by AAP, 2 Oct 2010
Fremantle have dropped the anchor from their new playing strip and will consider developing a new AFL theme song. The Dockers launched their new logo and playing strips on Friday, with significant changes to both. The new logo features the anchor intertwined with the letter `D’ But the anchor held by the solidly-built Docker has [...]
by Justin Chadwick, 4 Feb 2009
It took just one intra-club hit-out for Fremantle draftee Stephen Hill to announce himself as a future AFL star, with Dockers coach Mark Harvey even comparing the 18-year-old to Essendon great Michael Long. Hill put in a sizzling performance against his new teammates at Subiaco Oval on Monday night, with his goal in the second [...]
by Justin Chadwick, 22 Jan 2009
Fremantle have to look no further than 2008 for motivation this AFL pre-season.The Dockers finished with a disappointing 6-16 win-loss record last season, losing eight games by 10 points or less in which they experienced a horrendous run of final-quarter fadeouts. The club has since invested heavily in its sports science department, recruiting former Wallabies [...]
by AAP, 30 Nov 2008
Brisbane Lions football manager Graeme Allan said he was “shocked” to be able to snap up highly-fancied WA midfielder Daniel Rich with their first round selection in the AFL National Draft on Saturday. The dual WAFL premiership winner had been considered a certain top three pick all year but whispers emerged this week that Fremantle [...]
by Justin Chadwick, 26 Nov 2008
With Fremantle embarking on their toughest pre-season ever, coach Mark Harvey is pondering how to integrate up to 14 new players that will arrive in the next fortnight via the upcoming AFL drafts. Harvey said he was concerned that players drafted to the club would start behind the eight-ball during the most important time of [...]
by The Crowd, 13 Oct 2008
Has any club benefited from the AFL’s socialist draft system more than Carlton? Cheat the salary cap, stuff the list with overpaid ageing stars and suffer years of on-field ineptitude as a result. Don’t worry about it; the AFL will bail you out with a series of early draft choices year after year whereby the [...]
by Justin Chadwick, 11 Sep 2008
Carlton football operations manager Steven Icke has confirmed the AFL club will make a play for Robert Warnock after the talented ruckman informed Fremantle he will be returning home to Victoria for family reasons. Icke will meet with Warnock’s manager Colin Young in Perth over the weekend to discuss the prospect of the 21-year-old moving [...]
by Sam Lienert, 1 Sep 2008
St Kilda will ride a wave of momentum into next Sunday’s AFL qualifying final against Geelong at the MCG after making a surprise vault into the top four on the back of a record thrashing of Essendon last night. More AFL Fev had only himself to blame AFL breaks attendance record again Tigers roar The [...]
by Justin Chadwick, 19 Aug 2008
Fremantle coach Mark Harvey has called on his charges to “evolve” and climb “over the mountain” after their 43-point capitulation to St Kilda on Sunday. Harvey admitted too many of his players sat back and became spectators in the 17.10 (112) to 9.15 (69) loss and that they must learn how to cope with adversity. [...]
by Daniel Brettig, 5 Aug 2008
Jeff Farmer’s chances of earning another contract with Fremantle have taken a massive hit after the 31-year-old was today suspended for one game by the AFL’s match review panel. Farmer was charged with a level-two striking offence for his undisciplined forearm hit on West Coast’s Mark Nicoski during the third quarter of the Dockers’ 33-point [...]
After becoming the second club from Western Australia to be accepted into the AFL in 1995, the Fremantle Dockers are yet to win an AFL premiership in their 13 year history. Regardless of this Fremantle are one of the most well supported sides in the AFL, with a loyal fan base that continues to wait patiently for the Dockers’ maiden flag. Through shrewd recruiting, they have built a solid list upon youthful foundations, and will look to youngsters Michael Barlow, Nathan Fyfe and Stephen Hill for future success.
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