In the lead-up to the club's Round 9 clash against favourites Carlton, the Herald Sun published a depiction of the match by cartoonist Sam Wells, featuring a black cat wandering onto the field to give Geelong good luck. [17], At 98 years as of 2023, Geelong's sponsorship with the Ford Motor Company is the longest active sports sponsorship of any sports team in the world, with continuous sponsorship dating back to 1925, a record recognised by Guinness. Sam Newman played 300 games for Geelong and went on to become a prominent, if controversial, media personality. (past and present) of the Club by: (i) grants of money, insurance or other aid to them and their . However the club's poor performances on the field continued under Hafey, who failed to lead Geelong to a finals series during his tenure. A goal must be kicked fairly between the posts without touching either of them or any portion of the person of one of the opposite side in Geelong went on to play for most of its existence in the premier competitions, the first competition, the Caledonian Society Cup, a foundation club of both the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1877 and the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1897.,[6] VFL and continues in the elite Australian Football League (AFL). During that time, the Geelong reserves team won thirteen premierships (1923, 1924, 1930, 1937, 1938, 1948, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982), the most of any club. Ablett's most notable performances of this year included 11 goals against Melbourne, 14 against Essendon and 10 against the Adelaide Crows all in losing sides. [29] Following the dissolution of the AFL reserves competition in 1999, Geelong began fielding a reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL)[a] from 2000. Against the Brisbane Bears at Carrara the club kicked a VFL/AFL record score of 37 goals 17 behinds (239 points). Read about the top Cats on Geelong Past Players & Officials Club's website. Geelong were victorious, defeating St Kilda by 12 points. [84] During the season, Corey Enright achieved the club's all-time games record with his tally of 326 games in round nineteen; Jimmy Bartel also celebrated his 300th game milestone in the same round. Bob Gartland Did you know Geelong weren't called the Cats until 1923? II. case of the ball being forced between the goal posts in a scrimmage a goal shall be awarded Both were present at the inaugural dinner in 1980 at which Noel gave the founding speech. [56], Following Thompson's departure, former Brisbane player Chris Scott was appointed as senior coach of the club. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. "Frank took on one of the toughest roles in football as our president at a time when the very future of the Geelong Football Club was in the balance. The Geelong reserves team began competing in the VFL Reserves competition with the league's other reserves teams from 1919. 1979 Clarence FC - 40 year anniversary stubby holders available. However, in the final round of the home and away season Essendon's champion full forward, John Coleman retaliated against Carlton full back, Harry Caspar and was reported and later suspended for four weeks. Jul 4, 2021, 6:31pm The Geelong Football Club is pleased to announce that Steve Hocking has been appointed as the club's new Chief Executive. In the 1860s, Geelong participated in a series of Challenge Cup competitions, and was a foundation member of both the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1877 and the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1897, now the national AFL. [43] The club has also had a team in the second-tier VFL Women's league since 2017. The latter features an MCG-sized oval and is used often by the club in the pre-season, when Kardinia Park is being used for other events. Home games are played at GMHBA Stadium, with some played as curtain-raisers to senior AFL matches. Picture: Peter Ristevski The husband of Bernadette and father of two is a Senior Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and a Chartered Accountant, and last October he became a grandfather to a baby boy. Melbourne members familiar with the rugby rules were regularly flaunting their own rules of not running with the ball (particularly H. C. A. Harrison but also Tom Wills) carrying it great distances while not being penalised by the umpires. [25] Gary Ablett was awarded the Norm Smith Medal after kicking nine goals and one behind, equaling the record set by Collingwood's Gordon Coventry for most goals kicked in a Grand Final. [30] The club did, however, recruit well during this period. For many footballers who were seldom more than semi-professional sportsmen, match payments supplemented Great Depression-hit wages. Unlike these clubs, Geelong recruited poorly and/or could not afford to recruit quality footballers. Thompson's first season as senior coach in 2000 was somewhat successful; Geelong finished the regular season in fifth position and qualified for the finals series for the first time since 1997, losing to Hawthorn in an elimination final. He then has a free kick: no player from the opposite side being allowed to come inside the spot marked X. 1994 saw another best-and-fairest win to Garry Hocking, who also won 20 votes in the Brownlow Medal to finish third to eventual winner Greg Williams on 30 votes and Peter Matera on 28 votes. A run of losses prompted a local cartoonist to suggest that the club needed a black cat to bring it good luck. 2009. With four premierships since the league changed its name to the AFL in 1990, Geelong is the second most