| 2008 WAFL season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 9 |
| Premiers | Subiaco 11th premiership |
| Minor premiers | Subiaco 12th minor premiership |
| Sandover Medallist | Hayden Ballantyne (Peel Thunder) |
| Bernie Naylor Medallist | Brad Smith (Subiaco) |
| Matches played | 94 |
The 2008 WAFL season was the 124th season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League, and was completely dominated by Subiaco, who not only recorded their first hat-trick of premierships but achieved a dominance over the rest of the league unrivalled in a major Australian Rules league since Port Adelaide in the 1914 SAFL season. [1] The Lions lost once to eventual Grand Final opponents Swan Districts by the narrowest possible margin, and were previously generally predicted to achieve an undefeated season, [2] being rarely threatened in their twenty-one victories. They finished seven-and-a-half games clear of second-placed West Perth, and convincingly won the Grand Final after trailing early.
Subiaco’s dominance overshadowed the other eight clubs, where the most notable features were the fall of 2007 finalists Claremont and East Perth to second last and last respectively, and a comeback by East Fremantle who won only two of their first eleven matches but then won eight of their last nine
| Round 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 20 March (7:40 pm) | South Fremantle 12.14 (86) | def. by | Subiaco 19.12 (126) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2282) | |
| Saturday, 22 March (2:15 pm) | Perth 18.10 (118) | def. | East Fremantle 10.10 (70) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 1708) | |
| Saturday, 22 March (2:15 pm) | Claremont 12.10 (82) | def. | West Perth 9.14 (68) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 1422) | |
| Saturday, 22 March (6:30 pm) | Peel Thunder 15.11 (101) | def. by | Swan Districts 19.19 (133) | Rushton Park (crowd: 1620) | |
| Bye East Perth | |||||
| Round 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 28 March (7:00 pm) | Subiaco 18.17 (125) | def. | Claremont 12.10 (82) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 2228) | |
| Saturday, 29 March (2:15 pm) | East Fremantle 8.15 (63) | def. by | South Fremantle 22.10 (142) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1755) | |
| Saturday, 29 March (2:15 pm) | West Perth 12.8 (80) | def. by | East Perth 15.14 (104) | Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2089) | |
| Saturday, 29 March (2:15 pm) | Perth 14.18 (102) | def. by | Peel Thunder 17.11 (113) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 1340) | |
| Bye Swan Districts | |||||
| Round 3 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 4 April (6:40 pm) | South Fremantle 21.18 (144) | def. | Peel Thunder 10.14 (74) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1729) | |
| Saturday, 5 April (2:15 pm) | Swan Districts 16.17 (113) | def. | Claremont 16.14 (110) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1116) | |
| Saturday, 5 April (2:15 pm) | East Perth 12.9 (81) | def. by | Perth 19.13 (127) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 1200) | |
| Sunday, 6 April (2:15 pm) | East Fremantle 12.10 (82) | def. by | Subiaco 15.13 (103) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1717) | |
| Bye West Perth | |||||
| Round 4 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 12 April (2:15 pm) | Subiaco 19.26 (140) | def. | Swan Districts 12.7 (79) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 2460) | |
| Saturday, 12 April (2:15 pm) | South Fremantle 10.10 (70) | def. by | West Perth 14.20 (104) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2133) | |
| Saturday, 12 April (2:15 pm) | Peel Thunder 18.7 (115) | def. | East Fremantle 15.24 (114) | Rushton Park (crowd: 1542) | |
| Saturday, 12 April (2:15 pm) | Claremont 20.13 (133) | def. | East Perth 9.6 (60) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 1632) | |
| Bye Perth | |||||
The Peel versus East Fremantle game produces the greatest deficit in scoring shots by a winning club in WAFL history, beating the previous record by two shots. [3] | |||||
| Round 5 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 18 April (7:30 pm) | West Perth 16.9 (105) | def. by | Swan Districts 16.14 (110) | Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2209) | |
| Saturday, 19 April (2:15 pm) | Perth 6.10 (46) | def. by | Subiaco 16.14 (110) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 2162) | |
| Saturday, 19 April (2:15 pm) | East Perth 9.10 (64) | def. by | South Fremantle 20.8 (128) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 1912) | |
| Saturday, 19 April (5:30 pm) | Peel Thunder 17.16 (118) | def. | Claremont 18.8 (116) | Rushton Park (crowd: 1420) | |
| Bye East Fremantle | |||||
Peel win another thriller, but this time record their first win scoring fewer goals than their opponents. [4] | |||||
| Round 6 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 25 April (2:45 pm) | Swan Districts 22.11 (143) | def. | Perth 15.20 (110) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 6177) | |
