1980 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured twenty-two rounds in a double round-robin format. Geelong were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Richmond were the premiers, with Bruce Monteath as the premiership captain and Tony Jewell as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1980 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 138

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Peter Jones
Collingwood Victoria Park Tom Hafey
Essendon Windy Hill Barry Davis
Fitzroy Junction Oval Bill Stephen
Footscray Western Oval Royce Hart
Geelong Kardinia Park Bill Goggin
Hawthorn Princes Park David Parkin
Melbourne MCG Carl Ditterich
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Ron Barassi
Richmond MCG Tony Jewell
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Ian Stewart
St Kilda Moorabbin Oval Mike Patterson Alex Jesaulenko

Season Results

Premiers: Richmond
Runners-Up: Collingwood
Minor Premiers: Geelong

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Geelong 1st 17 -0- 5 68 125.1% 2,362 1,888 343 304 268 280
Carlton 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 121.1% 2,576 2,128 365 386 304 304
Richmond 3rd 16 -1- 5 66 138.4% 2,754 1,990 397 372 279 316
North Melbourne 4th 14 -1- 7 58 123.8% 2,345 1,894 340 305 269 280
Collingwood 5th 14 -1- 7 58 114.4% 2,491 2,178 354 367 314 294
South Melbourne 6th 13 -0- 9 52 101.7% 2,211 2,174 316 315 310 314
Essendon 7th 10 -0- 12 40 105.4% 2,268 2,151 329 294 307 309
Hawthorn 8th 10 -0- 12 40 94.5% 2,249 2,381 315 359 347 299
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 17 20 79.0% 2,140 2,709 306 304 393 351
Footscray 10th 5 -0- 17 20 75.1% 2,056 2,737 301 250 399 343
St Kilda 11th 4 -2- 16 20 69.2% 1,872 2,704 270 252 389 370
Fitzroy 12th 4 -1- 17 18 86.0% 2,398 2,788 346 322 403 370

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Richmond 1st Premiers
Collingwood 2nd Runners-Up
Geelong 3rd Defeated by Collingwood (Preliminary Final)
Carlton 4th Defeated by Collingwood (Semi Final)
North Melbourne 5th Defeated by Collingwood (Elimination Final)
South Melbourne 6th Did not qualify for finals
Essendon 7th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn 8th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne 9th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 10th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 11th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/03/1980 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 94 - 132 29,593
SAT 29/03/1980 2:10 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 87 - 100 28,306
SAT 29/03/1980 2:10 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 113 - 125 20,060
SAT 29/03/1980 2:10 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 85 - 88 22,685
SAT 29/03/1980 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Princes Park 106 - 111 20,775
SAT 29/03/1980 2:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne VFL Park 100 - 122 31,859

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 1 -0- 0 4 140.4% 132 94
Melbourne 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 122.0% 122 100
North Melbourne 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 114.9% 100 87
Fitzroy 4th 1 -0- 0 4 110.6% 125 113
Richmond 5th 1 -0- 0 4 104.7% 111 106
South Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 0 4 103.5% 88 85
Geelong 7th 0 -0- 1 0 96.6% 85 88
Hawthorn 8th 0 -0- 1 0 95.5% 106 111
Footscray 9th 0 -0- 1 0 90.4% 113 125
Essendon 10th 0 -0- 1 0 87.0% 87 100
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 1 0 82.0% 100 122
Collingwood 12th 0 -0- 1 0 71.2% 94 132

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/04/1980 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 56 - 61 27,281
SAT 05/04/1980 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 117 - 124 51,548
SAT 05/04/1980 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Moorabbin Oval 83 - 116 22,265
MON 07/04/1980 2:10 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 109 - 104 32,688
MON 07/04/1980 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne VFL Park 116 - 140 28,802
MON 07/04/1980 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 101 - 73 19,289

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 2 -0- 0 8 121.7% 241 198
Melbourne 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 121.3% 262 216
South Melbourne 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 119.6% 189 158
Hawthorn 4th 1 -0- 1 4 114.4% 222 194
North Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 1 4 105.4% 156 148
Richmond 6th 1 -0- 1 4 99.1% 228 230
Essendon 7th 1 -0- 1 4 97.2% 211 217
Fitzroy 8th 1 -0- 1 4 95.3% 241 253
Collingwood 9th 1 -0- 1 4 82.4% 155 188
Geelong 10th 0 -0- 2 0 95.9% 189 197
Footscray 11th 0 -0- 2 0 82.3% 186 226
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 2 0 76.9% 183 238

