The 1989 VFL reserves season was the 70th season of the VFL reserve grade competition, the Australian rules football competition operating as the second-tier competition to the Victorian Football League (VFL).
won the premiership for the third time after defeating in the 1989 VFL reserves grand final, held as a curtain-raiser to the 1989 VFL Grand Final at the MCG on 30 September. This was the last time Fitzroy won a VFL/AFL premiership in any grade before their 1996 merger with the Brisbane Bears.
This was also the last season under the VFL reserves name, before the competition was renamed to the AFL reserves when the VFL was renamed to the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1990.
Ladder Following their Round 1 match on 1 April, both and Brisbane were found to have fielded unregistered players. As a result, the VFL fined both clubs and ordered that they receive zero premiership points for the match.
+ Team Qualification 1 20 16 4 0 0 2312 1781 129.81 64 Finals series 2 20 15 5 0 0 2721 1770 153.73 60 3 20 15 5 0 0 2057 1645 125.05 60 4 20 13 7 0 0 2096 1541 136.02 52 5 (P) 20 13 7 0 0 2119 1711 123.85 52 6 20 12 8 0 0 2062 1731 119.12 48 7 20 11 9 0 0 1989 1781 115.77 44 8 20 9 10 1 0 1987 2136 93.02 38 9 20 9 11 0 0 1652 1790 92.29 36 10 20 7 13 0 0 1561 2370 65.86 28 11 20 4 16 0 0 1581 2307 68.53 16 12 20 3 16 0 1 1779 2336 76.16 12 13 20 1 17 1 1 1708 2788 61.26 6
Finals series Qualifying and elimination finals
Semi-finals
Preliminary final
Grand Final
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