Greatest upsets of all time

[Inferno]

Not sure if it's been posted, but 15th placed Geelong knocking off 1st placed Port in 2003 was pretty big:

 

[edgie]

Hawthorn played South Australia's SoO side that night.

Wasn't Darren Jarman wearing Hawks colours that night?

Port vs Essendon 2011 NEARLY the biggest ever, Essendon making a finals run, Port absolutely terrible and belted by 10 goals the week before after not scoring til after the quarter time siren.

Port led by 5 goals in the last before being overrun, at one point we were $20 odds

 

[TradeDraft]

1958 GF.

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[tribey]

Port vs Essendon 2011 NEARLY the biggest ever, Essendon making a finals run, Port absolutely terrible and belted by 10 goals the week before after not scoring til after the quarter time siren.

Port led by 5 goals in the last before being overrun, at one point we were $20 odds

Had $100 on it.

Cheers Shane McInerney. Again.

 

[MaddAdam]

Carlton rolling Essendon in the 99 prelim.

Oh how typing those words gives me such great joy.

 

[MaddAdam]

Pagan and Sheedy never got their GF faceoff.
Had chances in 93, 96, 99 and 2000 yet didnt eventuate.

Also had a chance in 98 but we accounted for them comfortably in the finals.

 

[tazaa]

Also had a chance in 98 but we accounted for them comfortably in the finals.

We didnt play em in 97?
Neither in 99?

 

[morsie]

1980 Fitzroy last beat Richmond premiers

 

[BM123]

To be blunt, this one just illustrates how blind the bookies can be at times...it was a listless Carlton who limped towards season's end that year...a true upset leaves you asking "htf did that happen", which this game didn't...didn't tip it of course, who would have, but at the end you were left nodding at the obvious...

We had Gibbs and White as our KPD in that game against 200cm tall KPF's.

Our key forwards also kicked 2.11 though.

 

[utility]

The ones that spring to mind are:

1.) NSW beating Victoria at the SCG in 1990. This wasnt the Victorian "B" side. This was the actual Victorian side. This, to me, was the biggest upset in Football history.

2.) Brisbane Bears beating Hawthorn in 1989 at Cararra. Hawthorn, were, at the time, one of the greatest teams of all time.

3.) Fitzroy beating West Coast in the last round of the 1991 season.

This. The NSW win was a genuine WTF?! result. The year before Victoria had thumped WA, SA and Tasmania. It would have to be the biggest upset of all time. IIRC Longmire kicked 8 goals in the wet as a teenager.

Fitzroy's win in 1991 was probably the biggest H&A upset I can remember, the Freo win over the Hawks probably the next biggest. West Coast were an absolute machine that year, just fell over in September to an experienced Hawthorn side (twice). Even the Hawks' win in the first week of the finals at Subi was a major upset.

 

[SJ]

This. The NSW win was a genuine WTF?! result. The year before Victoria had thumped WA, SA and Tasmania. It would have to be the biggest upset of all time. IIRC Longmire kicked 8 goals in the wet as a teenager.

Fitzroy's win in 1991 was probably the biggest H&A upset I can remember, the Freo win over the Hawks probably the next biggest. West Coast were an absolute machine that year, just fell over in September to an experienced Hawthorn side (twice). Even the Hawks' win in the first week of the finals at Subi was a major upset.

What was the Victorian side like that lost to Tasmania (I think in the same year)?

 

[Gibbke]

What was the Victorian side like that lost to Tasmania (I think in the same year)?

Victoria lost to Tassie in 1990, sending a B side. The A team beat WA 2 nights later...

 

[Gibbke]

This. The NSW win was a genuine WTF?! result. The year before Victoria had thumped WA, SA and Tasmania. It would have to be the biggest upset of all time. IIRC Longmire kicked 8 goals in the wet as a teenager.

Hell no. NSW were able to use absolutely anyone who had the remotest links to NSW - Steve O'Dwyer was Victorian raised but born in NSW, Mick Gayfer told someone the same thing and the next minute he was their main backman, and John Ironmonger from WA was playing for Fitzroy when his three years with the Swans was used as his ticket to the team. Any Swan was eligible. There was no hype for the match, and there was a distinct lack of occasion or effort from the Victorian side, with much greater focus on the upcoming WA game, which is probably yhe one you're thinking of above. The match was played in heavy rain as well...

 

[winty]

Round 13, 1983 would have been right up there.

Going into that round, the 1st placed North Melbourne were playing the 3rd placed Fitzroy. Only percentage separated the two sides.