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/04/1980 2:10 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Junction Oval 102 - 148 14,548
SAT 12/04/1980 2:10 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 94 - 119 21,434
SAT 12/04/1980 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 119 - 93 21,504
SAT 12/04/1980 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Princes Park 130 - 119 28,232
SAT 12/04/1980 2:10 PM Richmond v St Kilda MCG 128 - 128 37,074
SAT 12/04/1980 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Essendon VFL Park 101 - 156 33,909

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 3 -0- 0 12 123.3% 360 292
North Melbourne 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 121.6% 304 250
Essendon 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 115.4% 367 318
Hawthorn 4th 2 -0- 1 8 112.5% 352 313
Melbourne 5th 2 -0- 1 8 106.0% 355 335
South Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 1 8 92.4% 290 314
Richmond 7th 1 -1- 1 6 99.4% 356 358
Geelong 8th 1 -0- 2 4 106.2% 308 290
Collingwood 9th 1 -0- 2 4 86.2% 274 318
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 2 4 85.5% 343 401
St Kilda 11th 0 -1- 2 2 85.0% 311 366
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 3 0 81.2% 280 345

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/04/1980 2:10 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 150 - 93 20,720
SAT 19/04/1980 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 57 - 109 30,088
SAT 19/04/1980 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn VFL Park 82 - 85 26,104
SAT 19/04/1980 2:10 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 129 - 120 20,905
SAT 19/04/1980 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 69 - 106 15,437
SAT 19/04/1980 2:10 PM St Kilda v Essendon Moorabbin Oval 83 - 80 30,947

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 4 -0- 0 16 132.5% 510 385
Hawthorn 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 110.6% 437 395
Melbourne 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 106.4% 484 455
Richmond 4th 2 -1- 1 10 112.0% 465 415
Geelong 5th 2 -0- 2 8 115.3% 414 359
Essendon 6th 2 -0- 2 8 111.5% 447 401
North Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 2 8 104.8% 373 356
South Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 2 8 82.5% 383 464
St Kilda 9th 1 -1- 2 6 88.3% 394 446
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 3 4 87.4% 425 486
Collingwood 11th 1 -0- 3 4 77.5% 331 427
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 4 0 84.4% 400 474

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 25/04/1980 2:10 PM Carlton v Melbourne VFL Park 103 - 74 60,794
FRI 25/04/1980 2:10 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 94 - 89 34,498
FRI 25/04/1980 2:10 PM Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 199 - 81 44,401
SAT 26/04/1980 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 69 - 73 31,598
SAT 26/04/1980 2:10 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 122 - 57 21,903
SUN 27/04/1980 2:10 PM Footscray v North Melbourne SCG 55 - 177 13,476

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 5 -0- 0 20 133.6% 613 459
Richmond 2nd 3 -1- 1 14 133.9% 664 496
North Melbourne 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 133.8% 550 411
Geelong 4th 3 -0- 2 12 113.4% 508 448
Hawthorn 5th 3 -0- 2 12 107.6% 526 489
Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 2 12 100.0% 558 558
South Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 2 12 96.9% 505 521
Essendon 8th 2 -0- 3 8 108.9% 516 474
Collingwood 9th 2 -0- 3 8 81.5% 404 496
St Kilda 10th 1 -1- 3 6 79.4% 451 568
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 4 4 73.9% 506 685
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 5 0 69.9% 455 651

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/05/1980 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 168 - 108 28,994
SAT 03/05/1980 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Junction Oval 108 - 113 17,562
SAT 03/05/1980 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond VFL Park 77 - 88 47,625
SAT 03/05/1980 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Princes Park 130 - 113 11,758
SAT 03/05/1980 2:10 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 104 - 130 22,467
SAT 03/05/1980 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 119 - 87 24,647

