2009 VFL season

none December 2017 December 2017 vfl 2009 Current VFA/VFL logo, former VFL/AFL logo 13 North Ballarat 2 North Ballarat 1 2008 2010 The 2009 Victorian Football League (VFL) was the 128th season of the Australian Rules Football competition. The premiership was won by the North Ballarat Football Club, which defeated the Northern Bullants by 23 points in the Grand Final on 25 September. It was North Ballarat's second consecutive premiership, and the second in the club's history. League membership and affiliations At the end of the 2008 season, the Tasmanian Devils Football Club withdrew from the VFL and disbanded. AFL Tasmania, which operated the club, was focussed on re-establishing the Tasmanian Football League as a statewide competition in 2009, after an eight-year hiatus since the original statewide league's collapse at the end of 2000, and having the Tasmanian VFL club competing for attention and players did not fit with this vision. As a result, the VFL was reduced to thirteen clubs.The Sunday Age Brent Diamond 14 September 2008 Melbourne, VIC http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/tasmania-kills-off-devils-in-vfl/2008/09/13/1220857908827.html Tasmania kills off Devils in VFL https://web.archive.org/web/20080915233149/http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/tasmania-kills-off-devils-in-vfl/2008/09/13/1220857908827.html 15 September 2008 31 July 2016 Additionally, two pairs of VFL-AFL reserves affiliations were altered: ended its nine-year affiliation with Sandringham and entered a new affiliation with the Casey Scorpions.http://conferences.alia.org.au/access2010/pdf/Paper_Fri_1100_Cezna_Fulco.pdf Read like a demon: football heroes promoting reading to primary school students Cenza Fulco Debbie Lee 2010 30 March 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140204024946/http://conferences.alia.org.au/access2010/pdf/Paper_Fri_1100_Cezna_Fulco.pdf 4 February 2014 StK ended its eight-year affiliation with the Casey Scorpions and entered a new affiliation with Sandringham.http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-118-0-0-0&sID=60264&articleID=5549889&news_task=DETAIL 13 January 2009 31 July 2016 VFL Confirm Alignment Deal Fox Sports Pulse As a result, the size of the VFL was reduced to thirteen teams: nine VFL-AFL affiliates, two AFL reserves team, and two stand-alone VFL teams. Ladder main WDL 5 2009 VFL season Ladder true points y 4 2 NBR North Ballarat WIL Williamstown NBU Northern Bullants PMB Port Melbourne BOX Box Hill CAS Casey COL Collingwood reserves GEE Geelong reserves WER Werribee SAN Sandringham COB Coburg FRA Frankston BEN Bendigo 14 4 0 1649 1284 P 13 5 0 2002 1506 12 6 0 1751 1516 12 6 0 1685 1476 12 6 0 1654 1574 10 8 0 1693 1355 10 8 0 1598 1476 9 9 0 1661 1753 8 10 0 1605 1664 7 11 0 1660 1593 7 11 0 1733 1810 3 15 0 1286 1930 0 18 0 1223 2263 #CCFFCC Finals QF QF QF QF QF QF QF QF 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. Premiers complete Finals series y 150 85 North Ballarat 15.8 (98) Port Melbourne 6.14 (50) Sep. 6, TEAC Oval Box Hill 17.19 (121) Geelong 13.9 (87) Sep. 6, Burbank Oval Williamstown 6.13 (49) Northern Bullants 11.12 (78) Sep. 5, TEAC Oval Casey Scorpions 9.8 (62) Collingwood 26.21 (177) Sep. 13, TEAC Oval Port Melbourne 19.14 (128) Box Hill 19.10 (124) Sep. 12, TEAC Oval Williamstown 7.12 (54) Collingwood 13.16 (94) Sep. 19, TEAC Oval North Ballarat 22.14 (146) Collingwood 12.13 (85) Sep. 20, TEAC Oval Northern Bullants 16.13 (109) Port Melbourne 13.10 (88) Sep. 25, Etihad Stadium North Ballarat 14.7 (91) Northern Bullants 10.8 (68) Awards The Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal was won by Nick Sautner (Sandringham) for the ninth time in his career. Sautner kicked 71 goals for the season.http://sportsaustralia.com/2009/09/15/sewell-awarded-2009-jj-liston-trophy Sewell awarded 2009 JJ Liston Trophy 15 September 2009 11 July 2016 The J. J. Liston Trophy was by Myles Sewell (North Ballarat), who polled 18 votes. Sewell finished ahead of Michael Barlow (Werribee), who was second with 16 votes, and James Podsiadly (Geelong) and Sam Iles (Box Hill), who were equal third with 15 votes. The Fothergill–Round Medal was won by Michael Barlow (Werribee).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 Box Hill won the reserves premiership. Box Hill 16.18 (114) defeated Sandringham 13.6 (84) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the seniors second preliminary final on 20 September.Herald Sun Melbourne, VIC Sport 68 21 September 2009 Notable events The Bendigo Bombers could not play at their home ground Queen Elizabeth Oval after May because the surface was deemed unfit for VFL football. Bendigo's remaining home games were transferred to Windy Hill (the training ground of its AFL affiliate, ).Bendigo VFL match move https://websites.mygameday.app/assoc_page.cgi?c=0-118-10462-0-9815589&sID=60264&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=9164690&sectionID=60264 VFL 20 March 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260320170832/https://websites.mygameday.app/assoc_page.cgi?c=0-118-10462-0-9815589&sID=60264&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=9164690&sectionID=60264 20 March 2026 2 June 2009 The VFL introduced the "23rd man rule". Under the rule, the size of the playing squad was increased to twenty-three (still with eighteen players on the field, but increasing the size of the interchange bench from four to five), provided the 23rd player was a top-age player currently in the TAC Cup, or an undrafted player who had played in the TAC Cup during the previous year. The rule was designed to provide additional senior football opportunities to promising juniors, and improve the alignments between VFL clubs and their TAC Cup affiliates.http://pakenham.starcommunity.com.au/gazette/2009-07-29/vfl-gets-power-boost/ VFL gets Power boost 29 July 2009 30 July 2016 Pakenham Gazette Pakenham, VIC References External links AFL Victoria website Official VFL website Unofficial VFL website Category:Victorian Football League seasons VFL