The Western Derby () is the name given to the Australian rules football match between the

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and the

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, who both participate in the Australian Football League (AFL). As both teams are based in

Perth Perth is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the Australian states and territories of Australia, state of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth most populous city in Aust ...

, the capital city of

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to ...

, the term "

derby Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby gain ...

" is used to describe the match. It has become one of the most important matches for football in Western Australia, with former and West Coast player, and former West Coast coach John Worsfold claiming that in the week before a derby that it is the main topic in Perth. In 2004, during the 175th-anniversary celebrations of the establishment of the

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, the Western Derby was named as one of 12 "Heritage Icons", in recognition of "football's key social and historical importance to the State". Referring to a

melee A melee ( or , French: mêlée ) or pell-mell is disorganized hand-to-hand combat in battles fought at abnormally close range with little central control once it starts. In military aviation, a melee has been defined as " air battle in which ...

during the Round 21, 2000 Derby, Channel Nine sports reporter Michael Thomson said the match had divided Western Australia and the "football landscape in WA has been changed forever." There are two Western Derbies every year during the home and away season. From 1995 until 2017 the derbies were held at

Subiaco Oval Subiaco Oval (; nicknamed Subi) was a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia, located in the suburb of Subiaco. It was opened in 1908 and closed in 2017 after the completion of the new Perth Stadium in Burswood. Subiaco Oval was the hig ...

. From 2018, all derbies will be held at

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. There has never been a Western Derby finals match. There has been one edition held overseas – in October 2005 at

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in London. West Coast were the dominant team during Fremantle's early years winning the first nine derbies. Fremantle won their first Western Derby in July 1999. Fremantle are the current holders of the Western Derby Trophy after defeating West Coast by 24 points in round 22 of the

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. The player adjudged ''best on ground'' in each derby match is awarded the Glendinning–Allan Medal, named after the inaugural captains of the clubs

Ross Glendinning Ross William Glendinning (born 17 September 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the East Perth Football Club in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL) and for the North Melbourne Football Club and the Wes ...

(West Coast) and Ben Allan (Fremantle). To this date there has never been a drawn derby.

Notable derbies

Derby XII Round 21, 2000. (AKA The Demolition Derby)

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-point win), and in the lead-up both teams were talking down the importance of the game with the standard line of "it's only worth four points". However, Clive Waterhouse indicated that something different might happen by saying that "blood would be spilled". Before the first bounce, West Coast, through Michael Gardiner, went on the attack, pushing and shoving first-year player

Matthew Pavlich Matthew Pavlich (born 31 December 1981) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A versatile player, Pavlich is widely regarded as one of the pre ...

. The umpires awarded a free kick to Pavlich before the ball was bounced. However, West Coast settled and led by four goals at quarter time with goals to Phillip Read, Andrew Embley and three to Phil Matera. Fremantle's forward line was struggling, with only four goals to half time, including two to Waterhouse, and singles to midfielders Heath Black and Troy Cook, while 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 32 points in front. During the break, a brawl broke out which cleared both teams' benches and resulted in one of longest tribunal records in recent times. In the third quarter, Phil Matera kicked his fifth goal, 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 on a stretcher after a hard collision with umpire Steve Hanley, and a solid but legal shirtfront by Troy Cook also saw Mitchell White carried from the ground on a stretcher. A six-goal to three final quarter, including another two to Waterhouse and singles to Koops, Shipp, and 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 Darren Glass (born 14 May 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer who played as a full-back for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from Northam, Western Australia, he attended Carine Senior High Sc ...

, resulting in a rushed behind and a one-point victory for Fremantle, only their second ever in a Western Derby. The following suspensions and fines were handed out as a result of the brawl:AFANA AFL News 6 August 2000
/ref> * Dale Kickett was suspended for a total of nine matches for striking Phillip Read twice and striking Andrew Embley once. * Michael Gardiner was suspended for two matches for striking

. *

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was suspended for two matches for attempting to strike Phillip Read, while Read was suspended for two matches for striking Dodd in retaliation. * Seven players from Fremantle ( Heath Black,

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, Shaun McManus, Clem Michael, Jason Norrish, Jess Sinclair and

Andrew Shipp Andrew Shipp (born 10 July 1979) is an Australian rules footballer who played for Fremantle in the Australian Football League (AFL) between 1999 and 2002. He was drafted from Springvale in the Victorian Football League (VFL) as the 64th select ...

) and five players from West Coast ( Ben Cousins, Andrew Embley, Kane Munro, Michael Gardiner and Phillip Read) were reported for melee involvement. Embley was found not guilty; the remaining players were fined between $2000 and $4000. The following week both teams were well beaten, with Fremantle beaten by Brisbane by 107 points at the Gabba and Melbourne winning by 70 points over the Eagles at Subiaco.

