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!
Adelaide - 1998
Other than being the year that yours truly was born, 1998 was a year that shaped the world we live in today with the start of one of the biggest companies being founded. After initially starting in 1996, Google was founded in September of 1998 after the search engine was incorporated as a private company.
The Chicago Bulls completed their second three-peat of the NBA in what was considered "The Last Dance". It was Micheal Jordan's last game played with the Bulls, going out in style with the game-winning shot in Game 6 to beat the Utah Jazz 87-86.
1998 also saw France become the sixth country to win the World Cup whilst simultaneously hosting the event. France managed to dominate Brazil in the final, with a double from Zinedine Zidane leading them to a 3-0 victory.
The way we view the world was challenged as the release of the movie "The Truman Show" was released that year. We were also introduced to "The Dude" in the Coen brothers hit flick 'The Big Lebowski', whilst British filmmaker Guy Ritchie entered the industry in a big way with his debut feature film 'Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'.