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 5 -0- 1 20 121.1% 700 578
Richmond 2nd 4 -1- 1 18 131.2% 752 573
North Melbourne 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 134.3% 669 498
Hawthorn 4th 4 -0- 2 16 109.0% 656 602
South Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 2 16 101.6% 635 625
Geelong 6th 3 -0- 3 12 109.1% 585 536
Essendon 7th 3 -0- 3 12 108.1% 629 582
Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 3 12 96.2% 662 688
Collingwood 9th 3 -0- 3 12 94.7% 572 604
St Kilda 10th 1 -1- 4 6 76.0% 559 736
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 5 4 76.9% 614 798
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 6 0 72.7% 568 781

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1980 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 111 - 113 28,788
SAT 10/05/1980 2:10 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 93 - 107 24,253
SAT 10/05/1980 2:10 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 70 - 180 16,471
SAT 10/05/1980 2:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne VFL Park 72 - 159 18,939
SAT 10/05/1980 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 115 - 90 25,375
SAT 10/05/1980 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Moorabbin Oval 92 - 131 17,577

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 5 -1- 1 22 144.9% 932 643
North Melbourne 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 145.3% 828 570
Carlton 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 117.4% 811 691
Hawthorn 4th 5 -0- 2 20 107.9% 769 713
South Melbourne 5th 5 -0- 2 20 104.9% 750 715
Geelong 6th 4 -0- 3 16 110.0% 692 629
Essendon 7th 3 -0- 4 12 104.8% 722 689
Collingwood 8th 3 -0- 4 12 92.1% 662 719
Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 4 12 86.7% 734 847
Fitzroy 10th 2 -0- 5 8 83.7% 745 890
St Kilda 11th 1 -1- 5 6 75.1% 651 867
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 7 0 66.4% 638 961

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1980 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Junction Oval 118 - 118 20,596
SAT 17/05/1980 2:10 PM Footscray v Essendon VFL Park 71 - 148 21,851
SAT 17/05/1980 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 135 - 72 22,449
SAT 17/05/1980 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Princes Park 118 - 108 10,501
SAT 17/05/1980 2:10 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 109 - 106 17,268
SAT 17/05/1980 2:10 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 138 - 85 85,673

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 6 -1- 1 26 147.0% 1,070 728
North Melbourne 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 138.6% 937 676
Hawthorn 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 108.0% 887 821
Geelong 4th 5 -0- 3 20 118.0% 827 701
Carlton 5th 5 -0- 3 20 108.1% 896 829
South Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 3 20 103.9% 856 824
Essendon 7th 4 -0- 4 16 114.5% 870 760
Collingwood 8th 3 -1- 4 14 93.2% 780 837
Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 5 12 87.3% 842 965
Fitzroy 10th 2 -1- 5 10 85.6% 863 1,008
St Kilda 11th 1 -1- 6 6 72.2% 723 1,002
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 8 0 63.9% 709 1,109

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/05/1980 2:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 136 - 105 30,156
SAT 24/05/1980 2:10 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Junction Oval 100 - 121 14,665
SAT 24/05/1980 2:10 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 102 - 195 27,217
SAT 24/05/1980 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn VFL Park 93 - 88 34,384
SAT 24/05/1980 2:10 PM St Kilda v Footscray Moorabbin Oval 129 - 103 15,607
SUN 25/05/1980 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton SCG 94 - 131 24,545

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 7 -1- 1 30 152.4% 1,265 830
North Melbourne 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 134.8% 1,030 764
Carlton 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 111.3% 1,027 923
Hawthorn 4th 6 -0- 3 24 106.7% 975 914
South Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 3 24 105.7% 977 924
Geelong 6th 5 -0- 4 20 111.4% 932 837
Collingwood 7th 4 -1- 4 18 97.2% 916 942
Essendon 8th 4 -0- 5 16 108.2% 964 891
Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 6 12 81.4% 944 1,160
Fitzroy 10th 2 -1- 6 10 85.3% 963 1,129
St Kilda 11th 2 -1- 6 10 77.1% 852 1,105
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 9 0 65.6% 812 1,238