| Saturday, 26 April (2:15 pm) | Subiaco 15.18 (108) | def. | West Perth 5.7 (37) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 2682) | |
| Saturday, 26 April (2:15 pm) | East Fremantle 12.10 (82) | def. by | East Perth 17.12 (114) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1545) | |
| Saturday, 26 April (2:15 pm) | Claremont 17.15 (117) | def. by | South Fremantle 19.11 (125) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 1485) | |
| Bye Peel Thunder | |||||
| Round 7 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 3 May (2:15 pm) | West Perth 16.13 (109) | def. | East Fremantle 14.12 (96) | Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1687) | |
| Saturday, 3 May (2:15 pm) | Subiaco 29.33 (207) | def. | Peel Thunder 7.8 (50) | Kalgoorlie (crowd: 3874) | |
| Saturday, 3 May (2:15 pm) | Perth 26.11 (167) | def. | South Fremantle 15.9 (99) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 1976) | |
| Saturday, 3 May (2:15 pm) | East Perth 11.9 (75) | def. by | Swan Districts 10.18 (78) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 2663) | |
| Bye Claremont | |||||
| Round 8 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 10 May (2:15 pm) | Swan Districts 11.14 (80) | def. by | East Fremantle 13.15 (93) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2541) | |
| Saturday, 10 May (2:15 pm) | Subiaco 20.17 (137) | def. | East Perth 10.5 (65) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 2457) | |
| Saturday, 10 May (2:15 pm) | Claremont 9.9 (63) | def. by | Perth 11.16 (82) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 1582) | |
| Saturday, 10 May (3:15 pm) | Peel Thunder 12.10 (82) | def. by | West Perth 27.20 (182) | Rushton Park (crowd: 1226) | |
| Bye South Fremantle | |||||
| Round 9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 17 May (2:15 pm) | South Fremantle 23.16 (154) | def. | Swan Districts 11.9 (75) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1802) | |
| Saturday, 17 May (2:15 pm) | Perth 8.17 (65) | drew with | West Perth 9.11 (65) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 2781) | |
| Saturday, 17 May (2:15 pm) | Peel Thunder 15.12 (102) | def. | East Perth 8.10 (58) | Rushton Park (crowd: 1125) | |
| Saturday, 17 May (2:15 pm) | East Fremantle 18.15 (123) | def. | Claremont 16.6 (102) | Geraldton (crowd: 2019) | |
| Bye Subiaco | |||||
The Lathlain Park match was the first senior WAFL draw in 500 matches since East Perth and Swan Districts drew at Busselton in the opening round of 2003. [7] It was a remarkable result because the colts teams had also drawn earlier in the day. [8] | |||||
| Round 10 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 24 May (2:15 pm) | West Perth 20.9 (129) | def. | Claremont 14.10 (94) | Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2184) | |
| Saturday, 24 May (2:15 pm) | Swan Districts 17.14 (116) | def. | Peel Thunder 14.10 (94) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1874) | |
| Saturday, 24 May (2:15 pm) | Subiaco 22.10 (142) | def. | South Fremantle 11.19 (85) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 1451) | |
| Saturday, 24 May (2:15 pm) | East Fremantle 7.11 (53) | def. by | Perth 16.13 (109) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1360) | |
| Bye East Perth | |||||
| Round 11 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 31 May (2:15 pm) | Peel Thunder 9.17 (71) | def. by | Perth 17.12 (114) | Rushton Park (crowd: 874) | |
| Monday, 2 June (2:15 pm) | South Fremantle 18.11 (119) | def. | East Fremantle 14.6 (90) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 6003) | |
| Monday, 2 June (2:15 pm) | East Perth 4.8 (32) | def. by | West Perth 12.25 (97) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 3864) | |
| Monday, 2 June (2:15 pm) | Claremont 11.11 (77) | def. by | Subiaco 18.20 (128) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 2435) | |
| Bye Swan Districts | |||||
| Round 12 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 14 June (2:15 pm) | Peel Thunder 19.13 (127) | def. | South Fremantle 19.11 (125) | Rushton Park (crowd: 1213) | |
| Saturday, 14 June (2:15 pm) | Perth 10.15 (75) | def. by | East Perth 12.11 (83) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 4178) | |
| Saturday, 14 June (2:15 pm) | Subiaco 24.18 (162) | def. | East Fremantle 11.10 (76) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 1966) | |
| Sunday, 15 June (2:15 pm) | Claremont 10.6 (66) | def. by | Swan Districts 15.7 (97) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 1245) | |
| Bye West Perth | |||||
| Round 13 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 21 June (2:15 pm) | East Fremantle 11.18 (84) | def. | Peel Thunder 4.17 (41) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1127) | |
| Saturday, 21 June (2:15 pm) | East Perth 15.13 (103) | def. | Claremont 14.9 (93) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 1431) | |
