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2007, GRAND FINAL,
Saturday, September 29

Relentless Cats shatter 44-year drought
Record-breaking 119-point premiership win
97,302 at grand final breaks 7-million for season

THE STATS THAT MATTER ...
l Attendances for the 185-match 2007 AFL premiership season broke seven million spectators for the first time.

313,711 more people than last year helped lift the total past seven million to 7,049,945.

Highest Score:	24.19-163, GEELONG v Port Adelaide
Biggest Margin:	119pts, GEELONG v Port Adelaide
Best in Goals:	5.1, Cameron MOONEY (Gee) v PA 4.0, Paul CHAPMAN (Gee) v PA 4.2, Steve JOHNSON (Gee) v PA
Lowest Score:	6.8-44, PORT ADEL v Geelong
Best Quarters:	1st	5.7-37	GEE v PA
	2nd	6.6-42	GEE v PA
	3rd	7.4-46	GEE v PA
	4th	6.2-38	GEE v PA

Published attendance for 2007, Grand Final —

97,302	Geelong v Port Adelaide (MCG)
6,952,643	Progressive after 2007 Finals, Week 3
7,049,945	Season 2007 – (2006: 6,736,234)

FROM THE GRAND FINAL
l Geelong's 119-point winning margin is the biggest of all VFL-AFL grand finals, topping Hawthorn's 96pt win over Melbourne in 1988 ...
l the Cats won their first premiership since 1963 (16,065 days and 995 matches), and seventh flag overall ...
l the 119-point margin was the second-biggest win of the season – greatest was the 157-point win by the Cats over Richmond at Docklands in Round 6 ...
l Geelong's final score 24.19-163 was the highest of the season at the MCG, topping the Cats' 23.18-156 kicked in the 1QF against the Kangaroos ...
l Geelong had 43 scoring shots – the most since Essendon kicked 31.12-198 in the 2000 1st Qualifying Final; it was also equal 8th in a final ...
l Similarly, Geelong's 119 and 106-point wins in finals were the best winning margins of the season at the MCG ...
l the die was cast early in the game – Geelong after six straight goals led by 53 points (67-14) 12 minutes into Q2 ...
l Eleven goalkickers produced Geelong's 24 goals in their 21st win of the season – the most victories by the club in a premiership season ...
l 7.4-46 by the Cats was the best Q3 tally of 18 meetings against Port ...
l Port's 6.8-44 was the lowest score of the season at the MCG, the equal of St Kilda's effort versus Hawthorn in Round 8 ...
l WARREN TREDREA kicked Port's 5th goal 17 minutes into Q3 – Geelong then booted 10 unanswered goals until SHAUN BURGOYNE claimed Port's 6th and the final goal of the match 27 minutes into the last quarter ...
l Geelong's CAMERON MOONEY was the 51st player to boot five goals in a 2007 match ...
l Geelong's JIMMY BARTEL is the 11th player to add a premiership to his Brownlow Medal in the same season ...
l GARY ABLETT, JOEL COREY, DARREN MILBURN, CAMERON MOONEY and DAVID WOJCINSKI played all 25 games this season ...
l STEVE JOHNSON (Geelong) was the Norm Smith medallist in front of PAUL CHAPMAN and MATTHEW SCARLETT, with only those three players polling votes from the five judges DANNY FRAWLEY (MMM), DARRYL TIMMS (Herald Sun), STEVE BUTLER (West Australian), JAKE NIALL (The Age) and JOSH FRANCOU (5AA) – who ranked Johnson with 13 votes, Chapman 10, Scarlett 7 ...
l Geelong's MARK THOMPSON became the seventh person to captain and then coach a VFL-AFL premier, having captained Essendon in 1993. He joined PERCY BENTLEY (captain Richmond, coach Carlton), REG HICKEY (captain, then coach Geelong), RON BARASSI (captain Melbourne, coach Carlton, North Melb), DAVID PARKIN (captain Hawthorn, coach Hawthorn, Carlton), LEIGH MATTHEWS (captain Hawthorn, coach Collingwood, Brisbane Lions) and JOHN WORSFOLD (captain, then coach West Coast) ...
l MARK THOMPSON became the 47th person to coach a premiership team ...
l a listener to SEN Melbourne on Monday morning noted Geelong succeeded after defeats in eight successive finals by non-Victorian clubs —
1991-PF — Geelong 8.16-64, West Coast 11.13-79
1992-2SF – Geelong 14.11-95, West Coast 20.13-133
1992-GF — Geelong 12.13-85, West Coast 16.17-113
1994-GF — Geelong 8.15-63, West Coast 20.23-143
1997-2SF – Geelong 9.14-68, Adelaide 11.10-76
2004-1QF – Geelong 9.8-62, Port Adel 18.9-117
2004-2PF – Geelong 10.15-75, Brisbane 12.12-84
2005-2SF – Geelong 7.11-53, Sydney 7.14-56
l 50th game by DANYLE PEARCE (PA) ...

