2010 VFL season

The 2010 VFL season was the 129th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), a second-tier Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria.

North Ballarat won the premiership for the third time and the third year in a row, defeating the Northern Bullants by 47 points in the 2010 VFL Grand Final.

Clubs This season featured the addition of the Queensland-based Gold Coast Football Club to the league, the first new club in the VFL since Tasmania entered in 2001. Gold Coast's participation in the VFL was as part of the club's preparation for its entry into the Australian Football League in 2011: the club had played one season of under-18s football in the TAC Cup in 2009, then was to play one season of state/reserves football in the VFL in 2010 before its AFL senior debut.

The VFL continued to serve as both the top state-level football league in Victoria, and as a reserves competition for Victorian-based clubs in the Australian Football League, as had been the case since 2000. The affiliation agreements between VFL and AFL clubs were unchanged from 2009.

Venues and affiliations Club State Home venue(s) Capacity AFL affiliation VIC Queen Elizabeth Oval 10,000 Windy Hill 10,000 Strathfieldsaye Oval VIC Box Hill City Oval 10,000 VIC Casey Fields 9,000 VIC Coburg City Oval 15,000 Highgate Recreation Reserve 5,000 VIC Victoria Park 10,000 VIC Frankston Park 5,000 VIC Skilled Stadium 28,000 QLD Cazalys Stadium 13,500 rowspan=4; Cooke Murphy Oval 8,000 Fankhauser Reserve 8,000 Kombumerri Park 6,500 VIC Eureka Stadium 11,000 VIC NAB Oval 5,000 Visy Park 35,000 VIC TEAC Oval 6,000 VIC Trevor Barker Beach Oval 6,000 VIC Chirnside Park 8,000 VIC Williamstown Cricket Ground 6,000

Ladder

Finals series The preliminary finals and the reserves Grand Final were moved from TEAC Oval to Box Hill City Oval because heavy rain and frequent use during September had left TEAC Oval unplayable.

Grand Final

Awards The J. J. Liston Trophy was jointly won by Steve Clifton (North Ballarat) and Shane Valenti (Port Melbourne), who each polled 20 votes. Ed Curnow (Box Hill) finished third on 13 votes, despite breaking his leg in Round 13 and missing the remainder of the season. The Frosty Miller Medal was won by Matthew Little (Williamstown), who kicked 80 goals for the season. The Fothergill–Round Medal was won by Michael Hibberd (Frankston) The top three teams after the finals – North Ballarat, Northern Bullants and Williamstown – qualified for the 2011 Foxtel Cup. Box Hill won the reserves premiership. Box Hill 17.20 (122) defeated Williamstown 16.9 (105) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the Seniors First Preliminary Final on 11 September.

Notable events For the second consecutive season, Bendigo was not permitted to use its home ground Queen Elizabeth Oval after May due to an unfit surface. The club's remaining home matches were played at either Windy Hill or Strathfieldsaye Oval.

2010 VFL season

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