| Saturday, 21 June (2:15 pm) | Swan Districts 17.12 (114) | def. | Subiaco 17.11 (113) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2607) | |
| Saturday, 21 June (2:15 pm) | West Perth 13.8 (86) | def. by | South Fremantle 18.17 (125) | Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1915) | |
| Bye Perth | |||||
| Round 14 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 28 June (2:15 pm) | Claremont 10.16 (76) | def. by | Peel Thunder 16.12 (108) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 1182) | |
| Saturday, 28 June (2:15 pm) | South Fremantle 19.15 (129) | def. | East Perth 7.11 (53) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1130) | |
| Saturday, 28 June (2:15 pm) | Subiaco 18.12 (120) | def. | Perth 11.6 (72) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 2137) | |
| Saturday, 28 June (2:15 pm) | Swan Districts 13.10 (88) | def. by | West Perth 14.12 (96) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2532) | |
| Bye East Fremantle | |||||
Claremont record their ninth consecutive defeat, their worst run since 1974-75, as Peel win for the first time at Claremont Oval. [10] | |||||
| Round 15 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 5 July (2:15 pm) | East Perth 7.10 (52) | def. by | East Fremantle 16.12 (108) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 1339) | |
| Saturday, 5 July (2:15 pm) | Perth 12.14 (86) | def. by | Swan Districts 16.6 (102) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 2282) | |
| Saturday, 5 July (2:15 pm) | South Fremantle 14.4 (88) | def. by | Claremont 14.14 (98) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1150) | |
| Saturday, 5 July (2:15 pm) | West Perth 10.6 (66) | def. by | Subiaco 12.12 (84) | Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1524) | |
| Bye Peel Thunder | |||||
| Round 16 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 11 July (6:40 pm) | South Fremantle 20.10 (130) | def. | Perth 11.9 (75) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2028) | |
| Saturday, 12 July (2:15 pm) | East Fremantle 19.8 (122) | def. | West Perth 10.14 (74) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1436) | |
| Saturday, 12 July (2:15 pm) | Peel Thunder 15.9 (99) | def. by | Subiaco 20.12 (132) | Rushton Park (crowd: 1372) | |
| Saturday, 12 July (2:15 pm) | Swan Districts 13.9 (87) | def. by | East Perth 14.15 (99) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 3620) | |
| Bye Claremont | |||||
| Round 17 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 19 July (2:15 pm) | East Fremantle 17.13 (115) | def. | Swan Districts 13.13 (91) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1783) | |
| Saturday, 19 July (2:15 pm) | East Perth 7.11 (53) | def. by | Subiaco 20.14 (134) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 1690) | |
| Saturday, 19 July (2:15 pm) | Perth 11.10 (76) | def. by | Claremont 16.13 (109) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 1866) | |
| Saturday, 19 July (2:15 pm) | West Perth 14.18 (102) | def. | Peel Thunder 13.9 (87) | Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1529) | |
| Bye South Fremantle | |||||
| Round 18 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 26 July (2:15 pm) | Peel Thunder 14.12 (96) | def. | Claremont 12.11 (83) | Bunbury (crowd: 1200) | |
| Saturday, 26 July (2:15 pm) | Subiaco 13.18 (96) | def. | South Fremantle 11.7 (73) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 1795) | |
| Bye East Fremantle, East Perth, Perth, Swan Districts, West Perth | |||||
Peel win from a 48-point half-time deficit, the third most in WAFL history. [11] | |||||
| Round 19 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 2 August (2:15 pm) | Claremont 19.12 (126) | def. | East Fremantle 9.9 (63) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 1410) | |
| Saturday, 2 August (2:15 pm) | East Perth 16.15 (111) | def. | Peel Thunder 7.8 (50) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 1293) | |
| Saturday, 2 August (2:15 pm) | Swan Districts 11.19 (85) | def. by | South Fremantle 16.10 (106) | Newman (crowd: 3000) | |
| Saturday, 2 August (2:15 pm) | West Perth 16.8 (104) | def. | Perth 14.8 (92) | Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1841) | |
| Bye Subiaco | |||||
| Round 20 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 9 August (2:15 pm) | Claremont 4.12 (36) | def. by | Subiaco 25.17 (167) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 2012) | |
| Saturday, 9 August (2:15 pm) | East Fremantle 16.17 (113) | def. | Perth 8.14 (62) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2081) | |
| Saturday, 9 August (2:15 pm) | South Fremantle 22.13 (145) | def. | East Perth 18.6 (114) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1544) | |
| Saturday, 9 August (2:15 pm) | West Perth 18.15 (123) | def. | Swan Districts 18.9 (117) | Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1982) | |
| Bye Peel Thunder | |||||
