Highest finish after wooden spoon?

[jvalles]

Anyone have any idea of the record of the highest finishing team the year after they have been given the wooden spoon? Reckon West Coast must be up there?

[LF]

i found this jvalles

Highest placing after a wooden spoon

In 1976 Collingwood finished with its first wooden spoon.

The following year, the Magpies almost achieved the impossible â€" they finished on top of the ladder after 22 rounds with 18 wins. Collingwood famously drew with North Melbourne in the Grand Final, and in the replay were beaten by 27 points.

Meritorious efforts since 1987 when the AFL competition expanded to a national level, occurred in the 1998 and 1999 seasons when Brisbane finished in 16th place, the wooden spooners of 1997 as Melbourne did in 1998. Both made the preliminary finals the next year, but lost, for each to finish in fourth place of their respective seasons.

http://footystats.freeservers.com/Footystats/WoodenSpoon.html

don`t know how accurate it is tho.but it`s a pretty interesting read. :)

[jvalles]

i found this jvalles

Highest placing after a wooden spoon

In 1976 Collingwood finished with its first wooden spoon.

The following year, the Magpies almost achieved the impossible â€" they finished on top of the ladder after 22 rounds with 18 wins. Collingwood famously drew with North Melbourne in the Grand Final, and in the replay were beaten by 27 points.

Meritorious efforts since 1987 when the AFL competition expanded to a national level, occurred in the 1998 and 1999 seasons when Brisbane finished in 16th place, the wooden spooners of 1997 as Melbourne did in 1998. Both made the preliminary finals the next year, but lost, for each to finish in fourth place of their respective seasons.

http://footystats.freeservers.com/Footystats/WoodenSpoon.html

don`t know how accurate it is tho.but it`s a pretty interesting read. :)

Cheers for that bud.  8)