2010 VFL season

The 129th season of the Victorian Football League was held in 2010. The North Ballarat Football Club won the premiership, its third flag in a row.

2010 VFL
Teams14
PremiersNorth Ballarat
(3rd premiership)
Minor premiersWilliamstown
(10th minor premiership)
Leading goalkickerMatthew Little (80)
J. J. Liston TrophySteve Clifton
(North Ballarat)
Shane Valenti
(Port Melbourne)

Teams

This season featured the addition of the Queensland-based Gold Coast Football Club to the league, the first new club in the VFL since Tasmania entered in 2001. Gold Coast's participation in the VFL was as part of the club's preparation for its entry into the Australian Football League in 2011: the club had played one season of under-18s football in the TAC Cup in 2009, then was to play one season of senior football in the VFL in 2010 before its AFL senior debut.

The VFL continued to serve as both the top state-level football league in Victoria, and as a reserves competition for Victorian-based clubs in the Australian Football League, as had been the case since 2000. The affiliation agreements between VFL and AFL clubs were unchanged from 2009.

Ladder
2010 VFL season
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Williamstown 18 15 3 0 2174 1312 165.7 60 Finals
2 North Ballarat (P) 18 15 3 0 1650 1260 131.0 60
3 Casey Scorpions 18 14 4 0 1619 1471 110.1 56
4 Port Melbourne 18 13 5 0 1946 1506 129.2 52
5 Box Hill Hawks 18 11 7 0 1663 1531 108.6 44
6 Northern Bullants 18 10 8 0 1814 1539 117.9 40
7 Collingwood 18 10 8 0 1672 1509 110.8 40
8 Bendigo Bombers 18 10 8 0 1564 1533 102.0 40
9 Sandringham 18 7 11 0 1366 1463 93.4 28
10 Gold Coast 18 5 12 1 1409 1706 82.6 22
11 Coburg Tigers 18 5 13 0 1502 1757 85.5 20
12 Geelong 18 5 13 0 1401 1743 80.4 20
13 Werribee 18 4 13 1 1586 1957 81.0 18
14 Frankston 18 1 17 0 1000 2079 48.1 4
Source: sportingpulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers.

Finals

The preliminary finals and the reserves Grand Final were moved from TEAC Oval to Box Hill City Oval because heavy rain and frequent use during September had left TEAC Oval unplayable.[1]

  Qualifying / Elimination finals Semi-finals Preliminary finals Grand final
                                   
  QF1: Aug 28, Box Hill City Oval  
1  Williamstown 19.15 (129)  
4  Port Melbourne 10.11 (71)     SF1: 5 Sep, TEAC Oval  
     Port Melbourne 12.17 (89)    
EF1: 29 Aug, Box Hill City Oval      Box Hill Hawks 14.11 (95)       PF1: 11 Sep, Box Hill City Oval
5  Box Hill Hawks 20.16 (136)        Williamstown 11.12 (78)  
8  Bendigo Bombers 10.11 (71)          Northern Bullants 16.8 (104)     GF: 19 Sep, Etihad Stadium
         North Ballarat 20.13 (133)
  EF2: 28 Aug, TEAC Oval       PF2: 12 Sep, Box Hill City Oval      Northern Bullants 13.8 (86)
6  Northern Bullants 15.18 (108)          North Ballarat 16.18 (114)  
7  Collingwood 8.9 (57)     SF2: 4 Sep, TEAC Oval        Box Hill Hawks 6.17 (53)  
     Casey Scorpions 9.6 (60)    
QF2: 29 Aug, TEAC Oval      Northern Bullants 10.11 (71)    
2  North Ballarat 18.8 (116)  
3  Casey Scorpions 13.6 (84)  

Grand Final
2010 VFL Grand Final
Sunday 19 September

(2:15 pm)

 North Ballarat def. Northern Bullants Etihad Stadium (crowd: 11,000) [2]
6.5 (41)
10.9 (69)
14.9 (93)
 20.13 (133)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		 1.1 (7)
5.3 (33)
10.5 (65)
 13.8 (86)		 Norm Goss Memorial Medal: Myles Sewell (North Ballarat)
Hale 3, Jones 3, J. Smith 3, Dinnell 2, Driscoll 2, Feery, Harding, Micallef, Norris, I. Smith, Stephenson, White Goals Fisher 4, Ellard 2, Jacobs 2, Iacobucci, McCorkell, Neaves, Thomas, Tuohy

Awards
  • The J. J. Liston Trophy was jointly won by Steve Clifton (North Ballarat) and Shane Valenti (Port Melbourne), who each polled 20 votes. Ed Curnow (Box Hill) finished third on 13 votes, despite breaking his leg in Round 13 and missing the remainder of the season.[1]
  • The Frosty Miller Medal was won by Matthew Little (Williamstown), who kicked 80 goals for the season.
  • The Fothergill-Round Medal was won by Michael Hibberd (Frankston)
  • The top three teams after the finals – North Ballarat, Northern Bullants and Williamstown – qualified for the 2011 Foxtel Cup.
  • Box Hill won the reserves premiership. Box Hill 17.20 (122) defeated Williamstown 16.9 (105) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the Seniors First Preliminary Final on 11 September.[2]

Notable events
  • For the second consecutive season, Bendigo was not permitted to use its home ground Queen Elizabeth Oval after May due to an unfit surface.[3] The club's remaining home matches were played at either Windy Hill or Strathfieldsaye Oval.[4]
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See also

References
  1. Brent Diamond (7 September 2010). "Valenti and Clifton share Liston". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. "Sport details". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. 20 September 2010. p. 68.
  3. Luke West (16 June 2010). "Bendigo Bombers' chairman slams QEO fiasco". Bendigo Advertiser. Bendigo, VIC. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  4. "2010 VFL Premiership Season". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
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