[12], The team has worn various away guernseys since 1998, all featuring the club's logo and traditional colours.[13]. Contact: Damien on 0418 171 955 or damien.dillon@gcc.tas.gov.au. Colin stepped down in 1993 as a result of being appointed to the AFL Commission, a role he held until early 2008. Jack Hawkins - NSW Australian Football History Society Inc In 1990, the league was expanded to a national level and became known as the Australian Football League (AFL). The two clubs fostered a strong early rivalry. The match proved a nailbiter, with an after-the-siren kick and goal by Billy Brownless giving the club a five-point win. During the 1970s footballers increasingly came to view the game as a profession rather than a pastime. The Geelong Football Club is mourning the passing of past president Frank Costa. [31] In the absence of finals appearances at AFL-level, the club's reserves team won its first VFL premiership in 2002. [44] Responding to member anger, the Board ordered a comprehensive review of all aspects of the administration of the club and of the club's personnel. [41], After winning the 2006 pre-season competition,[42] Geelong opened the regular season with two wins before losing seven of its next eight games. Despite making multiple finals appearances in his first two seasons (including winning the minor premiership in 1980), the club struggled to replicate their home and away season success during the finals. [69], During 2015, the round fourteen match between Adelaide and Geelong was cancelled, and declared a draw, following the death of Adelaide coach Phil Walsh. The Cats would meet eventual premier, North Melbourne in the first week of the finals, which saw North win by over 10 goals. Frank Costa, former Geelong president and philanthropist, dies aged 83 Geelong Cats: new president Craig Drummond speaks about plans for club [citation needed], Across the next three seasons Geelong experienced a lean period where finals were not realised for three years from 2001 to 2003 finishing twelfth, ninth and twelfth respectively. A notable recruit would be Steven King, standing at over two metres tall. The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Paul Chapman, after gathering 26 possessions and scoring three goals, including the goal which effectively won the match for Geelong. It was not until late in the season when Geelong reverted to its all-out attacking style of play. Used for remaining home matches in the AFL. After qualifying for the 2021 VFLW Grand Final, the match was postponed and later cancelled due to the. V/AFL record. Unlike two seasons ago, Geelong proved no match against an Eagles outfit superior to its 1992 premiership team, losing by 80 points. They would meet in preliminary finals in 2009 and 2010, each winning one en route to a premiership. 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. In 1956, Geelong recruited Billy Goggin, Geelong's greatest rover, who also coached Geelong in the 1980s. In 1925, Geelong won their first flag over Collingwood. Colin Carter - Geelong Football Club President Colin Carter AM Director 1987-1993 and since 2008, President since 2011 Member of the Corporate Governance, Finance, Audit and Remuneration Committees Member of the Order of Australia Bachelor of Commerce, MBA Originally from Perth, Colin has been a supporter since Polly Farmer came to Geelong. line, and thrown in at right angles with that line Thompson was publicly outraged by the ordeal which he considered poorly handled. In the 1963 season, Geelong played Hawthorn four times. In 1924, following the death of VFL and Geelong administrator Charles Brownlow, the league named its award for the best and fairest player in a season the Brownlow Medal. The Constitution was finalised at a general meeting on 3 October 19333, and with that the Geelong Football Club Past Players Association was officially launched. [43] The club has also had a team in the second-tier VFL Women's league since 2017. They finally met again in a Grand Final in 2011, which Geelong won by 38 points; Geelong inflicted Collingwood's only three losses for the 2011 season. PDF Financial Statements 2017 - Afl Over the next two weeks, Geelong met Hawthorn and the West Coast Eagles, both losses for the club. The club formed in 1859, making it the second-oldest club in the AFL, after Melbourne, and one of the oldest football clubs in the world.