Flag AFL Grand Final
carlton football club hoist 1906 vfl premiership flag @ princes park in 1907
the premiers awarded premiership flag , large pennant unfurled @ premiers first home game of following season. current flag blue afl logo, word premiers , year of premiership. although cup features more prominently in celebrations following grand final, flag has far greater symbolic significance.
this reflected in football parlance, in speaking of team winning flag rather cup more common: possibly result of history, presentation of flag first occurred in 1895 when vfa recognised fitzroy s first premiership win, while cup not introduced until 1959 (retrospective cups awarded afl in 2010 vfl/afl premierships in 1897 1958).
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