81-481: Taylor Walker may refer to: Taylor Walker (footballer) (born 1990), Australian rules footballer Taylor Walker ( Days of our Lives ) , a character in the US television series Days of our Lives Taylor Walker Pubs , a pub chain part of Spirit Pub Company, demerged from Punch Taverns Taylor Walker & Co , a brewery, now part of Allied Breweries Topics referred to by
162-464: A minor premiership in 2015 and reached the 2013 Grand Final , losing to Hawthorn . High-profile players who forged careers at Fremantle include All-Australian Matthew Pavlich , Hall of Fame inductee Peter Bell , and dual Brownlow Medal winner Nat Fyfe , who previously captained the club under both Ross Lyon and current head coach Justin Longmuir . Originally based at Fremantle Oval ,
243-580: A contract with incoming expansion team Greater Western Sydney , with whom Walker had been previously strongly linked. However, late in the season, Walker re-signed with the Crows for a further four years. Despite inconsistent form and injuries, Walker was the club's leading goalkicker in 2011, booting 32 goals from only 13 games, at an average of 2.5 per game, ranked sixth in the AFL. In 2012, Walker improved under new coach Brenton Sanderson . By Round 8, Walker led
324-568: A finals match qualified them for a semi-final to be played against the Geelong Cats at the MCG the following week. In a one-sided contest, the Dockers lost by 69 points. The 2011 season saw Fremantle lose just once in the first six rounds before ending the year in 11th position after losing their final seven games. Fremantle's collapse was considered a result of a heavy injury count that began in
405-496: A full pre-season of training, but when the season began there were concerns that a hamstring strain suffered in a JLT Series match against Brisbane Lions could rule him out of the Crows’ first match against Greater Western Sydney . He worked hard to recover, going to extra training sessions in the week leading up to the match, but was ultimately left out of the team. He returned in the second round against Hawthorn . Walker began
486-677: A gifted or natural player but trained hard and became a highly respected centreman for the Centrals in Broken Hill. In 2006, Walker accepted a NSW Scholarship contract with Adelaide at the age of 16. However, he continued to play for his senior local amateur league team, North Broken Hill, in the Broken Hill Football League , leading them to the 2007 premiership with a seven-goal, best-on-ground performance, playing at centre half-forward. Walker spent his first year at
567-569: A predominately purple home jumper, Fremantle wore the Starlight Foundation logo, a yellow star, above the highest chevron for their Purple Haze game. Since 2003, the AFL has hosted an annual Heritage Round . Until 2006, Fremantle wore a white guernsey with three red chevrons, to emulate the jumper worn by the original Fremantle Football Club in 1885. However, in 2007, the selected round had Fremantle playing Sydney, who also wear red and white. An alternative blue and white striped design
648-584: A promising start to the 2024 AFL season , winning their first three games, before two close losses in Adelaide and a shock loss in Western Derby 58 surrounded their season with uncertainty. The Dockers rebounded, losing just one of their next six games before the mid-season bye to sit inside the top eight. They were entrenched inside the top eight for much of the year and were in the top four as late as round 20, before losing their final four matches. This
729-517: A record sixth time with 47 goals for the year, breaking the record set by Tony Modra in 1997. Walker kicked four goals in his return game from suspension against Essendon in Round 4. He kicked bags of five goals against Richmond in Round 5 and Collingwood in Round 18, as well as a bag of six against North Melbourne in Round 15. Walker was named in the All Australian squad of 40, but did not make
810-518: A semi-final at the MCG in front of a crowd of over 90,000, losing the game by 20 points. After losing their opening 2 games of the 2023 AFL season , Fremantle recorded their first win in the 56th Western Derby , beating the Eagles by 41 points. Despite a mid-season resurgence, beating both 2022 Grand Finalists in consecutive weeks, the Dockers would fade out to finish 14th on the ladder. Fremantle had
891-424: A toe injury. Walker captained Adelaide in the 2017 AFL Grand Final , which they lost to Richmond . Walker performed underwhelmingly and admitted that he was one of the players who didn’t play their role well enough. After the match he was criticised over the brevity of his post-match speech. When teammate Jake Lever requested a trade from Adelaide to Melbourne , Walker was again criticised for saying that Lever
