| 2010 VFL Season | |
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| Teams | 14 |
| Premiers | North Ballarat (3rd title) |
| Minor Premiers | Williamstown |
| Top Goal scorer(s) | Matthew Little (80) |
| J.J. Liston Trophy | Steve Clifton (North Ballarat) Shane Valenti (Port Melbourne) |
The 2010 VFL season is the 133rd season of the Victorian Football League. The North Ballarat Football Club won the premiership, its third flag in a row.
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This season featured the addition of the Gold Coast Football Club to the league, the first new club in the VFL since Tasmania entered in 2001. The new Gold Coast club was to play this single season of VFL football as preparation for its entry into the Australian Football League in 2011. The club had played one season of under-18s football in the TAC Cup the previous year.
The VFL continued to serve as both the top state-level football league in Victoria, and as a reserves competition for Victorian-based clubs in the Australian Football League, as had been the case since 2000. The affiliation agreements between VFL and AFL clubs were unchanged from 2009.
The top three teams after the finals – North Ballarat, Northern Bullants and Williamstown – qualified for the inaugural Foxtel Cup in 2011.
| Round 1 (seniors) | |||||
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| Saturday, 10 April (1:10 pm) | Collingwood 16.10 (106) | def. by | Williamstown 21.11 (137) | Victoria Park | Report (Archived) |
| Saturday, 10 April (2:00 pm) | Box Hill Hawks 21.18 (144) | def. | Werribee Tigers 9.7 (61) | Box Hill City Oval | Report (Archived) |
| Saturday, 10 April (2:00 pm) | Gold Coast 15.7 (97) | def. by | Port Melbourne 15.19 (109) | Fankhauser Reserve | Report (Archived) |
| Saturday, 10 April (2:00 pm) | Northern Bullants 16.13 (109) | def. | Bendigo Bombers 9.10 (64) | Visy Park | Report (Archived) |
| Saturday, 10 April (7:00 pm) | Casey Scorpions 9.18 (72) | def. | Geelong 9.10 (64) | Casey Fields | Report (Archived) |
| Sunday, 11 April (2:00 pm) | Frankston 7.11 (53) | def. by | Sandringham 15.12 (102) | Frankston Oval | Report (Archived) |
| Sunday, 11 April (2:00 pm) | Coburg 11.9 (75) | def. by | North Ballarat 12.13 (85) | Multiplex Oval | Report (Archived) |
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| Saturday, 10 April (10:00 am) | Northern Bullants 11.7 (73) | def. by | Williamstown 23.13 (151) | Victoria Park | Report (Archived) |
| Saturday, 10 April (11:00 am) | Box Hill Hawks 16.9 (105) | def. | Werribee Tigers 15.12 (102) | Box Hill City Oval | Report (Archived) |
| Sunday, 11 April (11:00 am) | Frankston 5.6 (36) | def. by | Sandringham 18.12 (120) | Frankston Oval | Report (Archived) |
| Sunday, 11 April (11:00 am) | Coburg 11.20 (86) | def. | North Ballarat 12.12 (84) | Multiplex Oval | Report (Archived) |
| Sunday, 11 April (12:00 pm) | Port Melbourne 16.14 (110) | def. | Casey Scorpions 11.13 (79) | TEAC Oval | Report (Archived) |
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| TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS | ||||
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| 1 | Williamstown | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2174 | 1312 | 165.70 | 60 | |||
| 2 | North Ballarat (P) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1650 | 1260 | 130.95 | 60 | |||
| 3 | Casey Scorpions | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1619 | 1471 | 110.06 | 56 | |||
| 4 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1946 | 1506 | 129.22 | 52 | |||
| 5 | Box Hill Hawks | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1663 | 1531 | 108.62 | 44 | |||
| 6 | Northern Bullants | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1814 | 1539 | 117.87 | 40 | |||
| 7 | Collingwood | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1672 | 1509 | 110.80 | 40 | |||
| 8 | Bendigo Bombers | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1564 | 1533 | 102.02 | 40 | |||
| 9 | Sandringham | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1366 | 1463 | 93.37 | 28 | |||
| 10 | Gold Coast | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1409 | 1706 | 82.59 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Coburg Tigers | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1502 | 1757 | 85.49 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Geelong | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1401 | 1743 | 80.38 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Werribee | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1586 | 1957 | 81.04 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Frankston | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1000 | 2079 | 48.10 | 4 | |||
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | Source | |||||||||||
The preliminary finals (and the reserves Grand Final) were moved from Port Melbourne to Box Hill because heavy rain and frequent use during September had left TEAC Oval unplayable.
| Qualifying / Elimination finals | Semifinals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | ||||||||||||||
| QF1: Aug 28, Box Hill City Oval | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Williamstown | 19.15 (129) | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Port Melbourne | 10.11 (71) | SF1: 5 Sep, TEAC Oval | ||||||||||||||
| Port Melbourne | 12.17 (89) | ||||||||||||||||
| EF1: 29 Aug, Box Hill City Oval | Box Hill Hawks | 14.11 (95) | PF1: 13 Sep, Box Hill City Oval | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Box Hill Hawks | 20.16 (136) | Williamstown | 11.12 (78) | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Bendigo Bombers | 10.11 (71) | Northern Bullants | 16.8 (104) | GF: 19 Sep, Etihad Stadium | ||||||||||||
| North Ballarat | 20.13 (133) | ||||||||||||||||
| EF2: 28 Aug, TEAC Oval | PF2: 12 Sep, Box Hill City Oval | Northern Bullants | 13.8 (86) | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Northern Bullants | 15.18 (108) | North Ballarat | 16.18 (114) | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Collingwood | 8.9 (57) | SF2: 4 Sep, TEAC Oval | Box Hill Hawks | 6.17 (53) | ||||||||||||
| Casey Scorpions | 9.6 (60) | ||||||||||||||||
| QF2: 29 Aug, TEAC Oval | Northern Bullants | 10.11 (71) | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | North Ballarat | 18.8 (116) | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Casey Scorpions | 13.6 (84) | |||||||||||||||
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