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Statistics for Footystats are enhanced by software from
Eric Sorensen's *Footy Works* (v 1.5.4)

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FOOTYSTATS

Black Diamond FL president Ian Granland captured this special picture when 30,000 Geelong fans welcomed their premiership team back at Kardinia Park on Sunday afternoon.

Geelong can lay claim to being the most dominant team in AFL history after humiliating Port Adelaide by a record 119-point margin in good football conditions on Saturday at the MCG where 97,302 attended. Though there was a little rain in the morning, the match suffered no intrusion.

Paul Gough noted for Sportal: The Cats went into the 2007 premiership decider having already supplied this year's Brownlow medalist (Jimmy Bartel), the Rising Star winner (Joel Selwood) as well as winning the VFL premiership and supplying a record nine members of the All-Australian side.

Rohan Connolly writing for The Age noted: Geelong might have had the better of the opening salvos, but even as late as time-on of the first quarter, there was little indication we were about to witness not just a grand final thrashing, but a massacre so complete it was barely comprehensible.

When Port Adelaide ruckman Brendon Lade palmed a ruck contest straight into Shaun Burgoyne's lap for a brilliant goal late in the first term, Geelong led by just seven points. Sure, the young Power side had already committed some clangers, and shanked a couple of shots at goal, but Port led the clearance count eight to three, and with its second goal of the game, appeared to be finding some momentum.

Appeared being the operative word. For by quarter-time, the Power were already in deep trouble. Five minutes into the second term, the game was as good as over. And well before half-time, we were reaching for the record books.

Sportal's Gough recorded: The start of the second quarter will long be remembered by Cats' fans. They kicked five goals in the opening 12 minutes to extend their lead to 53 points and put the result beyond doubt in arguably the most dominant period of play ever witnessed in an AFL grand final.

By half-time the Cats led by 52 points – the third biggest margin ever at the main break in an AFL premiership decider – and despite the brave efforts of Peter Burgoyne it only got worse.

The Cats' shaky five point win over Collingwood in the preliminary final was a distant memory as Cameron Mooney and Bartel ended any hopes of a Port comeback with the first two goals of the third term to extend the lead to 65 points.

Every goal sparked scenes of jubilation amongst the pro-Cats crowd and Port's performance was summed up when shortly after Domenic Cassisi ran into an open goal and kicked out on the full from 30 metres out.

Port's forwards were unsighted with Brett Ebert, Daniel Motlop and Justin Westhoff managing just eight touches between them by half-time and while Peter Burgoyne and and the Cornes' brothers kept trying, they lacked support.

In contrast Geelong did not have a weak link in a performance for which coach Mark Thompson deserves the utmost credit – particularly for the way his team was able to remain calm and play its best football despite the weight of expectation and history that was on the team's back.

Thompson, who incredibly was almost sacked after the club's fall to 10th last season, becomes only the seventh man to captain (Essendon in 1993) and then coach a team to a premiership.

