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
1976 SANFL Grand Final 1976 SANFL Grand Final The 1976 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Port Adelaide Football Club and the Sturt Football Club, held at the Football Park in Adelaide on the 25 September 1976. It was the 55th annual Grand Final of the South Australian National Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1976 SANFL season. The match, attended by 66,897 ticketed spectators, was won by Sturt by a margin of 41 points, marking the clubs twelfth premiership victory. The Grand Final sold a state record 66,987 tickets but when the SANFL ran