Part two of this series will look at the greatest teams in the modern era of AFL football.
While the AFL has only established in 1990, there are still numerous teams who can promote their argument for being the greatest team of all time.
Some of these teams dominated for a substantial period of time, without achieving the amount of success they ultimately deserved, while others can lay claim to winning consecutive premierships.
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2. Essendon 1999-2001
The Essendon team from 1999 to 2001 had an opportunity to become one of the most successful teams in AFL football.
In the three-year period, the Bombers won 61 of 66 home and away games.
2000 will be the year the Bombers are most remembered for as they won all possible silverware a team could win. The Bombers started the season by winning the pre-season competition, then won 21 home and away games to claim the minor premiership, before they ran away with the flag by defeating Melbourne by 60 points.
1999 and 2001 will be remembered as years the Bombers let slip of the premiership flag. In 1999 the Bombers were by far the best team in the competition and after comfortably beating Sydney in the Qualifying final, some Essendon fans purchased Grand Final tickets, assuming their side would easily account for Carlton in the preliminary final.
However, the Blues shocked the football world by beating the Bombers by one-point.
In 2001 Essendon again finished the regular season as minor premiers and went into Grand Final day as premiership favourites.
The Bombers led by 14 points at half time in the Grand Final but were unable to stop a Brisbane surge in the second half and lost by 26 points.
