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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. Harvey

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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2008 Season (WAFL) Fixture

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Swan Districts' 2008 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Swan Districts 5.311.715.1219.19 133 WON Peel Thunder 7.310.414.715.11 101 32 RUS Mar 22 (Sat, 6:30) Scores
2 Swan Districts       Bye        
3 H Swan Districts 5.610.914.1216.17 113 WON Claremont 2.39.413.816.14 110 3 BAS Apr 5 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
4 A Swan Districts 3.16.56.712.7 79 LOST Subiaco 3.88.1313.1919.26 140 -61 LEE Apr 12 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
5 A Swan Districts 3.28.514.1216.14 110 WON West Perth 2.44.610.716.9 105 5 AJO Apr 18 (Fri, 7:30) Scores
6 H Swan Districts 3.311.518.722.11 143 WON Perth 2.27.109.1315.20 110 33 BAS Apr 25 (Fri, 2:45) Scores
7 A Swan Districts 4.35.66.1010.18 78 WON East Perth 2.24.59.711.9 75 3 LEE May 3 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
8 H Swan Districts 1.26.67.811.14 80 LOST East Fremantle 4.45.811.1313.15 93 -13 BAS May 8 (Thu, 2:15) Scores
9 A Swan Districts 2.36.59.611.9 75 LOST South Fremantle 9.214.620.1423.16 154 -79 FRE May 17 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
10 H Swan Districts 5.312.715.1017.14 116 WON Peel Thunder 2.25.47.514.10 94 22 BAS May 24 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
11 Swan Districts       Bye        
12 A Swan Districts 2.15.38.515.7 97 WON Claremont 6.37.38.410.6 66 31 CLM Jun 15 (Sun, 2:15) Scores
13 H Swan Districts 2.25.310.717.12 114 WON Subiaco 5.610.912.1117.11 113 1 BAS Jun 21 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
14 H Swan Districts 0.00.00.013.10 88 LOST West Perth 0.00.00.014.12 96 -8 BAS Jun 28 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
15 A Swan Districts 2.15.510.516.6 102 WON Perth 6.49.610.1112.14 86 16 LAT Jul 5 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
16 H Swan Districts 4.38.411.713.9 87 LOST East Perth 3.25.810.1114.15 99 -12 BAS Jul 12 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
17 A Swan Districts 6.46.79.713.13 91 LOST East Fremantle 3.47.714.1317.13 115 -24 EFO Jul 19 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
18 Swan Districts       Bye        
19 H Swan Districts 1.65.98.1211.19 85 LOST South Fremantle 5.012.313.616.10 106 -21 NEW Aug 2 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
20 A Swan Districts 5.38.713.918.9 117 LOST West Perth 4.37.812.1118.15 123 -6 AJO Aug 9 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
21 H Swan Districts 2.56.107.159.19 73 LOST Subiaco 1.75.118.1517.21 123 -50 BAS Aug 16 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
22 A Swan Districts 5.311.513.515.11 101 WON Perth 1.26.28.712.10 82 19 LAT Aug 23 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
23 H Swan Districts 7.011.413.1015.11 101 WON Peel Thunder 3.25.58.714.9 93 8 BAS Aug 30 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
1SF A Swan Districts 3.44.811.1016.12 108 WON South Fremantle 2.34.79.1111.18 84 24 FRE Sep 6 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
PF A Swan Districts 4.24.710.1015.14 104 WON West Perth 3.29.412.714.10 94 10 AJO Sep 13 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
GF A Swan Districts 6.39.510.614.7 91 LOST Subiaco 3.59.915.1322.16 148 -57 SUB Sep 21 (Sun, 2:15) Scores
 

Footnotes

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