Reminiscing about the original 12 teams of the VFL (Victorian Football League)

[Bretrick]

In 1987 the VFL competition expanded to 14 teams and included the West Coast Eagles and Brisbane Bears.
The VFL morphed into the AFL (Australian Football League) in 1990 because by that time West Coast Eagles and Sydney were a part of the VFL competition.
The competition further expanded in 1991 when Adelaide Crows joined, 1995 with Fremantle and 1997 Port Adelaide, coupled with a 1996 merger between the Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy, giving the competition two teams in each of WA and SA, and one team apiece in Qld and NSW.

Remembering the home grounds of the 12 teams
Carlton - Princess Park
Collingwood - Victoria Park
Essendon - Windy Hill
Fitzroy - Brunswick Street Oval
Footscray - Western Oval
Geelong - Kardinia Park
Hawthorn - Glenferrie Oval
Melbourne - Melbourne Cricket Ground
North Melbourne - Arden Street
Richmond - Punt Road Oval
St Kilda - Moorabbin
South Melbourne - Lakeside Oval

Of all these grounds only Melbourne and Geelong remain at their original home grounds.

 

[January]

and since then we have now 2 teams in NSW and Qld as well with Gold Coast and GWS

and in near future one in Tassie as well

 

[Rakaia]

I support 2 teams, Essendon and whoever is playing Fremantle.

 

[Rakaia]

and in near future one in Tassie as well

What could possibly go wrong?
For those not in the know this is a highly controversial issue with the impecunious state of Tasmania being coerced by the AFL to spend incredibly large amounts of money it doesn't have on relatively small covered stadium. With cost blowouts and SNAFU's this has potential for a lot wailing and gnashing of teeth...

 

[Bretrick]

What could possibly go wrong?
For those not in the know this is a highly controversial issue with the impecunious state of Tasmania being coerced by the AFL to spend incredibly large amounts of money it doesn't have on relatively small covered stadium. With cost blowouts and SNAFU's this has potential for a lot wailing and gnashing of teeth...

Ridiculous cost for a maximum crowd of 23,000.
No doubt the stadium will cost so much more, (and they know that).
How much more? I will hazard a guess at 25%.
? $1,400,000,000
$1.4 Billion and maybe higher.