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#1732797481649972-537: A total of $ 66,672.45 for the foundation before having his head shaved by TV personality and former Geelong player Sam Newman . Walker made his return to competitive football early in the 2014 season in the Adelaide Crows reserves' side , kicking three goals in a 37-point loss to Glenelg . He made his return to the AFL against Collingwood in Round 9 at the Adelaide Oval , and played every game for
1053-569: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Taylor Walker (footballer) Adelaide AFL Taylor Walker (born 25 April 1990) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a former NSW Scholarship player with the club, and was drafted with pick 75 in
1134-676: Is named after the Fremantle Derby games between East and South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League , which for almost 100 years have been considered some of the most important games in the local league. The 1979 WANFL Grand Final holds the football attendance record for the now-closed Subiaco Oval of 52,781. The Dockers and the St Kilda Football Club have seen a number of controversial events between them, most notably
1215-536: The 2007 national draft . Walker previously captained Adelaide from 2015 to 2019. In 2020, Walker became Adelaide's all-time leading goalkicker. Walker kicked a career-high 76 goals in 2023, making the All-Australian team for the first time. Walker attended Willyama High School in Broken Hill . His father, Wayne, was a prominent footballer in Broken Hill who played more than 350 games. Wayne wasn't
1296-525: The AFL siren controversy at York Park in 2006. The match was sent into a state of confusion with Fremantle leading by one point when the siren (which had not been very loud all game) 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
1377-566: The Coleman Medal count before two separate suspensions for rough tackles cost him the chance to lead the league's goalscoring. However, Walker returned to finish the season in good form, booting five goals in Adelaide's come-from-behind Semi-Final win over Fremantle , and four goals the next week in the Crows' Preliminary Final loss to Hawthorn . In total, Walker kicked 63 goals for the season and averaged 3.3 goals per game, second in
1458-647: The Coleman Medal with 55 goals in the home-and-away season and leading the club inspirationally as they overcame the death of senior coach Phil Walsh to make the semi-finals. He played his 100th AFL game in round 18 against the Sydney Swans at the Sydney Cricket Ground , fittingly in his home state of New South Wales. In 2016, he was voted the AFL Player's Association captain of the year. Walker went into his third season as captain with
1539-490: The Dockers brand of clothing, challenged the club's right to use the name "Fremantle Dockers", specifically on clothing. As a result, the club and the AFL discontinued the official use of the "Dockers" nickname in 1997. However, it remained in common usage both inside and outside the club, and continued to appear in the official team song "Freo Way to Go" and as the title of the official club magazine Docker . In October 2010,
1620-471: The Dockers or colloquially Freo , is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represent the port city of Fremantle , a stronghold of Australian rules football in Western Australia . The Dockers were the second team from the state to be admitted to the competition, following
1701-402: The Sydney Swans , by 25 points to advance to their maiden AFL Grand Final . In the 2013 grand final , the Dockers were defeated by Hawthorn by a margin of 15 points. In 2014, the club reached the finals for the third successive year with a top-four finish and 16 wins, but despite earning a double chance, they were knocked out after losses to Sydney away and Port Adelaide at home. Nat Fyfe
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#17327974816491782-486: The Sydney Swans . In 2006, against St Kilda at Aurora Stadium in Launceston , they played in a controversial Round 5 match (dubbed " Sirengate ") that initially ended in a draw. However, the AFL overturned the draw result the following Wednesday after the match; the controversy was due to an off-field error made by the timekeepers not sounding the siren for long enough to confirm that the umpires heard it, as well as
1863-665: The West Coast Eagles in 1987. Both Fremantle and the West Coast Eagles are owned by the West Australian Football Commission (WAFC), with a board of directors operating Fremantle on the commission's behalf. Despite having participated in and won several finals matches , Fremantle is one of only three active AFL clubs not to have won a premiership (the others being Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney ), though it did claim
1944-481: The West Coast Eagles , who they play twice each year in the home and away season , in the fiercely contested " Western Derby " matches (Pronounced / ˈ d ɜːr b i / in Western Australia). West Coast were victorious in the first nine games, before Fremantle won in round 16, 1999, after which has prompted a fairly even Derby result with Fremantle at 25 and West Coast at 24 Derby wins. The term "derby"
