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464: 650:, Perth more than fulfilled the most sanguine expectations. The Demons thrashed South Fremantle by 143 points in the opening game and from then on were always the team to beat, scoring a 16-point win over East Perth in the 1966 Grand Final. The next year, in 1967, the same clubs played off with a similar result – with the margin stretched to 18 points. Then in 1968 it was Perth, again over East Perth, by 24 points. In each case Perth was led by Atwell, with Cable collecting three Simpson Medals for brilliant best-on-ground roving performances. 1839: 738:, 1997 saw the Demons play consistently enough to record their best home-and-away performance for nineteen years, missing out on the double chance by only five percent from East Fremantle. The manner in which the Demons reversed a last round loss to East Perth by eleven goals in the first semi final might have made people think at the very least a grand final berth was forthcoming, but South Fremantle put paid to that with a six-goal win in the preliminary final. 278: 239: 674:, and missed the finals in 1975. However, despite not being perfectly consistent during the home-and-away round, the Demons under new captain Colin Lofts clicked when it counted, taking out the 1976 Grand Final by 23 points, again at the expense of East Perth. Courageous defender, Mal Day, won the Simpson Medal for an outstanding game. Except when affected by a major injury to star rover 41: 271: 232: 459:
by five points, but this was amended to a one-point victory after Perth successfully protested that the free kick from which one of East Fremantle's goals was scored was awarded after the half time bell. The two clubs faced each other again in the 1908 and 1909 grand finals, East Fremantle victorious
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for their fourteenth wooden spoon. The cycle was repeated even more dramatically in 2014: the Demons had looked like a first league finals berth since 1997 before fading and had had both lower grades make the top four in 2013, but in 2014 after winning their opening two matches an injury crisis and
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Perth took a while to recover from this caning and finished seventh, sixth and sixth in the following three seasons, but aided by a vigorous junior football council and strong support from local businesses, the Demons soon returned as a force despite twice failing in the finals in 1963 and 1964 and
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from 1947 to 1951. Perth eventually settled as third in the WANFL pecking order during this period, and surprisingly even took a first-ever minor premiership in 1949 before making its first grand final for thirty-four years, only to lose to a more hardened West Perth. In 1950 they reversed the 1949
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In the following four years Perth remained a force – most notably in nearly keeping East Perth goalless on a rain-drenched WACA in early 1956 – but could never overcome the Royals or East Fremantle in the finals. In order to draw closer to their metropolitan recruiting zone on the southern side of
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four of seven did so. From 1921 to 1923 the club suffered the ignominy of a hat-trick of wooden spoons, and though it became more competitive in the ensuing decade only in 1927, 1934 and 1939 did the Redlegs win more games than they lost. Despite the team's lack of collective success, Perth in the
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where he had transferred in 1970, saw Perth decline abruptly to seventh or eight with only eight wins and a draw, and after a return to third in 1972, Cable's last year with the club in 1973 saw them win only six games (their worst year since 1941 when they won only four matches). Perth, however,
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Suffering from internal dissent as presidents Barry McGrath and Nick Catalano were opposed by the board over not only relocation, which most other members opposed in favour of a better deal from the West Australian Football Commission, but also the admission of
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After three decades among the WANFL elite, Perth declined abruptly in 1979, winning only eight games of twenty-one and finishing a distant sixth. The departure of Armstrong to Subiaco in 1980 only made things worse: despite the presence of a fine coach in
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and captain Keith Harper, improved in 1955 to win fourteen of twenty minor round games and defeat the Cardinals in the first semi-final. They then upset South by twelve points and came back on a windy day to defeat East Fremantle by two points in the
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led the Demons to being more competitive after his appointment in 2015, the club's 120 year in 2019 saw them narrowly missed the finals by percentage despite winning their first five games but had to win the last game against
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but could not convert, losing a low-scoring game 2.7 (19) to 3.3 (21). During the war years Perth continued to be prominent, finishing third in each of 1916, 1917 and 1918, but following the end of the war Perth (or
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The next four years saw Perth decline somewhat, winning only six games in 1952 and being unconvincing against the might of South Fremantle and West Perth in the other three seasons. However, with champion ruckman
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Armstrong and new captain Ken Inman had high hopes of another premiership hat-trick with big wins during the 1978 season. Their goal was denied by just two points in a grand final marred by very wet conditions.
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Formed in 1899, Perth is the fourth-oldest of the nine WAFL clubs. The club played its early football in the Perth First Rate Junior Competition before replacing Rovers mid-way during the 1899 WAFA season after
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to capture expanding outer suburbs as West Perth did by moving to Joondalup, but in spite of the trouble many players had travelling to Lathlain, the Perth board voted by 115 to 83 to remain there on 11 July
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but lost by three points to miss out, the next season Perth made their first finals series in 23 years in Spalding's final season as coach in a shortened season due to
