Derby week in the Great West this weekend.
Fremantle V West Coast Sunday , but we all know that the only Derby is the Fremantle rivalry Derby.
South abd East Fremantle.
A show case to be had at the home of West Australian football, Fremantle oval on Saturday as 2:10 PM.
Good luck to both teams, but more luck to the Might Fighting Red and White Bulldogs.
Do you remember Stevie Marsh taking a pot shot at the pseudo ‘Derby’ claims on channel 7 WAFL footy show?
“There’s only one derby and that’s the Freo Derby”. How right he was and still is.
[quote=“58shark post=241411 userid=844”]Do you remember Stevie Marsh taking a pot shot at the pseudo ‘Derby’ claims on channel 7 WAFL footy show?
“There’s only one derby and that’s the Freo Derby”. How right he was and still is.
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I don’t remember it, but as you say, he was right.
Always look forward to them.
Fremantle Oval was never the home of WA football, Subiaco Oval was.
The Derbies:
AFL
WC Eagles vs Fremantle FC
WAFL
SF vs EF
& Perth derby - EP vs WP
[quote=“Demons Forever post=241422 userid=981”]Fremantle Oval was never the home of WA football, Subiaco Oval was.
The Derbies:
AFL
WC Eagles vs Fremantle FC
WAFL
SF vs EF
& Perth derby - EP vs WP
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I don’t think anyone on this post disputed Subi being the home of footy DF.
Zzzzzzz…buzzer went, you got the first 2 derbies right, but there isn’t a real third one.
Sorry chaps,I believe you need a memory refresh,there have only been 13 wafl home and away matches that have attracted 20,000 + crowds and here are the Derby breakdowns. PERTH DERBIES No.1 1969 E.P v WP 26,760;Perth oval , No.2 1978 WP vEP 24567 Leederville, No.4 1979 SF v EF 22390, No.7 1979 EFvSF 21377, No.9 1961 EP vWP 21105, No.12 EP v WP 20363 , No.13 EF v SF 20287 so it’s Perth Derbies in a landslide!!!Ciccerello and Wharfie lands claim to fame was the 1979 GF which attracted 52000 plus about a 1000 more then the 1969 Perth Derby GF,but for overall bums on seats,I’m afraid it’s no race.
sorry mate
when they locked the turnstiles up it was 22399
about another 6500 climbed over fences , walls and even 400 to 500 got onto the roof of the clubhouse
some even scaled the northern end wall and got into the old moreton fig
and there were another 1500 in the utility area of the Hospital
we were even up on the old scoreboard hustings in the fenced off areas
real figure was 30000 and that is fact
[quote=“Demons Forever post=241422 userid=981”]Fremantle Oval was never the home of WA football, Subiaco Oval was.
The Derbies:
AFL
WC Eagles vs Fremantle FC
WAFL
SF vs EF
& Perth derby - EP vs WP
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hahaha
Mueller Park wasn’t even built until 1908 - it was a swamp that hadn’t even been dewatered
1969 WAFL Grandfinal drawed a crowd of 51,369.Played between West and East Perth.
Whats remarkable about that attendance is Perths population was just over 500,000 people.
The Wafl was at the end of the 1960"s Golden era .And was at the hight of its power.
In todays numbers you would need an attendance of over 200,000 fans to match the interest in the 69 GF..
Basically one out of every 10 people in Perth would have to go to the footy.Of coarse a,large rural crowd would of gone to the game..
From the time before the Afl takeover.East Perth where allways the largest followed club.Maby Souths 2nd folowed by Swans + WP.
[quote=“Southerner post=241427 userid=1210”]sorry mate
when they locked the turnstiles up it was 22399
about another 6500 climbed over fences , walls and even 400 to 500 got onto the roof of the clubhouse
some even scaled the northern end wall and got into the old moreton fig
and there were another 1500 in the utility area of the Hospital
we were even up on the old scoreboard hustings in the fenced off areas
real figure was 30000 and that is fact
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I don’t know how you could call the speculated numbers of unpaid spectators as fact Doggy,but you may or may not be right with that estimated number,but the bottom line is only 3 Freo Derby’s have officially exceeded 20 k in the home and away season.
[quote=“gtrxuone post=241429 userid=2215”]1969 WAFL Grandfinal drawed a crowd of 51,369.Played between West and East Perth.