2025-565: The 21 teams to have ever played in the VFL/AFL league. Because of this unimpressive win record, they are yet to win a premiership. This fact has earned them the nickname "Flagmantle", which is an optimistic joke used by fans. The Dockers' halcyon years took place between 2013 and 2015, where they earned three successive top-four finishes to go with their only grand final appearance ( 2013 ) and their only minor premiership ( 2015 ). Fremantle played its first drawn match in Round 8, 2013, against
2106-487: The AFL behind Lance Franklin . In Round 5, 2013, against Carlton , Walker hyperextended his right knee and suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury requiring a full reconstruction and 12-month rehabilitation period. In the meantime, Walker made headlines by appearing on The Footy Show and agreeing to shave his famous mullet to raise money for the Leukaemia Foundation. He then went on to raise
2187-551: The Coleman Medal. Walker capped off his career-best season with his first selection in the All-Australian team and a personal-best 16 Brownlow votes. Walker missed the first game of the 2024 season against Gold Coast due to injury. In round 8, Walker kicked two goals to overtake Brendan Fevola in the all-time goalkicking category, totalling 624 goals and sitting in 33rd place. Following five consecutive leading goalkicker awards at Adelaide, Walker's forward dominance
2268-515: The Crows in Adelaide the following week, ending their finals campaign. In 2013, Fremantle finished the home-and-away season in third position with a club-best 16 wins. In their qualifying final against the Cats in Geelong, the Dockers produced a first-round upset with a 15-point victory to advance through to a home preliminary final. In the preliminary final, the Dockers defeated the reigning premiers,
2349-466: The Crows playing for Norwood in the SANFL , kicking more than 50 goals in the 2008 season. He made his AFL debut in round 1 the next season, against Collingwood , and held his place in the side for the next 12 rounds. This included a five-goal performance against reigning premiers Hawthorn in round 10, which earned him an AFL Rising Star nomination. However, only three weeks later he was dropped from
2430-692: The Fremantle AFL team. Players recruited from the WAFL have remained with their original club, and players recruited from interstate have been allocated to teams via a draft system. Since the 2014 season, the Peel Thunder Football Club has served as the host club for the Fremantle Dockers, an arrangement which will see Fremantle's reserves players playing in the WAFL for Peel Thunder Football Club . An attempt to field
2511-502: The Fremantle Football Club would undergo a thorough review of all areas, including the club's team name, song, guernsey, and logo in a bid to boost its marketability. However he later confirmed that the purple colour will be maintained as it had become synonymous with Fremantle. Fremantle Football Club had its original training and administration facilities at Fremantle Oval from 1995 until 2017. On 21 February 2017
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2592-493: The Volga Boatmen ", which was dropped in 2011, leaving only the original composition of Walther. Due to its unconventional style, the song is derided by many opposition supporters and defended with equally fierce loyalty by many fans. "Every other team song sounds like a ' Knees Up Mother Brown ' from previous eras. We've got a backbeat", boasted author and Fremantle fan Tim Winton . In 2021, in response to being named
2673-468: The WAFC $ 4 million. On 21 July 1994, the names "Fremantle Football Club", "Fremantle Dockers" and the club colours of purple, red, green and white were announced. A first training session for the inaugural squad was held on 31 October 1994 at Fremantle Oval . The team endured some tough years near the bottom of the premiership ladder, until they finished fifth after the home and away rounds in 2003 and made
2754-479: The WAFC. Prior to this, a two-tier arrangement was in place, with a Board of Management between the board of directors and the commission. The initial club chief executive officer was David Hatt , who had come from a hockey background, and the inaugural club chairman was Ross Kelly , who had played for West Perth . It was a deliberate act by the commission to avoid having administrators from either East Fremantle or South Fremantle in key roles, as they wanted
2835-527: The West Coast Eagles and the VFL, a second WA franchise was not legally possible until after the 1992 season. Moreover, the model of a joint venture between two WAFL clubs was opposed by the West Australian Football Commission (WAFC). On 14 December 1993, the AFL announced that a new team, to be based in Fremantle, would enter the league in 1995, with the provisional name "Fremantle Sharks." The licence had cost