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/05/1980 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda VFL Park 104 - 62 37,594
SAT 31/05/1980 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 120 - 76 16,504
SAT 31/05/1980 2:10 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 119 - 161 21,482
SAT 31/05/1980 2:10 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 123 - 108 19,581
SAT 31/05/1980 2:10 PM Richmond v North Melbourne MCG 105 - 98 61,769
SAT 31/05/1980 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 183 - 99 17,420

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 8 -1- 1 34 147.6% 1,370 928
North Melbourne 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 129.8% 1,128 869
Carlton 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 114.8% 1,131 985
South Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 3 28 113.4% 1,160 1,023
Geelong 5th 6 -0- 4 24 111.6% 1,055 945
Hawthorn 6th 6 -0- 4 24 97.9% 1,074 1,097
Collingwood 7th 5 -1- 4 22 101.5% 1,077 1,061
Essendon 8th 5 -0- 5 20 112.1% 1,084 967
Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 7 12 79.7% 1,020 1,280
Fitzroy 10th 2 -1- 7 10 85.5% 1,071 1,252
St Kilda 11th 2 -1- 7 10 75.6% 914 1,209
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 10 0 66.5% 931 1,399

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1980 2:10 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 129 - 119 23,040
SAT 07/06/1980 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Junction Oval 126 - 156 15,826
SAT 07/06/1980 2:10 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 103 - 144 15,598
SAT 07/06/1980 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Princes Park 71 - 89 21,221
SAT 07/06/1980 2:10 PM Richmond v South Melbourne VFL Park 121 - 68 50,017
SAT 07/06/1980 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 80 - 163 16,506

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 9 -1- 1 38 149.7% 1,491 996
North Melbourne 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 136.0% 1,291 949
Carlton 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 115.8% 1,287 1,111
Geelong 4th 7 -0- 4 28 114.4% 1,199 1,048
South Melbourne 5th 7 -0- 4 28 107.3% 1,228 1,144
Collingwood 6th 6 -1- 4 26 102.2% 1,206 1,180
Essendon 7th 6 -0- 5 24 113.0% 1,173 1,038
Hawthorn 8th 6 -0- 5 24 96.5% 1,145 1,186
Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 8 12 80.8% 1,139 1,409
Fitzroy 10th 2 -1- 8 10 85.0% 1,197 1,408
St Kilda 11th 2 -1- 8 10 72.4% 994 1,372
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 11 0 67.0% 1,034 1,543

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/06/1980 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Junction Oval 123 - 167 10,681
SAT 14/06/1980 2:10 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 134 - 92 26,324
SAT 14/06/1980 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 101 - 72 28,371
SUN 15/06/1980 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Geelong SCG 84 - 147 13,209
MON 16/06/1980 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 90 - 85 43,903
MON 16/06/1980 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn MCG 108 - 88 57,572

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 10 -1- 1 42 147.5% 1,599 1,084
North Melbourne 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 136.3% 1,392 1,021
Carlton 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 115.1% 1,377 1,196
Geelong 4th 8 -0- 4 32 118.9% 1,346 1,132
South Melbourne 5th 7 -0- 5 28 101.6% 1,312 1,291
Collingwood 6th 6 -1- 5 26 101.7% 1,291 1,270
Essendon 7th 6 -0- 6 24 109.3% 1,245 1,139
Hawthorn 8th 6 -0- 6 24 95.3% 1,233 1,294
Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 8 16 84.8% 1,273 1,501
Fitzroy 10th 2 -1- 9 10 83.8% 1,320 1,575
St Kilda 11th 2 -1- 9 10 72.1% 1,086 1,506
Footscray 12th 1 -0- 11 4 72.1% 1,201 1,666

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1980 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne VFL Park 139 - 93 54,675
SAT 21/06/1980 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 107 - 117 24,107
SAT 21/06/1980 2:10 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 104 - 87 15,837
SAT 21/06/1980 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 83 - 78 27,352
SAT 21/06/1980 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Princes Park 143 - 109 11,686
SAT 21/06/1980 2:10 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 129 - 117 15,275

