Our Current Status

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Our Current Status

I am absolutely certain that the Maclelland trophy (I might not be able to spell it but i am pretty sure it still exists) to the team that finishes on top of the AFL ladder at the end of the home and away season. We have never finished on top of the AFL/VFL after the H&A season.

Spelling changes it. That's a default trophy, not something generally contested for. Oppositions we contest awards for:

Current Premiers (Inc. 4 in a row over Sydney)
Current Bob Rose Cup Holders (Inc. 5 in a row over Collingwood)
Current EJ Whitten Cup Holders (over Essendon)
Current & Inaugural Good Friday winners (over North)

Non Current Holders - Western Victoria Cup (Geelong)
Non Current Holders - Barker-Whitten Cup (St Kilda)

[Bulldog4life]

Re: Our Current Status

I am absolutely certain that the Maclelland trophy (I might not be able to spell it but i am pretty sure it still exists) to the team that finishes on top of the AFL ladder at the end of the home and away season. We have never finished on top of the AFL/VFL after the H&A season.

McClelland Trophy

The McClelland Trophy is an Australian rules football trophy, which has been awarded each year since 1991 by the Australian Football League (AFL) to the team finishing first on the ladder after the completion of the home-and-away season, before the finals are played. Between 1950 and 1990 it was awarded to the club that performed the best across the three levels of competition; seniors, reserves and under 19s.[1]

History[edit]
The award was instituted in 1951 and is named after William McClelland, who at that time was president of the Victorian Football League and was a Melbourne player in 1898-1904.
Prior to 1991, the trophy was presented to the team with the best overall home-and-away record across the three levels of VFL/AFL play: seniors, reserves and under 19s.[2] Seniors wins were worth ten points, reserves were worth four, and under 19s were worth two (with the values halved for drawn games).
In the 1950s, a trophy of the same name was also awarded to Peter Pianto for being the best Victorian player in an interstate match against South Australia.[3]
From 1991 the criteria for winning the McClelland Trophy was changed to its current status, being awarded to the team finishing on top of the AFL ladder at the end of the home-and-away season. At the end of 1991, the Under 19s level of the league was replaced with a separate junior competition now known as the TAC Cup, while the AFL Reserves competition was scrapped at the end of 1999 in favour of an alignment with the Victorian Football League and other state leagues.
The award is relatively low key, with no prize money: although finishing on top of the ladder ensures a slightly advantageous draw in the AFL Finals Series,[4] the main goal of all teams is to win the AFL Premiership, by winning the grand final.[5][6]
Unofficially and colloquially, winners of the McClelland trophy are also given the title "minor premiers".[7]


We have never won it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McClelland_Trophy

[Eastdog]

Re: Our Current Status

I am absolutely certain that the Maclelland trophy (I might not be able to spell it but i am pretty sure it still exists) to the team that finishes on top of the AFL ladder at the end of the home and away season. We have never finished on top of the AFL/VFL after the H&A season.

Would be great to finish top of the ladder in the home and away season. At the end of the day doesn't matter where you finish in the 8 as long as you are on top in the last day of September or first day of October is what matters. When we won in 1954 I believe we finished 3rd and caused an upset in the semi final to make the GF and then go on to win.