2916-413: The anchor symbol as the basis for all of their guernseys . The home guernsey was purple, with a white anchor on the front separating the chest area into red and green panels, representing the traditional maritime port and starboard colours. The colours also acknowledged Fremantle's large Italian community , which historically has been associated with the city's fishing community. The away or clash guernsey
2997-555: The club in Round 18 of the shortened 2020 season against Richmond , surpassing Tony Modra 's previous record of 440. He was also Adelaide's leading goalkicker for the COVID -shortened 2020 season , scoring 15 goals; this was the lowest tally for any club's highest scorer since Jack James totalled 13 goals for St Kilda in the 1920 season (exactly 100 years prior). Walker started the 2021 season in resurgent form, kicking 17 goals in his first three games and beating his 2020 tally in
3078-421: The club moved its training and administration facilities to Cockburn ARC , a professional sports training facility and community recreation centre that was constructed in 2015–17 at a price of $ 109 million, located in the suburb of Cockburn Central . The team's home games are played at Optus Stadium , a 61,000 seat multi-purpose stadium located in the suburb of Burswood . The club began playing home matches at
3159-407: The club to be bigger than just representing Fremantle. Kelly resigned at the end of 1998, replaced by Ross McLean . Whilst he presided over some key financial decisions, including the building of the club's administrative and training centre at Fremantle Oval and the deferment of the licence fee to the AFL, it was Fremantle's lowest point onfield, culminating in a two-win season in 2001 which saw
3240-568: The club until 2018, Walker signed a contract extension to the end of 2021. In a match against the Western Bulldogs , Walker bumped defender Jason Johannisen into a goal post. Johannisen went on to play the rest of the match, but the incident was looked at by the Match Review Panel , who charged Walker with misconduct and fined him $ 1,000. Walker missed the final match of the home and away season against West Coast due to
3321-424: The club win its first finals game in the semi-final against Melbourne at Subiaco Oval. The club subsequently earned a trip to Sydney to play in its first ever preliminary final, where they lost by 35 points at ANZ Stadium to the Sydney Swans . In 2007, following Chris Connolly's resignation midway through the season, Mark Harvey , a three-time premiership player with Essendon , was appointed caretaker coach for
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3402-400: The club's first Brownlow Medalist . Season 2016 marked Matthew Pavlich's final season in the AFL, as Fremantle missed the finals following a 10-game losing streak to start the year, finishing in 16th position with just four wins. Ross Lyon was sacked as coach on 20 August 2019 after the club failed to qualify for the finals. He was replaced by Justin Longmuir . Longmuir's first season
3483-454: The club's new number one ticket holder, Tame Impala frontman and Fremantle local Kevin Parker released a new Fremantle "pump-up" track to be played at home games. Bolstering the Fremantle connection, the song draws inspiration from AC/DC . The club is owned by the West Australian Football Commission (WAFC). Since 2003, a board of directors controls the operation of the club, on behalf of
3564-594: The club's training and administrative facilities are now located nearby at Cockburn ARC in Cockburn Central , whilst its home ground is the 60,000-capacity Perth Stadium in Burswood . Fremantle has also fielded a women's team in the AFL Women's league since the competition's inception in 2017. They are currently coached by Lisa Webb and captained by Angelique Stannett . Their most successful season
3645-489: The club. During his seven matches for 2007, Harvey coached the Dockers to four wins and three losses. The club came 11th that year, and Harvey was appointed full-time coach at the end of the season. The following year saw the club slump to 14th. In Round 15, 2009, Fremantle recorded the lowest score in its history and of the 2000s, scoring only 1.7 (13) to the Adelaide Crows' 19.16 (130). It scored just one point in
3726-437: The coach Damian Drum be sacked mid-year. McLean resigned following an inadvertent breach of the salary cap . In early 2001 Hatt accepted a government job and Cameron Schwab was appointed. After weathering the fallout from the disastrous 2001 season, Schwab and the new chairman, local West Australian retailing businessman Rick Hart , set about rebuilding the club. A former recruiting manager, Schwab focused on building up
