Elimination Finals and St Kilda FC: The Saints Were In, Should Have Been, or Should Have Gotten Better.

Elimination Finals St Kilda FC Qualified For, But Didn't Play In:

St Kilda FC played in the first 2 League Finals labelled Elimination Finals in 1972 and 1973.

The Saints won both against the same opponent on both occasions, Essendon:

1972 ~ 124 - 71 (on the way to what is now officially a Premiership)

1973 ~ 158 - 91.

The latter was one of the last two Finals games before St Kilda FC started getting violated in more distressingly violent ways, particularly from orbit, for no valid reason (a lunatic opposition teams "free choice" after being offered access to something "up there in the sky" to cheat with in a deal with terrorists).

Based on corrected standings (match fixing) - St Kilda FC should have played in the first 4 Elimination Finals in a Row. 

However, The Saints results were adversely affected by other more violent and painful forms of cheating, and should have been better. To say St Kilda FC should have played in the first 4 Elimination Finals sounds a little on the disrespectful under-credited side without the additional text.

Here is a list of Elimination Finals The Saints Qualified for, but did not play in due to projectile corruption vomit & random terrorism from all involved that was not St Kilda FC, that also became open terrorism from orbit during the 1973 SF:

The 70's:

1974 4 Collingwood v 5 St Kilda

1975 4 Richmond v 5 St Kilda

1978 4 Carlton v 5 St Kilda

The 80's:

1987 4 St Kilda v 5 North Melbourne

1988 4 Melbourne v 5 St Kilda

The 90's:

1993 4 Hawthorn v 5 St Kilda

The 2000's

2002 6 St Kilda v 7 North Melbourne*

2007 5 Hawthorn v 8 St Kilda

The 2010's:

2012 5 St Kilda v 6 Fremantle

2013 6 Collingwood v 7 St Kilda

2016 5 West Coast v 8 St Kilda*

2017 6 St Kilda v 7 Port Adelaide

2019 6 GWS v 7 St Kilda*

The 2020's:

2021  6 St Kilda v 7 GWS*

* Approximately, the standings were difficult to adjust to find out the correct opponent, after factoring in known intelligence and law enforcement information about match fixing.

In all 14 cases, it was Finals Series St Kilda FC qualified for despite the terrorism, but did not get to compete in due to projectile corruption vomit.

On 3 occasions St Kilda FC played in Elimination Finals (and won, regardless of the listed League result) where The Saints should have been Minor Premiers (Really Qualified 1st 1992, 2006, & 2023).

That's 14 extra Finals Series St Kilda FC should have played in that The Saints didn't, where it was an Elimination Final The Saints were reduced to with other methods of cheating. 

The Saints have been illegally deprived of competing in Finals at least 17 times since 1974 inclusive.