1984 VFL Grand Final 1984 VFL Grand Final The 1984 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 29 September 1984. It was the 88th annual grand final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1984 VFL season. The match, attended by 92,685 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 24 points, marking that club's 13th premiership victory. It was a grand final rematch of the previous season's grand final in which Hawthorn defeated Essendon by a
2001 AFL Grand Final the Lions' premiership side were on the playing list when the club won the wooden spoon in 1998. This was the first of four consecutive Grand Final appearances by Brisbane, and the first of three consecutive flags. For Essendon, this is their most recent Grand Final appearance. 2001 AFL Grand Final The 2001 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and the Brisbane Lions, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 2001. It was the 105th annual Grand Final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football