3807-699: The early years of the West Australian Football League (WAFL), winning 24 of the first 34 premierships. Since 1897, Fremantle Oval has been the main venue for Australian rules football matches in the city. Until the opening of Perth Stadium in 2018, the record attendance for an Australian rules football game in Western Australia stood at 52,781 for the 1979 WANFL Grand Final between East Fremantle and South Fremantle at Subiaco Oval . Champion footballers who forged careers playing for Fremantle-based clubs include, among other Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees, Steve Marsh , Jack Sheedy , John Todd , George Doig , William Truscott and Bernie Naylor . Despite
3888-513: The final team. Walker had a somewhat quiet start to the 2023 season, kicking only three goals in the first three games. He returned to form in Round 4, kicking four goals against Fremantle. In his 250th match in Round 13, 2023, Walker would go on to kick a career-high 10 goals against an undermanned West Coast side, crushing his previous personal best of seven goals against the Brisbane Lions in 2015. In Showdown LIV in Round 20, Walker
3969-401: The finals for the first time. The elimination final against eighth-placed Essendon at Subiaco Oval was then the club's biggest ever game, but ended in disappointment for the home team, with the finals experience of Essendon proving too strong for the young team. They then missed making the finals in the following two seasons, finishing both years with 11 wins, 11 losses and only 1 game outside
4050-449: The first half and the only goal scored came in the third quarter. After finishing sixth in 2010, the club played in the finals for the first time since 2006. The team played Hawthorn at Subiaco Oval, and despite being considered underdogs, went on to win by 30 points. The win came from strong performances from Luke McPharlin and Adam McPhee who limited the impact of Lance Franklin and Luke Hodge, respectively. The team's second ever win in
4131-450: The long history of Australian rules football in Fremantle, the expansion of the then-Victorian Football League into Western Australia, took the form of a state-wide club, with the creation of the West Coast Eagles, in 1987. Soon afterwards, there were negotiations between WAFL clubs East Fremantle and South Fremantle , regarding formation of a second WA-based VFL club, as a joint venture. Due to exclusive rights clauses in contracts between
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#17327974816494212-479: The match. Lyon became Fremantle's longest serving and most successful coach before being sacked in 2019. He later returned for a second coaching stint at St Kilda in 2023, and his first game back was against Fremantle. Head coach Assistant coaches Updated: 19 November 2024 Source(s): Players , Coaches For most of Fremantle's history, players have played for various West Australian Football League (WAFL) teams when not selected to play for
4293-460: The on-field performance by recruiting high-profile players in Trent Croad , Peter Bell and Jeff Farmer , as well as coach Chris Connolly and with Hart then focused on enhancing the corporate and financial standing of the club. The club membership grew every year from 2002 until 2008 and the final licence payment was made to the AFL in 2005. Schwab chose to return to Melbourne in 2008 and
4374-440: The pre-season. In September 2011, Mark Harvey was sensationally sacked by the club in favour of still-contracted St Kilda coach Ross Lyon . Fremantle qualified for the finals in 2012 after finishing in seventh position. In their elimination final against Geelong , the Dockers won their first ever finals game away from home with a 16-point victory at the MCG behind Matthew Pavlich 's six goals. Fremantle subsequently lost to
4455-404: The process, finishing the year with 48 goals, his highest return since 2017. He joined Jonathan Brown as the second AFL player since 1993 to kick five or more goals in each of the first three rounds of a season. He was widely lauded for returning to near career-best form in 2021, after a disappointing 2020 season where many commentators were questioning his future in the game. His return to form
4536-438: The remainder of the season, kicking multiple goals in 11 games and a career-best six against the Brisbane Lions . He finished with 34 goals in 15 games, and averaged a career-high 14.7 disposals per game. In November, Walker extended his contract with the Crows for three further years, until the end of 2018. In January 2015, Walker was appointed captain of Adelaide. He returned to his best form in that year, finishing fourth in
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4698-509: The season before finishing fifth with fifteen wins, six losses, and one draw. Fremantle's return to finals saw them play the Western Bulldogs in an elimination final at Optus Stadium . Fremantle were dominated in the early stages of the game, with the Bulldogs holding a 42–1 lead at the nine-minute mark of the second term. Fremantle would go on to kick 11 of the last 13 goals to win the game by 13 points. Fremantle next faced Collingwood in