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 11 -1- 1 46 144.1% 1,716 1,191
North Melbourne 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 128.0% 1,485 1,160
Geelong 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 118.1% 1,429 1,210
Carlton 4th 9 -0- 4 36 113.8% 1,455 1,279
Collingwood 5th 7 -1- 5 30 104.9% 1,430 1,363
South Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 6 28 100.3% 1,399 1,395
Hawthorn 7th 7 -0- 6 28 98.1% 1,376 1,403
Essendon 8th 6 -0- 7 24 107.6% 1,352 1,256
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 8 20 86.7% 1,402 1,618
Fitzroy 10th 2 -1- 10 10 84.3% 1,437 1,704
St Kilda 11th 2 -1- 10 10 72.5% 1,195 1,649
Footscray 12th 2 -0- 11 8 74.4% 1,305 1,753

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1980 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda VFL Park 48 - 53 20,485
SAT 28/06/1980 2:10 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 73 - 43 11,785
SAT 28/06/1980 2:10 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 84 - 27 21,555
SAT 28/06/1980 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Princes Park 143 - 55 8,209
SAT 28/06/1980 2:10 PM Richmond v Collingwood MCG 73 - 64 64,054
SAT 28/06/1980 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 39 - 78 12,361

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 12 -1- 1 50 142.5% 1,789 1,255
Geelong 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 122.3% 1,513 1,237
Carlton 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 116.3% 1,533 1,318
North Melbourne 4th 9 -0- 5 36 121.5% 1,512 1,244
Hawthorn 5th 8 -0- 6 32 104.2% 1,519 1,458
Collingwood 6th 7 -1- 6 30 104.0% 1,494 1,436
South Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 7 28 97.6% 1,438 1,473
Essendon 8th 6 -0- 8 24 107.0% 1,400 1,309
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 9 20 85.5% 1,445 1,691
St Kilda 10th 3 -1- 10 14 73.5% 1,248 1,697
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 11 12 76.7% 1,378 1,796
Fitzroy 12th 2 -1- 11 10 80.8% 1,492 1,847

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/07/1980 2:10 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 88 - 84 30,659
SAT 12/07/1980 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Junction Oval 109 - 88 11,362
SAT 12/07/1980 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong VFL Park 37 - 117 34,224
SAT 12/07/1980 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 103 - 132 26,216
SAT 12/07/1980 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 109 - 50 15,277
SAT 12/07/1980 2:10 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 36 - 50 16,840

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 12 -1- 2 50 137.6% 1,877 1,364
Geelong 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 127.9% 1,630 1,274
Carlton 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 117.2% 1,665 1,421
North Melbourne 4th 10 -0- 5 40 125.3% 1,621 1,294
Collingwood 5th 8 -1- 6 34 104.1% 1,582 1,520
Hawthorn 6th 8 -0- 7 32 98.8% 1,556 1,575
South Melbourne 7th 8 -0- 7 32 98.6% 1,488 1,509
Essendon 8th 6 -0- 9 24 106.2% 1,484 1,397
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 10 20 84.9% 1,548 1,823
Fitzroy 10th 3 -1- 11 14 82.7% 1,601 1,935
St Kilda 11th 3 -1- 11 14 73.5% 1,284 1,747
Footscray 12th 3 -0- 12 12 75.0% 1,428 1,905

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/07/1980 2:10 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 160 - 103 18,792
SAT 19/07/1980 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 149 - 122 25,090
SAT 19/07/1980 2:10 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 129 - 133 17,484
SAT 19/07/1980 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 105 - 114 23,327
SAT 19/07/1980 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy VFL Park 115 - 86 16,002
SUN 20/07/1980 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond SCG 70 - 222 14,077

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 13 -1- 2 54 146.4% 2,099 1,434
Geelong 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 126.5% 1,744 1,379
Carlton 3rd 12 -0- 4 48 119.8% 1,825 1,524
North Melbourne 4th 11 -0- 5 44 125.8% 1,736 1,380
Collingwood 5th 9 -1- 6 38 105.4% 1,731 1,642
South Melbourne 6th 9 -0- 7 36 99.0% 1,621 1,638
Hawthorn 7th 8 -0- 8 32 97.3% 1,678 1,724
Essendon 8th 6 -0- 10 24 105.4% 1,613 1,530
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 11 20 85.3% 1,653 1,937
Fitzroy 10th 3 -1- 12 14 82.3% 1,687 2,050
St Kilda 11th 3 -1- 12 14 68.8% 1,354 1,969
Footscray 12th 3 -0- 13 12 74.1% 1,531 2,065