2007 GRAND FINAL
Geelong v Port Adelaide
Saturday, September 29, 2007 MCG, 2.30pm AEST, crowd: 97,302 Conditions: Very good Weather: 16C, mainly cloudy; light sunshine to start
	1/4 time	1/2 time	3/4 time	Final
GEE	5.7-37 (23)	11.13-79 (52)	18.17-125 (90)	24.19-163 (119)
PA	2.2-14	4.3-27	5.5-35	6.8-44
Goals: Geelong: Cameron Mooney 5.1, Steve Johnson 4, Paul Chapman 4, Nathan Ablett 3, Jimmy Bartel 2, Gary Ablett, Max Rooke, Brad Ottens, Shannon Byrnes, Andrew Mackie, Cameron Ling. Port: Warren Tredrea 2, Shaun Burgoyne 2, Chad Cornes, Tom Logan. Best: Geelong: Steve Johnson, Matthew Scarlett, Paul Chapman, Cameron Mooney, Corey Enright, Steven King, Cameron Ling, Brad Ottens, Gary Ablett, Jimmy Bartel. Port: Peter Burgoyne, Kane Cornes, Chad Cornes. Norm Smith Medal: Steve Johnson (Geelong). Umpires: Scott McLaren, Stephen McBurney, Shane McInerney.

Consecutive Matches
2007, Week 4, Finals

191	– Adam GOODES (Syd) from 1999-R22 – 2+22+23+22+24+24+26+25+23
144	– Matthew PAVLICH (Fre) from 2001-R15 – 8+22+23+22+22+25+22
140	– Brett KIRK (Syd) from 2002-R15 – 8+24+24+26+25+23
102	– Nick DAL SANTO (StK) from 2003-R15 – 8+25+24+23+22
104	– Kane CORNES (PA) from 2003-R17 – 9+25+24+22+24
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In the Goals, 2007	Games	Goals	GF	Total Score
Jonathan BROWN (Brisbane)	22	77	>	77.38-500
Lance FRANKLIN (Hawthorn)	22	73	>	73.62-500
Matthew PAVLICH (Fremantle)	22	72	>	72.48-480
Cameron MOONEY (Geelong)	25	67	5.1	67.38-440
Matthew LLOYD (Essendon)	19	62	>	62.31-403
Scott LUCAS (Essendon)	22	61	>	61.28-394
Brendan FEVOLA (Carlton)	19	59	>	59.41-395
Fraser GEHRIG (St Kilda)	20	59	>	59.35-389
Brad JOHNSON (West.B'dogs)	21	59	>	59.26-380
Brett EBERT (Port Adelaide)	24	56	0.2	56.28-364
Anthony ROCCA (Collingwood)	23	55	>	55.37-367
Matthew RICHARDSON (Richmond)	22	53	>	53.40-358
Quinten LYNCH (West Coast)	24	52	.	52.46-358
Steve JOHNSON (Geelong)	20	49	4.2	49.33-327
Scott WELSH (Adelaide)	21	49	>	49.20-314
Corey JONES (Kangaroos)	23	46	>	46.31-307
Barry HALL (Sydney)	20	44	>	44.30-294
Daniel MOTLOP (Port Adelaide)	18	44	0.0	44.17-281
Nick RIEWOLDT (St Kilda)	20	42	>	42.26-278
Russell ROBERTSON (Melbourne)	15	42	>	42.26-278
Michael O'LOUGHLIN (Sydney)	23	40	>	40.14-254
Jarryd ROUGHEAD (Hawthorn)	22	40	>	40.36-276
Shaun BURGOYNE (Port Adelaide)	25	39	2.0	39.23-257
Travis CLOKE (Collingwood)	25	39	>	39.39-273
Brad FISHER (Carlton)	20	39	>	39.15-249
Shannon GRANT (Kangaroos)	25	39	>	39.21-255
Drew PETRIE (Kangaroos)	25	38	>	38.16-244
Kayne PETTIFER (Richmond)	22	37	>	37.21-243