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| Round 21 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 16 August (2:15 pm) | East Fremantle 16.13 (109) | def. | South Fremantle 14.16 (100) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2322) | |
| Saturday, 16 August (2:15 pm) | East Perth 15.11 (101) | def. by | West Perth 18.15 (123) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 2263) | |
| Saturday, 16 August (2:15 pm) | Perth 7.13 (55) | def. by | Peel Thunder 10.13 (73) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 1686) | |
| Saturday, 16 August (2:15 pm) | Swan Districts 9.19 (73) | def. by | Subiaco 17.21 (123) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2732) | |
| Bye Claremont | |||||
| Round 22 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 23 August (2:15 pm) | Claremont 10.12 (72) | def. by | West Perth 15.18 (108) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 1480) | |
| Saturday, 23 August (2:15 pm) | Peel Thunder 11.13 (79) | def. by | East Fremantle 17.13 (115) | Rushton Park (crowd: 1559) | |
| Saturday, 23 August (2:15 pm) | Perth 12.10 (82) | def. by | Swan Districts 15.11 (101) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 2297) | |
| Saturday, 23 August (2:15 pm) | Subiaco 20.22 (142) | def. | East Perth 12.8 (80) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 2196) | |
| Bye South Fremantle | |||||
| Round 23 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 30 August (2:15 pm) | East Perth 4.16 (40) | def. by | Perth 12.14 (86) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 1741) | |
| Saturday, 30 August (2:15 pm) | South Fremantle 13.11 (89) | def. by | Claremont 15.10 (100) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1758) | |
| Saturday, 30 August (2:15 pm) | Swan Districts 15.11 (101) | def. | Peel Thunder 14.9 (93) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2705) | |
| Saturday, 30 August (2:15 pm) | West Perth 15.9 (99) | def. by | East Fremantle 16.8 (104) | Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2011) | |
| Bye Subiaco | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Subiaco (P) | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2599 | 1431 | 181.6 | 76 |
| 2 | West Perth | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1957 | 1835 | 106.6 | 46 |
| 3 | South Fremantle | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2262 | 1965 | 115.1 | 44 |
| 4 | Swan Districts | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1983 | 2084 | 95.2 | 44 |
| 5 | East Fremantle | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1875 | 1997 | 93.9 | 40 |
| 6 | Peel Thunder | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1773 | 2270 | 78.1 | 32 |
| 7 | Perth | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1801 | 1843 | 97.7 | 30 |
| 8 | Claremont | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1835 | 2066 | 88.8 | 24 |
| 9 | East Perth | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1542 | 2136 | 72.2 | 24 |
| First semi-final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 6 September (2:15 pm) | South Fremantle 11.18 (84) | def. by | Swan Districts 16.12 (108) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 4,755) | |
| Second semi-final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 6 September (2:15 pm) | Subiaco 17.12 (114) | def. | West Perth 10.10 (70) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 5,163) | |
| Preliminary final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 13 September (2:15 pm) | West Perth 14.10 (94) | def. by | Swan Districts 15.14 (104) | Arena Joondalup (crowd: 5,556) | |
| 2008 WAFL Grand Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday 21 September | Subiaco | def. | Swan Districts | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 23,199) | |
| 3.5 (23) 9.9 (63) 15.13 (103) 22.16 (148) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 6.3 (39) 9.5 (59) 10.6 (66) 14.7 (91) | Umpires: Gavin Statham, Start Parry, Dean Margetts Simpson Medal: Chris Hall (Subiaco) | ||
| Brad Smith 6, Mapleston 4, Read 3, Cossom 2, Chris Hall 2, Hildebrandt 2, Schofield, Cockie, Hayes | Goals | Notte 2, Roberts 2, Taylor, Michael McInlay, Garlett, Davis, Geappen, Yarran, Pullman, Naitanui, Wolfenden, Banfield | |||
| Brad Smith, Mapleston, Read, Hall, Broughton, Schofield, Hildebrandt, Hayes | Best | Roberts, Spaanderman, Wolfenden, Johnson, Notte, Hinkley | |||
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The 1973 WANFL season was the 89th season of the Western Australian National Football League. It is most famous for Subiaco breaking the longest premiership drought in the history of the competition, winning for the first time since 1924 after having been a chopping block for most of the middle third of the century. Under the coaching of former St Kilda champion Ross Smith, the Lions, as they became christened in July, bounced back from two disappointing seasons to lose only two of their final sixteen home-and-away games for their first minor premiership since 1935, then in a low-scoring Grand Final comfortably defeated a much more hardened West Perth team.