[5]. The Board opted for stability over the uncertainty of radical personnel change. Other individual successes include Ablett winning the Leigh Matthews Trophy as the AFL Players Association (AFLPA) Most Valuable Player on a record three occasions and for a record three consecutive seasons from 2007 to 2009. [36] A notable departure from Geelong was Ben Graham, the club captain from 2000 to 2002,[37] who quit playing Australian rules football to pursue a career as a punter with the New York Jets in the National Football League. Cameron Mooney scored the highest number of goals with five, and a total of 11 Geelong players scored at least one goal, with five of those players scoring two goals or more. Both were present at the inaugural dinner in 1980 at which Noel gave the founding speech. 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. The Geelong Advertiser appears to indicate that Geelong had Saturday football teams regularly "hacked shins" in March 1859. Geelong - News, Fixtures, Scores & Results - geelongcats.com.au 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 In April 1859 local teetotaler Mr. William "Stitt" Jenkins (of Liverpool, England and Melbourne) who had been working in Geelong from 1853 educating local youths made repeated to form an athletic club to play football on Saturday afternoons[5] and May[6] The formation of the Melbourne Football Club in May 1859 appears to have spurred the Pivotonians to incorporate a club of their own. 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. [54][55] It was not until teams began adopting full field defensive presses, pioneered by St Kilda in 2009, that Geelong's dominance was matched. The Geelong Football Club is in mourning the passing of past president Frank Costa. Essendon was favoured to win the third of a hat-trick of premierships. Costa remained as president until the end of 2010 when he retired from the board. 2023 Geelong Football Club season - Wikipedia However, the review accepted that Thompson should continue as coach. The move followed the redevelopment of the old Doug Wade stand. The club's high scoring game plan led them into their first Grand Final since 1967, however they were defeated by Hawthorn by just six points (in what was regarded as one of the greatest grand finals of all time). Isaac Smith won the Norm Smith Medal. "We Are Geelong" is the song sung after a game won by the Geelong Football Club. 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. The design is said to represent the white seagulls and blue water of Corio Bay. The club earned a week break and returned for the third weeks clash against Richmond, and won by 89 points and so for the second consecutive season and for the fourth time in seven years, Geelong played for the premiership, this time against Carlton, who had only lost two games for the year. This late season match in the VFA between two previously undefeated teams, Geelong and South Melbourne, stimulated unprecedented public interest. Geelong once again played West Coast for the premiership. Thank You Colin - Geelong Football Club Geelong then proceeded to win its qualifying and preliminary finals in succession, earning a place in the 2008 AFL Grand Final against Hawthorn and the chance for a second-consecutive premiership. Frank Costa was president of the Geelong Football Club for more than a decade. In 1993 the Geelong once again underachieved as Malcolm Blight experimented with more defensive tactics. 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. . The principal purposes of the Club include: . However, in 1881 the club was evicted from the ground by the private owner who ploughed up the paddock because the club had neglected to pay its rent. The club contested its first interclub match against Melbourne at Argyle Square in 1860, which finished as a scoreless draw. The Cats have been the VFL/AFL premiers ten times, with four in the AFL era (since 1990) in 2007, 2009, 2011, and most recently, 2022, to be the most successful club over that period (sharing that title with Hawthorn). Consistent with the close finish of 1989, Hawthorn won the match by two points. [4], Records of football matches in Geelong date to 1858. In 1941, the club was forced to relocate from its Corio Oval base due to the oval being required for military training during World War II. Tom Wills, one of the founders of Australian football, played exclusively for Geelong from 1865 until his retirement from football in 1874. Our past presidents from the Geelong football club , we definitely miss Frank Costa he was such a beautiful person [8] A reprint of what were believed in 1923 to have been the Geelong's eleven 1859 rules appeared in the Geelong Advertiser courtesy of Fred Blackham from an old folded card. Geelong then succeeded in winning their remaining match of the regular season, where they finished three games clear of Port Adelaide in first position on the ladder, earning the club their first McLelland Trophy since 1992, and qualification for the season's finals series. Garry Hocking would once again win the Best and Fairest award, and miss out on the Brownlow Medal by a vote in the process.