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1996 VFL season
The 1996 VFL season was the 115th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria. The season began on 6 April and concluded on 22 September, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season over 20 rounds, followed by a four-week finals series.
Springvale won the premiership for the second consecutive season and the third time overall, defeating Frankston by three points in the 1996 VFL Grand Final.
The 1996 season was first season in which the competition was known as the "Victorian Football League", after having previously been known as the "Victorian Football Association" (VFA) – although it was the second season contested after the VFA's board of management was dissolved and administration of the competition was turned over to the Victorian State Football League (VSFL). Under the VSFL, the competition was restructured as a state league to serve as a supporting and developmental competition for the Victorian clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL), with the league beginning a new expansion into regional Victoria from this season.
At the end of the 1994 season, the administration of the former Victorian Football Association was merged into the Victorian State Football League – an administrative body which administered football in Victoria and served as the Australian Football League's Victorian arm. The VSFL intended to transform the VFA into a state-level football league which could serve as a developmental and minor grade system for Victoria's AFL teams, in the same manner that the South Australian National Football League and West Australian Football League supported their AFL teams' interests. Under the VSFL's vision, the state league would comprise:
In 1995, the VSFL began transitioning towards this vision by abolishing the VFA's Under-19s competition and reducing the number of clubs from twelve to nine.
The first announcements about the composition of the league for the 1996 season were made in August 1995, when two powerhouse teams from regional Victoria confirmed they would be joining the VFL as part of the regional expansion. These clubs were:
The VSFL indicated that it would phase in teams from its other two regional zones – Bendigo and Ovens & Murray – from 1997 or later, depending on the success of Traralgon and North Ballarat. It also confirmed that it would reduce the number of Melbourne-based teams from nine to eight, but did not at this stage nominate which club would be expelled or merged.
The remainder of the changes to be made for 1996 were announced in early October 1995. The changes were:
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1996 VFL season
The 1996 VFL season was the 115th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria. The season began on 6 April and concluded on 22 September, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season over 20 rounds, followed by a four-week finals series.
Springvale won the premiership for the second consecutive season and the third time overall, defeating Frankston by three points in the 1996 VFL Grand Final.
The 1996 season was first season in which the competition was known as the "Victorian Football League", after having previously been known as the "Victorian Football Association" (VFA) – although it was the second season contested after the VFA's board of management was dissolved and administration of the competition was turned over to the Victorian State Football League (VSFL). Under the VSFL, the competition was restructured as a state league to serve as a supporting and developmental competition for the Victorian clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL), with the league beginning a new expansion into regional Victoria from this season.
At the end of the 1994 season, the administration of the former Victorian Football Association was merged into the Victorian State Football League – an administrative body which administered football in Victoria and served as the Australian Football League's Victorian arm. The VSFL intended to transform the VFA into a state-level football league which could serve as a developmental and minor grade system for Victoria's AFL teams, in the same manner that the South Australian National Football League and West Australian Football League supported their AFL teams' interests. Under the VSFL's vision, the state league would comprise:
In 1995, the VSFL began transitioning towards this vision by abolishing the VFA's Under-19s competition and reducing the number of clubs from twelve to nine.
The first announcements about the composition of the league for the 1996 season were made in August 1995, when two powerhouse teams from regional Victoria confirmed they would be joining the VFL as part of the regional expansion. These clubs were:
The VSFL indicated that it would phase in teams from its other two regional zones – Bendigo and Ovens & Murray – from 1997 or later, depending on the success of Traralgon and North Ballarat. It also confirmed that it would reduce the number of Melbourne-based teams from nine to eight, but did not at this stage nominate which club would be expelled or merged.
The remainder of the changes to be made for 1996 were announced in early October 1995. The changes were: