Subiaco Football Club
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The Subiaco Football Club, nicknamed the Lions, is an Australian rules football
club in the West Australian Football League
(WAFL). It was founded in 1896, and admitted to the WAFL in 1901, along with North Fremantle
. The club is currently based at Leederville Oval, having previously played at Subiaco Oval
.
the Subiaco Football Club joined the then West Australian Football Association competition (known today as the West Australian Football League
– WAFL) in 1901. However, it struggled so much that there were long debates as to whether it should continue after it won only eleven games in its first seven seasons but with the construction of Subiaco Oval on what was formerly called the “sand patch”, the club’s performances improved: very slowly at first, but very rapidly after the acquisition of two key forwards in Phil Matson and Herbert Limb for the 1912 season. That year Subiaco rose from second last to their first ever premiership despite a thrashing from East Fremantle
in the final, and they again premierships against Perth
in 1913 and 1915 before loss of players to World War I
gave them the rare ignominy of plumetting from premiers to the wooden spoon in 1916.
After World War I, Subiaco for the next two decades were mainly a middle-of-the-road outfit, though they did win a premiership from fourth in 1924 and played in three grand finals for the rest of the decade, only to lose each time to East Fremantle or East Perth
. They were noted for a large number of outstanding players during this period, including ruckman Tom Outridge and rover Johnny Leonard, but as these players declined Subiaco began a period of struggle that would rival their experiences in the 1900s (and from 1975 to 1983).
They plummeted to their first wooden spoon since 1916 in 1937 and made an extremely ambitious recruiting coup by providing local employment for three Victorian champions in Haydn Bunton
, Keith Shea
and Les Hardiman
. Although Bunton lived up to his Fitzroy
reputation and at times did work far beyond that expected of a rover, Shea and Hardiman did not, and Subiaco in the four seasons from 1938 to 1941 won only 23 and drew one of eighty games, finishing seventh twice and sixth twice in an eight-team competition.
After the WAFL operated on an under-age format for three seasons from 1942 to 1944, Subiaco rose to fifth in 1945 and third in 1946, but this proved a false honeymoon. Sorely lacking in high quality players, Subiaco between 1947 and 1956 won only thirty-eight of 198 games, and simply failed to recruit players of the quality that the two Fremantle sides, Perth and West Perth
did. It was engaged in a consistent battle with Swan Districts
for the wooden spoon, and never finished higher than seventh in an eight-team competition.
Late in the 1950s, Subiaco finally emerged from the doldrums in spectacular fashion when in its first final for thirteen years it kicked a remarkable 16.8 (104) in the third quarter against Perth - easily a record quarter score for a senior Australian rules final. They then beat East Fremantle to reach their first grand final since 1935, but were beaten by East Perth and in the following years Subiaco again struggled, winning only 69 and drawing three of 168 home-and-away games between 1960 and 1967 and never seeming to have good direction in their management. 1968, however, saw the club achieve stability through the recruitment of Haydn Bunton junior
as coach and a record season from Austin Robertson
at full forward, who kicked 157 goals and in one match against East Fremantle fifteen of nineteen (along with eleven behinds!). The club finished fourth every year from 1968 to 1970, but declined somewhat in 1971 and 1972. However, under Ross Smith and with the emergence of star players like Mike Fitzpatrick, Subiaco were for the first time since the Matson era firm favourites for the flag in 1973 and duly beat West Perth.
However, with the departure of Mike Fitzpatrick and Peter Featherby to the VFL, Subiaco returned to the dark days of the late 1940s and early 1950s. In 1974 they reached the First Semi-Final only to lose to Swan Districts, but would not participate in the finals for a decade afterwards and finished absolutely last in 1976, 1979, 1980, 1982 and 1983. In the process they won just 44 of 189 games, and in 1982 looked like a winless season before beating East Fremantle in the seventeenth round. However, during this period every one of the other seven WAFL clubs won at least one premiership. Their only genuinely class player of this era, Gary Buckenara
, defected to Hawthorn
after three years with the Lions. Worse still, unlike that earlier bleak era, Subiaco were hit by severe financial problems and only community involvement during the early 1980s managed to save the club from extinction.
