Collinwood or Magpies.
Well AFL or VFL before AFL there was VFL, it has been around for years in Australia.
1977 had a VFL Grand Final Draw - Collingwood and North Melbourne. North Melbourne prevailed the week after. There has not been one in AFL before. (VFL became AFL in 1990)
In 1960 the VFL/AFL Premiership was won by: Melbourne
Sat 19-Sep. It was won by Melbourne.
36 years
The VFL (as it was known then) decided to re-try the 'round-robin' finals system which it has used in its inaugural year of 1897. The format was deemed a failure so the VFL reverted to having a grand final in 1925.
the Carlton Blues beat the South Melbourne Swans in the 1907 VFL Grand Final 6.14.50 - 6.9.45
No! It was Geelong Cats that year. Bulldogs have only ever won one VFL Grand Final: that was in 1954.
Hawthorn have lost 5 VFL/AFL Grand Finals;1963,1975,1984,1985 and 1987 from 16 Grand Final Appearances.Their last Grand Final appearance was in 2008 when they beat the 2007 premiers, Geelong by 26 points (18.7.115 to 11.23.89) to win their 10th VFL/AFL Premiership.
Collingwood defeated Melbourne by 18 points in the 1958 VFL Grand Final
Melbourne Cricket Ground - 06/10/1990. 1990 was the 1st year as the 'AFL'. Previously the competition was known as the VFL (Victorian Football League. The name changed due to the expansion outside Victoria). The first 'VFL' Grand final was held at the Junction Oval on Sat 24-Sep-1898. There was no 'grand final' in the first VFL season (1897).
Collingwood in 1990 - before then it was called the VFL. The first VFL grand final game was won by Fitzroy - over Essendon, in 1898. However, the previous year, 1897 - the first of the VFL, the premiers were Essendon, as the winning side was simply the team which had won the most games for the season.collingwoodPort Adelaide