Fitzroy ended up winning the game 34.16.220 to 10.10.70.

The result might not have been an upset, but surely the margin was.

 

[Gibbke]

Round 13, 1983 would have been right up there.

Going into that round, the 1st placed North Melbourne were playing the 3rd placed Fitzroy. Only percentage separated the two sides.

Fitzroy ended up winning the game 34.16.220 to 10.10.70.

The result might not have been an upset, but surely the margin was.

Yeah, maybe...that team could kick goals though...after 8 rounds they were sitting on top with a percentage of nearly 150, with a ff who would kick 100 goals and a bunch of stars who would achieve great things with other sides down the track...they also beat NM confortably early that year...the Hawks had to kick a couple of relatively big scores to knock them off...Fitzroy fans could legitimately look on that season as a flag chance gone begging...crying shame, in hindsight...

 

[Gavin Excell]

Didn't Hawks belt Bombers by 150 points or some such in 92-93 when hawks were seen on the slide?

 

[BLPC08]

Didn't Hawks belt Bombers by 150 points or some such in 92-93 when hawks were seen on the slide?

1992. An expected result, Essendon were very average in 1992 and we were still around the mark having won the flag in 1991. We should've gone close to breaking the scoring record, we kicked a f***ton of behinds to 3/4 time (24.23 iirc).

 

[pazza]

Fitzroy had a bit of a habit in the 90's of doing things that would surprise.

Collingwood and Carlton copped shock losses at Princes Park in 1992.

Carlton again in 1993. Or how about the Eagles in Perth the same year?

It seemed like the giant killing ways of the 'Roys would at least bring some hope to the long suffering supporters.

 

[Roysforever]

Fitzroy had a bit of a habit in the 90's of doing things that would surprise.

Collingwood and Carlton copped shock losses at Princes Park in 1992.

Carlton again in 1993. Or how about the Eagles in Perth the same year?

It seemed like the giant killing ways of the 'Roys would at least bring some hope to the long suffering supporters.

Fitzroy were actually developing a very competitive team in the early 90's and as such these wins were hardly a surprise for supporters. However after losing seemingly half the side over the summer of 93/94 the on-field capabilities of the club were destroyed.

 

[Kerleys Ghost]

I'm upset every time the crows lose.

 

[OhhhhhCyril]

I can remember loosing to freo at the dome, it was like their first win in Melbourne ever or something like that.. there was about 200 people at the game.. and we were all in shock.. I wanted to cry

 

[stmookeyj]

Possibly not the greatest EVER but worth mentioning....

ROUND 12 1988: RICH 15.20 def CARL 12.21
Friday night match at the MCG.
- Blues had won their last 4 defending their crown and going into the round were only 0.1% behind a Hawthorn team considered to be one of the best assembled (both sides were 9-2, Carlton's losses were to Collingwood and Geelong both at Waverley).
- 15 of the 20 Carlton players had played in the premiership win less than 12 months earlier (and Jim Buckley had played in earlier flags in the 80's, plus Wayne Blackwell and Bernie Evans had played in their 1986 loss and I believe David Kernahan was part of Glenelg's 1987 SANFL flag).
- Carlton hadn't lost to Richmond in their previous 7 encounters, only scoring less than 120 points twice (once I assume was a boggy day in 1987), conceding less than 100 points each time. 3 of those wins saw the Blues score more than 25 goals.
- Richmond were last with 2 wins on the board, having lost to the Bears at Carrara 5 days earlier by 8 goals.
- Not one of their 20 were aged over 30 (Mark Lee and David Palm were 29)
- 11 of their team hadn't played 20 VFL senior games (David Honybun 16, Allan McKellar and Des Ryan 14, Justin Pickering, Trent Nichols and Tony Free 12, Andy Goodwin and Craig Lambert 11, Michael "Mole" Laffy and Brian Leys 7 and Chris Pym 5)
- 3 of the Tigers 20 were teenagers (Lambert, Free, Nichols), not one of the Carlton 20 were aged Under 21
- Richmond had lost their last 6 "home" games

 

[yaco55]

Carlton rolling Essendon in the 99 prelim.

Oh how typing those words gives me such great joy.

Do you ever get enjoyment from watching your team !

 

[MaddAdam]

Do you ever get enjoyment from watching your team !

Yes, us beating Carlton is the Grand Final the next week was even better than watching them roll Essendon.

 

[Air_Chester]

Yes, us beating Carlton is the Grand Final the next week was even better than watching them roll Essendon.

Just not in that hardcore obsessive, creepy way, right?