4779-413: The season with great form, starring with five goals and four goal assists in the first half against Essendon in the absence of fellow key forwards Josh Jenkins and Mitch McGovern . He kicked 18 goals in his first five games while Adelaide remained undefeated, but he began to struggle, only kicking 16 in his next seven with the Crows losing five of those games. Though he was still contracted to play for
4860-438: The senior side and played just one more match for the season, with coach Neil Craig wanting him to work on deficiencies in his game. Walker returned to the side in 2010 and showed fluctuating form, showing glimpses of brilliance alongside some poor performances. He was dropped from the side on a number of occasions throughout the year, sparking rumours that he and head coach Neil Craig were not seeing eye to eye and that Craig
4941-454: The siren not being loud enough for the field umpires to hear over the roar of the crowd in the first place, and Fremantle were eventually declared as one-point winners with no protest from St Kilda. It marked the first time a game result had later been overturned since 1900. The club is nicknamed the "Dockers" in reference to Fremantle's history as a port city. Shortly after the club was launched in 1994, Levi Strauss & Co. , which produces
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#17327974816495022-403: The strong association that members and fans have with the "Dockers" nickname led the club to form a new arrangement with Levi Strauss & Co which allows the club to officially use the nickname "Dockers" everywhere including on clothing and other brand elements. This name change was made in conjunction with changes to the club logo and playing strip. Until 2011 the Fremantle Football Club used
5103-400: The top eight. After an average first half to the 2006 AFL season , Fremantle finished the year with a club-record nine straight wins to earn themselves third position at the end of the home and away season with a club-best 15 wins. In the qualifying final against Adelaide at AAMI Stadium , the Dockers led for the first three-quarters before being overrun by the Crows. The following week saw
5184-514: The venue in 2018, having previously played home matches at Subiaco Oval from 2001 onward and before that the WACA Ground from 1995 to 2000. The official song of Fremantle is " Freo Way to Go ", a truncated version of the club's original song, "Freo Heave Ho", written by Ken Walther . "Freo Way to Go" was adopted in 2011 following a poll on the Dockers' official website, beating out three other newly composed songs, including "Freo Freo", which
5265-404: The wealthiest clubs in the league and their surprise recruitment of Ross Lyon to replace Mark Harvey as coach at the end of the 2011 is seen as an example of their ruthless drive for sustained success. In 2014, Harris resigned as president and was replaced by the then vice president, Perth property developer Dale Alcock . Fremantle's biggest rivalry is with the other Western Australian team,
5346-541: Was all white with a purple anchor. Since the end of the 2010 home and away season, the home jumper is purple with three white chevrons, and the away jumper is white with purple chevrons. One game each year is designated as the Purple Haze game, where an all-purple jumper with a white anchor is worn. This game is used to raise money for the Starlight Children's Foundation . After the guernsey re-design to
5427-406: Was also met with widespread criticism and was accused of backstabbing St Kilda by many Saints supporters as the club was made aware that Fremantle had approached Lyon during St Kilda's lead-up to its finals campaign. The two clubs contested a highly anticipated Friday night match in Round 4 of the 2012 AFL season at Etihad Stadium , with Fremantle winning by 13 points and Lyon being booed throughout
5508-532: Was also ordered to donate $ 20,000 to a South Australian Indigenous program, undergo a racial sensitivity education program, and apologise to all Adelaide and North Adelaide players. Walker made an apology video over the incident with Young in frame. Young accepted Walker's apology in the ABC interview, although the apology was criticised by some Indigenous leaders in the AFL community. Walker had another outstanding season in 2022 , being Adelaide's leading goalkicker for
5589-634: Was awarded the Leigh Matthews Trophy for winning the AFL Players' Association MVP award. In 2015, the club were crowned minor premiers for the first time in their history, earning their first piece of silverware with the McClelland Trophy . However, the club failed to convert this into a grand final appearance, losing to Hawthorn by 27 points in its home preliminary final. Fremantle ended their season with Nat Fyfe becoming
5670-539: Was awarded the Showdown Medal after a major seven goal haul. After kicking another nine goals against West Coast in the final round of the season, Walker temporarily lead the Coleman Medal tally until Charlie Curnow kicked three goals in Carlton's final game to take the medal from Walker. Regardless, Walker's final tally of 76 goals in a season is the most of any Crow since Tony Modra in 1997 , when he won
