25 Facts About Fremantle Dockers

The Fremantle Dockers were the second team from the state to be admitted to the competition, following the West Coast Eagles in 1987.

High-profile players who forged careers at Fremantle Dockers include All-Australian Matthew Pavlich, Hall of Fame inductee Peter Bell, and dual Brownlow Medal winner Nat Fyfe, who captains the club under head coach Justin Longmuir.

Fremantle Dockers has fielded a women's team in the AFL Women's league since the competition's inception in 2017.

Since 1897, Fremantle Dockers Oval has been the main venue for Australian rules football matches in the city.

Champion footballers who forged careers playing for Fremantle Dockers-based clubs include, among other Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees, Steve Marsh, Jack Sheedy, John Todd, George Doig, William Truscott and Bernie Naylor.

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The decision to base the new club in Fremantle Dockers was primarily due to the long history of Australian rules football in Fremantle Dockers.

In Round 15,2009, Fremantle Dockers recorded the lowest score in its history and of the 2000s, scoring only 1.

Fremantle Dockers's collapse was considered a result of a heavy injury count that began in the pre-season.

Fremantle Dockers subsequently lost to the Crows in Adelaide the following week, ending their finals campaign.

In 2013, Fremantle Dockers finished the home-and-away season in third position with a club-best 16 wins.

Fremantle Dockers ended their season with Nat Fyfe becoming the club's first Brownlow Medalist.

Season 2016 marked Matthew Pavlich's final season in the AFL, as Fremantle Dockers missed the finals following a 10-game losing streak to start the year, finishing in 16th position with just four wins.

Fremantle Dockers would go on to kick 11 of the last 13 goals to win the game by 13 points.

Fremantle Dockers next faced Collingwood in a semi-final at the MCG in front of a crowd of over 90,000, losing the game by 20 points.

Fremantle Dockers played in its first drawn match in Round 8,2013 against the Sydney Swans.

Until 2006, Fremantle Dockers wore a white guernsey with three red chevrons, to emulate the jumper worn by the original Fremantle Dockers Football Club in 1885.

West Coast were victorious in the first nine games, before Fremantle Dockers won in round 16,1999, after which has prompted a fairly even Derby result with Fremantle Dockers at 20 and West Coast at 21 Derby wins.

The match was sent into a state of confusion with Fremantle Dockers leading by one point when the siren was not heard by the umpires who then allowed St Kilda tagger Steven Baker to score a point after time had elapsed and, as a result, the match ended in a draw.

The outcome of the game was taken to the AFL Commission and it was decided during the week that as the siren had gone Fremantle Dockers were judged to be the winners, disallowing Baker's point.

Lyon was met with widespread criticism and was accused of backstabbing St Kilda by many Saints supporters as the club was made aware that Fremantle Dockers had approached Lyon during St Kilda's lead-up to its finals campaign.

Fremantle Dockers beat out a bid from rivals West Coast when they were granted a license on 15 June 2016.

Fremantle Dockers struggled in their inaugural season, only winning one of seven games and finishing seventh out of eight teams on the ladder.

In 2019, Fremantle Dockers had their most successful season, losing only one game during the home and away matches to eventual premiers Adelaide and making the finals for the first time.

Currently, the Fremantle Dockers coaching staff give every player votes on a 5,4,3,2,1 basis after every match, including Finals Series matches.

Fremantle Dockers originally chose to award this to Carmen Lawrence, the sitting member for the federal seat of Fremantle Dockers.

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