London Derby, 2005

The only time the fixture was played outside of Perth was in October 2005 at

in Kennington, South London. West Coast had narrowly finished as runner-up to Sydney the previous month but were missing their vaunted midfield of Cousins,

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and Daniel Kerr. The game included a third-quarter fight and the Dockers' Jeff Farmer and the Eagles' Adam Hunter kicking four goals each. No video footage has been shared from the game, which Fremantle won by 13.12 (90) to 11.7 (73) in front of nearly 19,000 people, which was a record crowd for an Australian rules football game in England.

Derby XXV Round 3, 2007

The round 3, 2007 match will be remembered as one of the most controversial and 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 made an inappropriate comment about a tattoo on Headland's arm, which depicted his then six-year-old daughter. The case was heard on 18 April, with Selwood cleared of using abusive language towards Headland. Headland was found guilty of both striking and wrestling with Selwood, but was not suspended because of "exceptional and compelling circumstances by way of provocation". West Coast won this match by 31 points, and Michael Braun was awarded the Ross Glendinning Medal, ending his acceptance speech with "Let's have a fucking good year" which was broadcast to 550,000 viewers on live television and to the 42,551 in attendance. Braun was fined $500 by the Eagles, but the AFL intervened, severely reprimanded the Eagles and fined Braun an additional $5000. Several weeks after the match, Selwood officially apologised to women, and claimed that he did not mean what he had said to Headland four weeks earlier. Paradoxically, he also claimed that he was badly treated by the media because he was innocent of the charges in the Headland saga and he should have just been allowed to prove his innocence. ''Source
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Derby XXXIV Round 18, 2011

The closest finish to a derby occurred in Round 18, 2011 when Eagles midfielder

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was penalised by umpire Dean Margetts in a deliberate out of bounds decision with West Coast leading by two points in the dying seconds. Having earned a free kick from the decision,

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had a chance to win the game for Fremantle with a shot after the siren from 50m out on a tight angle and while his drop punt looked a goal for much of its journey, it hit the padding on the right hand goalpost amid a sea of hands from both sides, leaving the Eagles the winners by a single point, 8.17 (65) to Fremantle's 9.10 (64). Ballantyne prematurely celebrated, believing that the kick was a goal and had won the match. This proved to be the catalyst for both sides as the season wound down. Fremantle slid down the ladder, losing the next six matches in succession to end a disappointing season, while West Coast went on to win their remaining regular season matches.

Derby XLVIII Round 20, 2018

Nearly two decades after the most violent derby in its history, another infamous contest occurred in Round 20, 2018. During the third quarter, West Coast midfielder Andrew Gaff struck Fremantle first-year player Andrew Brayshaw in the face in an incident which occurred off the ball and resulted in Brayshaw suffering a broken jaw. Gaff was targeted by Fremantle players for the remainder of the game, until his coach decided to bench him after suffering from a double-team shoulder hit from two Fremantle players. Gaff was sent straight to the

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the following day, where he pleaded guilty to intentionally striking Brayshaw, and subsequently suspended for eight AFL matches, thus missing the AFL finals where West Coast would go on to win the Premiership.

Derby LI 2020

For the first time, due to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic reducing the season to 17 games, only a single derby was played in 2020. The ground capacity was restricted to half of the maximum to allow for

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. The crowd of 25,306 people was the highest for the AFL since the pandemic started, but the lowest ever for a ticketed derby. West Coast won by 30 points, setting a new record of ten consecutive derby wins dating back to August 2015.

Western Derby results

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West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 23.13 (151) , AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , 9.12 (66) , rowspan="46",

