and it has grown Eva since
Fremantle Dockers, and the new teams, West Sydney and Goldcoast - all teams of only the most recent of years. So, in essence, there have been no complete 'failures' in that respect. However, there are still two clubs which, despite their long VFL/AFL histories, have only won the flag once - St. Kilda Saints and the Western Bulldogs.
Fred Fanning (Melbourne) has kicked the most goals in a VFL/AFL match with 18 and 1 behind against St Kilda in Round 17, 1947.The game was his last VFL/AFL appearance.
Richmond's first season in the VFL (renamed AFL in 1990) was 1908.
when AFL first began, it was only played in the one Australian state of Victoria, so it used to simply be called the VFL or Victorian football league. then they expanded the game into a nationwide competition and it became the AFL or austrlain football league. there's still a VFL which is a smaller Victorian based league that the coaches of AFL teams go to and watch to pick up new recruits for the major AFL teams. hope this answers your question :) P.S. I'm an Aussie, so I'm not making it up lol.