Amazing coincidences in football

[TheRealComptroller]

Geelong 1994/95 and Sydney 2022 & 2024.

Cats lost their two GFs by 80 and 61. Sydney by 81 and 60; same 141 point combined deficits.

Lost the second GF to the other most recent GF loser.

Lost by exactly 58 more points than in their previous encounter at the winning team’s venue - Cats lost to Blues by 3 points at Princes Park in R12 and then lost the GF by 61. Swans lost to Lions at the Gabba by 2 in R20 before losing the GF by 60.

2024 was the fourth straight GF loss for Sydney.

1995 was the fourth straight 14+ team “modern era” Cat GF loss.

First loss for both in the sequence was to Hawthorn - 1989 and 2014.

Hawks were also the last team these clubs won the flag against (2012 and 1963) before going on their four* GF losing streaks.




*Cats also lost the 1967 GF to Richmond but this is not relevant to the 1989-95 era GFs when you consider the four players who participated in all of these losses were at most five years old (Gary Snr.) and one of them was still over a year away from birth (G. Hocking) when this game occurred.

 

[Cuzz09]

Every 17 years in the AFL era, Hawthorn has won the GF

1991 - Hawthorn win AFL Grand Final
2008 - Hawthorn win AFL Grand Final
2025 - Hawthorn to win AFL Grand Final?

if we get their F1 then you can lock it in lol

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[Borussia Teeth]

Every 17 years in the AFL era, Hawthorn has won the GF

1991 - Hawthorn win AFL Grand Final
2008 - Hawthorn win AFL Grand Final
2025 - Hawthorn to win AFL Grand Final?

No, you dickhead.

 

[BigVic]

2007/08 Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Australia wins series, Hawthorn win premiership over Geelong, first in 17 years
2014/15 Border-Gavskar Trophy: Australia win series, Hawthorn win premiership over West Coast, 3-peat
2024/25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Australia win?, Hawthorn win premiership?

2018/19 and 2020/21 Australia lost those series.

 

[BigVic]

2009/10: The Australian Men's Cricket Team played West Indies and Pakistan in summer, Geelong were the reigning premiers, Collingwood won the premiership in 2010

2022/23: The Australian Men's Cricket Team played West Indies and Pakistan in summer, Geelong were the reigning premiers, Collingwood on the premiership in 2023