, 40,356 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !85 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''2'' , 3 September , 22 , AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , 8.10 (58) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 16.15 (111) , 39,844 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !53 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , 3 , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;", 1996 , 31 March , 1 , AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , 6.9 (45) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 9.13 (67) , 33,041 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !22 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''4'' , 21 July , 16 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 12.10 (82) , AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , 7.6 (48) , 35,406 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !34 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , 5 , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;", 1997 , 13 April , 3 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 16.15 (111) , AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , 9.17 (71) , 39,294 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !40 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''6'' , 3 August , 18 , AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , 7.7 (49) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 13.4 (82) , 39,711 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !33 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , 7 , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;", 1998 , 12 April , 3 , AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , 10.7 (67) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 14.10 (94) , 34,710 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !27 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''8'' , 2 August , 18 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 15.9 (99) , AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , 8.12 (60) , 37,145 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !39 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , 9 , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;", 1999 , 28 March , 1 , AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , 13.20 (98) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 15.12 (102) , 32,680 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !4 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''10'' , 18 July , 16 , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , 11.6 (72) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 17.17 (119) , 36,763 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !47 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''11'' , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;", 2000 , 15 April , 6 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 28.10 (178) , AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , 9.7 (61) , 40,460 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , bgcolor="gold", 117 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''12'' , 30 July , 21 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 15.11 (101) , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , 15.10 (100) , 37,573 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !1 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''13'' , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;", 2001 , 21 April , 4 , AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , 13.10 (88) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 16.16 (112) , 38,804 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !24 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''14'' , 12 August , 19 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 14.14 (98) , AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , 9.10 (64) , 41,285 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !34 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''15'' , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;", 2002 , 31 March , 1 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 21.11 (137) , AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , 18.10 (118) , 39,467 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !19 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''16'' , 20 July , 16 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 15.10 (100) , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , 11.4 (70) , 41,779 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !30 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''17'' , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;", 2003 , 27 April , 5 , AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , 10.13 (73) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , 16.12 (108) , 41,654 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !35 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''18'' , 30 August , 22 , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , 11.16 (82) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 14.12 (96) , 43,027 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !14 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''19'' , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;", 2004 , 1 May , 6 , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , 11.7 (73) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 12.11 (83) , 42,135 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !10 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''20'' , 22 August , 21 , AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , 6.9 (45) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 13.15 (93) , 41,907 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !48 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''21'' , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;", 2005 , 9 April , 3 , AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , 12.8 (80) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 12.16 (88) , 42,027 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !8 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''22'' , 12 August , 20 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 19.14 (128) , AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , 12.8 (80) , 40,720 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !48 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''23'' , rowspan="2" div style="text-align: center;", 2006 , 6 May , 6 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 12.16 (88) , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , 12.11 (83) , 42,213 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !5 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''24'' , 27 August , 21 , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , 8.13 (61) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 18.10 (118) , bgcolor="gold", 43,527 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !57 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''25'' , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;", 2007 , 14 April , 3 , AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , 11.4 (70) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 14.17 (101) , 42,051 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !31 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''26'' , 5 August , 18 , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , 14.13 (97) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 19.10 (124) , 43,096 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !27 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''27'' , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;", 2008 , 5 April , 3 , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , 10.13 (73) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 12.15 (87) , 39,027 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !14 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''28'' , 3 August , 18 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 17.14 (116) , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , 12.11 (83) , 42,096 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !33 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''29'' , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;", 2009 , 2 May , 6 , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , 9.20 (74) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 13.9 (87) , 41,654 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !13 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''30'' , 25 July , 17 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 10.11 (71) , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , 8.18 (66) , 39,536 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !5 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''31'' , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;", 2010 , 2 May , 6 , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , 10.13 (73) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 17.9 (111) , 40,886 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !38 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''32'' , 1 August , 18 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 1995-2010

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 24.16 (160) , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , 13.7 (85) , 40,451 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !75 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''33'' , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;", 2011 , 15 May , 8 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 14.12 (96) , AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , 9.9 (63) , 40,567 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !33 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''34'' , 24 July , 18 , AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , 9.10 (64) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 8.17 (65) , 41,055 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !1 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''35'' , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;", 2012 , 27 May , 9 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 11.18 (84) , AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , 5.6 (36) , 40,905 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !48 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''36'' , 4 August , 19 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 17.11 (113) , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , 6.12 (48) , 39,694 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !65 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''37'' , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;", 2013 , 23 March , 1 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 16.12 (108) , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , 11.14 (80) , 39,629 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !28 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''38'' , 14 July , 16 , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , 14.9 (93) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 19.7 (121) , 39,839 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !28 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''39'' , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;", 2014 , 4 May , 7 , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , 7.12 (54) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 11.7 (73) , 40,476 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !19 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''40'' , 28 June , 15 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 13.10 (88) , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , 11.15 (81) , 40,490 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !7 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''41'' , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;", 2015 , 19 April , 3 , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , 12.9 (81) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 17.9 (111) , 39,138 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !30 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''42'' , 16 August , 20 , AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , 11.14 (80) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon 2000-2015

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 15.14 (104) , 41,959 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !24 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , -style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''43'' , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;", 2016 , 9 April , 3 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 12.20 (92) , AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , 8.11 (59) , 40,555 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !33 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , -style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''44'' , 7 August , 20 , AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , 9.10 (64) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 17.8 (110) , 36,215 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !46 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''45'' , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;",

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

, 29 April , 6 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 16.7 (103) , AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , 9.8 (62) , 40,836 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !41 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , -style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''46'' , 16 July , 17 , AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , 5.14 (44) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 11.8 (74) , 38,722 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !30 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''47'' , rowspan="2" div style="text-align: center;",

