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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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1981 Season (WAFL) Fixture

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Swan Districts' 1981 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Swan Districts 3.37.1212.1521.21 147 WON West Perth 4.38.510.1010.12 72 75 BAS Apr 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 A Swan Districts 8.516.1126.1638.21 249 WON Perth 4.36.59.713.9 87 162 LAT Apr 20 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
3 H Swan Districts 3.37.815.1322.17 149 WON Subiaco 8.510.813.1117.11 113 36 BAS Apr 25 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 H Swan Districts 7.112.721.1428.17 185 WON East Fremantle 5.16.18.412.6 78 107 BAS May 2 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 A Swan Districts 7.29.411.916.16 112 LOST South Fremantle 4.59.1116.1517.19 121 -9 FRE May 9 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 H Swan Districts 9.412.719.1227.14 176 WON East Perth 3.010.713.917.13 115 61 BAS May 16 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 A Swan Districts 4.36.511.816.14 110 LOST Claremont 9.011.917.1024.12 156 -46 CLM May 23 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 H Swan Districts 7.715.925.1231.14 200 WON Perth 2.24.57.810.13 73 127 BAS May 30 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 A Swan Districts 6.611.916.1118.17 125 WON West Perth 0.42.72.95.10 40 85 LEE Jun 6 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 A Swan Districts 2.59.1013.1314.18 102 WON Subiaco 6.16.311.415.7 97 5 SUB Jun 13 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 A Swan Districts 3.710.1112.1213.13 91 WON East Fremantle 1.21.46.1010.13 73 18 EFO Jun 27 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 H Swan Districts 3.88.1210.1819.20 134 WON South Fremantle 2.17.510.613.8 86 48 BAS Jul 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 A Swan Districts 3.49.514.517.9 111 WON East Perth 3.46.79.1114.13 97 14 POV Jul 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 H Swan Districts 1.29.611.1116.16 112 LOST Claremont 6.610.714.1017.12 114 -2 BAS Jul 18 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 A Swan Districts 5.811.1314.1925.22 172 WON West Perth 1.32.77.1010.10 70 102 SUB Jul 25 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 A Swan Districts 4.56.1013.1418.20 128 WON Perth 3.36.88.1113.15 93 35 LAT Aug 1 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 H Swan Districts 4.410.819.1230.17 197 WON Subiaco 3.35.87.1310.14 74 123 BAS Aug 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 H Swan Districts 8.915.1121.1924.24 168 WON East Fremantle 0.25.65.78.15 63 105 BAS Aug 15 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 A Swan Districts 1.45.911.1316.17 113 LOST South Fremantle 6.89.1314.1821.22 148 -35 FRE Aug 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 H Swan Districts 6.410.618.1118.14 122 WON East Perth 5.37.1010.1014.17 101 21 BAS Aug 29 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
21 A Swan Districts 6.112.518.920.13 133 LOST Claremont 3.57.814.1122.16 148 -15 CLM Sep 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2SF A Swan Districts 3.48.410.712.9 81 LOST Claremont 2.17.1110.1814.24 108 -27 SUB Sep 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
PF A Swan Districts 3.28.911.1015.15 105 LOST South Fremantle 4.28.518.628.10 178 -73 SUB Sep 27 (Sun, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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