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KEY FACTS

Official name
East Perth Football Club

Known as
East Perth

Nickname
Royals

Former name
Union

Formed
1902 (as Union Football Club)

Colours
Blue and black

Associated clubs
West Coast; East Perth Reserves; East Perth U19s; East Perth WFC

Affiliation (Current)
West Australian Football League (WAFL) 1906–2025

Home Ground
Leederville Oval

WAFL Premierships
1919-20-21-22-23, 1926-27, 1936, 1944, 1956, 1958-59, 1972, 1978, 2000-1-2 (17 total)

Senior Premierships
WA State Premierships: 1919, 1922-23 (3 total); 3rd Rate Association: 1902-03 (2 total); 1st Rate Association: 1904 (1 total); R.P. Rodriguez Shield: 1958-9, 1961, 1966-7, 1969, 1971, 1976, 2000 (9 total)

Most Games
286 - Craig Wulff (2002-2016)

Most Goals
621 - Phil Tierney (1962–1972)

League Top Goalkickers
S.Sloss (30) 1909; H.Campbell (67) 1924, (89) 1926 & (87) 1927; A.Watts (101) 1944*; W.Mose (115) 1958; N.Hawke (114) 1959; P.Tierney (119) 1967; G.Bartlett (69) 1990; T.Wilson (74) 2006; J.Smith (62) 2013 (11 total)

Sandover Medalists
William 'Digger' Thomas 1923; George 'Staunch' Owens 1925; William 'Billy' Thomas 1929; Frank Allen 1950; Graham 'Polly' Farmer 1956, 1957 & 1960; Ted 'Square' Kilmurray 1958; Malcolm Brown 1969; Alan Quartermaine 1975; Peter Spencer 1976 & 1984; Phil Kelly 1978 & 1979; John Ironmonger 1983; David Bain 1988; Brady Anderson 1997; Ryan Turnbull 2001 (14 Medallists/18 Medals)

Headquarters
246 Vincent Street, Leederville, WA 6007

Postal Address
PO Box 447, Leederville, WA, 6903

Phone: (08) 9443 2259 

Email
royals@eastperthfc.com.au

Website
eastperthfc.com.au

East Perth



"Much more importantly, however, the club had firmly re-established itself as one of the competition’s heavyweights, a position it reinforced in 2001 with a convincing second successive premiership. The victims on grand final day on this occasion were East Fremantle’s near neighbours South Fremantle, whom the Royals held to just three points after half time en route to a 17.18 (120) to 5.8 (victory). It was the third occasion East Perth and South Fremantle had met on grand final day, and the third time East Perth had emerged victorious ... "

  • Royal watcher John Devaney looks at the boom-or-bust cycle that has dominated East Perth's history

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1969 Season (WANFL) Fixture

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East Perth's 1969 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 H East Perth 3.310.811.1821.23 149 WON Subiaco 4.45.510.711.9 75 74 POV Apr 7 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
2 A East Perth 3.96.138.1812.22 94 WON West Perth 1.63.104.1212.13 85 9 LEE Apr 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 H East Perth 2.37.910.1214.16 100 WON Perth 5.76.99.1111.13 79 21 POV Apr 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 A East Perth 5.511.716.1417.14 116 WON Swan Districts 2.48.710.915.18 108 8 BAS Apr 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 H East Perth 4.47.911.914.11 95 WON Claremont 3.47.610.1511.19 85 10 POV May 3 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 A East Perth 2.211.812.1016.15 111 WON East Fremantle 5.66.710.812.12 84 27 EFO May 10 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 A East Perth 2.67.811.1414.20 104 WON South Fremantle 3.05.58.612.8 80 24 FRE May 17 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 A East Perth 4.611.915.1315.18 108 WON Subiaco 2.38.511.915.13 103 5 SUB May 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 H East Perth 6.29.212.1112.11 83 LOST West Perth 4.68.1111.1116.15 111 -28 POV May 31 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 A East Perth 1.52.53.76.8 44 LOST Perth 1.45.115.158.19 67 -23 LAT Jun 7 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 H East Perth 9.813.1416.2121.23 149 WON Swan Districts 4.38.810.912.13 85 64 POV Jun 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 A East Perth 2.45.89.1414.19 103 WON Claremont 1.44.88.109.12 66 37 CLM Jun 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 H East Perth 3.17.514.820.8 128 WON East Fremantle 5.65.810.1212.18 90 38 POV Jul 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 H East Perth 3.39.512.916.15 111 WON South Fremantle 2.28.28.512.7 79 32 POV Jul 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 H East Perth 7.411.519.822.10 142 WON Subiaco 3.47.612.716.12 108 34 POV Jul 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 A East Perth 3.53.79.169.16 70 DRAW West Perth 1.25.65.610.10 70 0 LEE Jul 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 H East Perth 1.44.65.98.12 60 LOST Perth 3.44.87.1012.12 84 -24 POV Aug 2 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 A East Perth 7.214.1018.1324.18 162 WON Swan Districts 0.54.57.109.10 64 98 BAS Aug 9 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 H East Perth 3.39.814.816.16 112 WON Claremont 6.17.39.710.8 68 44 POV Aug 16 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 A East Perth 2.29.512.816.11 107 WON East Fremantle 6.37.510.810.14 74 33 EFO Aug 23 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
21 H East Perth 10.314.624.830.11 191 WON South Fremantle 2.15.46.109.10 64 127 POV Aug 30 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2SF H East Perth 2.25.75.97.15 57 LOST West Perth 6.29.411.1012.11 83 -26 SUB Sep 13 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
PF A East Perth 3.19.415.519.8 122 WON Perth 4.25.66.139.22 76 46 SUB Sep 20 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
GF A East Perth 2.24.54.610.14 74 LOST West Perth 6.1210.1418.1921.21 147 -73 SUB Sep 27 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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