successful team since that time. Frustratingly for supporters of the Club, 1963 was the last time that Geelong enjoyed premiership success until 2007. [citation needed], These two victories ensured Geelong a place in the 2007 AFL Grand Final against Port Adelaide, which Geelong won by a record margin of 119 points. In 1992 Geelong returned to the spectacular form of three seasons previous. The team is composed of both reserves players from the club's primary and rookie AFL lists, and a separately maintained list of players eligible only for VFL matches. The Perth-based West Coast won by 28 points to take the first premiership won by a non-Victorian club. Former president of the Geelong Football Club, businessman and philanthropist Frank Costa has died at the age of 83. The stadium is currently undergoing construction, which has reduced the stadium's capacity to around 26,000. Long-time Geelong president and philanthropist Frank Costa, the only person to have been named a legend of the AFL club without ever playing for the Cats, has died after a year-long battle. The captains on each side shall toss for choice of goal the side losing the toss has the kick off from the centre point between the goals The author, Susan Kruss, has devoted a significant amount of time in pursuit of an accurate appraisal of events over the last 80 years of existence of the GPPOC. [citation needed], Geelong proceeded to defeat the Kangaroos and Collingwood in their qualifying and preliminary finals respectively, the latter being a close game with Collingwood threatening victory late in the match. The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Hocking will commence in the role at the completion of the 2021 season. Having been one of the dominant clubs in the old VFA, Geelong struggled to maintain the same level of success during its early years in the VFL. It was not until late in the season when Geelong reverted to its all-out attacking style of play. Tasmanian football Hall of Famer Alastair Lynch wants the state's impending AFL club to make . The Board opted for stability over the uncertainty of radical personnel change. "We Are Geelong" is the song sung after a game won by the Geelong Football Club. [7], The Geelong Football Club was formally established at a meeting held in the Victoria Hotel on 18 July 1859.[1]. [17] Credit was given to the cat when Geelong recorded an upset win. 2010. Thompson was publicly outraged by the ordeal which he considered poorly handled. Mangan (1992) states that Geelong introduced the running bounce due to an ongoing dispute between the two clubs which came to a head during a match in 1862. Following the conclusion of the 1959 season, Hickey retired as coach and was succeeded by Bob Davis, a dual premiership player from the club's successful 1951 and 1952 period. Garry Hocking would once again win the Best and Fairest award, and miss out on the Brownlow Medal by a vote in the process. [3] Geelong followed up with further premiership wins in 1931 and 1937. New Geelong president Craig Drummond will oversee a club plan to have 100,000 Cats members by 2025 as the perennial contenders continue to strive for premierships. The Geelong Past Players & Officials Club are always keen to track down former team-mates. Bob Davis acknowledges the possibility that had Coleman played, Essendon may well have won, given that Geelong had no true match for him, as Coleman was simply too skilled. [91] The Cats were excellent in the first half of the season, winning 11 of their first 12 matches. The move followed the redevelopment of the old Doug Wade stand. The curse was broken in a preliminary final in 2013, after Paul Chapman played his final match for Geelong the previous week. A dead hawk joined two magpies and a toy bomber under the Kardinia Park turf.[23]. Gary Ablett once again won the Coleman Medal and kicked over 100 goals for the third year in a row. The club's nickname was first used in 1923 after a run of losses prompted a local cartoonist to suggest that the club needed a black cat to bring it good luck. [80] In addition to retirements across this period, some veteran players were not offered new contracts and were either traded or released via free agency to new clubs; this included Paul Chapman, James Kelly and Mathew Stokes all moving to Essendon, James Podsiadly joining Adelaide, as well as Josh Hunt and Steve Johnson both playing for Greater Western Sydney. Geelong once again played West Coast for the premiership. 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Malcolm Blight, dispirited by three Grand Final losses under his tenure, announced his resignation. In 1996 the club would experience an unsuccessful year, although still making the finals - finishing seventh at the end of the home and away season. Geelong won the 1951 Premiership under memorable circumstances. Between 2007 and 2009, Geelong players received 13 individual selections in All-Australian teams over the three seasons, including a record nine selections in the 2007 team. With 25seconds left and a boundary throw-in, the ball came to ground and Martyn cleared, only for the ball to be marked by Leigh Colbert. A week later it seemed Geelong had no hope of beating Carlton, who had finished 2nd after the home and away season, given that their three best midfielders; Garry Hocking, Paul Couch and Mark Bairstow were not playing through injury. In an interview with Lou Richards on Channel 7's World of Sport, Bob Davis predicted that Newman would enjoy a stellar career. During the 1970s footballers increasingly came to view the game as a profession rather than a