Records your club is proud of!!!

[AG]

Most Swans records have been mentioned. From a players perspective, Adam Goodes will become the second fastest player to reach 250 games this weekend. Durability has been a massive part of his successful career.

 

[Dusky]

Lol, Vicco clubs trying to claim VFL flags with AFL ones.

 

[SirJimi05]

16 flags.

End thread.

 

[Armitage2Riewoldt]

Not winning a game in the 19th century.

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[tandino]

Most wins in a season - 28

Lol, Vicco clubs trying to claim VFL flags with AFL ones.

This never gets old.

 

[TimmehJC"]

Most Cox jokes in the AFL

We had 2 players named Cox in 2001 and there were a few jokes going around then.
Best cox jokes always came when Chick was in the team. (for Dean Cox, Simon Cox and Adrian Cox).
What about Collingwood having Goldsack, Dick and Cox.

 

[bombermick]

10 flags in 50 years.

We're pretty happy with that one.

Liked having the greatest winning margin in a GF till bloody Port...

Considering the way we entered the Competition.

For those who don't know, our 30 second Hawks history...

In 1925 North, Dogs and Port Melbourne were going to enter the VFL.

Port was blocked from entering and Hawthorn (ordinary VFA side) entered.

No draft picks or any other sort of help given out. Club was on a hiding to nothing. Took 20 years before we beat Collingwood in a game! Sat in the bottom 3 for years.

Then it all turns around in the late 50s - Thanks Kanga Kennedy.

1925-1950 Hawthorn was far worse than the Bears, far worse than Fitzroy of 1980s/90s, far worse than Richmond 1983-present, far worse than Swans of early 90s.

Yet the worst team in the first half of the century turned into the best team of the second half of the century. Not bad hey?

Why was Port Melbourne blocked if they were a better VFA side than Hawthorn?

 

[Tulip]

oldest official professional club in the world

 

[TimmehJC"]

Why was Port Melbourne blocked if they were a better VFA side than Hawthorn?

Bad reputation for player and crowd behaviour.
Really quite amazing that the Hawks ever succeeded, Kanga is a true legend for what he did to that club.

 

[bombermick]

Bad reputation for player and crowd behaviour.
Really quite amazing that the Hawks ever succeeded, Kanga is a true legend for what he did to that club.

Thanks for that, amazing how differently footy history would have turned out. You would think Port would have had a better first 20 years than the Hawks.

 

[FootyGeek]

What are the records that your club and supporters love boasting about.

 

[Armitage2Riewoldt]

Bad reputation for player and crowd behaviour.
Really quite amazing that the Hawks ever succeeded, Kanga is a true legend for what he did to that club.

Lol true.

Look at the Saints though, we've had a similar run with lows, yet no where near as many highs. How did the club not go the same way as University? We were argubly on par with them in the early 1900's. Hopefully the 1990's onwards will be seen as the Saints version of the Hawks 1961+.

Even if we achieved half of that...fk wouldn't mind 5 flags in the next 50 years haha.

 

[Jilly]

We had 2 players named Cox in 2001 and there were a few jokes going around then.
Best cox jokes always came when Chick was in the team. (for Dean Cox, Simon Cox and Adrian Cox).
What about Collingwood having Goldsack, Dick and Cox.

Reminds me of what someone said at the football last week. Something along the line of "You may have Dick, but we've got Stiffy!"

 

[ziad]

oldest official professional club in the world

not professional

certainly not old in world terms

 

[Riggy1]

2000 being the most dominant season a club has ever had

....

BTW. I hope you keep that record, but it's looking unlikely

 

[Dusky]

Most wins in a season - 28



This never gets old.

AFL Premierships.

3 - Brisbane
3 - West Coast
2 - Adelaide
2 - Essendon
2 - Hawthorn
1 - Carlton
1 - Geelong
1 - North Melbourne
1 - Port Adelaide
1 - Sydney
0 - Collingwood
0 - Fremantle
0 - Melbourne
0 - Richmond
0 - St Kilda
0 - Western Bulldogs/Footscray

 

[AG]

North Melbourne 96 and 99.

 

[LordJimmy]

Collingwood won the first one in 1990 too.

Anyway, most premierships won during the 1966 season.

 

[trix17]

ahaha, lordjimmy, you actually made me laugh, thank you, haha

 

[numchuks]

North Melbourne:

First club to have a cheersquad.

First club to have coterie groups.

First club to play Friday Night Footy.

First club to have sponsors.

First footy club in Australia to wear a vertically striped jumper. Long before Collingwood or Hawthorn.

Longest unbeaten streak in football history. 58 games from 1914-19.

Record 8 consecutive prelimnary finals appearnaces from 1993-00.

Got a few more to add.

Oldest club song in the league. 120 odd years old.

Been based at our traditional oval the longest of any other club. Arden St 1882-2009.

First club to organise league fixtures.

First club to play double header football.

First club broadcast in colour. 75 GF.

First club broadcast live. 77 GF.

First club to introduce Footy Breakfasts.

First club to introduce memberships (season tickets).

Pre-season/clash jumpers. Another first.

First club to do pre match entertainment. Elephant at Arden st.

First club to do coprorate entertainment, at our state of the ark social club in the 70s.

First club to try and convert another sportsman to AFL. Willie Anderson - Black basketballer.

First club to sell shares and privatise.

First club to start playing home games interstate. Now everyone does it.

 

[SmothOperRaider]

We had 2 players named Cox in 2001 and there were a few jokes going around then.
Best cox jokes always came when Chick was in the team. (for Dean Cox, Simon Cox and Adrian Cox).
What about Collingwood having Goldsack, Dick and Cox.

Not to mention Dale Thomas. He's a right knob

 

[SupportMe]

10 flags in 50 years.

We're pretty happy with that one.

Liked having the greatest winning margin in a GF till bloody Port...

Considering the way we entered the Competition.

For those who don't know, our 30 second Hawks history...

In 1925 North, Dogs and Port Melbourne were going to enter the VFL.

Port was blocked from entering and Hawthorn (ordinary VFA side) entered.

No draft picks or any other sort of help given out. Club was on a hiding to nothing. Took 20 years before we beat Collingwood in a game! Sat in the bottom 3 for years.

Then it all turns around in the late 50s - Thanks Kanga Kennedy.

1925-1950 Hawthorn was far worse than the Bears, far worse than Fitzroy of 1980s/90s, far worse than Richmond 1983-present, far worse than Swans of early 90s.

Yet the worst team in the first half of the century turned into the best team of the second half of the century. Not bad hey?

Great, now I don't have to bother to finish reading The Hard Way which is sitting on my shelf

 

[raff23]

13 consecutive finals appearances must surely rank with the best acheivements in the AFL. Just goes to show how great the hawks side was in the 80s to early 90s. Other records were proud of would be:

-Tucky's games record
-The Chief's 1254 goals 3rd best all time
-Winning the most flags in the last 50 yrs.
-Having imo the greatest player to play the game in our side lethal leigh matthews

 

[jod23]

Anyway, most premierships won during the 1966 season.

Bravo

Im most proud of the equal most flags in AFL history and never winning a wooden spoon.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Collingwood holds all the best ones but one, obviously the most important one.

4 Flags
Undefeated season
First AFL Flag
Most supporters
Biggest crowds

But yeah, unfortunately, we need to win 3 more flags to get the other one. Which I doubt I'll live to see.