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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. Hodyl

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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2023 Season (WAFL) Fixture

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Swan Districts' 2023 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 3.34.59.911.13 79 LOST East Perth 4.28.59.712.8 80 -1 LEE Apr 7 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
2 H Swan Districts 1.13.44.87.11 53 LOST East Fremantle 1.65.86.127.15 57 -4 BAS Apr 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Swan Districts 4.26.48.711.8 74 LOST West Perth 1.25.48.512.9 81 -7 BAS Apr 23 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
4 A Swan Districts 5.17.510.713.10 88 WON South Fremantle 0.25.56.1010.10 70 18 FRE Apr 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 A Swan Districts 5.07.18.29.2 56 LOST Peel Thunder 3.39.611.1317.16 118 -62 RUS May 7 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
6 H Swan Districts 7.29.610.1010.13 73 LOST Claremont 3.14.46.511.9 75 -2 BAS May 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Swan Districts 3.34.76.87.11 53 LOST Subiaco 1.13.15.58.9 57 -4 LEE May 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Swan Districts 4.55.107.1616.18 114 WON West Coast Reserves 2.24.24.25.3 33 81 BAS Jun 4 (Sun, 1:40) Scores
9 H Swan Districts 1.15.77.99.11 65 WON Perth 3.24.27.59.5 59 6 BAS Jun 11 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
10 A Swan Districts 2.25.66.109.13 67 LOST East Fremantle 3.67.812.1013.13 91 -24 WAC Jun 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A Swan Districts 4.36.39.511.6 72 WON West Perth 1.04.67.78.9 57 15 AJO Jun 25 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
12 Swan Districts       Bye        
13 H Swan Districts 0.21.22.64.8 32 LOST East Perth 1.63.105.1111.14 80 -48 BAS Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Swan Districts 2.25.47.511.5 71 WON Subiaco 1.33.66.810.9 69 2 BAS Jul 16 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
15 H Swan Districts 4.47.69.812.11 83 WON West Coast Reserves 4.16.49.512.8 80 3 BAS Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 Swan Districts       Bye        
17 H Swan Districts 3.25.48.513.9 87 WON South Fremantle 2.24.47.67.8 50 37 BAS Aug 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Swan Districts 0.64.98.1414.14 98 WON Perth 2.25.29.211.4 70 28 LAT Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Swan Districts 3.47.48.414.7 91 LOST Claremont 5.311.615.1318.15 123 -32 CLM Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 H Swan Districts 3.55.67.1110.13 73 LOST Peel Thunder 1.27.510.712.11 83 -10 BAS Aug 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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