The return of Hadyn Bunton junior as coach after a long stint with South Adelaide
was viewed by most Subiaco fans as the return of a master, and it is remarkable how he rose a nearly defunct club to a major force in the WAFL. Subiaco moved from four wins to nine in 1984 (along with a reserves premiership) and rose to second behind East Fremantle in 1985. Although it was their first finals appearance since 1974, Subiaco did nto disappoint but ultimately failed by five points. However, 1986 saw them even better, beating VFL club St. Kilda
in the Foster‘s Cup and losing only four games all year - their second-best home-and-away return after 1912 - before recovering from a thrashing from East Fremantle to demolish that team in the Grand Final by sixty-nine points.
Bunton Junior’s aim of a Subiaco dynasty was ended by the formation of the West Coast Eagles
that summer, which quickly drained the WAFL of all its best talent. Nonetheless, he coached the Lions to another premiership in 1988, and although they did decline to only six wins in 1989 and 1990, Subiaco maintained a respectable position in the weakened WAFL over the next decade, before in the most powerful club therein during the 2000s under the coaching of Peter German
and Scott Watters
with premierships in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008 - in the last of which they were amazingly unlucky not to be only the second undefeated team in WAFL history suffering only a one point loss to Swan Districts.
Premierships: (10 total) 1912, 1913, 1915, 1924, 1973, 1986, 1988, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
Runners-Up: (12 total) 1925, 1926, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1959, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2009
Reserves Premierships: (16 total) 1928, 1929, 1931, 1958, 1959, 1969, 1972, 1984, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007
Colts Premierships: (1 total) 1989
Rodriguez Shield: (8 total) 1970, 1973, 1986, 1995, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008
, 1935: Lou Daily
, 1938: Hayden Bunton, Sr, 1939: Hayden Bunton, Sr, 1941: Hayden Bunton, Sr, 1991: Ian Dargie
, 1994: Ian Dargie
, 2000: Richard Ambrose
, 2004: Allistair Pickett
, 2006: Matthew Priddis
Simpson Medalists: (8 total) 1973: Dennis Blair
, 1985: Brian Taylor, 1986: Mark Zanotti
, 1988: Mick Lee, 2004: Paul Vines, 2006: Marc Webb, 2007: Brad Smith
, 2008: Chris Hall
Bernie Naylor Medalists: (21 total) 1913: H. Limb (40), 1915: H. Limb (46), 1920: Pat Rodriguez
(36), 1957: Don Glass (83), 1962: Austin Robertson, Jr.
(89), 1964: Austin Robertson, Jr.
(96), 1968: Austin Robertson, Jr.
(162), 1969: Austin Robertson, Jr.
(114), 1970: Austin Robertson, Jr.
(116), 1971: Austin Robertson, Jr.
(111), 1972: Austin Robertson, Jr.
(98), 1987: Todd Breman
(111), 1988: Todd Breman
(75), 1993: Jason Heatley
(111), 1995: Jason Heatley
(123), 1998: Todd Ridley (77), 2003: Brad Smith
(84), 2004: Brad Smith
(109), 2005: Lachlan Oakley (83), 2007: Brad Smith
(126), 2008: Brad Smith
(104), 2011: Blake Broadhurst
(68)
Tassie Medal Winners: (1 total) 1969: Peter Eakins
All Australians: 1966: Brian Sarre, 1969: Peter Eakins, 1972: George Young, 1986: Laurie Keene, 1986: Andrew MacNish
on 2 June 1986
Highest Score: 29.33 (207) v. Peel Thunder on 3 May 2008 and 33.9 (207) v South Fremantle
on 28 August 2010
Lowest Score: 0.0 (0) v. South Fremantle on 4 August 1906
Lowest Scores since 1919: 1.2 (8) vs. East Perth on 7 August 1920 and 1.5 (11) v. East Fremantle on 24 July 1954
Longest Winning Streak: 19 games from Round 12, 2006 to Round 7, 2007 (including 2006 premiership; bye in Round 8 of 2007)
Longest Losing Streak: 24 games from Round 1, 1902 to Round 9, 1903
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
club in the West Australian Football League
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...
