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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



Grand Finals | Honour board | Notable players
Game records

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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1980 Season (WAFL) Fixture

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Swan Districts' 1980 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Swan Districts 4.29.1014.1524.17 161 WON East Fremantle 2.43.84.106.14 50 111 BAS Apr 7 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
2 A Swan Districts 9.512.1118.1621.20 146 WON East Perth 6.410.614.719.10 124 22 POV Apr 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 H Swan Districts 4.79.1216.1422.23 155 WON Perth 6.79.1211.1513.20 98 57 BAS Apr 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 A Swan Districts 7.313.1418.1823.19 157 WON Claremont 4.59.814.1320.18 138 19 CLM Apr 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 A Swan Districts 8.714.1521.2527.32 194 WON Subiaco 3.56.76.108.15 63 131 SUB May 3 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 H Swan Districts 6.48.1018.1527.20 182 WON West Perth 4.55.66.78.8 56 126 BAS May 10 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 A Swan Districts 4.511.914.1222.15 147 WON South Fremantle 5.87.1011.1215.18 108 39 FRE May 17 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 A Swan Districts 2.57.918.1429.17 191 WON East Fremantle 4.75.1210.1215.16 106 85 EFO May 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 A Swan Districts 4.311.1117.1319.17 131 WON Perth 4.96.108.1316.18 114 17 LAT May 31 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 H Swan Districts 3.28.811.1516.21 117 WON East Perth 3.47.410.1112.12 84 33 BAS Jun 7 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 H Swan Districts 3.210.613.920.14 134 WON Claremont 4.49.412.613.7 85 49 BAS Jun 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 H Swan Districts 0.04.45.57.12 54 WON Subiaco 2.33.43.105.13 43 11 BAS Jun 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 A Swan Districts 3.56.813.1016.19 115 WON West Perth 7.211.614.1017.11 113 2 LEE Jun 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 H Swan Districts 1.36.37.610.8 68 LOST South Fremantle 1.45.88.1911.21 87 -19 BAS Jul 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 H Swan Districts 6.48.914.1519.18 132 WON East Fremantle 2.410.613.1117.11 113 19 BAS Jul 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 A Swan Districts 2.43.86.116.13 49 LOST East Perth 6.213.617.619.11 125 -76 POV Jul 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 H Swan Districts 3.47.1011.1620.20 140 WON Perth 3.45.69.912.14 86 54 BAS Aug 2 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 A Swan Districts 3.17.811.1014.19 103 WON Claremont 3.56.710.911.12 78 25 CLM Aug 9 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 A Swan Districts 9.516.1121.1126.14 170 WON Subiaco 1.32.911.1419.17 131 39 SUB Aug 16 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 H Swan Districts 4.511.1016.1321.16 142 WON West Perth 6.48.713.1114.15 99 43 BAS Aug 23 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
21 A Swan Districts 2.34.106.1210.16 76 LOST South Fremantle 5.37.913.1018.14 122 -46 FRE Aug 30 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2SF A Swan Districts 5.29.39.611.12 78 LOST South Fremantle 3.65.119.1711.22 88 -10 SUB Sep 13 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
PF A Swan Districts 7.511.724.1228.13 181 WON East Perth 2.55.88.1115.15 105 76 SUB Sep 20 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
GF A Swan Districts 2.23.78.715.8 98 LOST South Fremantle 3.611.1317.1623.18 156 -58 SUB Sep 27 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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