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The 2004 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Port Adelaide Football Club and the Brisbane Lions, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 2004. It was the 108th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League,〔In 1897 and 1924 there were no Grand Finals and instead the premier was decided by a finals play-off. In 1948 and 1977 there were Grand Final replays after initial draws.〕 staged to determine the premiers for 2004 AFL season. The match, was attended by 77,671 spectators, was won by Port Adelaide by a margin of 40 points, marking that club's first AFL premiership victory. '' ==Background== This was the first ever AFL Grand Final in which both competing teams were based outside the state of Victoria. Port Adelaide were appearing in their first ever AFL Grand Final, while the Brisbane Lions were attempting to win their fourth consecutive premiership to equal Collingwood's feat of 1927-30. At the conclusion of the home and away season, Port Adelaide had finished first on the AFL ladder with 17 wins and 5 losses, winning the McClelland Trophy for the third successive year, while Brisbane had finished second with 16 wins and 6 losses. During the 2004 season, Port Adelaide's captain was ruckman Matthew Primus, however he was injured in Round 5 and missed the rest of the season, which meant that forward Warren Tredrea acted as captain. Port Adelaide beat Geelong by 55 points in the Qualifying Final at AAMI Stadium, which gave them a week off and a place in the Preliminary Final; Port Adelaide then defeated St Kilda by 6 points in a tight Preliminary Final to advance to the Grand Final. Brisbane thrashed St Kilda by a massive 80 points the qualifying final at the Gabba, and then defeated Geelong by 9 points in the Preliminary Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to advance to the Grand Final. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2004 AFL Grand Final」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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