2008 Geelong Football Club season 2008 Geelong Football Club season The 2008 Geelong Football Club season was the club's 109th season in the Australian Football League (AFL). Geelong finished the regular season in first position on the ladder, earning the club a second-consecutive McClelland Trophy, and its ninth overall. Geelong's regular season record was impressive (21 wins, 1 loss), the best performance of a team in the home-and-away season since Essendon Football Club in 2000. Geelong then went on 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
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