But Carlton escaped winning back-to-back wooden spoons and was won by Western Bulldogs. 2007 ♦
The new clubs were West Coast Eagles and Brisbane Bears. The 2003 AFL Grand final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Brisbane Lions and the Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 2003. The 2004 Australian Football League season was the 108th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 15th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989. The 2003 Australian Football League season was the 107th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 14th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989. 2002 ♦
The first game was played on Thursday, 21 March, and the season concluded with the 2019 AFL Grand Final on Saturday, 28 September. 2015 1992 ♦ 1997 was the start of a new era of the AFL. The season consisted of twenty-two rounds of home-and-away matches, and four rounds of finals. 2020♦. And Port Adelaide Power joined retaining the league with 16 clubs. There were 18 teams competing in the league, the same as the previous six seasons. See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.
In 1991 Adelaide Crows joined followed by Fremantle Dockers in 1995. The 2008 Australian Football League season was the 112th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 18th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989. 2003 ♦ 1991 ♦ The largest non-finals attendance was 72,393 people for the Sydney vs Collingwood game in round 21. 1998 ♦
AFL fixture and matches for season 2003. The 2017 AFL Women's season was the first season of the elite women's Australian rules football competition. The attendance of 71,019 for the final between Sydney and Brisbane is the largest attendance ever for an AFL game not featuring a Victorian team played outside Victoria. 2011 ♦ 2010 2008 ♦ Neither match was considered a viable option to be moved, as one match featured two non-Victorian teams (Brisbane and Adelaide), and the other match featured a first-placed non-Victorian side (Port Adelaide) versus an eighth-placed Victorian side (Essendon). This was the last season in which the Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy Football Club competed, before their merger at the end of the year. West Coast defeated Collingwood by five points, winning their fourth premiership. The 2009 Australian Football League season commenced on 26 March and concluded on 26 September.
For the 2003 season of the Arena Football League, see, Known as the Victorian Football League from 1897–1989; no grand finals were held in 1897 and 1924, List of Australian Football League premiers, South Australian National Football League, The Kangaroos-Tigers game was especially notable as the comeback of Kangaroos player. 2003 AFL premiership season; Teams: 16: Premiers: Brisbane (11th premiership) Minor premiers: Port Adelaide (2nd minor premiership) Pre-season cup: Adelaide (1st pre-season cup win) Matches played: 185: Attendance: 6,351,655 (34,333 per match) Highest attendance: 79,451 (Grand final, Brisbane Lions vs. Collingwood) Coleman Medallist This marks the first time that Fremantle played a finals match and the first, and only time to date that all non-Victorian teams played in a finals series.
No game was played at the MCG this week, despite the agreement then in place with the Melbourne Cricket Club that at least one game each week of the finals be played at the MCG. No game was played at the MCG this week, despite the agreement then in place with the Melbourne Cricket Club that at least one game each week of the finals be played at the MCG. Port Adelaide were minor premiers, the same as 2002. 1993 ♦
The largest non-finals attendance was 72,393 people for the Sydney vs Collingwood game in round 21. 1994 ♦
Richmond defeated Greater Western Sydney by 89 points in the grand final, marking their twelfth premiership. The attendance of 71,019 for the final between Sydney and Brisbane is the largest attendance ever for an AFL game not featuring a Victorian team played outside Victoria. The 1997 Australian Football League season was the 101st season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 8th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989. The 2005 Australian Football League season was the 109th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 16th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989. Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy Lions merged to become Brisbane Lions. 1999 ♦
Although the league was still called the VFL until the start of the 1990 season, the 2003 season was the unofficial 17th AFL season as the league expanded from 12 clubs to 14 clubs in 1987. Total match attendance for all games was 5,872,352 people. It was a season of déjà vu. The 2018 Australian Football League season was the 122nd season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 29th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989. 1997 ♦ 1989 ♦ 2004 ♦
This season commenced on 20 March 2008 and concluded on 27 September 2008. 2017 ♦ The 1995 Australian Football League season was the 99th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 6th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989.
The first game was played on Friday, 3 February, and the season concluded with the grand final on Saturday, 25 March. The 2003 AFL Grand final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Brisbane Lions and the Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 2003.