This year will be only the fourth year since 1897 in which the past ten seasons have seen only three clubs win the flag. This year marks the 10th season in a row that Port has not won the flag. Since Glenelg can't win it this year, there remains only three flag winners between 2000 and 2009.
There have only been two years that the 10 seasons preceding (including that particular season) that 8 clubs won the flag:
1906 4
1907 4
1908 5
1909 4
1910 4
1911 4
1912 4
1913 4
1914 4
1915 4
1919 4
1920 4
1921 4
1922 5
1923 5
1924 6
1925 5
1926 5
1927 6
1928 6
1929 6
1930 6
1931 6
1932 6
1933 6
1934 7
1935 8
1936 8
1937 7
1938 7
1939 6
1940 6
1941 6
1945 6
1946 6
1947 6
1948 6
1949 7
1950 7
1951 6
1952 6
1953 5
1954 5
1955 5
1956 5
1957 4
1958 4
1959 4
1960 3
1961 4
1962 4
1963 3
1964 4
1965 4
1966 5
1967 5
1968 5
1969 5
1970 4
1971 4
1972 4
1973 5
1974 4
1975 4
1976 4
1977 5
1978 5
1979 5
1980 5
1981 5
1982 4
1983 4
1984 4
1985 5
1986 4
1987 5
1988 5
1989 5
1990 5
1991 5
1992 5
1993 5
1994 4
1995 4
1996 3
1997 4
1998 4
1999 4
2000 5
2001 4
2002 5
2003 4
2004 4
2005 4
2006 5
2007 4
2008 4
2009 3
2010 3
2011 3
2012 3
2013 3
2014 3
2015 4