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

, 29 April , 6 , AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , 12.9 (81) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 13.11 (89) , rowspan="9",

, 56,521 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !8 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''48'' , 5 August , 20 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 21.16 (142) , AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , 13.6 (84) , 57,375 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !58 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''49'' , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;",

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

, 13 April , 4 , style="background:#ccffcc";, AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 10.9 (69) , AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , 7.14 (56) , bgcolor="gold", 58,219 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !13 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''50'' , 6 July , 16 , AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , 2.19 (31) , style="background:#ccffcc";, AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 19.8 (122) , 56,358 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !91 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''51'' , style="text-align: center;", 2020 , 19 July , 7 , AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , 5.2 (32) , style="background:#ccffcc";, AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 9.8 (62) , 25,306 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !30 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''52'' , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;",

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...

, 2 May , 7 , style="background:#ccffcc";, AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , style="background:#ccffcc;", 20.12 (132) , AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , 11.7 (73) , 0 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", !59 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''53'' , 15 August , 22 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 12.7 (79) , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , 9.10 (64) , 51,692 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !15 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''54'' , rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;",

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The global monkeyp ...

, 3 April , 3 , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , 7.5 (47) , style="background:#ccffcc";, AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc";, 15.12 (102) , 38,920 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !55 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''55'' , 13 August , 22 , style="background:#ccffcc";, AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc";, 9.17 (71) , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , 7.5 (47) , 53,826 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", !24 , bgcolor="#0014A8" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;"

Women's Western Derby results

, - style="background:#ccf;font-size: 87%" , , Year , Date , , Home Team , , Away Team , , Ground , width=45 , Crowd , Winner , , , , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''1'' ,

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in ...

, 15 February , 2 , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , 2.3 (15) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 9.6 (60) ,

Optus Stadium Perth Stadium, currently known as Optus Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Perth, Western Australia, located in the suburb of Burswood. It was completed in late 2017 and officially opened on 21 January 2018. The s ...

, bgcolor="gold", 35,185 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", ! 47 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''2'' , rowspan=2,

, 7 February , 2 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 2.11 (23) , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , 2.2 (14) ,

Fremantle Oval Fremantle Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as Fremantle Community Bank Oval, is a stadium in the centre of Fremantle, Western Australia, located on Parry Street. It currently has a capacity of 17,500 with terracing and a members ...

, 0 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", ! 9 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''3'' , 7 March , 6 , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , 1.2 (8) , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 11.9 (75) ,

, 7,469 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", , bgcolor="gold", 68 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", , - style="background:#fff;font-size: 87%;" , ''4'' ,

, 8 January , 1 , style="background:#ccffcc;", AFL Fremantle Icon 2011

Fremantle , style="background:#ccffcc;", 6.7 (43) , AFL West Coast Eagles Icon

West Coast , 2.3 (15) ,

, 5,533 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;", ! 28 , bgcolor="#52007A" div style="text-align: center;",

Best on ground winners

Timeline of results

Statistics

Up-to-date at the completion of Derby 53

Most Goals in One Game

Most Career Goals

Games played

Brownlow Votes

Brownlow Votes through the end of the

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Other Western Derbys

AFL Women's

In preparation for the

launch of the

AFL women's league AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football league for female players. The first season of the league in February and March 2017 had eight teams; the league expanded to 10 teams in the 2019 season, 1 ...

competition, the AFL held 10 Exhibition Series matches during 2016. The only match held in Perth featured both a women's side from the

Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers, 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 Fr ...

& the

, played as a curtain-raiser for the men's Western Derby, won by the West Coast Eagles. The First Western Derby in the

AFLW AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football league for female players. The first season of the league in February and March 2017 had eight teams; the league expanded to 10 teams in the 2019 season, ...

took place on 15 February 2020, when the

lost to the

at Optus Stadium.

Notes

^aFor the 2020 season only, there was only one Western Derby due to the premiership season being shortened to 17 rounds as a result of the

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.
^bDue to a local transmission of

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in early 2021, the two Perth-based

teams were forced to isolate as part of a five-day lockdown in Perth, rather than travelling to

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for their scheduled matches. The AFL instead fixtured a derby between the two sides, held without general public access.
^cDue to a local transmission of

in May 2021, a decision was made by Western Australia premier

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to ban spectators from attending the match only hours before the first bounce.
^dA second Western Derby was scheduled for the two clubs due to WA's border restrictions precluding travel to and from Victoria, and to allow fans to attend after the first Derby in round two was played behind closed doors.

References

External link

* {{Aussie Rules in Western Australia Australian Football League games Australian Football League rivalries Fremantle Football Club West Coast Eagles Australian rules football in Western Australia