2012 AFL Grand Final 2012 AFL Grand Final The 2012 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and the Sydney Swans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 29 September 2012. It was the 116th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 2012 AFL season. The match, attended by 99,683 spectators, was won by Sydney by 10 points, marking the club's fifth VFL/AFL premiership victory. Sydney's Ryan O'Keefe was awarded the Norm Smith Medal as the best player on the ground. Hawthorn entered the
Parkside Football Club Parkside Football Club The Parkside Football club is an Australian rules football club located 8 km north east of Melbourne in the suburb of Alphington. The clubs home matches are at Pitcher Park in Alphington. The Parkside Football Club was founded in 1934 and affiliated with the Victorian Amateur Football Association and remained with the Association until 2002. Season 2003 the club affiliated with the Northern Football League. Parkside has won twelve premierships, the last in 2009. 2009 Northern Football League Division Three Grand Final Parkside 12.09.81 defeated Hurstbridge 08.17. 65 2010 Northern Football League Division Three Grand Final Parkside