1970 VFA Premiership season | |
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Division 1 | |
Teams | 10 |
Premiers |
Prahran (3rd premiership) |
Minor premiers |
Prahran (3rd minor premiership) |
Division 2 | |
Teams | 10 |
Premiers |
Coburg (1st D2 premiership) |
Minor premiers |
Coburg (1st D2 minor premiership) |
← 1969
1971 →
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The 1970 Victorian Football Association season was the 89th season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the tenth season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Prahran Football Club, marking the club's third Division 1 premiership; it defeated Williamstown, which qualified for the Grand Final in its first season after promotion to Division 1, on 20 September by 50 points. The Division 2 premiership was won by Coburg, in its second season since being relegated from Division 1.
The Division 1 home-and-home season was played over 18 rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system. The finals returned to the St Kilda Cricket Ground for the first time since 1966.
The Division 2 home-and-home season was played over eighteen rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system; all finals were played on Sundays at Toorak Park.