The 1938 WANFL season was the 54th season of the Western Australian National Football League, and saw Claremont, under champion coach Johnny Leonard who had transferred from West Perth, win its first premiership after losing two Grand Finals and drawing the first one this season. The blue and golds were to win the following two premierships before a long period near the foot of the ladder after Claremont Oval was gutted by a fire in 1944.
The 1972 WANFL season was the 88th season of the various incarnations of the Western Australian National Football League. It saw East Perth, after five Grand Final losses in six seasons and a frustrating seven since their last premiership in 1959, break the drought against a Claremont team that had achieved its first minor premiership since Johnny Leonard’s days, despite kicking into the wind after winning the toss.
The 1939 WANFL season was the 55th season of the various incarnations of the Western Australian National Football League. It is best known for West Perth's record losing streak of twenty-seven matches up to the fifteenth round, an ignominy equalled by Peel Thunder in their formative years but never actually beaten. The Cardinals finished with the worst record since Midland Junction lost all twelve games in 1917, and were the first WANFL team with only one victory for twelve seasons. In their only win, champion forward Ted Tyson became the first West Australian to kick over one thousand goals and he just failed to replicate his 1938 feat of leading the goalkicking for a bottom club. Subiaco, despite a second Sandover win from Haydn Bunton won only three matches, and Swan Districts, affected by the loss of star goalkicker Ted Holdsworth to Kalgoorlie, began a long period as a cellar-dweller with a fall to sixth.
The 1940 WANFL season was the 56th season of the various incarnations of the Western Australian National Football League. It saw Claremont win its third consecutive premiership, but its last before returning to the status of cellar-dweller it occupied during its first decade in the WA(N)FL – between 1943 and 1978 Claremont played finals only five times for one premiership. South Fremantle, after a lean period in the middle 1930s, displaced perennial power clubs East Fremantle and East Perth as the Tigers’ Grand Final opponent, and established some of the basis, in spite of three disastrous wartime under-age seasons, for the club's fabled dynasty after the war.
The 1941 WANFL season was the 57th season of the various incarnations of the Western Australian National Football League. Owing to the drain of players to military service in World War II, the league was forced to suspend the reserves competition until 1946, and ultimately this was to be the last season of senior football in Perth until 1945 as the supply of available players became smaller and smaller and the Japanese military threatened northern Western Australia.
The 1969 WANFL season was the 85th season of the Western Australian National Football League. It saw continued dominance by the three Perth clubs and Subiaco, who occupied the top half of the ladder constantly from the fourth round onwards, and finished four games clear of the other four clubs, who were all in a “rebuilding” mode with varying success – late in the season both Swan Districts and Claremont fielded some of the youngest teams in the competition's history, whilst the Tigers, who fielded thirteen first-year players including Graham Moss, Russell Reynolds and Bruce Duperouzel, began disastrously but four wins in five games paved the way to impressive record from 1970 to 1972. Among the top four, Perth failed to achieve a fourth consecutive premiership[a] that at one point looked very much in their grasp due to the overwork of Barry Cable which robbed him of some brilliance, early-season injuries to key players Iseger and Page and a couple of surprising losses to lower clubs, whilst East Perth, who won consistently without being impressive for most of the season, failed for the fourth time in as many seasons in the Grand Final, this time to West Perth and in a much more decisive manner than any of their Perth defeats.
The 2014 WAFL season was the 130th season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League (WAFL). The season began on 22 March 2014 and concluded on 21 September 2014 with the 2014 WAFL Grand Final. West Perth entered the season as reigning premiers after defeating East Perth by 49 points in the 2013 WAFL Grand Final at Patersons Stadium.