(WAFL). It was founded in 1896, and admitted to the WAFL in 1901, along with North Fremantle
North Fremantle Football Club
The North Fremantle Football Club was an Australian rules football club which competed in the West Australian Football League from 1901 to 1915.North Fremantle started out in the First Rate Junior Association, the state's second tier competition...
. The club is currently based at Leederville Oval, having previously played at Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...
.
History
Subiaco was incorporated in 1896, establishing its base at a small playing arena within the environs of the Shenton Park Lake. During the Club's embryonic period it played in the "First Rate Juniors" competition from 1896 to 1900 and enjoyed premiership success. As a result, along with fellow First Rate Junior powerhouse North FremantleNorth Fremantle Football Club
The North Fremantle Football Club was an Australian rules football club which competed in the West Australian Football League from 1901 to 1915.North Fremantle started out in the First Rate Junior Association, the state's second tier competition...
the Subiaco Football Club joined the then West Australian Football Association competition (known today as the West Australian Football League
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...
– WAFL) in 1901. However, it struggled so much that there were long debates as to whether it should continue after it won only eleven games in its first seven seasons but with the construction of Subiaco Oval on what was formerly called the “sand patch”, the club’s performances improved: very slowly at first, but very rapidly after the acquisition of two key forwards in Phil Matson and Herbert Limb for the 1912 season. That year Subiaco rose from second last to their first ever premiership despite a thrashing from East Fremantle
East Fremantle Football Club
The East Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Sharks, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League . The team's home ground is East Fremantle Oval...
in the final, and they again premierships against Perth
Perth Football Club
The Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League . The club plays its matches at Lathlain Park.-History:...
in 1913 and 1915 before loss of players to World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
gave them the rare ignominy of plumetting from premiers to the wooden spoon in 1916.
After World War I, Subiaco for the next two decades were mainly a middle-of-the-road outfit, though they did win a premiership from fourth in 1924 and played in three grand finals for the rest of the decade, only to lose each time to East Fremantle or East Perth
East Perth Football Club
The East Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Royals, is an Australian rules football club that is a member of the West Australian Football League...
. They were noted for a large number of outstanding players during this period, including ruckman Tom Outridge and rover Johnny Leonard, but as these players declined Subiaco began a period of struggle that would rival their experiences in the 1900s (and from 1975 to 1983).
They plummeted to their first wooden spoon since 1916 in 1937 and made an extremely ambitious recruiting coup by providing local employment for three Victorian champions in Haydn Bunton
Haydn Bunton, Sr.
Haydn William Bunton was an Australian rules football player and coach. He is regarded by some historians and observers of Australian rules as its greatest-ever player.-Playing career:...
, Keith Shea
Keith Shea
Keith Shea was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the VFL during the 1930s.Shea was a half forward and played with Carlton from 1932 to 1937. He polled well in the Brownlow Medal, the closest he came to winning was in 1934 where he fell 2 votes short with an equal 3rd placing...
and Les Hardiman
Les Hardiman
Les 'Splinter' Hardiman was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the VFL during the 1930s.Hardiman was nicknamed 'Splinter' and was a key position player for Geelong...
. Although Bunton lived up to his Fitzroy
Fitzroy Football Club
The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...
reputation and at times did work far beyond that expected of a rover, Shea and Hardiman did not, and Subiaco in the four seasons from 1938 to 1941 won only 23 and drew one of eighty games, finishing seventh twice and sixth twice in an eight-team competition.
After the WAFL operated on an under-age format for three seasons from 1942 to 1944, Subiaco rose to fifth in 1945 and third in 1946, but this proved a false honeymoon. Sorely lacking in high quality players, Subiaco between 1947 and 1956 won only thirty-eight of 198 games, and simply failed to recruit players of the quality that the two Fremantle sides, Perth and West Perth
West Perth Football Club
The West Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Falcons, is an Australian rules football club located in Joondalup, Western Australia, competing in the West Australian Football League . It is the oldest existing Australian rules football club in Western Australia. It competes in the West Australian...
did. It was engaged in a consistent battle with Swan Districts
Swan Districts Football Club
The Swan Districts Football Club, nicknamed the Swans, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League . The club is based at Bassendean Oval, in Bassendean, an eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia...
for the wooden spoon, and never finished higher than seventh in an eight-team competition.
