1985 VFL Grand Final 1985 VFL Grand Final The 1985 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 28 September 1985. It was the 89th annual grand final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1985 VFL season. The match, attended by 100,042 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 78 points, marking that club's 14th premiership victory. It was the third consecutive year in which the two clubs met in the premiership decider, with Hawthorn having
Summerland Australian Football League Lismore and Byron Bay. The grand final was played between Tweed Coast and Lismore and Lismore won their first premiership as a merged club. In 2012, all four clubs joined AFL South East Queensland and commenced the season in Division 4 South. Summerland Australian Football League The Summerland Australian Football League or SAFL was an Australian rules football competition in the Northern Rivers and New England region of New South Wales, Australia, in existence from 1984 to 2011. The Northern Rivers region is a competitive area for sports including football, rugby league and rugby union. This has caused a continual