1989 Geelong Football Club season

Geelong Football Club
1989 season
PresidentRon Hovey
CoachMalcolm Blight
(1st season)
Captain(s)Damian Bourke
(3rd season)
Home groundKardinia Park
Panasonic Cup2nd
VFL season3rd
1989 VFL Final SeriesRunner up
Best and FairestPaul Couch
Leading goalkickerGary Ablett (89)
Club membershipTBA
← 1988 1990 →

The 1989 Geelong Football Club season was the club's 118th season of senior competition in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Under new coach Malcolm Blight, the Cats played attractive attacking football, scoring a combined total of 2916 points during the home-and-away season to break Sydney's record set in 1987 (2846 points). The Cats made it to their first Grand Final since 1967, but ultimately fell six points short to Hawthorn in one of the all-time classic Grand Finals.

Season summary

Regular season

Geelong's 1989 VFL season fixture[1]
Round Date and local time Opponent Home Away Result Venue Attendance Ladder
position
Scores[a]
1
 Sunday, 2 April (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 18.17 (125) 17.21 (123) Lost by 2 points MCG [A] 24,383 8th
2
 Sunday, 9 April (2:10 pm) West Coast 26.19 (175) 11.14 (80) Won by 95 points Kardinia Park [H] 19,939 3rd
3
 Sunday, 16 April (2:10 pm) Carlton 16.21 (117) 9.10 (64) Won by 53 points Kardinia Park [H] 27,633 1st
4
 Sunday, 23 April (2:10 pm) Footscray 12.15 (87) 14.15 (99) Won by 12 points Western Oval [A] 22,844 2nd
5
 Saturday, 29 April (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 16.17 (113) 16.16 (112) Lost by 1 point Princes Park [A] 13,102 5th
6
 Saturday, 6 May (2:10 pm) Hawthorn 26.15 (171) 25.13 (163) Lost by 8 points Princes Park [A] 17,430 8th
7
 Saturday, 13 May (2:10 pm) St Kilda 35.18 (228) 16.13 (109) Won by 119 points Kardinia Park [H] 21,421 6th
8
 Saturday, 20 May (2:10 pm) Brisbane Bears 26.23 (179) 6.14 (50) Won by 129 points Kardinia Park [H] 17,265 5th
9
 Saturday, 27 May (2:10 pm) Richmond 10.17 (77) 32.19 (211) Won by 134 points MCG [A] 24,321 4th
10
 Thursday, 25 May (7:20 pm) Collingwood 13.10 (88) 23.16 (154) Won by 66 points MCG [A] 65,185 4th
11
 Monday, 12 June (2:10 pm) Essendon 12.17 (89) 4.11 (35) Won by 54 points MCG [H] 87,653 3rd
12
 Saturday, 17 June (2:10 pm) Melbourne 2.8 (20) 13.11 (89) Won by 69 points MCG [A] 38,128 2nd
13
 Sunday, 25 June (2:10 pm) Sydney 14.19 (103) 16.15 (111) Won by 13 points SCG [A] 12,967 2nd
14
 Saturday, 8 July (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 11.16 (82) 8.10 (58) Won by 24 points Kardinia Park [H] 18,407 2nd
15
 Saturday, 15 July (7:40 pm) Brisbane Bears 11.11 (77) 22.19 (151) Won by 74 points Carrara Oval [A] 18,198 2nd
16
 Saturday, 22 July (2:10 pm) Melbourne 17.7 (109) 16.16 (112) Lost by 3 points Waverley Park [H] 38,865 3rd
17
 Saturday, 29 July (2:10 pm) Collingwood 14.20 (104) 19.11 (125) Lost by 21 points MCG [H] 35,217 4th
18
 Saturday, 5 August (2:10 pm) St Kilda 13.12 (90) 17.11 (113) Won by 23 points Moorabbin Oval [A] 14,243 3rd
19
 Saturday, 12 August (2:10 pm) Footscray 18.16 (124) 10.14 (74) Won by 50 points Kardinia Park [H] 17,046 3rd
20
 Friday, 18 August (7:40 pm) West Coast 18.18 (126) 12.10 (82) Lost by 44 points WACA Ground [A] 15,721 3rd
21
 Saturday, 26 August (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 20.19 (139) 17.15 (117) Won by 22 points Kardinia Park [H] 18,025 3rd
22
 Saturday, 2 September (2:10 pm) Richmond 23.24 (162) 12.14 (86) Won by 76 points Kardinia Park [H] 20,788 3rd

Ladder

(P) Premiers
Qualified for finals
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Hawthorn (P) 22 19 3 0 2678 1748 153.2 76
2 Essendon 22 17 5 0 2240 1705 131.4 68
3 Geelong 22 16 6 0 2916 1987 146.8 64
4 Melbourne 22 14 8 0 1876 1944 96.5 56
5 Collingwood 22 13 9 0 2216 1964 112.8 52
6 Fitzroy 22 12 10 0 2069 2125 97.4 48
7 Sydney 22 11 11 0 1959 1958 100.1 44
8 Carlton 22 9 12 1 1921 2079 92.4 38
9 North Melbourne 22 9 13 0 2061 2301 89.6 36
10 Brisbane Bears 22 8 14 0 1792 2274 78.8 32
11 West Coast 22 7 15 0 1948 2247 86.7 28
12 St Kilda 22 7 15 0 2108 2502 84.3 28
13 Footscray 22 6 15 1 1614 1855 87.0 26
14 Richmond 22 5 17 0 1725 2434 70.9 20

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 94.6
Source: AFL Tables

Honours

Milestones

Others

Notes

Key
  • H ^ Home match.
  • A ^ Away match.
Notes
  • a Geelong's scores are indicated in bold font.

References

  1. ^ "2017 Geelong Cats Season Fixtures". Geelong Cats. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
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