1927 VFA season

In the off-season, the Brunswick Football Club was re-admitted to the association, after having withdrawn from the competition in late 1926 in protest at suspensions given to two of its players. As such, the association membership remained the same as it had been at the start of 1926.{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|publication-place=Melbourne|title=Football sensation – club leaves Association|date=21 August 1926|page=32}}{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|publication-place=Melbourne|title=Brunswick's position|date=18 January 1927|page=7}}

The home-and-home season was played over eighteen rounds, with each club playing the others twice; then, the top four clubs contested a finals series under the amended Argus system to determine the premiers for the season.

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{{AFLGame|Saturday, 3 September|Brighton|8.14 (62)|D|Preston|7.20 (62)|Motordrome|6,000|{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|publication-place=Melbourne|title=The Association – first semi-final|date=5 September 1927|page=6|author=Scorer}}}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 10 September|Coburg|15.10 (100)|D|Port Melbourne|15.10 (100)|Motordrome|10,000|{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|publication-place=Melbourne|title=Association Semi Final – Second Drawn Game|date=12 September 1927|pages=6–7|author=Scorer}}}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 17 September|Brighton|12.13 (85)|H|Preston|9.17 (71)|Motordrome|10,000|{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|publication-place=Melbourne|title=The Association – Brighton wins replay|date=19 September 1927|page=5|author=Scorer}}}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 24 September|Coburg|7.6 (48)|A|Port Melbourne|14.13 (97)|Motordrome|13,000|{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|publication-place=Melbourne|title=The Association – Grand Final necessary|date=26 September 1927|page=6|author=Scorer}}}}

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{{AFLGame|Saturday, 1 October (postponed)|Brighton| |V|Port Melbourne| |Motordrome|2,000|{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|publication-place=Melbourne|title=The Association – first match postponed|date=3 October 1927|page=6|author=Scorer}}}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 8 October|Brighton|11.14 (80)|H|Port Melbourne|9.15 (69)|Motordrome|23,000|{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|publication-place=Melbourne|title=A stirring game – Brighton too strong|date=10 October 1927|page=9|author=Scorer}}}}

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|date = Saturday, 15 October

|home team = Coburg

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|home Q2 = 9.3 (57)

|home Q3 = 13.6 (84)

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|away Q3 = 10.7 (67)

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• P. Gardiner (Coburg) was the leading goalkicker for the season, with 82 goals in the home-and-home matches and 97 overall. He finished ahead of J. Walsh (Brighton), who kicked 78 goals in the home-and-home matches and 92 goals overall.
• Ernie Martin (Coburg) won the Recorder Cup as the best and fairest player in the association for the season. Woods (Northcote) finished second.

• Prior to this season, Brighton moved its home ground from the Brighton Beach Oval in southern Brighton to Elsternwick Park in northern Brighton.{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|title=Football – Brighton Club's New Ground|date=16 December 1926|page=4|publication-place=Melbourne}}
• Due to errors by the scoreboard attendants in the drawn semi-final between Brighton and Preston, those present at the ground were unsure of the result of the game until the goal umpires confirmed the score after the final bell.
• The preliminary final was postponed by one week because extremely heavy rain on the day made the surface unplayable. The rain was so heavy that the League Grand Final, which was played that day in spite of the rain, was the lowest scoring League match of the 20th century.
• Because of the two drawn semi-finals and the postponed preliminary final, the finals series was spread over a total of seven weekends.{{cite book|last1=Fiddian|first1=Marc|title=Boilovers, Thrillers and Grand Eras in League and Association Football|date=1994|publisher=Pakenham Gazette|location=Pakenham, Victoria|isbn=1875475087|page=21}}

• List of VFA premiers

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