Editing North Melbourne Football Club (section)

===Team of the 1990s===
Despite the tough, disciplined coaching of the legendary [[John Kennedy Sr. (footballer)|John Kennedy]], the 1980s and early 1990s were mostly lean years for the Kangaroos. However, the rebuilding of the club was taking place. The Krakouer brothers (Jim and Phil) brought a spark into the side and lifted many hopes for North supporters and the excitement to the general football public.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} The innovative idea of night games was instigated by the club and meeting the challenges, the club survived. One major highlight was the recruitment of forward [[John Longmire]] in 1989, who topped the club goalkicking over five consecutive seasons (1990–1994) and won the [[Coleman medal]] in 1990 with 98 goals. At the beginning of the 1993 season, in a dramatic and controversial move,{{According to whom|date=August 2018}} the board of the club sacked coach and long-time player [[Wayne Schimmelbusch]], and appointed [[Denis Pagan]] in his place. Results were immediate, as North reached the finals for the first time in nearly a decade.
[[File:Glenn archer.jpg|left|thumb|200px|1990s dual-premiership player and Norm Smith Medallist [[Glenn Archer]] was named "Shinboner of the Century" as the player who most embodies the North Melbourne spirit.]]
Pagan was instrumental in appointing young centre half-forward [[Wayne Carey]] as the club's youngest-ever captain. Carey had been recruited at the same time as Longmire, but had taken longer to develop as a player. Over the next nine seasons, Carey came to be regarded as the standout player in the league and was known as 'the King'.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://museumriverina.com.au/about-us/collections/sporting-hall-of-fame/carey,-wayne | title=Wayne Carey | date=13 November 2013 }}</ref>

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| width=200 | ''[[1996 AFL Grand Final]]'' || ''G'' || ''B'' || ''Total''
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| style="text-align:left" |   [[File:NMFC AFL.png|16px]] North Melbourne || '''19''' || '''17''' || '''131'''
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| style="text-align:left" |  [[File:AFL Sydney Icon.jpg|16px]] Sydney Swans || 13 || 10 || 88
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| Venue: [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]]
|colspan="3"| Crowd: 93,102<ref name="GF">{{Cite book |last= |first= |title=AFL Record Season Guide |publisher=Geoff Slattery Media Group |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-9806274-5-9 |editor-last=Lovett |editor-first=Michael}}</ref>
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| width=200 | ''[[1995 Ansett Australia Cup|1995 AFL Ansett Australia Cup Final]]'' || ''G'' || ''B'' || ''Total''
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| style="text-align:left" |  [[File:NMFC AFL.png|16px]] North Melbourne || '''14''' || '''9''' || '''93'''
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| style="text-align:left" |  [[File:Adelaide Club symbol.svg|16px]] Adelaide || 8 || 15 || 63
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| Venue: [[Waverley Park]]
|colspan="3"| Crowd: 49,393
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North Melbourne became a powerhouse through the 1990s under Pagan and Carey, and finished in the top four, making the preliminary finals or better, in every season from 1994 until 2000. After being eliminated in the preliminary finals in 1994 and 1995, North went on to defeat the [[Sydney Swans]] in the 1996 Grand Final to take out the club's third premiership, and the gold centenary [[Australian Football League|AFL]] cup; [[Glenn Archer]] won the [[Norm Smith Medal]]. The club was again eliminated in the preliminary final in 1997. In 1998, as the club won both the pre-season [[Ansett Cup]] and topped the ladder with 16 wins and 6 losses, but went on to lose the 1998 Grand Final to [[Adelaide Crows|Adelaide]], not helped by an inaccurate goalkicking performance of 8.22 (70) to Adelaide's 15.15 (105). In 1999, the Kangaroos finished the regular season in second position on the ladder, and went on to defeat Carlton in the Grand Final, winning the club's fourth VFL/AFL premiership; former Sydney midfielder [[Shannon Grant]] taking out the Norm Smith Medal. The club was eliminated in the preliminary finals in 2000 against Melbourne.

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| width=200 | ''[[1999 AFL Grand Final]]'' || ''G'' || ''B'' || ''Total''
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| style="text-align:left" |  [[File:NMFC AFL.png|16px]] Kangaroos || '''19''' || '''10''' || '''124'''
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| style="text-align:left" |  [[File:Carlton AFL icon.svg|16px]] Carlton || 12 || 17 || 89
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| Venue: [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]]
|colspan="3"| Crowd: 94,228<ref name="GF" />{{rp|670}}
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| width=200 | ''[[1998 Ansett Australia Cup|1998 AFL Ansett Australia Cup Final]]'' || ''G'' || ''B'' || ''Total''
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| style="text-align:left" |  [[File:NMFC AFL.png|16px]] North Melbourne || '''14''' || '''13''' || '''97'''
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| style="text-align:left" |  [[File:AFL St Kilda Icon.jpg|16px]] St Kilda || 12 || 11 || 83
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| Venue: [[Waverley Park]]
|colspan="3"| Crowd: 63,898
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In 1996, the club was in advanced merger talks with the financially depleted [[Fitzroy Football Club]] to create the [[North Fitzroy Kangaroos|North Fitzroy Kangaroos Football Club]];<ref>Ker, Peter., 2003. THE MERGER THAT NEVER GOT ACROSS THE LINE. ''Sunday Age'', 13 July, p. 14.<br /></ref> however, Fitzroy ultimately merged with the [[Brisbane Bears]] instead.

Seeking new markets and greater financial security in an increasingly corporatized [[Australian Football League|AFL]] environment, the title "North Melbourne" was officially dropped from the logo in 1999, during which time the team played only as the "Kangaroos". During the successful 1999 season, North Melbourne played home games in Sydney with a view of becoming a second team in [[New South Wales]]; however, the experiment was not successful, with crowds averaging only 12,000.