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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

President
P. Harvey

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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2011 Season (WAFL) Fixture

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Swan Districts' 2011 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Swan Districts 3.59.715.916.11 107 LOST East Perth 6.211.413.818.14 122 -15 BAS Mar 19 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
2 A Swan Districts 5.17.311.512.7 79 LOST Claremont 2.47.811.1117.16 118 -39 CLM Mar 26 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
3 A Swan Districts 3.38.411.713.8 86 LOST West Perth 2.67.811.1015.13 103 -17 AJO Apr 2 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
4 Swan Districts       Bye        
5 H Swan Districts 3.45.78.913.10 88 LOST South Fremantle 4.410.514.817.10 112 -24 BAS Apr 16 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
6 H Swan Districts 4.49.714.918.12 120 WON Perth 5.16.48.1010.11 71 49 BAS Apr 25 (Mon, 2:15) Scores
7 A Swan Districts 4.19.310.716.13 109 WON Peel Thunder 2.77.1213.1415.15 105 4 RUS Apr 30 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
8 A Swan Districts 1.36.710.1215.14 104 WON East Perth 3.45.610.912.12 84 20 LEE May 7 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
9 H Swan Districts 3.37.59.611.7 73 LOST Subiaco 3.47.611.818.10 118 -45 BAS May 14 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
10 A Swan Districts 4.17.411.612.10 82 LOST East Fremantle 4.211.413.513.10 88 -6 EFO May 21 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
11 H Swan Districts 6.19.313.814.11 95 LOST Claremont 3.49.712.817.13 115 -20 BAS May 28 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
12 Swan Districts       Bye        
13 A Swan Districts 0.00.00.022.8 140 WON South Fremantle 0.00.00.018.15 123 17 FRE Jun 11 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
14 H Swan Districts 1.64.74.117.13 55 LOST West Perth 3.48.713.1015.14 104 -49 BAS Jun 25 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
15 A Swan Districts 4.19.514.716.8 104 WON Perth 1.13.46.512.8 80 24 LAT Jul 2 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
16 Swan Districts       Bye        
17 H Swan Districts 1.43.93.149.16 70 LOST Peel Thunder 7.212.516.621.7 133 -63 BAS Jul 16 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
18 A Swan Districts 2.13.33.46.7 43 LOST Subiaco 6.212.815.1620.19 139 -96 LEE Jul 23 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
19 H Swan Districts 3.15.68.711.7 73 LOST East Fremantle 7.513.718.827.13 175 -102 KAR Jul 30 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
20 Swan Districts       Bye        
21 A Swan Districts 1.37.310.414.5 89 LOST Claremont 2.29.416.1121.17 143 -54 CLM Aug 14 (Sun, 2:15) Scores
22 H Swan Districts 3.19.311.517.9 111 WON South Fremantle 2.23.39.512.11 83 28 BAS Aug 20 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
23 H Swan Districts 1.13.34.57.12 54 LOST West Perth 2.35.57.813.14 92 -38 BAS Aug 27 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
24 A Swan Districts 6.57.1011.1212.17 89 LOST Perth 4.25.78.814.10 94 -5 LAT Sep 3 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
 

Footnotes

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