Late in the 1950s, Subiaco finally emerged from the doldrums in spectacular fashion when in its first final for thirteen years it kicked a remarkable 16.8 (104) in the third quarter against Perth - easily a record quarter score for a senior Australian rules final. They then beat East Fremantle to reach their first grand final since 1935, but were beaten by East Perth and in the following years Subiaco again struggled, winning only 69 and drawing three of 168 home-and-away games between 1960 and 1967 and never seeming to have good direction in their management. 1968, however, saw the club achieve stability through the recruitment of Haydn Bunton junior
Haydn Bunton, Jr.
Haydn Austin Bunton was a player and coach of Australian rules football. He became the youngest ever coach in a major league of Australian rules, when he was appointed coach of Norwood Football Club in 1957....
as coach and a record season from Austin Robertson
Austin Robertson, Jr.
Austin Christian Robertson was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL and Subiaco in the WANFL...
at full forward, who kicked 157 goals and in one match against East Fremantle fifteen of nineteen (along with eleven behinds!). The club finished fourth every year from 1968 to 1970, but declined somewhat in 1971 and 1972. However, under Ross Smith and with the emergence of star players like Mike Fitzpatrick, Subiaco were for the first time since the Matson era firm favourites for the flag in 1973 and duly beat West Perth.
However, with the departure of Mike Fitzpatrick and Peter Featherby to the VFL, Subiaco returned to the dark days of the late 1940s and early 1950s. In 1974 they reached the First Semi-Final only to lose to Swan Districts, but would not participate in the finals for a decade afterwards and finished absolutely last in 1976, 1979, 1980, 1982 and 1983. In the process they won just 44 of 189 games, and in 1982 looked like a winless season before beating East Fremantle in the seventeenth round. However, during this period every one of the other seven WAFL clubs won at least one premiership. Their only genuinely class player of this era, Gary Buckenara
Gary Buckenara
Gary Buckenara played Australian rules football for the Hawthorn Football Club in the VFL during the 1980s.Buckenara first played senior football for Subiaco in the WAFL from 1979 to 1981. Subiaco agreed to lease him for three years for $210,000 and after a court case began his career at Hawthorn...
, defected to Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
after three years with the Lions. Worse still, unlike that earlier bleak era, Subiaco were hit by severe financial problems and only community involvement during the early 1980s managed to save the club from extinction.
The return of Hadyn Bunton junior as coach after a long stint with South Adelaide
South Adelaide Football Club
South Adelaide Football Club competes in the South Australian National Football League . Known as the Panthers, their home ground is Hickinbotham Oval , located in Noarlunga Downs in the southern suburbs of Adelaide....
was viewed by most Subiaco fans as the return of a master, and it is remarkable how he rose a nearly defunct club to a major force in the WAFL. Subiaco moved from four wins to nine in 1984 (along with a reserves premiership) and rose to second behind East Fremantle in 1985. Although it was their first finals appearance since 1974, Subiaco did nto disappoint but ultimately failed by five points. However, 1986 saw them even better, beating VFL club St. Kilda
St. Kilda Football Club
The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club plays in the Australian Football League, the sport's premier league....
in the Foster‘s Cup and losing only four games all year - their second-best home-and-away return after 1912 - before recovering from a thrashing from East Fremantle to demolish that team in the Grand Final by sixty-nine points.
Bunton Junior’s aim of a Subiaco dynasty was ended by the formation of the West Coast Eagles
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
that summer, which quickly drained the WAFL of all its best talent. Nonetheless, he coached the Lions to another premiership in 1988, and although they did decline to only six wins in 1989 and 1990, Subiaco maintained a respectable position in the weakened WAFL over the next decade, before in the most powerful club therein during the 2000s under the coaching of Peter German
Peter German
Peter German is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the AFL. He played 185 games with the club, mostly in the midfield....
and Scott Watters
Scott Watters
Scott Watters is the current senior coach of the St Kilda Football Club. He was an Australian rules footballer, drafted from the South Fremantle Football Club in the WAFL to the West Coast Eagles in the AFL in 1988, before later playing for the Sydney Swans and Fremantle...
with premierships in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008 - in the last of which they were amazingly unlucky not to be only the second undefeated team in WAFL history suffering only a one point loss to Swan Districts.