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/07/1980 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 101 - 133 26,348
SAT 26/07/1980 2:10 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 122 - 116 14,372
SAT 26/07/1980 2:10 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 160 - 107 12,362
SAT 26/07/1980 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 93 - 110 70,068
SAT 26/07/1980 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 124 - 90 11,643
SAT 26/07/1980 2:10 PM St Kilda v Collingwood VFL Park 107 - 211 34,044

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 13 -1- 3 54 142.0% 2,192 1,544
Geelong 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 126.0% 1,854 1,472
North Melbourne 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 126.2% 1,869 1,481
Carlton 4th 12 -0- 5 48 116.2% 1,926 1,657
Collingwood 5th 10 -1- 6 42 111.0% 1,942 1,749
South Melbourne 6th 10 -0- 7 40 101.0% 1,745 1,728
Hawthorn 7th 8 -0- 9 32 94.7% 1,785 1,884
Essendon 8th 7 -0- 10 28 105.4% 1,735 1,646
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 12 20 84.6% 1,743 2,061
Footscray 10th 4 -0- 13 16 77.9% 1,691 2,172
Fitzroy 11th 3 -1- 13 14 83.0% 1,803 2,172
St Kilda 12th 3 -1- 13 14 67.0% 1,461 2,180

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/08/1980 2:10 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 90 - 57 24,739
SAT 02/08/1980 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Junction Oval 104 - 80 6,836
SAT 02/08/1980 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 104 - 90 24,738
SAT 02/08/1980 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Princes Park 69 - 113 15,046
SAT 02/08/1980 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 87 - 57 7,554
SAT 02/08/1980 2:10 PM Richmond v Footscray VFL Park 156 - 41 18,282

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 14 -1- 3 58 148.1% 2,348 1,585
Geelong 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 125.4% 1,958 1,562
North Melbourne 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 127.2% 1,956 1,538
Carlton 4th 13 -0- 5 52 118.1% 2,039 1,726
Collingwood 5th 11 -1- 6 46 112.5% 2,032 1,806
South Melbourne 6th 10 -0- 8 40 99.1% 1,802 1,818
Hawthorn 7th 8 -0- 10 32 92.8% 1,854 1,997
Essendon 8th 7 -0- 11 28 104.3% 1,825 1,750
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 13 20 83.8% 1,800 2,148
Fitzroy 10th 4 -1- 13 18 84.7% 1,907 2,252
Footscray 11th 4 -0- 14 16 74.4% 1,732 2,328
St Kilda 12th 3 -1- 14 14 67.5% 1,541 2,284

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/08/1980 2:10 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 91 - 70 30,951
SAT 09/08/1980 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy VFL Park 124 - 115 31,013
SAT 09/08/1980 2:10 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 116 - 74 16,952
SAT 09/08/1980 2:10 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 64 - 141 15,457
SAT 09/08/1980 2:10 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 85 - 73 13,682
SAT 09/08/1980 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong Moorabbin Oval 88 - 83 13,236

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 14 -1- 4 58 144.3% 2,418 1,676
Geelong 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 123.7% 2,041 1,650
Carlton 3rd 14 -0- 5 56 118.6% 2,130 1,796
North Melbourne 4th 13 -0- 6 52 125.0% 2,029 1,623
Collingwood 5th 12 -1- 6 50 112.2% 2,156 1,921
South Melbourne 6th 11 -0- 8 44 99.8% 1,887 1,891
Hawthorn 7th 9 -0- 10 36 96.8% 1,995 2,061
Essendon 8th 8 -0- 11 32 106.4% 1,941 1,824
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 14 20 81.4% 1,864 2,289
Fitzroy 10th 4 -1- 14 18 85.1% 2,022 2,376
St Kilda 11th 4 -1- 14 18 68.8% 1,629 2,367
Footscray 12th 4 -0- 15 16 73.9% 1,806 2,444

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1980 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 164 - 103 27,956
SAT 16/08/1980 2:10 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 118 - 73 13,966
SAT 16/08/1980 2:10 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 99 - 81 42,278
SAT 16/08/1980 2:10 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne VFL Park 79 - 135 21,739
SAT 16/08/1980 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 174 - 109 19,048
SAT 16/08/1980 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 134 - 117 12,015

