Victorian Football Association History

I was pondering this in the morning today, with the fixturing of home and away games on a Friday morning during a working week.

I wonder if it's actually been a record set recently, or a game from back in the 1980s prior to the demise of 2nd division.

I remember a few games following Camberwell that had very small crowds prior to dropping out of the VFA. 

Does anyone have a copy of the VFA Recorder for the Division 1 preliminary Final, played on Sunday September 13.

I am after a scan or photocopy of each page (or the actual original copy) of the complete Recorder for research purposes on a book on season 1981.

This edition is the only one that I do not have access to.

Please message me if you are able to help - I am happy to cover any costs incurred.

It has been talked about for awhile, but nothing has happened. Something to contain the memories of the longest surviving Football Competition in this country, the Victorian Football Association.

If we are unable to get a physical building to house a muesum, we could create one on this website to house all the memories, especially photos of the VFA in action.

I will add a few photos here to show what I am looking for. We have to keep the memory of the VFA alive for future generations.

Kilsyth was in the VFA for only three years. This only happened less than 40 years ago. But the only photo of their time in the VFA is this picture. Are there any other photos of the Kilsyth Football Club that can show that they where in the VFA?

VFA Lightning premiership was conducted between 1972-1979

1st division winners

Grand finals

1972 coburg d port Melbourne 

1973 Geelong west d Preston

1974 Preston d prahran

1975 prahran d Northcote

1976 coburg d Brunswick 

1977 Caulfield d Dandenong 

1978 werribee d sandringham 

1979 sandringham d Yarraville

2nd division 

1972 box hill d Frankston

1973 Northcote d box hill 

1974 Northcote d Frankston

1975 Northcote d mordialloc 

1976 Camberwell d werribee

Does anyone have any copies of the VFA Recorder from 1981 that they wish to sell or scan for me?

I am looking at the 1981 VFA season as a research project and potential book.