Club Honours
WAFLWest Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...
Premierships: (10 total) 1912, 1913, 1915, 1924, 1973, 1986, 1988, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
Runners-Up: (12 total) 1925, 1926, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1959, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2009
Reserves Premierships: (16 total) 1928, 1929, 1931, 1958, 1959, 1969, 1972, 1984, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007
Colts Premierships: (1 total) 1989
Rodriguez Shield: (8 total) 1970, 1973, 1986, 1995, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008
Individual Honours
Sandover Medal Winners: (12 total) 1921:Tom OutridgeTom Outridge
Tom Outridge was an Australian rules footballer who played for Subiaco and Perth in the WAFL.Outridge holds his place in Western Australian sporting history as the inaugural winner of the Sandover Medal. He won the award in 1921, while at Subiaco, having previously spent four seasons with Perth...
, 1935: Lou Daily
Lou Daily
Lou Daily was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood and Geelong in the VFL as well as Subiaco in the WANFL....
, 1938: Hayden Bunton, Sr, 1939: Hayden Bunton, Sr, 1941: Hayden Bunton, Sr, 1991: Ian Dargie
Ian Dargie
Ian Dargie is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League...
, 1994: Ian Dargie
Ian Dargie
Ian Dargie is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League...
, 2000: Richard Ambrose
Richard Ambrose
Richard Ambrose is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League...
, 2004: Allistair Pickett
Allistair Pickett
Allistair Pickett is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Subiaco in the WAFL. Pickett won the 2002 and 2004 Sandover Medals.-Playing career:...
, 2006: Matthew Priddis
Matthew Priddis
Matthew Harley "Matt" Priddis is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the West Australian football club the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League ....
Simpson Medalists: (8 total) 1973: Dennis Blair
Dennis Blair (footballer)
Dennis Blair is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray in the Victorian Football League during the 1970s....
, 1985: Brian Taylor, 1986: Mark Zanotti
Mark Zanotti
Mark Zanotti is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast, Brisbane and Fitzroy in the Australian Football League ....
, 1988: Mick Lee, 2004: Paul Vines, 2006: Marc Webb, 2007: Brad Smith
Bradley P. Smith
Bradley Phillip "Brad" Smith is a former Australian rules footballer, who played for in the West Australian Football League from 1998–2009...
, 2008: Chris Hall
Bernie Naylor Medalists: (21 total) 1913: H. Limb (40), 1915: H. Limb (46), 1920: Pat Rodriguez
Pat Rodriguez
Richard Patrick Gerald "Pat" Rodriguez was an Australian rules footballer and administrator.-Playing career:...
(36), 1957: Don Glass (83), 1962: Austin Robertson, Jr.
Austin Robertson, Jr.
Austin Christian Robertson was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL and Subiaco in the WANFL...
(89), 1964: Austin Robertson, Jr.
Austin Robertson, Jr.
Austin Christian Robertson was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL and Subiaco in the WANFL...
(96), 1968: Austin Robertson, Jr.
Austin Robertson, Jr.
Austin Christian Robertson was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL and Subiaco in the WANFL...
(162), 1969: Austin Robertson, Jr.
Austin Robertson, Jr.
Austin Christian Robertson was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL and Subiaco in the WANFL...
(114), 1970: Austin Robertson, Jr.
Austin Robertson, Jr.
Austin Christian Robertson was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL and Subiaco in the WANFL...
(116), 1971: Austin Robertson, Jr.
Austin Robertson, Jr.
Austin Christian Robertson was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL and Subiaco in the WANFL...
(111), 1972: Austin Robertson, Jr.
Austin Robertson, Jr.
Austin Christian Robertson was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL and Subiaco in the WANFL...
(98), 1987: Todd Breman
Todd Breman
Todd George Breman is a former cricketer and Australian rules footballer.-Cricket career:Breman debuted for Western Australia during the 1985/1986 season as a medium pace bowler...
