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There are two Western Derbies every season. The AFL draw requires that each team plays seven other teams twice and eight other teams once during the 22 round season. The AFL generally attempts to equalise which teams are played twice and which are played once across seasons, but ensures that there are always two derbies due to the excitement generated in Perth and the monetary windfall associated with the derby. In recent years the derby has been part of the '' AFL Rivalry Round ''. Since the Dockers entered the AFL in 1995, the Derby has grown in popularity by Western Australian football fans. As of the end of the 2006 AFL Season , West Coast had won 17 out of the 24 games played in the Home And Away Season , including the first 9 derbies. The Fremantle Dockers won their first Western Derby in July, 1999 and picked up their last victory by 57 points in the 2006 Premiership season played at Subiaco Oval on 27 August 2006 . 2006 was the first season in which Fremantle won both derbies. The player adjudged ''best player'' in each derby match is awarded the Ross Glendinning Medal , named after former West Coast Eagles player and Fremantle Dockers Chairman of selectors Ross Glendinning . CONTROVERSIAL DERBIES Round 21, 2000 An infamous derby occurred in round 21, 2000. Both clubs were out of finals contention, the derby earlier in the year had recorded the biggest ever margin ( Scott Cummings ' 10 goals led West Coast to a 117 thrashing) and in the lead up both teams were talking down the importance of the game with the standard line of "it's only worth 4 points". However, Clive Waterhouse indicated that something different might happen by saying that "blood would be spilled". {Link without Title} Before the first bounce, West Coast, through Michael Gardiner , went on the attack, pushing and shoving first year player Matthew Pavlich . The umpires awarded a free kick to Pavlich before the ball was bounced. However West Coast settled and led by 4 goals at quarter time with goals to Phillip Read , Andrew Embley and three to Phil Matera . Two goals to Mitchell White , a fourth goal for Matera and one to Chad Morrison in the second quarter saw West Coast go to the half time break a comfortable 32 points in front. Fremantle's forward line was struggling, with only 4 goals to half time, including two to Waterhouse, and singles to midfielders Heath Black and Troy Cook . At half time, numerous fights broke out which resulted in one of longest tribunal records in recent times. Suspensions and fines handed out were: {Link without Title}
Phil Matera kicked his 5th goal shortly after half time, bringing the Eagles lead to 42 points, but Fremantle surged to cut the margin to 18 points at three quarter time with three goals to Clive Waterhouse and singles to Pavlich and Daniel Bandy . The last quarter saw Phil Matera carried from the ground, not from a repeat of the earlier violence, but by colliding with umpire Steven Handley . A solid, but legal Shirtfront by Troy Cook saw Mitchell White also carried from the ground. A six goal to three final quarter including another two to Waterhouse and singles to Koops, Shipp, and ironically Kickett and Dodd saw Fremantle hit the lead by two points. With only seconds to spare the Eagles pushed forward and a loose ball was unable to be gathered in by makeshift forward Darren Glass resulting in a Rushed Behind and a one point victory for Fremantle, only their 2nd ever in a Western Derby. The following week both teams were beaten well, with Fremantle thrashed by Brisbane by 107 points and Melbourne winning by 70 points over the Eagles at Subiaco. Round 3, 2007 The round 3, 2007 match will be remembered as one of the most spiteful derbies ever played. Nearing three-quarter time, Fremantle's Des Headland was reported by umpire Stuart Wenn for striking and wrestling with West Coast's Adam Selwood , who allegedly made an inappropriate comment about a tattoo on Headland's arm which depicted the Fremantle player's six-year-old daughter. The case was heard on , 2007
In the lead up to Selwood's round 7 match against , 2007 ; Retrieved on June 22 , 2007 HOME AND AWAY SEASON DERBY RESULTS ''Source: http://stats.rleague.com/afl/teams/fremantle/allgames_tm.html'' REFERENCES |
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