1977 VFL Grand Final
| 1977 VFL Grand Final | ||||
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| Date | 24 September 1977 Replay 1 October 1977 |
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| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia | |||
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| Network | Seven Network | |||
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The 1977 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the North Melbourne Football Club and the Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1977. It was the 81st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1977 VFL season.
The game ended in a draw, leading to a replay between the two teams one week later, on 1 October 1977 again at the MCG. North Melbourne won the replay by a margin of 27 points, marking that club's second premiership victory.
Collingwood entered the game after having last appeared in a Grand Final seven years earlier, when it was defeated by Carlton in the 1970 VFL Grand Final. It had last tasted premiership success nineteen years earlier, when it won the 1958 VFL Grand Final. In contrast, North Melbourne had contested the previous three premiership deciders, winning the 1975 VFL Grand Final but finishing runners-up in the 1974 and 1976 Grand Finals.
At the conclusion of the regular home-and-away season, Collingwood, under former Richmond coach Tom Hafey, had finished first on the ladder with 18 wins and 4 losses. They had amazingly risen from last place in the 1976 season. North Melbourne had finished third (behind Hawthorn), with 15 wins and 7 losses.
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