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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) 1934–2025

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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2012 Season (WAFL) Fixture

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Swan Districts' 2012 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 Swan Districts       Bye        
2 A Swan Districts 8.39.613.1019.13 127 WON West Perth 4.110.312.514.7 91 36 AJO Mar 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 Swan Districts       Bye        
4 H Swan Districts 4.86.1413.1617.20 122 WON South Fremantle 3.36.712.715.9 99 23 BAS Apr 9 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
5 H Swan Districts 2.33.87.1410.16 76 LOST Peel Thunder 3.56.77.813.12 90 -14 BAS Apr 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A Swan Districts 0.24.58.811.10 76 WON Claremont 3.23.74.119.16 70 6 CLM Apr 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Swan Districts 3.19.414.721.9 135 WON Perth 2.74.1010.1014.14 98 37 BAS Apr 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 A Swan Districts 2.25.75.129.17 71 LOST East Perth 4.49.613.1115.16 106 -35 MJR May 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Swan Districts 5.58.812.1220.16 136 WON Subiaco 3.29.714.815.10 100 36 BAS May 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A Swan Districts 3.34.610.1315.15 105 WON East Fremantle 1.42.75.79.9 63 42 EFO May 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A Swan Districts 3.46.614.922.12 144 WON Perth 4.17.412.615.8 98 46 LAT Jun 3 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
12 H Swan Districts 1.37.811.918.12 120 WON South Fremantle 5.47.613.1315.16 106 14 BAS Jun 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A Swan Districts 5.610.819.1027.15 177 WON Peel Thunder 1.43.78.1012.14 86 91 RUS Jun 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Swan Districts 7.511.1115.1416.18 114 WON East Perth 0.23.38.713.9 87 27 BAS Jun 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Swan Districts 2.75.96.149.17 71 LOST West Perth 2.36.89.1211.13 79 -8 BAS Jun 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Swan Districts 0.22.24.35.4 34 LOST Claremont 4.29.1213.1219.17 131 -97 CLM Jul 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 Swan Districts       Bye        
18 H Swan Districts 2.14.46.711.7 73 LOST East Fremantle 3.512.915.1220.16 136 -63 BAS Jul 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Swan Districts 2.45.813.1117.14 116 WON Subiaco 6.210.213.313.5 83 33 LEE Jul 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 H Swan Districts 4.511.818.1022.14 146 WON Peel Thunder 0.31.33.37.5 47 99 BAS Aug 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 Swan Districts       Bye        
22 A Swan Districts 1.57.812.1417.18 120 WON South Fremantle 4.29.213.413.7 85 35 FRE Aug 17 (Fri, 6:40) Scores
23 H Swan Districts 4.29.413.814.8 92 WON Claremont 1.44.76.1012.11 83 9 BAS Aug 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
24 A Swan Districts 4.47.1012.1114.16 100 WON Perth 5.27.411.712.9 81 19 LAT Sep 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2SF A Swan Districts 1.08.012.114.2 86 LOST Claremont 7.610.1013.1217.16 118 -32 CLM Sep 8 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
PF H Swan Districts 3.15.38.511.8 74 LOST East Fremantle 3.68.1011.1813.23 101 -27 BAS Sep 16 (Sun, 2:15) Scores
 

Footnotes

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