(111), 1988: Todd Breman
Todd Breman
Todd George Breman is a former cricketer and Australian rules footballer.-Cricket career:Breman debuted for Western Australia during the 1985/1986 season as a medium pace bowler...
(75), 1993: Jason Heatley
Jason Heatley
-Early career:Heatley started out in the Diamond Valley Football League in Victoria, he kicked 118 goals for North Heidelberg before being recruited to Subiaco, where he kicked 111 goals in 1993, winning the Bernie Naylor Medal. He had caught the attention of AFL recruiters, and was picked up in...
(111), 1995: Jason Heatley
Jason Heatley
-Early career:Heatley started out in the Diamond Valley Football League in Victoria, he kicked 118 goals for North Heidelberg before being recruited to Subiaco, where he kicked 111 goals in 1993, winning the Bernie Naylor Medal. He had caught the attention of AFL recruiters, and was picked up in...
(123), 1998: Todd Ridley (77), 2003: Brad Smith
Bradley P. Smith
Bradley Phillip "Brad" Smith is a former Australian rules footballer, who played for in the West Australian Football League from 1998–2009...
(84), 2004: Brad Smith
Bradley P. Smith
Bradley Phillip "Brad" Smith is a former Australian rules footballer, who played for in the West Australian Football League from 1998–2009...
(109), 2005: Lachlan Oakley (83), 2007: Brad Smith
Bradley P. Smith
Bradley Phillip "Brad" Smith is a former Australian rules footballer, who played for in the West Australian Football League from 1998–2009...
(126), 2008: Brad Smith
Bradley P. Smith
Bradley Phillip "Brad" Smith is a former Australian rules footballer, who played for in the West Australian Football League from 1998–2009...
(104), 2011: Blake Broadhurst
Blake Broadhurst
Blake Broadhurst is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Subiaco Football Club in the West Australian Football League . In 2010 and 2011 he was the club's leading goalkicker. In 2011 he won the Bernie Naylor Medal for the most goals at the end of the home and away season in the WAFL with a...
(68)
Tassie Medal Winners: (1 total) 1969: Peter Eakins
Peter Eakins
Peter Eakins is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the VFL during the early 1970s.Eakins started his career in Western Australia at the Subiaco Football Club, making his debut in 1966. He was a good spoiler of the ball and had an exceptionally long kick...
All Australians: 1966: Brian Sarre, 1969: Peter Eakins, 1972: George Young, 1986: Laurie Keene, 1986: Andrew MacNish
Records
Record Home Attendance: 21 088 v. ClaremontClaremont Football Club
The Claremont Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League . Its official colours are navy blue and gold....
on 2 June 1986
Highest Score: 29.33 (207) v. Peel Thunder on 3 May 2008 and 33.9 (207) v South Fremantle
South Fremantle Football Club
The South Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Bulldogs, is an Australian rules football club, based in Fremantle, Western Australia, playing in the West Australian Football League...
on 28 August 2010
Lowest Score: 0.0 (0) v. South Fremantle on 4 August 1906
Lowest Scores since 1919: 1.2 (8) vs. East Perth on 7 August 1920 and 1.5 (11) v. East Fremantle on 24 July 1954
Longest Winning Streak: 19 games from Round 12, 2006 to Round 7, 2007 (including 2006 premiership; bye in Round 8 of 2007)
Longest Losing Streak: 24 games from Round 1, 1902 to Round 9, 1903
Current squad
As of 3 March 2011:
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Blake Broadhurst Blake Broadhurst is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Subiaco Football Club in the West Australian Football League . In 2010 and 2011 he was the club's leading goalkicker. In 2011 he won the Bernie Naylor Medal for the most goals at the end of the home and away season in the WAFL with a... |
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West Coast Eagles The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval... Mark Nicoski Mark Nicoski is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.-Early career:...
