2008 VFL season

127th season of the Victorian Football League December 2017 December 2017 vfl 2008 14 1 18 149 Nick Sautner( − 74 goals) white 2007 VFL season 2007 white 2009 VFL season 2009 The 2008 VFL season was the 127th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), a second-tier Australian rules football competition played in the states of Victoria and Tasmania.Annual Review 2008 https://footyindustry.com/docs/AFL%20Victoria%202008%20Annual%20Report.pdf footyindustry.com AFL Victoria 27 May 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250223022444/https://footyindustry.com/docs/AFL%20Victoria%202008%20Annual%20Report.pdf 23 February 2025 The premiership was won by the North Ballarat Football Club, defeating 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:http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=4-118-0-0-0&sID=54554&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=11104596 History of the VFL 1877 – 2013 31 July 2016 29 October 2014 Fox Sports Pulse ended its seven-year affiliation with Williamstown, and began fielding its own reserves team in the VFL, having previously done so in the 2000 season. ended its eight-year affiliation with Werribee, and entered a new affiliation with Williamstown. ended its two-year partial affiliation with Tasmania. Unlike many other VFL/AFL affiliations, which had strengthened their VFL clubs, the North Melbourne–Tasmania alignment had been very unpopular amongst Tasmanian fans, and significantly harmed the VFL club's standing within the state.The Mercury 15 April 2014 31 July 2016 http://www.themercury.com.au/sport/afl/dominic-baker-reveals-changing-times-in-tasmanian-football/story-fnj4f7h7-1226884385650 Dominic Baker reveals changing times in Tasmanian football Brett Stubbs Tasmania continued to contest the VFL as a stand-alone senior club, and and entered a new partial affiliation with Werribee. North Melbourne's other partial affiliation with North Ballarat was unchanged. 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 main FBR grey BEN BOX CAS COB COL FRA GEE NBR NBU PMB SAN TAS WER WIL Bendigo Bombers 92–133 83–80 117–69 99–112 98–66 119–90 90–127 Box Hill Hawks 84–119 94–61 70–122 86–112 90–104 92–140 76–164 85–88 90–82 Casey Scorpions 80–51 122–89 71–28 110–72 117–78 164–46 91–59 137–97 Coburg Tigers 145–94 79–67 98–151 121–68 178–103 91–92 58–133 Collingwood reserves 136–46 98–105 67–123 46–125 42–117 87–74 68–102 Frankston Dolphins 120–63 62–69 92–71 83–100 97–81 92–66 161–95 148–52 Geelong reserves 131–81 51–85 77–78 52–84 100–111 96–68 140–87 112–80 North Ballarat Roosters 112–60 126–56 96–57 129–93 117–86 86–70 115–66 123–94 115–68 Northern Bullants 56–92 107–104 128–77 105–63 52–103 91–87 84–74 87–103 69–115 Port Melbourne Borough 150–65 106–76 155–107 109–51 108–87 109–108 168–108 Sandringham Zebras 159–89 119–82 79–49 90–102 105–60 75–142 163–76 105–119 Tasmanian Devils 111–92 101–95 125–101 86–91 112–115 51–203 56–121 49–200 Werribee Tigers 115–95 131–90 66–103 126–71 108–103 114–93 115–100 93–87 73–129 Williamstown Seagulls 153–90 111–95 92–110 162–94 121–107 123–106 151–114 130–66 Round 16 Ladder main WDL 5 2008 VFL Ladder Ladder true points y 4 2 PMB Port Melbourne NBR North Ballarat P WIL Williamstown WER Werribee CAS Casey Scorpions COB Coburg FRA Frankston NBU Northern Bullants SAN Sandringham GEE Geelong reserves BEN Bendigo COL Collingwood reserves BOX Box Hill TAS Tasmania 13 3 1788 1274 13 3 1983 1463 12 4 1892 1436 10 6 1672 1382 9 7 1588 1683 8 8 1568 1445 8 8 1624 1538 8 8 1351 1510 7 9 1739 1446 6 10 1516 1699 5 11 1380 1778 5 11 1221 1625 4 12 1311 1721 4 12 1345 1978 #CCFFCC Finals Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. Premiers complete January 2016 Finals series y 150 80 September 7, TEAC Oval Port Melbourne 20.10 (130) Werribee 6.20 (56) September 6, Casey Fields Casey Scorpions 13.10 (88) Northern Bullants 12.11 (83) September 7, AUSTAR Arena North Ballarat 15.16 (106) Williamstown 12.14 (86) September 6, TEAC Oval Coburg 14.11 (95) Frankston 14.17 (101) September 14, TEAC Oval Werribee 19.16 (130) Casey Scorpions 9.7 (61) September 13, TEAC Oval Williamstown 13.14 (92) Frankston 12.19 (91) September 20, TEAC Oval Port Melbourne 16.21 (117) Williamstown 13.18 (96) September 21, TEAC Oval North Ballarat 13.14 (92) Werribee 11.14 (80) September 26, Telstra Dome North Ballarat 18.12 (120) Port Melbourne 11.9 (75) Season awards Best and fairest The VFL Best and Fairest is awarded the J. J. Liston Trophy. Rank Player Team Votes1James PodsiadlyWerribee16=2Peter SummersSandringham15=2Brett JohnsonWilliamstown15=4Greg TivendaleCoburg14=4Brett GoodesNorth Ballarat14=4Paul KennedyFrankston14 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.Sautner Climbs Mountain Again Rank Player Team No. Games Total Goals1Nick SautnerSandringham16742James PodsiadlyWerribee20733Justin BerryFrankston20504Adrian BonaddioPort Melbourne2049=5Patrick RoseWilliamstown Seagulls2048=5Robin NahasPort Melbourne2048 Other The Fothergill–Round Medal was won by Robin Nahas (Port Melbourne).http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=0-118-0-0-0&sID=54554&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=4834467 Fothergill–Round Medallists 20 December 2014 29 October 2014 Sportingpulse Williamstown won the reserves premiership. Williamstown 16.17 (113) defeated Box Hill 11.16 (82) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the Seniors First Preliminary Final on 20 September.Herald Sun Melbourne, VIC Sport 68 22 September 2008 Notable events The timing of the grand final was shifted to the Friday night immediately before the AFL Grand Final, after many years of having been played on the preceding Sunday. This shift in timing lasted only two seasons. Starting from this season, the TAC Cup under-18s grand final was played as a curtain-raiser to the VFL grand final, having previously been a curtain-raiser to the AFL Grand Final. The VFL reserves grand final was shifted to the previous week, and was thereafter played as a curtain-raiser to one of the senior preliminary finals. References Category:Victorian Football League seasons VFL