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KEY FACTS

Official name
Swan Districts Football Club

Known as
Swan Districts

Nickname
Swans

Formed
1934

Colours
Black and white

Associated clubs
Swan Districts Reserves; Swan Districts U19s; Swan Districts WFC

Affiliation (Current)
West Australian Football League (WAFL) 1934–2024

Home Ground
Bassendean Oval

WAFL Premierships
1961-62-63, 1982-83-84, 1990, 2010 (8 total)

Senior Premierships
R.P. Rodriguez Shield: 1962, 1965, 1974-5, 1980 (5 total)

Most Games
305 - Bill Walker (1961-1976)

Most Goals
555 - Eric Gorman (1961-1969)

League Top Goalkickers
M.George (90) 1974; S.Beasley (97) 1980; B.Hutton (83) 1984 (3 total)

Sandover Medalists
George Krepp 1935; Jim Davies 1944; Haydn Bunton 1962; Bill Walker 1965, 1966, 1967 & 1970; Phil Narkle 1982; Mick Grasso 1990; Jeremy Wasley 1996; Shane Beros 2003; Andrew Krakouer 2010; Samuel Fisher 2020 (10 medallists/13 medals)

Headquarters
Old Perth Road, Bassendean, WA 6054

Postal Address
PO Box 61, Bassendean, WA, 6054

Phone: (08) 9279 8700 

Email
reception@swandistrictsfc.com

Website
swandistrictsfc.com.au

Swan Districts



Among the newcomers in 1961 to respond to the Bunton technique was rover Bill Walker, who would go on to become arguably the greatest player in the history of the club. Nevertheless, it was Bunton’s “genius (that was) solely responsible for the club’s dizzy climb from the bottom to the top of the premiership table in one winter”. Or perhaps, as one senior player archly put it, “He conned us into playing good football” ...

  • Swans might have been late arrivals in the WAFL but, as John Devaney writes, once they found their feet, they were hard to stop

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2024 Season (WAFL) Fixture

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Swan Districts' 2024 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Swan Districts        vs West Coast Reserves          BAS Mar 30 (Sat, 2:30)  
2 A Swan Districts        vs East Perth          LEE Apr 6 (Sat, 2:30)  
3 A Swan Districts        vs Perth          LAT Apr 13 (Sat, 4:10)  
4 Swan Districts       Bye        
5 H Swan Districts        vs East Fremantle          BAS Apr 28 (Sun, 2:30)  
6 A Swan Districts        vs Claremont          CLM May 4 (Sat, 2:30)  
7 H Swan Districts        vs Peel Thunder          BAS May 11 (Sat, 2:30)  
8 H Swan Districts        vs West Perth          BAS May 25 (Sat, 2:30)  
9 A Swan Districts        vs Subiaco          LEE Jun 1 (Sat, 2:30)  
10 Swan Districts       Bye        
11 H Swan Districts        vs South Fremantle          BAS Jun 15 (Sat, 2:30)  
12 H Swan Districts        vs East Perth          BAS Jun 22 (Sat, 2:30)  
13 H Swan Districts        vs West Coast Reserves          BAS Jun 30 (Sun, 11:10)  
14 A Swan Districts        vs West Perth          AJO Jul 6 (Sat, 4:10)  
15 H Swan Districts        vs Claremont          BAS Jul 13 (Sat, 2:30)  
16 Swan Districts       Bye        
17 A Swan Districts        vs South Fremantle          FRE Jul 27 (Sat, 2:30)  
18 H Swan Districts        vs Subiaco          BAS Aug 3 (Sat, 2:30)  
19 A Swan Districts        vs East Fremantle          EFO Aug 10 (Sat, 2:30)  
20 A Swan Districts        vs Peel Thunder          RUS Aug 17 (Sat, 2:30)  
21 H Swan Districts        vs Perth          BAS Aug 24 (Sat, 2:30)  
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.