After 22 rounds
2007		2006		2005		2004
Brown (Bri)	77	Fevola (Car)	84	Gehrig (StK)	74	Gehrig (StK)	90
Pavlich (Fre)	72	Johnson (WB)	70	Hall (Syd)	72	Lloyd (Ess)	89
Franklin (Haw)	63	Gehrig (StK)	68	Robertson (M)	69	Tredrea (PA)	75
Lloyd (Ess)	62	Hall (Syd)	67	Richardson (R)	65	Hall (Syd)	70
Lucas (Ess)	61	Lucas (Ess)	67	Williams (Haw)	63	Neitz (Mel)	69
		Pavlich (Fre)	63	Pavlich (Fre)	61	Fevola (Car)	66
3 x 59		Neitz (Mel)	61	Tredrea (PA)	61	Richardson (R)	65

**Travellin' 2007**
1	R1(n)-S	Port Adelaide	v Fre	WON	1/1
2	R1(n)-BCG	Hawthorn	v Bri	Lost	1/2
3	R1(n)-Hom	West Coast	v Syd	WON	2/3
4	R1-FP	Essendon	v Ade	WON	3/4
5	R2(n)-BCG	St Kilda	v Bri	Lost	3/5
6	R2-MCG	Sydney	v Rch	WON	4/6
7	R2(n)-S	Collingwood	v WCE	Lost	4/7
8	R2-FP	Kangaroos	v PA	Lost	4/8
9	R2-Dok	Fremantle	v Ess	Lost	4/9
10	R2(n)-MCG	Adelaide	v WB	WON	5/10
11	R3-SCG	Brisbane	v Syd	Lost	5/11
12	R4-MCG	Port Adelaide	v Col	WON	6/12
13	R4(n)-C	Kangaroos	v Bri	WON	7/13
14	R4(n)-FP	Sydney	v Ade	Lost	7/14
15	R4-YPL	Geelong	v Haw	Lost	7/15
16	R4-MCG	Fremantle	v Mel	WON	8/16
17	R4-S	Carlton	v WCE	Lost	8/17
18	R5(n)-FP	St Kilda	v PA	Lost	8/18
19	R5-MCG	West Coast	v Rch	WON	9/19
20	R5(n)-Dok	Brisbane	v Car	WON	10/20
21	R5-S	Adelaide	v Fre	WON	11/21
22	R6-S	West.B'dogs	v WCE	Lost	11/22
23	R6(n)-Dok	Sydney	v Kan	Lost	11/23
24	R6(n)-FP	Collingwood	v Ade	WON	12/24
25	R6-BCG	Fremantle	v Bri	Lost	12/25
26	R6-MCG	Port Adelaide	v Mel	WON	13/26
27	R7-FP	Richmond	v PA	Lost	13/27
28	R7(n)-BCG	Adelaide	v Bri	WON	14/28
29	R7(n)-Dok	Sydney	v StK	Lost	14/29
30	R7-KP	West Coast	v Gee	Lost	14/30
31	R7-S	Hawthorn	v Fre	Lost	14/31
32	R8(n)-FP	Richmond	v Ade	Lost	14/32
33	R8-KP	Fremantle	v Gee	Lost	14/33
34	R8(n)-C	Carlton	v Kan	Lost	14/34
35	R8-SCG	Port Adelaide	v Syd	Lost	14/35
36	R8-S	Melbourne	v WCE	Lost	14/36
37	R9(n)-S	St Kilda	v Fre	Lost	14/37
38	R9-YPL	West Coast	v Haw	Lost	14/38
39	R9(n)-BCG	Collingwood	v Bri	WON	15/39
40	R9-Man	Sydney	v WB	WON	16/40
41	R9(n)-FP	Geelong	v PA	WON	17/41
42	R10(n)-MCG	Fremantle	v Col	Lost	17/42