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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



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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2010 Season (WAFL) Fixture

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Swan Districts' 2010 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Swan Districts 2.15.68.711.13 79 LOST West Perth 7.47.615.1020.13 133 -54 AJO Mar 20 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
2 Swan Districts       Bye        
3 H Swan Districts 3.19.513.1118.15 123 WON South Fremantle 6.37.69.812.9 81 42 BAS Apr 3 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
4 A Swan Districts 5.59.516.820.8 128 WON East Fremantle 3.17.39.514.7 91 37 EFO Apr 10 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
5 H Swan Districts 3.58.98.1513.18 96 LOST Subiaco 6.28.315.718.10 118 -22 BAS Apr 17 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
6 A Swan Districts 4.18.313.717.13 115 WON Perth 5.18.611.815.9 99 16 LAT Apr 24 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
7 H Swan Districts 7.210.518.822.9 141 WON Claremont 3.311.313.317.6 108 33 BAS May 1 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
8 A Swan Districts 3.48.711.1018.15 123 WON East Perth 5.410.815.1016.12 108 15 LEE May 8 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
9 H Swan Districts 6.110.817.1326.17 173 WON Peel Thunder 4.38.59.610.7 67 106 BAS May 15 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
10 H Swan Districts 3.48.512.920.14 134 WON West Perth 4.210.412.613.7 85 49 BAS May 29 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
11 Swan Districts       Bye        
12 A Swan Districts 6.58.913.1417.19 121 WON Subiaco 2.18.69.811.10 76 45 LEE Jun 13 (Sun, 2:15) Scores
13 A Swan Districts 6.311.813.917.13 115 WON South Fremantle 5.110.413.614.10 94 21 FRE Jun 19 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
14 H Swan Districts 2.46.711.914.12 96 WON East Fremantle 3.45.77.97.11 53 43 BAS Jun 26 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
15 H Swan Districts 4.28.212.516.12 108 WON East Perth 3.37.810.913.9 87 21 DAM Jul 3 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
16 A Swan Districts 2.25.57.1010.12 72 LOST Perth 2.34.47.812.10 82 -10 LAT Jul 10 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
17 A Swan Districts 4.59.817.1225.14 164 WON Peel Thunder 2.110.313.916.9 105 59 RUS Jul 18 (Sun, 2:15) Scores
18 H Swan Districts 4.17.511.514.8 92 DRAW Claremont 5.55.79.1013.14 92 0 BAS Jul 24 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
19 Swan Districts       Bye        
20 A Swan Districts 3.19.413.518.12 120 WON South Fremantle 5.38.612.1012.13 85 35 FRE Aug 7 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
21 A Swan Districts 2.15.56.76.9 45 LOST Claremont 5.18.412.818.10 118 -73 CLM Aug 14 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
22 H Swan Districts 8.515.920.1125.16 166 WON Perth 2.25.411.616.8 104 62 BAS Aug 21 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
23 H Swan Districts 8.410.1016.1522.25 157 WON Peel Thunder 3.15.35.57.5 47 110 BAS Aug 28 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
2SF A Swan Districts 3.44.48.710.9 69 LOST Claremont 3.69.1012.1317.17 119 -50 CLM Sep 5 (Sun, 2:15) Scores
PF H Swan Districts 2.38.711.915.11 101 WON East Perth 5.25.67.89.9 63 38 BAS Sep 11 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
GF H Swan Districts 1.65.109.1514.16 100 WON Claremont 3.35.69.1114.15 99 1 SUB Sep 19 (Sun, 2:15) Scores
 

Footnotes

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