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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. Bright

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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1966 Season (WANFL) Fixture

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Swan Districts' 1966 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Swan Districts 3.76.1113.1314.14 98 WON East Fremantle 1.14.36.49.6 60 38 EFO Apr 9 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 H Swan Districts 2.58.710.914.11 95 LOST Perth 3.36.713.1217.19 121 -26 BAS Apr 16 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 H Swan Districts 2.310.811.918.15 123 WON South Fremantle 4.84.98.159.16 70 53 BAS Apr 24 (Sun, 12:00) Scores
4 A Swan Districts 3.56.69.911.13 79 LOST Subiaco 3.46.99.1311.17 83 -4 SUB Apr 30 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 H Swan Districts 5.38.413.616.8 104 LOST East Perth 1.15.78.1316.19 115 -11 BAS May 7 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 A Swan Districts 3.64.99.1211.13 79 LOST Claremont 2.211.711.1017.13 115 -36 CLM May 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 A Swan Districts 0.27.911.1211.18 84 LOST West Perth 2.56.611.1212.16 88 -4 LEE May 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 H Swan Districts 2.310.912.1314.19 103 LOST East Fremantle 5.36.414.1017.11 113 -10 BAS May 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 A Swan Districts 1.41.106.177.20 62 LOST Perth 3.57.1112.1916.24 120 -58 LAT Jun 6 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
10 A Swan Districts 5.510.615.820.12 132 WON South Fremantle 3.37.510.614.11 95 37 FRE Jun 18 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 H Swan Districts 1.22.94.139.16 70 DRAW Subiaco 2.04.59.710.10 70 0 BAS Jun 25 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 A Swan Districts 5.49.612.1215.17 107 WON East Perth 4.46.69.911.12 78 29 POV Jul 2 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 H Swan Districts 4.49.1116.2021.25 151 WON Claremont 5.28.610.911.15 81 70 BAS Jul 9 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 H Swan Districts 2.24.65.108.12 60 LOST West Perth 5.67.99.1216.14 110 -50 BAS Jul 16 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 A Swan Districts 1.14.66.69.9 63 LOST East Fremantle 5.36.48.1512.17 89 -26 EFO Jul 23 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 H Swan Districts 3.75.127.158.17 65 LOST Perth 2.08.48.613.9 87 -22 BAS Jul 30 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 A Swan Districts 2.26.511.612.10 82 LOST Claremont 4.66.108.1212.17 89 -7 CLM Aug 6 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 H Swan Districts 4.310.614.824.13 157 WON Subiaco 8.311.612.1512.15 87 70 BAS Aug 13 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 A Swan Districts 2.36.97.1210.15 75 LOST East Perth 6.511.1016.1321.20 146 -71 POV Aug 20 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 H Swan Districts 4.65.97.1113.14 92 WON South Fremantle 2.07.59.912.12 84 8 BAS Aug 27 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
21 A Swan Districts 4.25.66.89.10 64 LOST West Perth 2.34.48.716.12 108 -44 LEE Sep 3 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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