Winning the premiership is without doubt the ultimate goal in football.
For some fans, they have been lucky enough to taste the sweet taste of success a handful of times in their lifetime. Others (myself included), have been starved of said success, with a weight of disappointment and mediocrity hanging over them instead.
The world was a very different place for a number of sides when they last tasted the ultimate success. So below, we have taken a look at what the world was like the last time your team were premiers of the AFL.
What did the world look like the last time your team won the flag? Have they even won one yet? Let us know in the comments!
Collingwood - 2010
A disaster struck year in more ways than one, the most recent drawn Grand Final saw upset and heartbreak for Saints fans.
More upsetting however was the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, an industrial disaster that saw 11-people killed along with 17-injured and thousands of marine mammals killed.
Another disaster struck also, with Haiti being struck with a 7.0 magnitude earthquake. The earthquake amassed a death toll of over 260,000 people, with a majority of the city's infrastructure left in ruins.
Apple released the first iPad in April, with over 300,000 units sold on opening day. 2010 was also the year that Wikileaks shook the US, with Julian Assange's organisation releasing over half a million government documents relating to the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
One Direction were formed on the show X Factor, with Simon Cowell creating the boy band after their failed auditions. A move that turned out to be a master stroke by Cowell, One Direction released five albums and selling 70 million records world wide.
The world also saw another pandemic of sorts in 2010, with the swine flu pandemic sweeping the globe. An after thought to us now, Swine Flu had the world in a panic as it was the first influenza pandemic in over 40 years at the time.
