1970 VFL Season
The complete 1970 season — final ladder, results and finals.
Premiers
🏆 Carltondef. Collingwood
Carlton won the 1970 VFL premiership, defeating Collingwood in the Grand Final. Collingwood had finished on top of the home-and-away ladder as minor premiers.
12 teams contested the season. The 4th-placed cut-off sent Collingwood, Carlton, St Kilda and South Melbourne into the finals. North Melbourne finished last with 4 wins. The full final ladder and round-by-round results follow.
Ladder
| # | Club | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collingwood | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2333 | 1709 | 136.5 | 72 |
| 2 | Carlton | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2146 | 1911 | 112.3 | 64 |
| 3 | St Kilda | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1926 | 1532 | 125.7 | 56 |
| 4 | South Melbourne | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1914 | 1828 | 104.7 | 56 |
| 5 | Geelong | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1949 | 1903 | 102.4 | 48 |
| 6 | Richmond | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2029 | 1998 | 101.6 | 48 |
| 7 | Footscray | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1728 | 1894 | 91.2 | 44 |
| 8 | Hawthorn | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2264 | 1986 | 114.0 | 40 |
| 9 | Fitzroy | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1774 | 2155 | 82.3 | 36 |
| 10 | Melbourne | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1705 | 2043 | 83.5 | 24 |
| 11 | Essendon | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1734 | 2128 | 81.5 | 24 |
| 12 | North Melbourne | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1574 | 1989 | 79.1 | 16 |
Top 4 (green) made the finals. Ladder is home-and-away only; percentage = points for ÷ points against.
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Results
136 matches