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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) 1934–2025

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
B. Walker

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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1984 Season (WAFL) Fixture

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Swan Districts' 1984 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 A Swan Districts 4.48.910.1216.17 113 LOST East Perth 3.47.714.1319.13 127 -14 HAN Apr 1 (Sun, 12:00) Scores
2 A Swan Districts 3.17.612.918.14 122 WON Claremont 5.38.610.1013.16 94 28 CLM Apr 7 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 H Swan Districts 2.46.99.1213.19 97 LOST South Fremantle 5.411.716.920.12 132 -35 SUB Apr 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 H Swan Districts 5.512.1319.1823.27 165 WON Perth 2.78.810.1211.13 79 86 BAS Apr 23 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
5 H Swan Districts 4.67.711.1313.13 91 WON East Fremantle 1.15.67.812.14 86 5 BAS Apr 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 A Swan Districts 7.48.612.816.9 105 WON Subiaco 2.08.311.315.5 95 10 SUB May 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 H Swan Districts 4.59.612.1117.15 117 LOST West Perth 4.28.1013.1218.15 123 -6 BAS May 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 A Swan Districts 5.610.1117.1721.20 146 WON East Perth 5.26.57.714.8 92 54 POV May 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 H Swan Districts 4.46.49.1114.11 95 WON South Fremantle 3.36.88.1112.15 87 8 BAS May 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 H Swan Districts 2.02.37.512.12 84 LOST Claremont 2.75.99.1012.13 85 -1 BAS Jun 2 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 A Swan Districts 2.54.117.1812.23 95 LOST Perth 3.58.511.1016.12 108 -13 LAT Jun 16 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 A Swan Districts 5.68.1013.1416.18 114 LOST East Fremantle 3.110.416.923.12 150 -36 EFO Jun 23 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 H Swan Districts 7.312.718.1422.19 151 WON Subiaco 0.23.64.76.10 46 105 BAS Jun 30 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 A Swan Districts 4.56.99.1511.19 85 LOST West Perth 3.17.514.918.11 119 -34 LEE Jul 7 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 H Swan Districts 4.312.816.1422.18 150 WON East Perth 8.39.513.1018.10 118 32 BAS Jul 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 A Swan Districts 5.311.521.1125.15 165 WON Claremont 5.48.1011.1113.15 93 72 SUB Jul 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 A Swan Districts 4.58.716.1221.15 141 WON South Fremantle 2.37.912.1417.19 121 20 FRE Jul 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 A Swan Districts 2.510.1016.1421.16 142 WON Perth 4.06.37.613.8 86 56 SUB Aug 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 H Swan Districts 7.610.916.1123.15 153 WON East Fremantle 3.58.711.1017.14 116 37 BAS Aug 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 A Swan Districts 4.27.217.622.10 142 WON Subiaco 6.710.1412.1717.21 123 19 SUB Aug 18 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
21 H Swan Districts 2.38.615.1019.15 129 WON West Perth 4.110.112.415.7 97 32 BAS Aug 25 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2SF A Swan Districts 2.54.76.1110.16 76 LOST East Fremantle 2.210.811.1115.12 102 -26 SUB Sep 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
PF A Swan Districts 2.28.911.1816.18 114 WON Claremont 6.59.510.614.9 93 21 SUB Sep 15 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
GF A Swan Districts 10.711.816.1220.18 138 WON East Fremantle 0.39.813.815.12 102 36 SUB Sep 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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