pastime. $16 each or 2 any 2 for $30. [9] These reprinted rules, which appeared to differ only slightly from Melbourne Football Club's rules, notably do not mention a requirement to bounce the ball which was to feature early in Geelong's rules, however the scrimmage rule showed more influence of rugby football than Melbourne's rules. Although the competition was played under compromised rules, Geelong reached the final and defeated Melbourne to become the second winners of the cup, before defeating two challengers to win the cup permanently in 1864. It was also suggested that to encourage the support of past players of the GFC, provision should be made to gather at matches played at Corio Oval. The club set new records for most disposals every year through this period, with record low kick-to-handpass ratios including having fewer kicks than handpasses across its entire 2009 premiership season. The club met North Melbourne in a "home" final at the MCG at night. Geelong (Association) Football Club was an Australian rules football club which played in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) from 1922 until 1927.. History. This comical ceremony was inspired by the rumour that Geelong's premiership players of 1937 had buried a magpie in the middle of the ground after their premiership win over Collingwood that year. The Geelong Football Club Past Players Association (GFCPPA) was established in 1933, two years after Geelong had won its second VFL Premiership in 1931. [47] After qualifying for the 2009 AFL finals series, Geelong proceeded to win its qualifying and preliminary finals in succession, earning a place in the 2009 AFL Grand Final against St Kilda. [85] Dangerfield, in his first season at the club, polled a then-record 35 votes to win the 2016 Brownlow Medal. Before the 1962 season, Davis helped Geelong recruit ruckman Graham "Polly" Farmer from East Perth to partner Billy Goggin and Alistair Lord in the midfield. Isaac Smith won the Norm Smith Medal. Particularly notable was the 2001 AFL Draft, where future premiership players Jimmy Bartel, James Kelly, Steve Johnson and Gary Ablett Jr. (under the fatherson rule) were all selected by Geelong. [14], Geelong's administrative headquarters is its home stadium, GMHBA Stadium or also known as Kardinia Park. [7][8][9] Geelong won a further three premierships in 2009, 2011 and 2022. It was the first AFL finals match played at the new Docklands Stadium. Historian Graeme Atkinson considers it likely that Geelong's rules were drawn up prior to the establishment of both Geelong and Melbourne Football Club's and that club's rules being drafted on 17 May 1859. [6] The club won the Western District Challenge Cup in 1875, a then-record seven VFA premierships between 1878 and 1886, and six VFL premierships by 1963, after which it experienced a 44-year waiting period until it won its next premiership, a Grand Final-record 119-point victory in 2007. [92] However, their form dropped off after the round 13 bye and they would not win consecutive matches for the remainder of the year. [citation needed], Geelong changed their name to the Geelong Cats in 2008 and continued to dominate with the club having a regular season record of 21 wins and one loss to become the best-performing team in the home-and-away season since Essendon in 2000. This page is not available in other languages. V. In case the ball is kicked behind Goal any one of the side behind whose Goal it is kicked may bring it 20 yards in front of any portion of the space between the 'kick-off' posts, and shall kick it. Bernie Smith's quality was recognised with his win in the 1951 Brownlow Medal. The resultant loss caused the cats to exit by losing both finals. In twenty matches between the two sides between 2008 and 2017, twelve were decided by less than ten points, with Geelong victorious in eleven of those twelve matches.[16]. [64] In the reserves however, Geelong won its third VFL premiership, defeating Port Melbourne by 33 points in the 2012 VFL Grand Final. This concession allowed sons of ex-players to nominate for their fathers' clubs, thus exempting them from being chosen by any other club in the national draft. The club met fifth placed Footscray in the first week of the finals. Geelong finished the regular season in first position on the ladder, earning the club a second-consecutive McClelland Trophy, its ninth overall. In 1930, Collingwood defeated Geelong in the grand final making it four flags in-a-row for the Pies. [3], On 6 July 1963 Geelong was comprehensively and unexpectedly beaten by Fitzroy, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the 1963 Miracle Match. The Geelong Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Geelong, Victoria.Since becoming a foundation club of the Victorian Football League (VFL)which is now known as the Australian Football League (AFL)in 1897, the club has participated in every season of the competition except the 1916, 1942 and 1943 seasons, where the club did not field teams due to World War I (1916 . In the 2008 Grand Final, Geelong was the heavily backed favourite and had lost only one match for the season, but lost by 26 points; Geelong then won its next eleven matches against Hawthorn over the following five years, under a curse, which was dubbed the "Kennett curse" which was attributed to disrespectful comments made by Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett following the 2008 Grand Final. 