I hope sharing a post I've written isn't against the spirit of this site? Just unpacking the confusing world that is the VFL, the VFA, the new VFL (old VFA) using Shaun Smith as an example!
http://theholybootsfootballemporium.com/2014/08/27/the-good-ol-victoria…
Excellent article!
More than welcome to post links from elsewhere! Looking forward to reading it.
Ah cheers guys. Feel bad because I've been kind of silent on here for the past few years and am now spruiking my stuff! Just thought it might go down well here. Here's to a cracking finals series!
Very interesting article Mustang. The tools who rebranded the old VFA the VFL have a lot to answer for. When you mention Williamstown, Port Melbourne, Coburg, Sandringham, Frankston etc. it will always be the VFA for me.
Who knows what name the VFL comp will be in 2020 ?
Yeah very confusing using Shaun Smith as an example.
Good article Mustang.
2014 promises to be a cracking final series and would love to see a Port Melbourne v Williamstown Grand Final without any AFL involvement.
How even is this years final series
Port Melbourne, Williamstown (stand alone VFL team or shall I say VFA teams)
Collingwood, Footscray (stand alone AFL teams)
Sandringham, Box Hill (aligned teams)
Werribee, North Ballarat (partly aligned teams with North Melbourne)
You have an even amount of four different versions with two teams each.
What an even spread.
As they say the spoils of war go to the victors and that is exactly what happened when the VFL/AFL eventually got control of the VFA and then they cynically buried the hated name that would always remind them that they were not the FIRST competition in Victoria and that ALL the Victorian VFL/AFL clubs started in the VFA so without the VFA there would be no VFL/AFL.
FFS when it was the VFL/AFL 100th year (the VFA was already 20 years older and thats a fact the AFL cannot wash away)the AFL produced a nice book trying to rewrite history titled "100 years of AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL" the arrogant +++++
The SANFL might have something to say about that BS as they were formed a few weeks before the VFA in 1877
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Great article, but it gave me one hell of a headache !!
Geelong AFL side is this weekend wearing a jumper with all its Senior premiership players' names on it. When pointed out on The Footy Show last night that Sam Newman was not on the jumper, the Geelong player panellist said that it was because Newman's only premiership was (1964?) in the VFL. That threw me until it dawned on me that he meant Newman only played in a Geelong SECONDS premiership.
Further to a comment to the article-- of course Mordialloc still exists, playing in the Southern FL.
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Haha, that was the intention! Thanks
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Great point with the finals series, ridiculously even! There's almost an article in that. And great to see Footscray treating it as something they are keen to win.
The rebranding was wrong, confusing, and just plain mean. I still call the Western Bulldogs Footscray and the VFL the VFA. Old habits die hard
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Great point with the finals series, ridiculously even! There's almost an article in that. And great to see Footscray treating it as something they are keen to win.
The rebranding was wrong, confusing, and just plain mean. I still call the Western Bulldogs Footscray and the VFL the VFA. Old habits die hard