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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
J. Cooper

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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1979 Season (WANFL) Fixture

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Swan Districts' 1979 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Swan Districts 0.41.59.1311.13 79 LOST East Fremantle 4.211.612.618.10 118 -39 EFO Mar 31 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 H Swan Districts 4.18.314.1017.15 117 LOST East Perth 8.210.316.521.8 134 -17 BAS Apr 7 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 A Swan Districts 6.17.611.611.12 78 WON Perth 2.04.28.611.8 74 4 LAT Apr 16 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
4 H Swan Districts 4.58.912.1815.21 111 LOST Claremont 2.610.813.1117.15 117 -6 BAS Apr 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 H Swan Districts 8.316.424.1131.16 202 WON Subiaco 4.55.77.811.12 78 124 BAS Apr 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 A Swan Districts 7.410.612.1321.14 140 WON West Perth 3.412.814.1119.13 127 13 LEE May 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 H Swan Districts 3.85.119.1511.20 86 LOST South Fremantle 4.011.415.721.14 140 -54 BAS May 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 H Swan Districts 1.210.1215.1620.20 140 LOST East Fremantle 7.210.314.1022.16 148 -8 BAS May 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 A Swan Districts 2.28.513.918.14 122 WON East Perth 4.010.413.1014.12 96 26 POV May 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 H Swan Districts 3.36.611.1215.14 104 WON Perth 3.53.96.1510.17 77 27 BAS Jun 2 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 A Swan Districts 2.34.109.1312.17 89 LOST Claremont 6.28.612.1017.15 117 -28 CLM Jun 9 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 A Swan Districts 7.1014.1619.2021.26 152 WON Subiaco 0.51.82.104.12 36 116 SUB Jun 16 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 H Swan Districts 4.97.1311.1713.20 98 LOST West Perth 0.25.38.515.9 99 -1 BAS Jun 23 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 A Swan Districts 2.311.913.1418.17 125 LOST South Fremantle 7.49.916.1619.22 136 -11 FRE Jun 30 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 A Swan Districts 0.24.76.107.11 53 LOST East Fremantle 5.57.913.1719.21 135 -82 EFO Jul 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 H Swan Districts 4.310.1012.1318.18 126 LOST East Perth 5.27.217.1124.15 159 -33 BAS Jul 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 A Swan Districts 10.513.721.1123.14 152 WON Perth 3.18.812.1015.15 105 47 LAT Jul 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 H Swan Districts 3.112.517.924.12 156 WON Claremont 5.58.710.1415.19 109 47 BAS Aug 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 H Swan Districts 8.420.533.940.11 251 WON Subiaco 7.111.515.520.7 127 124 BAS Aug 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 A Swan Districts 5.89.1015.1320.22 142 WON West Perth 3.46.510.710.8 68 74 LEE Aug 18 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
21 H Swan Districts 9.514.719.1122.18 150 WON South Fremantle 1.06.29.714.8 92 58 BAS Aug 25 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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