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The 400000th goal in the AFL was kicked last season. Jaidyn Stephenson got the honour when he kicked North Melbourne's first goal in the second quarter against the Eagles in Round 14.

Also of note, the first eleven scores registered to Eagles players in the same game all had first names starting with "Ja" - Jack Darling, Jake Waterman, Jamie Cripps, Jai Culley, Jack Hutchinson. And of course, the 400000th goal honour was given to a "Ja".
 
The four red and blue teams in the four major leagues around Australia - Melbourne, Norwood, West Perth and Port Melbourne - all sing the theme song 'It's A Grand Old Flag' which IMO is one of the best sporting songs in the world.

Did you know that there is actually a second verse to the song, which Melbourne used to include but dropped some time ago, but which Norwood have retained? It makes reference to past premierships won by the club, in Norwood's case 'Oh the team played fine in the year twenty nine, the Redlegs that no-one could lick, lick, lick. From the crowd's first yell to the final bell, the spirit of old forty six, six, six!'

Norwood were SANFL premiers in 1929 and 1946 as referenced in the song, and for Melbourne 'Redlegs' would be substituted for 'Demons' and 1929 for 1939 and either 1926 or 1956, all of these Melbourne premiership seasons. But if West Perth and Port Melbourne wanted to alter their songs to include the second verse, both would run into a problem.

While 'Falcons' or 'Borough' can easily be inserted without throwing off the lyrics and music, in the case of West Perth they have no problems finding flags won by the club in 9 years. The Falcons took out the WAFL premierships of 1899, 1949, 1969 and 1999, but a flag in a 6 year has eluded the club. West Perth played East Fremantle in the premiership deciders of 1906 and 1946, but in both cases were vanquished by the Sharks.

Port Melbourne have the opposite problem. The Borough won the 1966 VFA premiership over Waverley and the 1976 flag against Dandenong, but despite seeming to be able to win flags at will in some eras, Port Melbourne to this day have never won a premiership in a 9 year.
 
Players whose career-best tally in a game was 9 goals:

Joel Amartey (Sydney vs. Adelaide, 2024)
Ken Baxter (Carlton vs. Essendon, 1939)
Darren Bewick (Essendon vs. Geelong, 1996)
Daniel Bradshaw (Brisbane Lions vs. Melbourne, 2005)
Harry Brereton (Melbourne vs. Geelong, 1909)
Jeremy Cameron (GWS vs. Gold Coast in 2019, Geelong vs. West Coast in 2024)
Alan Collins (Footscray vs. Hawthorn, 1946)
Jack Collins (Footscray vs. Carlton, 1954)
Frank Crapper (North Melbourne vs. St Kilda, 1936)
Claude Curtin (Fitzroy vs. Hawthorn in 1940, Fitzroy vs. North Melbourne in 1947)
Larry Donohue (Geelong vs. South Melbourne, 1976)
Jack Dyer (Richmond vs. Essendon, 1944)
Syd Dyer (North Melbourne vs. Hawthorn, 1944)
Bernie Evans (Sydney vs. St Kilda, 1985)
Peter Everitt (St Kilda vs. Geelong, 2000)
Gavin Exell (Geelong vs. Hawthorn, 1989)
Jeff Farmer (Melbourne vs. Collingwood, 2000)
Brendan Fevola (Carlton vs. Richmond in 2009)
Keith Forbes (Essendon vs. South Melbourne, 1936)
Des Fothergill (Collingwood vs. Geelong, 1946)
John Frazer (Fitzroy vs. Richmond, 1978)
Maurie Gibb (Melbourne vs. North Melbourne and Geelong, both 1935)
Fred Goldsmith (South Melbourne vs. Richmond, 1957)
Jack Green (Hawthorn vs. Essendon, 1935)
Brad Hardie (Brisbane Bears vs. Carlton, 1989)
Les Hardiman (Geelong vs. Fitzroy, 1936)
Eddie Hart (Fitzroy vs. Essendon in 1947, Fitzroy vs. Hawthorn in 1950)
Jason Heatley (St Kilda vs. North Melbourne, 1997)
Jesse Hogan (GWS vs. Essendon, 2023)
Allan Hopkins (Footscray vs. Hawthorn, 1925)
Verdun Howell (St Kilda vs. Hawthorn, 1965)
Paul Hudson (Hawthorn vs. Collingwood, 1991)
Darren Jarman (Adelaide vs. Melbourme, 1999)
Tommy Jenkins (Essendon vs. North Melbourne, 1925)
Len Johnson (Essendon vs. Footscray, 1929)
Ted Johnson (South Melbourne vs. St Kilda, 1928)
Bob Kingston (South Melbourne vs. Geelong, 1965)
Peter Knights (Hawthorn vs. Carlton, 1985)
Allan La Fontaine (Melbourne vs. Hawthorn, 1934)
Nick Larkey (North Melbourne vs. Gold Coast, 2023)
Mark Lee (Richmond vs. St Kilda, 1982)
Bruce Lindner (Geelong vs. North Melbourne, 1988)
Stewart Loewe (St Kilda vs. Brisbane Bears and Geelong, both 1996)
Paul Medhurst (Fremantle vs. Brisbane Lions, 2004)
Simon Minton-Connell (Sydney vs. Fitzroy, 1994)
Hugh Mitchell (Essendon vs. South Melbourne, 1955)
Roy Moore (South Melbourne vs. Fitzroy, 1937)
Laurie Nash (South Melbourne vs. Footscray, 1937)
David Neitz (Melbourne vs. Carlton in 2002, Melbourne vs. Richmond in 2004)
Charlie Page (Footscray vs. Richmond, 1940)
Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle vs. Carlton, 2005)
Fred Phillips (St Kilda vs. Fitzroy, 1929)
Warren Ralph (Carlton vs. North Melbourne, 1984)
Noel Rayson (Geelong vs. North Melbourme, 1956)
Barry Richardson (Richmond vs. Essendon, 1972)
Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda vs. Melbourne in 2004, St Kilda vs. Carlton in 2006, St Kilda vs. Brisbane Lions in 2016)
Alan Ruthven (Fitzroy vs. Geelong, 1944)
Laurie Sandilands (Footscray vs. Geelong, 1973)
David Schwartz (Melbourne vs. Sydney, 1994)
Mark Scott (St Kilda vs. Carlton, 1980)
Doug Searl (Fitzroy vs. Hawthorn, 1968)
Larry Spokes (South Melbourne vs. St Kilda, 1949)
Darryl Sutton (North Melbourne vs. St Kilda, 1980)
Graham Teasdale (South Melbourne vs. Essendon, 1977)
Des Tuddenham (Collingwood vs. Fitzroy, 1971)
Paul Vander Haar (Essendon vs. St Kilda, 1985)
Robert Walters (Melbourne vs. Essendon, 1979)
Lance Whitnall (Carlton vs. Brisbane, 2000)
David Williams (Melbourne vs. North Melbourne, 1986)
Nicky Winmar (St Kilda vs. Melbourne, 1989)
Bill Wood (Footscray vs. Collingwood, 1944)


