THE West Perth Football Club is delighted to announce that senior coach Bill Monaghan has re-signed for a further three years in a move that will see him become the longest serving coach in the 128-year history of the WAFL's oldest club. Monaghan, a highly-respected player at both Subiaco and Peel Thunder, and reserves premiership coach with the Lions, took over from Todd Curley as Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission is the proud manager of WA's 'Home of Football' - Patersons Stadium. Patersons Stadium is a 43,500 seat stadium that welcomes approximately 1 million visitors each year. It is Western Australia’s largest sports and entertainment venue in terms of fixed spectator seating. The WAFC was established in 1989 and over the past two decades has successfully managed significant redevelopment of Read More ...

SWAN Districts shot back up into the WAFL's top-four with a crucial win over East Fremantle on Saturday in Round 23 action with South Fremantle, Claremont and Subiaco also recording victories. Swan Districts had to beat East Fremantle at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval to stay alive in the finals race and the black-and-whites did just that downing the Sharks 14.19 (103) to 12.8 (80). South Read More ...

SWAN Districts capped off a historical year for women's football by winning both the reserves and league Grand Finals on the weekend for the first time for the club. Lead by number 3 pick in the AFL Women's Draft Chelsea Randall, Swans overcame a 15-point deficit midway through the final quarter to storm home over reigning league Premiers, Coastal Titans.  The reigning Premiers were slow Read More ...

SWAN Districts scored a crucial win over East Fremantle in Saturday's Round 23 WAFL action that could very well lock in a finals berth for the black-and-whites with Claremont, South Fremantle and Subiaco also recording victories. All eyes were on Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval with a spot in the four up grabs with Swan Districts prevailing over East Fremantle 14.19 (103) to 12.8 (80). Claremont Read More ...

Perth and Claremont will help raise awareness of Prostate cancer when they clash at Brownes Stadium this weekend, with the winner to claim the inaugural Pyke Cup. Perth Football Club supporter and former television personality Jeff Newman, who was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer, will toss the coin and be a special guest at the game. He will be joined by his brother Peter and Read More ...

IT IS the second last round of the 2013 WAFL season with four matches to be played this Saturday highlighted by Swan Districts and East Fremantle battling over fourth position at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval. The winner of the Swans-Sharks clash on Saturday will sit in fourth spot come Saturday night and be in prime position to play finals football in 2013. The other three Read More ...

WESTERN Australia's State 16 Schoolgirls claimed the National Championship on the weekend after defeating Victoria by five points in the grand final 6.3 (39) to 5.4 (34). The School Sport Australia Championships were held in Darwin from Friday August 9 to Saturday August 17. WA's win was the first time that any state outside Victoria has won any of the female football championships since their Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission congratulates West Perth Football Club and the West Perth District on a highly successful International Round at Arena Joondalup on Sunday, which attracted the largest WAFL crowd of the season so far. A total of 6195 people attended the game, making it the second consecutive year that International Round has attracted more than 6000 people after 6044 attended in 2012. Read More ...

THERE were four big losers and four big winners in Round 22 WAFL action on the weekend with East Perth and East Fremantle improving to third and fourth positions, and Swan Districts and Perth taking a step backwards from finals action. There was just the one match on Saturday at Leederville's Medibank Stadium with East Perth beating Perth 20.16 (136) to 13.10 (88). There were Read More ...

CLOSE matches weren’t the order of the day in WAFL Round 22 action over the weekend but East Perth, Claremont, East Fremantle and South Fremantle all recorded impressive and crucial thumping victories. The round began on Saturday with East Perth beating Perth 20.16 (136) to 13.10 (88) at Leederville's Medibank Stadium and that saw the Royals improve to third position on the ladder to all Read More ...

ALL four WAFL Round 22 matches across Saturday and Sunday have big implications for spots inside the top-four, with teams trying to stay in touch and indeed at the bottom of the ladder as well. There is just the one match on Saturday afternoon with East Perth taking on Perth at Leederville's Medibank Stadium before three Sunday games with Peel hosting South Fremantle at Mandurah's Read More ...

MAT Seal had a day out last Saturday for East Perth booting a career-best seven goals but the 134-game veteran remains focused on striving for finals success and that's as much for club greats Craig Wulff and Michael Swan as it is for himself. East Perth returned to fourth position on the WAFL ladder following last week's 68-point victory over Subiaco in the battle of Read More ...

Julie Fairclough from the Dunsborough Sharks Junior Football Club has been announced as the South West region's finalist for The Sunday Times Volunteer of the Year Award for 2013. In her role as President of the Dunsborough Sharks JFC, Julie has progressed the club further within the Dunsborough community, which has resulted in remarkable participation numbers from 5 to 17 year olds. For a town Read More ...

RAY Bartholomew reaches 150 WAFL games with West Perth this Sunday against East Fremantle in what he rates as his best personal achievement but all his focus remains on trying to experience premiership glory with the Falcons. Bartholomew made his league debut at West Perth in 2004 before cementing his place in the side the following year and by 2006 he had become the most Read More ...