1977 VFLR Season: Footscray Reserves

These are the details of the premiership results for the Footscray Reserves for the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League Reserves (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves). The team used Western Oval as their home ground, playing ten matches there (ten as hosts). The team finished the regular season in fourth place, securing a place in the finals series. After defeating the Melbourne Reserves in the elimination final, defeating the Collingwood Reserves in the first semi final and defeating the North Melbourne Reserves in the preliminary final, the Footscray Reserves were defeated by the Richmond Reserves in the grand final, resulting in becoming the runners-up.

Team Details

Competition: 1977 VFLR Season
Team: Footscray Reserves
Club: Western Bulldogs
Home Ground: Western Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 14-0-7, P%: 109.6)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up

Player Results

Player	Guernseys	Matches	Goals	Rounds

Coach Results

Coach	Matches (W-D-L)				Rounds

Match Results

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Result		Coach	Captain (Nominated)
02/04/1977	Round 1	Collingwood (R)	AWAY	LOSS	COLR by 34	unknown	unknown
11/04/1977	Round 2	Melbourne (R)	HOME	WIN	FOOR by 34	unknown	unknown
16/04/1977	Round 3	Fitzroy (R)	HOME	WIN	FOOR by 37	unknown	unknown
23/04/1977	Round 4	North Melbourne (R)	AWAY	WIN	FOOR by 41	unknown	unknown
30/04/1977	Round 5	St Kilda (R)	HOME	WIN	FOOR by 39	unknown	unknown
07/05/1977	Round 6	Essendon (R)	AWAY	LOSS	ESSR by 43	unknown	unknown
14/05/1977	Round 7	Hawthorn (R)	HOME	WIN	FOOR by 4	unknown	unknown
21/05/1977	Round 8	Richmond (R)	AWAY	LOSS	RICR by 67	unknown	unknown
28/05/1977	Round 9	South Melbourne (R)	AWAY	WIN	FOOR by 19	unknown	unknown
04/06/1977	Round 10	Geelong (R)	HOME	LOSS	GEER by 16	unknown	unknown
11/06/1977	Round 11	Carlton (R)	AWAY	LOSS	CARR by 23	unknown	unknown
18/06/1977	Round 12	Collingwood (R)	HOME	WIN	FOOR by 11	unknown	unknown
	Round 13	Melbourne (R)	AWAY	CANCELLED
02/07/1977	Round 14	North Melbourne (R)	HOME	WIN	FOOR by 3	unknown	unknown
09/07/1977	Round 15	Fitzroy (R)	AWAY	WIN	FOOR by 7	unknown	unknown
16/07/1977	Round 16	St Kilda (R)	AWAY	LOSS	STKR by 15	unknown	unknown
23/07/1977	Round 17	Essendon (R)	HOME	WIN	FOOR by 31	unknown	unknown
30/07/1977	Round 18	Hawthorn (R)	AWAY	WIN	FOOR by 13	unknown	unknown
06/08/1977	Round 19	Richmond (R)	HOME	WIN	FOOR by 9	unknown	unknown
13/08/1977	Round 20	South Melbourne (R)	HOME	WIN	FOOR by 108	unknown	unknown
20/08/1977	Round 21	Geelong (R)	AWAY	WIN	FOOR by 71	unknown	unknown
27/08/1977	Round 22	Carlton (R)	HOME	LOSS	CARR by 41	unknown	unknown
03/09/1977	Elimination Final	Melbourne (R)	HOME	WIN	FOOR by 52	unknown	unknown
10/09/1977	Semi Final	Collingwood (R)	AWAY	WIN	FOOR by 12	unknown	unknown
17/09/1977	Preliminary Final	North Melbourne (R)	AWAY	WIN	FOOR by 24	unknown	unknown
24/09/1977	Grand Final	Richmond (R)	AWAY	LOSS	RICR by 57	unknown	unknown

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1977 VFLR Season

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