1994 proved to be a successful although ultimately hard year for the club. [18][19][20] Geelong have been known as the 'Cats' ever since. The new club was called the Geelong Football Club; it was typically . [45] Chapman's criticisms, which followed a similar assessment from coach Mark Thompson, led to a group discussion involving all of the club's playing and coaching staff, and produced frank assessments of both individuals and the club in general. [1] The club continued to excel over the following twenty years in the VFA, and established itself as one of the dominant clubs in the association by winning a total of seven premierships up to the birth of the (Victorian Football League) (VFL) in 1897.[14]. Gary Ablett would be suspended for five weeks after round 2, which resulted in a rapid decline in his quality. However, the Cats would not add to their trophy cabinet after losing to Richmond by 31 points in the decider, despite leading by 15 points at half time. 1970 Clarence FC - 50 year anniversary stubby holders available. They have also won ten McClelland Trophies, the most of any AFL/VFL club. [71], After finishing tenth on the ladder in 2015, Geelong failed to qualify for the finals series; it was the first time the club had not played in the finals since the 2006 season. Many of the club's official records before 1920 have disappeared. Upon the 80th anniversary of the Past Players and Officials Club, the board undertook to re-create the history of the club, and this history was documented in the book After The Game (80 years 1933 to 2013). Although Geelong were leading by as much as 23 points in the final quarter, Sydney's Nick Davis scored the final four goals of the game (including a goal just before the final siren) to give Sydney a three-point victory. During this time, the club decided to set base at the more centrally located Kardinia Park in South Geelong. In 1990, the league was expanded to a national level and became known as the Australian Football League (AFL). Tallies of 10 goal against North Melbourne, and 12 against his favourite victim, Richmond, in winning sides. [97]. In 1997 Geelong faced a season with no dependence on ageing superstars, Paul Couch and Gary Ablett. [87] In the subsequent offseason, Gary Ablett Jr. was traded back to Geelong after seven seasons with Gold Coast. In 1952, Geelong easily defeated Lou Richards' Collingwood team. The Cats would meet eventual premier, North Melbourne in the first week of the finals, which saw North win by over 10 goals. The Cats won by seven points. The Geelong Advertiser reported: It will certainly be refreshing to see past players in action again at Corio Oval Players whose names were on everyones lips in football circles a few years ago will take part, and they should give a good account of themselves.2. Ablett returned mid-season to the club. However, the review accepted that Thompson should continue as coach. may have a free kick from the place where the breach of Rule was made; the two Captains in all cases, save where Umpires are appointed, to be Tenure Geelong Football Club Limited Director for nine years, and President for seven years Experience Colin joined the Board of Directors in July 2008 after previously serving from 1987 until 1993. Unfortunately, identically to 1995, Geelong capitulated in the final, allowing Carlton another piece of silverware. [59] Jimmy Bartel, who played in each of these three premiership wins, was awarded the Norm Smith Medal for his best on ground performance. It was a disappointing end to a season of high hope, but the club could still hold its head high, as they gave their all in the finals of 1997 - but unfortunately just suffered some terrible bad luck. Print. He would kick his 1000th career goal against Fremantle. The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. [48] As a marquee player, Ablett signed a five-year contract worth an estimated $1.6 million (AUD) a season, which was significantly more than Geelong could afford to offer. Blight agreed and Geelong began to play like champions again. Geelong's score of 15.12 (102) and winning margin of 75 points against Sydney in Round 10 was the club's highest score and biggest win in the AFLW; [33] with the first-half score of 9.6 (60) the highest first-half score in AFLW history. Captained by Fred Wooller, Geelong clearly distinguished itself as the team of 1963 with an easy 49 point win. Geelong also recruited Brad Ottens from Richmond during the 2004 trade period;[35] this trade would later prove significant with Ottens playing a key role in the club's coming premiership success. [2], VFL and continues in the elite Australian Football League (AFL). Geelong captain Bert Rankin liked the analogy and suggested the club adopt "the Cats" nickname, even recruiting key position forward Lloyd Hagger, a talented artist, to design a cat that was made into badges for the players to wear on their lapels. The roller-coaster season saw coach Gary Ayres quit to take the job at Adelaide, which ironically was available after Malcolm Blight quit, almost identical to when Ayres took over Geelong in 1995. 1995 saw the club improve. In 2016 Geelong again defeated Hawthorn in the qualifying final. The Geelong Football Club is mourning the passing of past president Frank Costa. To celebrate its good fortune, Geelong buried a toy bomber in the Kardinia Park turf. Against the Brisbane Bears at Carrara the club kicked a VFL/AFL record score of 37 goals 17 behinds (239 points). Geelong Football Club has produced champion players and outstanding officials. Tony Lockett kicked his nine goals for St Kilda by three-quarter time. Over the next two weeks, Geelong met Hawthorn and the West Coast Eagles, both losses for the club.
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