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Current Tally of Wooden Spoons 1897 - present
Here is the tally for all clubs to date of wooden spoons from 1897 onwards;

St.Kilda - 26 spoons - last spoon 2000
Nth Melb - 13 spoons - ladt spoon 1972
Hawthorn - 11 spoons - last spoon 1965
Sth Melb/Sydney - 11 spoons - last spoon 1994
Melbourne - 10 spoons - last spoon 1997
Fitzroy* - 8 spoons - last spoon 1996
Richmond* - 7 spoons - last spoon 2007
Geelong - 5 spoons - last spoon 1958
Footscray/Wst Bulldogs - 4 spoons - 2003
Essendon - 4 spoons - last spoon 1933
University - 4 spoons - last spoon 1914
Carlton - 3 spoons - last spoon 2006
Collingwood - 2 spoons - last spoon 1999
Brisbane Bears - 2 spoons - last spoon 1991
Fremantle - 1 spoon - last spoon 2001
Brisbane Lions - 1 spoon - last spoon 1998
Port Adeliade, Adelaide & West Coast - 0 spoons - last spoon N/A

*In the table above both Richmond & Fitzroy have been accredited with the wooden spoon of 1916.

In the war-time season of 1916, only four teams competed. Fitzroy finished last after the home-and-away season with a record of 2-9-1 (10 pts), and Richmond finished third with a record of 5-7-0 (20 pts). All four teams competed in the finals (Argus system), and Fitzroy won three consecutive finals games to claim the premiership, with Richmond shifting into overall last place as the lowest placed semi-final loser. There is hence some uncertainty regarding which team should lay claim to the wooden spoon in that season.

One side of the debate says that since Fitzroy performed most poorly during the bulk of the season, they deserved the ignominy of the spoon. Conversely, official AFL rankings will order teams according to their finals finishing order when considering the allocation of draft picks - had a draft existed in 1916, Richmond would have been officially recorded as the overall bottom team, and received the first pick as consolation.

The second consideration is the final winning records. After the finals had finished, Fitzroy's final record was 5-9-1 from fifteen games, with a winning percentage of 36.7%, and Richmond's final record was 5-8-0 from thirteen games, with a winning percentage of 38.4%. So, Fitzroy won more games, and Richmond had a better winning percentage.

There is an argument to state that both teams lay claim to the 1916 spoon.

By Daniel from Melbourne (Tigers supporter), 28 Mar 2008 12:52
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John from Ballarat (Crows supporter), 3 Apr 2008 23:13, Last Reply: 3 Apr 2008 23:16 hide comment
I am pretty sure your guys know more about that stuff than mine Pete, its always your guys fans accusing other clubs players of doing that stuff! Well! What are use hiding down there at the home of the Dark blue and pink!
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Pete (Blues supporter), 3 Apr 2008 23:16hide comment
Morer dribble from an outerstater oh hold you state that, funny about that!
John from Ballarat (Crows supporter), 3 Apr 2008 22:56, Last Reply: 3 Apr 2008 23:10 hide comment
See that we are at the right end of at least that tally! Hey Melbourne is going to equal with Sth Melb/Sydney kewl or Carltons gonna equal with Dogs/Dons/Uni, hehe! Go the spooners. Richmonds not doin too bad themselves, one more and theyre equal with Fitzroy
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Pete (Blues supporter), 3 Apr 2008 23:10hide comment
Yer the only spoons that the Crows are familiar with are spooning men without their shorts off, yer true?
Dirty freaks.
Daniel from Melbourne (Tigers supporter), 3 Apr 2008 22:05hide comment
I understand how hard it is for Blues supporters like Tarrant from Melbourne and St.Kilda supporters like Matt from Melbourne.

Belonging to such social disfunctional groups like the clubs you support, standing around dribbling $#!T all day or struggling to type a paragraph of words here that you might not of had the time or intellect to do a google search to find the information.

Thus here it is for you fella's.

Tom from Melbourne (Saints supporter), 31 Mar 2008 12:51, Last Reply: 3 Apr 2008 20:02 hide comment
100 years from now, the saints will be at the other end of that list.
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Tarrant from Melbourne (Blues supporter), 31 Mar 2008 16:24, Last Reply: 3 Apr 2008 20:02 hide comment
Yes, hilarious.
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Tom from Melbourne (Saints supporter), 1 Apr 2008 13:12, Last Reply: 3 Apr 2008 20:02 hide comment
I wasnt trying to be funny, thats just what i reckon.
"Errr juddy, our saviour" and your 0-2 already. That's hilarious.
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Tarrant from Melbourne (Blues supporter), 2 Apr 2008 18:14, Last Reply: 3 Apr 2008 20:02 hide comment
How exactly do you plan for University to win its next twenty-three wooden spoons?
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Tom from Melbourne (Saints supporter), 3 Apr 2008 11:56, Last Reply: 3 Apr 2008 20:02 hide comment
Also, I didn't specifically say at the bottom of that other end.
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Tarrant from Melbourne (Blues supporter), 3 Apr 2008 20:02hide comment
Look up "end" in Webster's.
Tom from Melbourne (Saints supporter), 3 Apr 2008 11:51hide comment
I mean just for current clubs.
Dylan (Blues supporter), 3 Apr 2008 12:04hide comment
wat u talking about just double everyones and thats were it will be based on the last 100 years any way
Tarrant from Melbourne (Blues supporter), 29 Mar 2008 10:10, Last Reply: 2 Apr 2008 10:13 hide comment
Anyway, this gives us an opportunity to debate who we think lays the strongest claim to the 1916 wooden spoon. All of the relevant information is there. My vote is for Richmond, since they would have been treated as last by the VFL, and would have received the first draft pick. Thoughts?
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Ben (Swans supporter), 2 Apr 2008 10:13hide comment
Fitzroy finished last as at the end of the regular season thus they are the woodenspooners!!
Andrew from Suzhou (Lions supporter), 31 Mar 2008 11:07hide comment
You said Richmond got the wooden spoon for 2007? I thought Carlton did? Anyway, Carlton are quickly catching up for lost ground
Tarrant from Melbourne (Blues supporter), 28 Mar 2008 18:43, Last Reply: 28 Mar 2008 22:54 hide comment
So you copied a table and an unnecessarily wordy description of 1916 off Wikipedia. Do you have a point?
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Matt from Melbourne (Saints supporter), 28 Mar 2008 22:54hide comment
his point is he copied n pasted it succesfully.
this is hard for richmond fans.
Daniel from Adelaide (Magpies supporter), 28 Mar 2008 13:07hide comment
So what you are saying is in 3 more years Carlton will ave 6 spoons and jump the cats.
Carlton r climbing up the ladder!
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