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 15 -1- 4 62 145.2% 2,592 1,785
Geelong 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 123.6% 2,140 1,731
Carlton 3rd 15 -0- 5 60 120.8% 2,294 1,899
North Melbourne 4th 14 -0- 6 56 127.1% 2,164 1,702
Collingwood 5th 12 -1- 7 50 110.7% 2,237 2,020
South Melbourne 6th 12 -0- 8 48 100.6% 2,021 2,008
Hawthorn 7th 9 -0- 11 36 94.4% 2,074 2,196
Essendon 8th 8 -0- 12 32 102.8% 2,044 1,988
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 15 20 80.1% 1,973 2,463
Footscray 10th 5 -0- 15 20 76.4% 1,924 2,517
Fitzroy 11th 4 -1- 15 18 85.2% 2,139 2,510
St Kilda 12th 4 -1- 15 18 68.5% 1,702 2,485

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1980 2:10 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 130 - 92 23,427
SAT 23/08/1980 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Junction Oval 117 - 132 12,004
SAT 23/08/1980 2:10 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne VFL Park 113 - 83 19,882
SAT 23/08/1980 2:10 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 101 - 122 23,530
SAT 23/08/1980 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 98 - 109 23,682
SAT 23/08/1980 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Moorabbin Oval 87 - 136 21,358

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 16 -1- 4 66 143.4% 2,701 1,883
Geelong 2nd 16 -0- 5 64 122.9% 2,272 1,848
Carlton 3rd 16 -0- 5 64 122.4% 2,430 1,986
North Melbourne 4th 14 -0- 7 56 124.9% 2,262 1,811
Collingwood 5th 13 -1- 7 54 112.1% 2,367 2,112
South Melbourne 6th 12 -0- 9 48 99.2% 2,104 2,121
Hawthorn 7th 10 -0- 11 40 96.0% 2,187 2,279
Essendon 8th 9 -0- 12 36 103.7% 2,166 2,089
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 16 20 80.2% 2,074 2,585
Footscray 10th 5 -0- 16 20 76.2% 2,016 2,647
Fitzroy 11th 4 -1- 16 18 85.4% 2,256 2,642
St Kilda 12th 4 -1- 16 18 68.3% 1,789 2,621

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1980 2:10 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 146 - 142 22,494
SAT 30/08/1980 2:10 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 102 - 62 17,744
SAT 30/08/1980 2:10 PM Geelong v Footscray VFL Park 90 - 40 21,186
SAT 30/08/1980 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 66 - 124 52,791
SAT 30/08/1980 2:10 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 83 - 83 10,302
SAT 30/08/1980 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 107 - 53 21,964

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 17 -0- 5 68 125.1% 2,362 1,888
Carlton 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 121.1% 2,576 2,128
Richmond 3rd 16 -1- 5 66 138.4% 2,754 1,990
North Melbourne 4th 14 -1- 7 58 123.8% 2,345 1,894
Collingwood 5th 14 -1- 7 58 114.4% 2,491 2,178
South Melbourne 6th 13 -0- 9 52 101.7% 2,211 2,174
Essendon 7th 10 -0- 12 40 105.4% 2,268 2,151
Hawthorn 8th 10 -0- 12 40 94.5% 2,249 2,381
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 17 20 79.0% 2,140 2,709
Footscray 10th 5 -0- 17 20 75.1% 2,056 2,737
St Kilda 11th 4 -2- 16 20 69.2% 1,872 2,704
Fitzroy 12th 4 -1- 17 18 86.0% 2,398 2,788

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1980 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 96 - 104 83,033

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1980 2:30 PM Carlton v Richmond VFL Park 74 - 116 59,014

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/09/1980 2:30 PM Carlton v Collingwood MCG 102 - 152 94,451
SAT 13/09/1980 2:30 PM Geelong v Richmond VFL Park 71 - 95 65,303

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/09/1980 2:30 PM Geelong v Collingwood VFL Park 89 - 93 75,526

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/09/1980 2:30 PM Richmond v Collingwood MCG 159 - 78 113,461