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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
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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2007 Season (WAFL) Fixture

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Swan Districts' 2007 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 7.18.316.720.8 128 WON Perth 4.110.514.918.11 119 9 LAT Mar 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 H Swan Districts 2.26.47.610.9 69 LOST East Perth 3.96.1110.2016.23 119 -50 BAS Mar 31 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 A Swan Districts 5.58.1415.1719.20 134 WON South Fremantle 5.212.316.820.12 132 2 FRE Apr 9 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
4 H Swan Districts 2.34.106.138.15 63 LOST Subiaco 7.211.416.720.9 129 -66 BAS Apr 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 Swan Districts       Bye        
6 H Swan Districts 5.37.711.1413.15 93 WON East Fremantle 1.54.95.129.19 73 20 BAS Apr 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 H Swan Districts 9.114.417.919.10 124 WON West Perth 0.35.410.614.10 94 30 BAS May 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 A Swan Districts 2.06.77.910.14 74 LOST Claremont 5.77.1014.1522.15 147 -73 CLM May 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 A Swan Districts 3.05.46.56.11 47 LOST Peel Thunder 2.44.78.1410.16 76 -29 HAN May 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 H Swan Districts 6.112.515.517.12 114 WON Perth 4.26.212.617.8 110 4 BAS Jun 2 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 A Swan Districts 3.57.711.1214.12 96 LOST East Perth 5.19.311.617.8 110 -14 LEE Jun 9 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 H Swan Districts 4.24.57.99.12 66 LOST South Fremantle 3.115.320.728.9 177 -111 BAS Jun 16 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 A Swan Districts 3.44.55.57.7 49 LOST Subiaco 4.415.818.923.15 153 -104 LEE Jun 23 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 Swan Districts       Bye        
15 A Swan Districts 2.43.47.119.14 68 LOST East Fremantle 5.416.821.1127.15 177 -109 EFO Jul 7 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 A Swan Districts 2.34.78.148.17 65 LOST West Perth 2.56.109.1013.12 90 -25 AJO Jul 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 H Swan Districts 3.16.213.914.9 93 LOST Claremont 6.19.511.714.14 98 -5 PtH Jul 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 Swan Districts       Bye        
19 H Swan Districts 3.17.310.713.12 90 WON Peel Thunder 4.56.810.1011.12 78 12 BAS Aug 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 H Swan Districts 4.39.414.915.11 101 WON Perth 2.44.86.1312.17 89 12 BAS Aug 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
21 A Swan Districts 1.44.67.1111.15 81 WON South Fremantle 5.38.810.1110.14 74 7 FRE Aug 17 (Fri, 12:00) Scores
22 H Swan Districts 3.16.46.89.10 64 LOST East Fremantle 2.42.79.1411.17 83 -19 BAS Aug 25 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
23 A Swan Districts 5.27.49.613.8 86 LOST East Perth 5.312.318.926.12 168 -82 LEE Sep 1 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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