Talk:List of VFL/AFL wooden spoons

Latest comment: 2 months ago by Thegamemuster in topic AFL Era success & tribulations

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I have noticed that the AFL season guide for 2011 lists Richmond as the wooden spooners for 1916. Wasn't sure if I can delete Fitzroy and leave Richmond there? thanks Joshlyman27 (talk) 22:38, 7 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

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Interesting (to me);

St Kilda has won the most wooden spoons
Carlton has the longest wooden spoon drought
Essendon hold the record
Collingwood holds (in 1976)

Essendon are plural, the rest are singular. Don’t change it: I’ll bet it varies for all teams (all articles) in Wiki. MBG02 (talk) 09:06, 17 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

AFL Era success & tribulations

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As the AFL is now often discussed within the context of the AFL era (1990-onwards) and the VFL era, particularly in regards to premierships, it makes sense to also speak about wooden spoons in this context too. This highlights not only the role that expanding the competition nationwide has had on the game, but also the measures of equity such as the national draft & salary cap, and abolition of zoning (which were a blight on the historical fairness of the league). 175.38.55.226 (talk) 09:27, 20 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

There are no official records that cite The VFL and AFL as 2 official distinct eras of records. It's subjective and arbitrary to consider the league being renamed as its own set of records, when there's no official source to back up your changes. The competition had moved to being national in 1982, during its VFL branding, and the league did not become fully professional until years after the 1990 rebranding. There are many relative arguments in journalism and fans opinions when making their own distinct records during periods of The VFL/AFL, however, they're all unofficial and have no official source to back up the speculation. Thegamemuster (talk) 09:06, 26 August 2024 (UTC)Reply