Larry Spokes and Joel Amartey have never kicked more than 4 goals in any other game.
Warren Ralph and Bill Wood kicked their nine goals on their league debut.
Brendan Fevola has kicked +5 goals in a game 50 times without ever kicking +10, the most ever. Does it also hurt more that his season best tally was 99 goals?
Jeremy Cameron is the only player to have a career best tally of 9 goals kicked for two separate teams.
Nick Riewoldt is the only player to have a career best tally of 9 goals in three separate games.
Larry Donohue is the only player to have kicked 100 goals in a season but never 10 goals in a game.
 

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So at the conclusion of round one Collingwood have played both first and last on the ladder, but no one else.

I presume this has never been done before. 😂
 
Thanks 35 Daicos, sadly the server that held 'Rogers Results' huge library of stats was shut down a couple of years ago, and I really miss his work, but this effort of yours steps into the breech nicely.

WE might have lost a few Grand Finals, well both Geelong and Collingwood have, but certainly my lifespan has seen some pretty imperious footy from my side. Might have taken until I was 39 to see a Cats Flag, but certainly have seen lots of wins, high scores and exciting players.
 

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Connor7395 said:
Just had a sixth behind from hitting the post in tonight's Footscray vs Collingwood game. 15 minutes left in the third quarter too. I think the record is 11?
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I haven't seen this stat in any of the AFL Season Guides. According to the 3AW Book of Footy Records, which was published in 1989, the most posters in a VFL game are:

11 Footscray (6) vs Carlton (5) round 5, 1936
10 Richmond (7) vs Fitzroy (3) round 13, 1924
10 Collingwood (4) vs Melbourne (6) round 16, 1937
9 South Melbourne (8) vs Geelong (1) round 17, 1920
7 Melbourne (5) vs North Melbourne (2) round 5, 1936
7 Fitzroy (5) vs Sydney (2) 1987 (doesn't state which round)
6 Essendon (4) vs Geelong (2) round 10, 1914
6 Carlton (6) vs Geelong (0) round 13, 1919
6 Geelong (6) vs Fitzroy (0) 1964 (doesn't state which round)
 

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