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During the period between 1946 and 1954, Perth's zone had over twice as many residents as the zones of East Fremantle, South Fremantle, Subiaco and Swan Districts
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off-field dissent wrecked Perth to such an extent that it won only one more match for its fifteenth wooden spoon and ninth since 1981. The club under coach
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Perth remained competitive for the following decade despite a brief lapse that saw them fall to last in 1912. In the 1915 Grand Final they dominated against
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for two seasons, Perth never improved upon 1979's sixth place between 1980 and 1985 and won only 28 of its 126 games. The recruitment of proven coach
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Moriarty's Sandover was won in a competition restricted to players under nineteen as of 1 October 1943 owing to the loss of players to World War II
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after losing revenue from gate pooling and the WAFC being forced to pay the West Coast Eagles' licence fee as its holder, the Demons had to raise
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The club was founded in 1899 and began play in the First Rate Junior Association, but was promoted to the WAFL after eight games to replace the
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the Demons were favoured to win a fourth flag in five years, but were convincingly upset by South Fremantle despite having more scoring shots.
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that year was hoped to make the Demons a WAFL power, but after finishing third in 1986 the club was devastated by the loss of players to new
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after they dropped out of the league and folded, with Perth drawing much of its inaugural WAFL squad from Rovers. Perth won its first
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and fell back down the ladder, ultimately taking wooden spoons in 1993 and 1994 and not being able to stay far from the bottom.
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100,000 to avoid folding at the close of the season. There were unsuccessful plans by the WAFL to relocate the Demons to the
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Grand Final result against the Cardinals but lost narrowly to an inaccurate South Fremantle in the premiership decider.
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winning score against East Fremantle. Ruckman Wim Rosbender marked his best season, winning the Simpson Medal.
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and full-forwards Alan Evans (who against East Fremantle in 1921 kicked thirteen of fourteen goals) and
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In 2005 the Demons won only three games, and then recruitment of another high-profile coach in former
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for their first premiership in forty-eight years. McIntosh crowned his last game winning the
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Despite its failures at senior level up to 1946, Perth reached the preliminary final of the
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inter-war years was home to a number of outstanding players, including ruckman/forward
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During the 1980s and 1990s, the club also had severe financial problems, so bad that
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as captain-coach in 1966 was at first controversial, but with such young players as
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This article is about the Australian rules football club. For the soccer club, see
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The club song of the Perth Football Club is sung to the tune of the Anthem of the
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collapsed completely after a promising 2009 season: the Demons won only two games
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winning their final regular season game by 5 points versus the eventual premier
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desperate to see his team with a premiership, Perth under experienced former
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From Redlegs to Demons : A History of the Perth Football Club from 1899
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14 games, from Round 12, 1968 to Round 2, 1969 (including 1968 premiership)
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rebounded under the coaching of former captain and 1955 premiership player
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was unable to continue. The club enjoyed success in the latter part of the
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metropolitan region, the club currently trains and plays its home games at
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Recent AFL players who originated from the Perth Football Club include
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and they beat Swan Districts, but that year ended ingloriously against
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Despite an inglorious start with its lowest score since 1952 against
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Round 4, 1977 – 30.18 (198) vs. South Fremantle at Lathlain Park
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dropping to fifth in 1965 with ten wins from twenty-one games.
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Round 10, 1903 – 0.3 (3) vs. East Fremantle at Fremantle Oval
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Behind the Play: A History of Football in Western Australia
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Like most clubs, Perth lost a number of players due to the
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21 games without win from Round 7, 1922 to Round 13, 1923
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Lague, Steve; 'Members Vote to Keep Perth at Lathlain';
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Index

Perth Glory FC

2022
Samuel Stubbs
Corey Byrne
West Australian Football League
Peter German
Michael Sinclair
Mineral Resources Park
perthfc.com.au
Australian rules football
Lathlain
Western Australia
West Australian Football League
Perth
Lathlain Park
WACA Ground
in 1987
and 1988
Rovers Football Club
premiership
1907
hat-trick
1968
grand final
since 1978
finals
1997
2020
Peter German

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