- Source: 2021 VAFA season
The 2021 VAFA season was the 120th season of the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA), the largest senior community Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season began on 10 April before it was curtailed on 2 September 2021 without premierships awarded, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
No automatic promotion and relegation was applied following the season, and clubs who finished in the bottom two or highest four positions on the ladder would instead have to formally apply on whether to be promoted or relegated for the 2022 season.
This was the first time the VAFA had curtailed a season since 1940, when competition was suspended due to World War II.
Background
= 2020 season cancellation
=The 2020 VAFA season was meant to have been the 120th season of the VAFA.
On 17 March 2020, the VAFA announced that the season would be postponed until 2 May because of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the season did not resume amid ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, and was officially cancelled on 1 July without a game being played.
Prior to the planned start of the 2020 season, Peninsula Old Boys renamed to Old Peninsula Football Club after introducing a women's team.
= 2021 season and abandonment
=The 2021 season began on 10 April, with the senior men's home-and-away season scheduled to end on 28 August before a finals series would be held.
On 15 August, the VAFA cancelled the remaining home-and-away games, but stated their intention to still hold a finals series. However, following the extension of Melbourne's sixth COVID-19 lockdown, the VAFA announced on 1 September that the season would be abandoned without any premierships awarded.
Notable events
Fitzroy's Donovan Toohey kicked a goal after the siren to defeat St Bedes/Mentone Tigers by three points in Premier B on 22 May.
Caulfield Grammarians won a senior game in A Section/Premier Division for the first time since 1987.
Former Hawthorn player Jacob Campbell died from cancer on 28 May 2021.
In July 2021, antisemitic graffiti was spray-painted on the clubrooms of AJAX Football Club (which is the first and only fully Jewish Australian rules football club). The incident was condemned by the VAFA as an "abhorrent and unlawful racial attack", and the Beaumaris Football Club would later be awarded with a Medal of Courage from the Anti-Defamation Commission for its stance against antisemitism and racism.
In August 2021, a Richmond Central player recorded Kew players training (against COVID-19 lockdown rules) at Richmond Central's home ground, Kevin Bartlett Oval, and was also involved in a verbal confrontation with Kew coach Ian Aitken. Kew said it did not sanction the training session, and the VAFA did not sanction the club, however they did refer Aitken to AFL Victoria.
Premier
= Ladder
=Source: Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
Premier B
= Ladder
=Source: Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
Premier C
= Ladder
=Source: Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
Division 1
= Ladder
=Source: Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
Division 2
= Ladder
=Bulleen Templestowe forfeited their round 10 game against MHSOB.
Source: Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
Division 3
= Ladder
=Source: Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
Division 4
= Ladder
=Source: Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
References
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- 2021 VAFA season
- 2023 VAFA season
- 1940 VAFA season
- 2018 VAFA season
- 1987 VAFA season
- 2017 VAFA Women's season
- List of Victorian Amateur Football Association premiers
- Victorian Amateur Football Association
- Kew Football Club
- Monash Blues Football Club