Whats remarkable about that attendance is Perths population was just over 500,000 people.
The Wafl was at the end of the 1960"s Golden era .And was at the hight of its power.
In todays numbers you would need an attendance of over 200,000 fans to match the interest in the 69 GF..
Basically one out of every 10 people in Perth would have to go to the footy.Of coarse a,large rural crowd would of gone to the game..
From the time before the Afl takeover.East Perth where allways the largest followed club.Maby Souths 2nd folowed by Swans + WP.
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GTR putting my bias aside,there was nothing like Perth Oval on match day in the halcyon days of the WAFLThe Beaufort Hotel,which my old man ran briefly in the early seventies,the Brisbane the Norwood and the Claisebrook Tavern were all packed to the brim,and finding parking in the backstreets of the industrial East Perth area was a real art form,but I will never forget those grand old times.
The so called Western Derby has really died in the arse last decade or so, remember the 90s and early 2000s when there was real hype, pubs would be packed with viewers just don’t see that anymore more.
GTR putting my bias aside,there was nothing like Perth Oval on match day in the halcyon days of the WAFLThe Beaufort Hotel,which my old man ran briefly in the early seventies,the Brisbane the Norwood and the Claisebrook Tavern were all packed to the brim,and finding parking in the backstreets of the industrial East Perth area was a real art form,but I will never forget those grand old times.
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Yes remember all those EP pubs near the oval, sadly only one is left - Brisbane, all the rest bulldozed despite being historic. Pretty sure the Norwood ( closest to the oval ) was run by a former EP player at one stage.
Largest crowd for a Western Australian GF. 1979 WANFL grand final attendance 52,781.
Lucky I was there or it would only have been 52,780.
[quote=“58shark post=241442 userid=844”]Largest crowd for a Western Australian GF. 1979 WANFL grand final attendance 52,781.
Lucky I was there or it would only have been 52,780.
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Yes we’ve mentioned that Sharkie,about a 1000 more than the ‘69 GF,but you can thank ex Royal Ian Thomson for getting there when he kicked 7 in the first semi to knock us out by 2 points,which was a big turnaround,because we beat you by a 100 points at the old Moss street stadium of excellence several weeks before the finals,but for overall numbers,Perth Derby’s win hands down.
[quote=“Bazza post=241436 userid=872”]The so called Western Derby has really died in the arse last decade or so, remember the 90s and early 2000s when there was real hype, pubs would be packed with viewers just don’t see that anymore more.
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Nothing I mean nothing matched the passion of the WAFL in those glory days Bazz.There was blanket media coverage with 6pm,6wf,6ix,6ky broadcasting all 4 games,the Bob Shields and Co ABC review of the games on Saturday night,the weekend news WAFLgreen liftout,which would come out a hour after the games were completed,Dads Army channel 7 show on Sundays,post Mortems in schoolyards and work places,and also a bit of gloating if your team was victorious.Good luck if you can find a punter drinking at the Brisbane now who knows anything about the Royals or WAFL competition.
Well the real derby is East Fremantle and South Fremantle so-called because they were classics. Last season the WA day Derby alone outnumbered the 2 meetings between East and West Perth. The derby also was and always will attract the bigger crowd.
count ALL derby crowds ever played & the freo derbies wins hands down
[quote=“Demons Forever post=241422 userid=981”]Fremantle Oval was never the home of WA football, Subiaco Oval was.
The Derbies:
AFL
WC Eagles vs Fremantle FC
WAFL
SF vs EF
& Perth derby - EP vs WP
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Fremantle oval has always been the real home of the WAFL
.Always will be.
The Fremantle Derbies have always been the only Derbies.
The rest are just fake copies.
[quote=“Bazza post=241436 userid=872”]The so called Western Derby has really died in the arse last decade or so, remember the 90s and early 2000s when there was real hype, pubs would be packed with viewers just don’t see that anymore more.
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That was because the Dockers were fresh in. A team of nobodies that no body wanted.The AFL, the WAFL and the Eagles.Dockers played their first game in 1995. Of course they were going to fill the ground.
But they started to disappear when Freo began to become a team.It was hard to find an Eagles supporter then.Hard to get a bet on with them.