Editing North Melbourne Football Club (section)

===Brad Scott era===
North Melbourne struggled in its first two years under [[Brad Scott (Australian footballer)|Brad Scott]], finishing 9th in both 2010 and 2011. In 2012, the club returned to the finals for the first time since 2008, finishing the season in 8th place, but would go down to the [[West Coast Eagles]] by 96 points in an elimination final. In 2012, the club began a three-year deal to play two games each year at [[Bellerive Oval]] in [[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]]. The club finished 10th in 2013 in a season full of close losses. [[Nick Dal Santo]] signed with the club at the end of the 2013 season as a restricted [[free agent]].
[[File:2017 AFL Grand Final parade – Brent Harvey.jpg|left|thumb|150px|[[Brent Harvey]] broke the all-time AFL record for most career games in 2016, finishing with 432 games.]]
In 2014, North Melbourne finished 6th at the end of the home and away season and reached 40,000 members for the first time in the club's history.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nmfc.com.au/news/2014-07-23/40000-members |title=40,000 Members |publisher=NMFC.com.au |author=Chelsea Collins |date=23 July 2014 |access-date=14 September 2014}}</ref>
In September, North Melbourne went on to defeat Essendon by 12 points in the 2nd Elimination Final, only taking the lead in the last quarter. The following week, North Melbourne beat Geelong in the 2nd Semi-final by 6 points advancing them through to their first preliminary final since 2007. Their finals campaign came to a disappointing end at Stadium Australia when they were beaten by Sydney by 71 points. In 2015 the club made history by becoming the first team to qualify for a preliminary final from 8th spot, losing to the West Coast Eagles by 25 points after leading at half time.
In 2016, North Melbourne won its first nine matches, which is the club's best start to a season in its VFL/AFL history.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/North-melbourne-moves-to-90-but-12-is-the-magic-number-for-coach-brad-scott/news-story/a6c67dd6970092e002e74c723319cb38 |title=North Melbourne moves to 9-0 but 12 is the magic number for coach Brad Scott |publisher=[[Herald Sun]] |work=Lauren Wood |date=21 May 2016 |access-date=2 August 2016}}</ref> On 27 July 2016, the club announced it had surpassed 45,000 members for the first time in the club's history.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nmfc.com.au/news/2016-07-27/45000-share-the-spirit |publisher=NMFC |title=45,000 Share The Spirit |date=27 July 2016 |access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref> In 2016, the Kangaroos fielded what was the oldest team in AFL history. Unfortunately after the midpoint of the season they fell away and struggled against some of the worst teams in competition. In the mid season of 2019 Brad Scott made the decision to leave NMFC after 10 years at the club taking them to the finals on multiple occasions.