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	Since 1977 the VFL had run their own "national" night football competition. From 1979 this was under a purpose-formed company: Australian Football Championships (AFC). The competition had 34 teams in 1980: all sides from VFL, SANFL, WAFL and also State/Territory representative teams. Matches were played starting in pre-season, and on mid-week nights during the Premiership season, in various venues, but predominately in Melbourne. It was a knockout series, with losing sides eliminated from the competition.		Since 1977 the VFL had run their own "national" night football competition. From 1979 this was under a purpose-formed company: Australian Football Championships (AFC). The competition had 34 teams in 1980: all sides from VFL, SANFL, WAFL and also State/Territory representative teams. Matches were played starting in pre-season, and on mid-week nights during the Premiership season, in various venues, but predominately in Melbourne. It was a knockout series, with losing sides eliminated from the competition.

	The names of the AFC Cup contest changed with the sponsorship arrangements each season - 1980 was named the Escort ~~Cup~~, for a brand of cigarettes made by W.D. & H.O.Wills.		The names of the AFC Cup contest changed with the sponsorship arrangements each season - 1980 was named the Escort Championships, for a brand of cigarettes made by W.D. & H.O.Wills.

	== Round 1 (Qualifying) ==		== Round 1 (Qualifying) ==

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Since 1977 the VFL had run their own "national" night football competition. From 1979 this was under a purpose-formed company: Australian Football Championships (AFC). The competition had 34 teams in 1980: all sides from VFL, SANFL, WAFL and also State/Territory representative teams. Matches were played starting in pre-season, and on mid-week nights during the Premiership season, in various venues, but predominately in Melbourne. It was a knockout series, with losing sides eliminated from the competition.

The names of the AFC Cup contest changed with the sponsorship arrangements each season - 1980 was named the Escort Cup, for a brand of cigarettes made by W.D. & H.O.Wills.

== Round 1 (Qualifying) ==
{| style="border-spacing:0;width:10cm;" border=0
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| colspan="6" align="center" style="background:#ffcc00;" |
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| align=center| 1st
| align=center| 2nd
| align=center| 3rd
| align=center| Final
| align=center| Pts
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|| Glenelg
| align=center| 1.5
| align=center| 3.9
| align=center| 5.12
| align=center| 11.13
| align=center| 79
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|| Central District
| align=center| 1.0
| align=center| 1.3
| align=center| 5.5
| align=center| 6.8
| align=center| 44
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| colspan="6" align="center" style="background:#ffcc00;" |
|-
|}
Norwood Oval, Adelaide. Friday 14 March. (Night)

'''Best -'''

Glenelg: Weston, Carey, Cornes, Holst, Farquhar, Marshall, Greenslade, Lihou

Central District: Jonas, Duckworth, Schallehn, Vivian

'''Goals -'''

Glenelg: MacVicar 2, Hurley 2, Marshall 2, Weston, Hodgeman, Cornes, Waite, McInerney

Central District: Duckworth 2, Graham, Wilson, M. Norsworthy, Ruciack

== Round 2 (Qualifying) ==
{| style="border-spacing:0;width:10cm;" border=0
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| colspan="6" align="center" style="background:#ffcc00;" |
|-
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| align=center| 1st
| align=center| 2nd
| align=center| 3rd
| align=center| Final
| align=center| Pts
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|| Glenelg
| align=center| 6.3
| align=center| 11.6
| align=center| 16.8
| align=center| 22.11
| align=center| 143
|-
|| North Adelaide
| align=center| 2.2
| align=center| 6.2
| align=center| 9.9
| align=center| 13.12
| align=center| 90
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" style="background:#ffcc00;" |
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Norwood Oval, Adelaide. Friday March 21. (Night)

'''Best -'''

Glenelg: Carey, Hodgeman, Weston, MacVicar, Marshall, Waite, Caldwell, McInerney, Cornes

North Adelaide: Hill, Pelle, Cloke

'''Goals -'''

Glenelg: Wasser 3, Waite 3, Carey 3, MacVicar 2, Caldwell 2, McInerney 2, Cornes 2, Weston 2, Hodgeman, Marshall, Farquhar

North Adelaide: Pelle 2, Hill 2, McAdam 2, Hartfield, Diorio, Roach, Forth, W. Stringer, Condor, R. Robran

== Round 3 (Main Draw) ==
{| style="border-spacing:0;width:10cm;" border=0
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| colspan="6" align="center" style="background:#ffcc00;" |
|-
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| align=center| 1st
| align=center| 2nd
| align=center| 3rd
| align=center| Final
| align=center| Pts
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|| North Melbourne
| align=center| 2.7
| align=center| 4.10
| align=center| 6.13
| align=center| 9.16
| align=center| 70
|-
|| Glenelg
| align=center| 1.1
| align=center| 4.3
| align=center| 6.8
| align=center| 9.11
| align=center| 65
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| colspan="6" align="center" style="background:#ffcc00;" |
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VFL Park, Waverley. Tuesday April 15. Crowd 4,419.(Night)

'''Best -'''

North Melbourne: W. Schimmelbusch, Sutton, McCann, Good

Glenelg: Carey, Hodgeman, Bradley, Cornes

'''Goals -'''

North Melbourne: Good 2, Boyse 2, Glendinning, Briedis, Blight, W. Schimmelbusch, Podolczak

Glenelg: Bradley 2, MacVicar 2, McFarlane, Carey, Marshall, Hodgeman, McInerney

== Other ==
* As with all the AFC series, two VFL sides contested the Grand Final, with North Melbourne (controversially) beating Collingwood in front of a record night game crowd of 50,478.

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