1989 VFL reserves season

1989 VFL reserves season
Date1 April – 30 September
Teams13
PremiersFitzroy
3rd premiership
Minor premiersCarlton
Wooden spoonersSt Kilda
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The 1989 VFL reserves season was the 70th season of the VFL reserve grade competition, the Australian rules football competition operating as the second-tier competition to the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1][2]

The premiership was won by Fitzroy after they defeated Geelong in the 1989 VFL reserves grand final, held as a curtain-raiser to the 1989 VFL Grand Final at the MCG on 30 September.[3] This was the last time Fitzroy won a VFL/AFL premiership in any grade before their 1996 merger with the Brisbane Bears.[4]

This was also the last season under the VFL reserves name, before the competition was renamed to the AFL reserves when the VFL was renamed to the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1990.[5]

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  2. ^ "1989 Reserves season". Demonwiki. Archived from the original on 2 December 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
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  4. ^ "The Lions (1957-1996)". Fitzroy Football Club. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  5. ^ Linnell, Garry (1995). Football Ltd. Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia. p. 297. ISBN 0-330-35665-8.