1978 VFA season
| 1978 VFA Premiership Season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 20 |
| Division 1 | |
| Teams | 10 |
| Premiers |
Prahran (5th premiership) |
| Minor premiers |
Port Melbourne (12th minor premiership) |
| Division 2 | |
| Teams | 10 |
| Premiers |
Frankston (1st D2 premiership) |
| Minor premiers |
Frankston (2nd D2 minor premiership) |
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The 1978 Victorian Football Association season was the 97th season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the 18th season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Prahran Football Club, after it defeated Preston in the Grand Final on 24 September by 22 points; it was Prahran's fifth and last Division 1 premiership. The Division 2 premiership was won by Frankston; it was the only Association premiership in either division ever won by the club.
The Division 1 home-and-away season was played over 18 rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system. The finals were played at the St Kilda Cricket Ground.
The Division 2 home-and-away season was played over eighteen rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system; all finals were played on Sundays at Toorak Park.
The top three Association clubs from 1977 – Port Melbourne, Sandringham and Coburg – were invited to participate in the NFL Night Series, known this year as the Escort Cup. In the competition, played on Tuesday nights concurrently with the premiership season:
The Association played an interleague representative match against Queensland for the second consecutive season.
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