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Team of the Century
Honourboard
This section lists Subiaco's honourboard from the 2003 season onwards:| Year | Coach | Captain | Best & Fairest (Tom Outridge Medal) | Leading goalkickers | |
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| 2003 | Peter German Peter German Peter German is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the AFL. He played 185 games with the club, mostly in the midfield.... |
Richard Maloney | Marc Webb | Brad Smith (84) | |
| 2004 | Peter German Peter German Peter German is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the AFL. He played 185 games with the club, mostly in the midfield.... |
Richard Maloney | Allistair Pickett Allistair Pickett Allistair Pickett is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Subiaco in the WAFL. Pickett won the 2002 and 2004 Sandover Medals.-Playing career:... |
Brad Smith (109) | |
| 2005 | Peter German Peter German Peter German is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the AFL. He played 185 games with the club, mostly in the midfield.... |
Matt Priddis | Lachlan Oakley (80) | ||
| 2006 | Peter German Peter German Peter German is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the AFL. He played 185 games with the club, mostly in the midfield.... |
Marc Webb | Matt Priddis | David Mapleston (57) | |
| 2007 | Scott Watters Scott Watters Scott Watters is the current senior coach of the St Kilda Football Club. He was an Australian rules footballer, drafted from the South Fremantle Football Club in the WAFL to the West Coast Eagles in the AFL in 1988, before later playing for the Sydney Swans and Fremantle... |
Marc Webb | Brad Smith (126) | ||
| 2008 | Scott Watters Scott Watters Scott Watters is the current senior coach of the St Kilda Football Club. He was an Australian rules footballer, drafted from the South Fremantle Football Club in the WAFL to the West Coast Eagles in the AFL in 1988, before later playing for the Sydney Swans and Fremantle... |
Marc Webb | Greg Broughton Greg Broughton Greg Broughton is an Australian rules footballer for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League and the Subiaco Football Club in the West Australian Football League .... |
Brad Smith (110) | |
| 2009 | Scott Watters Scott Watters Scott Watters is the current senior coach of the St Kilda Football Club. He was an Australian rules footballer, drafted from the South Fremantle Football Club in the WAFL to the West Coast Eagles in the AFL in 1988, before later playing for the Sydney Swans and Fremantle... |
Brad Smith | Shaun Hildebrandt | Trent Dennis-Lane Trent Dennis-Lane Trent Dennis-Lane is an Australian rules footballer for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League.Dennis-Lane was drafted to Sydney with the 55th selection in the 2009 AFL Draft... (66) |
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| 2010 | Chris Waterman Chris Waterman Chris Waterman is a former Australian rules footballer and has been a part of AFL football for over half of his life . Waterman's playing career started in Rossmoyne's junior football league where he was eventually recruited by the East Fremantle Football Club at the age of 15... |
Aidan Parker Aidan Parker Aidan William John Parker is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Subiaco Football Club in the West Australian Football League . He was previously rookie-listed with the Adelaide Football Club in Australian Football League... |
Blake Broadhurst Blake Broadhurst Blake Broadhurst is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Subiaco Football Club in the West Australian Football League . In 2010 and 2011 he was the club's leading goalkicker. In 2011 he won the Bernie Naylor Medal for the most goals at the end of the home and away season in the WAFL with a... |
Blake Broadhurst Blake Broadhurst Blake Broadhurst is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Subiaco Football Club in the West Australian Football League . In 2010 and 2011 he was the club's leading goalkicker. In 2011 he won the Bernie Naylor Medal for the most goals at the end of the home and away season in the WAFL with a... (56) |
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| 2011 | Chris Waterman Chris Waterman Chris Waterman is a former Australian rules footballer and has been a part of AFL football for over half of his life . Waterman's playing career started in Rossmoyne's junior football league where he was eventually recruited by the East Fremantle Football Club at the age of 15... |
Aidan Parker Aidan Parker Aidan William John Parker is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Subiaco Football Club in the West Australian Football League . He was previously rookie-listed with the Adelaide Football Club in Australian Football League... |
Kyal Horsley | Blake Broadhurst Blake Broadhurst Blake Broadhurst is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Subiaco Football Club in the West Australian Football League . In 2010 and 2011 he was the club's leading goalkicker. In 2011 he won the Bernie Naylor Medal for the most goals at the end of the home and away season in the WAFL with a... (68) |
See also
- Wikipedia listing of Subiaco Football Club players
- Subiaco Lions 2007 SeasonSubiaco Lions 2007 Season-Home and Away:...