The Perth Football Club was formed in 1899 and joined the West Australian Football Association (now the WAFL) later that year, in place of the Rovers Football Club who were unable to field a team. The club was initially based at the WACA Ground in East Perth, moving to Lathlain Park in Perth's south-eastern suburbs in 1959.
Perth won their first flag in 1907 but took nearly half a century to win their second, beating East Fremantle by two points in 1955. After the shift to Lathlain the Demons won three flags in a row between 1966 and 1968. The Dees then won back to back flags in 1976-77 but have struggled on-field since then, failing to qualify for finals since 1997.
The club's city zone includes the suburbs in Perth's south-eastern corridor such as Lathlain, Rivervale, Belmont, Cannington and Thornlie, while its country zone includes Northam, York, Cunderdin, Jurien Bay, Cervantes and Dongara.
Champions at Perth[]
Premiers[]
1907, 1955, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1977
Sandover Medalists[]
Cyril Hoft 1921;
Terry Moriarty 1943;
George Bailey 1945;
Merv McIntosh 1948, 1953 & 1954;
Neville Beard 1961;
Barry Cable 1964, 1968 & 1973;
Pat Dalton 1970;
Ian Miller 1972;
Bryan Cousins 1983;
Mark Watson 1987;
Gus Seebeck 1999;
Ross Young 2009 -
League Top Goalkickers[]
A.Halliday (46) 1913, (38) 1914 & (38) 1916;
A.Evans (64) 1921;
D.Oliphant (84) 1931;
A.Gook (102) 1939;
R.Tucker (115) 1950;
M.Couper (63) 1975;
M.Rea (100) 1985 & (90) 1986;
B.Cooper (90) 1994
2014 Playing List[]
1. Mitch Morton
3. Chance Bateman
4. Joel Leeson
5. Brett Hodge
6. Paul Bevan
7. Daniel O'Sullivan
8. Gerald Ugle
9. Jarryd Morton
10. Matthew Moody
11. Brennan Stack
12. Michael Florio
13. Mitch Leyendekkers
14. Dene White
15. Haydn Busher
16. Michael Sinclair
17. Joel Houghton
18. Cameron Manuel
19. Chris Billings
20. Rowan Brookes
21. Christian Eyres
22. Cale Morton
23. Jared Risol
24. Bradley Fry
25. Nick Kane
26. Sean Holland
28. Ben Power
29. Mark Deaves
31. Joel Kalajzic
32. Mitch Browne
33. Brent Edmonds
34. Aidan Tropiano
35. Dylan Cox
36. Bradley Keast
37. Kieran Hug
38. Matthew Boyle
39. Matthew Hunt
40. Chad Sandilands
41. Clem Smith
43. Blake Borrett
43. Sam Garstone
44. Tyler Chrimes
45. Alex Moreno
46. Sean Lynch
47. Daniel Arangio
48. Jordan Busher
50. Jared Bell
51. Kodie Fleay
52. Ryan Gray
53. Cameron Jones
54. Matthew White
55. Matthew Welburn
56. Dylan Murray
57. Fraser Jones
58. Scott Moore
59. Callum Collard
60. Adam Ryan
61. Scott Doncon
62. Campbell Hunter
63. Dylan Briggs
65. Andries Mercer
Team of the Century[]
B:Marcel Hilsz Bill McKenzie George Bailey
HB:Bob Shields Alan Shepherd Bert Wansborough
C:Keith Harper Ern Henfry Greg Brehaut
HF:Ian Miller Ron Tucker Peter Bosustow
F:Paddy Astone Albert Gook Robert Wiley
FOLL:Merv McIntosh Doug Oliphant Barry Cable
INT:Alex Clarke Alan Johnson Reg Zeuner Pat Dalton
COACH:Malcolm Atwell