5751-510: Was catalysed by injuries to key position players, including captain Alex Pearce, leading goalkicker Josh Treacy, and starting ruckman Sean Darcy. The Dockers finished 10th with a record of 12 wins, 10 losses and one draw, just half a win behind Carlton in eighth place. After struggling in their early start-up years, Fremantle have continued to struggle over the years, with an overall win percentage of 45.52% as of July 2024, ranked 16th out of
5832-431: Was decided during the week that as the siren had gone Fremantle were judged to be the winners, disallowing Baker's point. During the 2011 off-season, Fremantle sacked coach Mark Harvey and replaced him with then-St Kilda coach Ross Lyon in controversial circumstances. The move was met with much criticism towards Fremantle's president, Steve Harris, and CEO, Steve Rosich, claiming that they had "backstabbed" Harvey. Lyon
5913-479: Was during the COVID-19 -affected 2020 AFL season , which was shortened from 22 matches to 17. Fremantle would lose their first four games before finding form and finishing 12th on the ladder with 7 wins and 10 losses. The 2022 AFL season would prove to be a breakout year for the Dockers, who qualified for finals for the first time since the 2015 AFL season and were in contention for a top-4 finish throughout
5994-564: Was finally relinquished by the rise of young Darcy Fogarty in 2024. Following the conclusion of Adelaide's season, the out-of-contract Walker signed on for another year, despite rumours that he could finish his career at a rival club. Greater Western Sydney free agent Isaac Cumming chose Adelaide as his club of destination in the off-season, citing Walker as an influence due to their shared Broken Hill roots. Club Individual * denotes rookie listed players Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club , nicknamed
6075-407: Was highlighted with a match-winning goal against the previously unbeaten Melbourne in round 10, resulting in a one-point victory labelled as the "upset of the season". Before the Round 21 Showdown match with Port Adelaide , news broke of Walker having made a racist comment about North Adelaide SANFL player Robbie Young . After an AFL investigation, Walker was suspended for six matches. He
6156-431: Was replaced as CEO by Steve Rosich , who had previously worked for the West Coast Eagles . A year later Hart resigned as president and Steve Harris , who runs The Brand Agency and had produced advertising for Fremantle since 2002, took over at the end of 2009. Harris had been on the board since November 2008, the first club chairman or president to have previously served on the board. The club has developed into one of
6237-599: Was the 2020 season , in which the team was undefeated, but was ultimately cancelled without a premiership awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The port city of Fremantle , Western Australia has a rich footballing history, hosting the state's first organised game of Australian rules in 1881. Fremantle's first teams, the Fremantle Football Club , the Union/Fremantle Football Club and East Fremantle Football Club , dominated
6318-588: Was used, based on the jumper worn by the East Fremantle Football Club in their 1979 WAFL Grand Final win over the South Fremantle Football Club . This Fremantle Derby held the record, prior to the opening of Optus Stadium , for the highest attendance at a football game of any code in Western Australia, with 52,781 attending at Subiaco Oval . In September 2008, newly appointed CEO Steve Rosich confirmed that
6399-470: Was using Walker as a scapegoat for Adelaide's poor form throughout the year. Again, Walker was accused of not showing enough defensive pressure in the forward line. He finished with 35 goals for the season from 18 games, including two sets of four goals against Fremantle and then Geelong . Early in 2011, Walker was dropped once again and was seen drinking a beer on live television at a SANFL game, sparking speculation that he 'didn't care' and may have signed
6480-423: Was written by Fremantle-based indie rock group and the Dockers' then-number one ticket holder, Eskimo Joe . The poll took place around the same time that the club's guernsey and logo were also updated. Unlike other AFL team songs , "Freo Way to Go" is played to a contemporary rock tune. "Freo Heave Ho" also had a section based on Igor Stravinsky 's arrangement of the traditional Russian folk song, " Song of
6561-447: Was “choosing money over success”. Weeks later Bryce Gibbs was traded to Adelaide from Carlton and Walker was accused of holding double standards, which he denied saying that Gibbs had come to Adelaide to spend time with family and accepted a pay cut. On 4 September 2019, Walker stepped down as the club's captain. On 19 September 2020, Walker became the all-time leading goalkicker for the Adelaide Crows. He scored his 441st goal for
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