South Fremantle Football Club

South Fremantle
Names
Full nameSouth Fremantle Football Club
Nickname(s)Bulldogs, Souths
MottoYES WE ARE
2023 WAFL season
Home-and-away seasonEighth
Leading goalkickerBrandon Donaldson
Best and fairestTom Blechynden,
Club details
Founded1900; 124 years ago (1900)
Colours  White,   Dark red
CompetitionWest Australian Football League
PresidentPeter Christie
CEOCameron Britt
CoachTodd Curley (2015–)
Captain(s)Chad Pearson
Premierships
List
    • 14 (1916, 1917, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1970, 1980, 1997, 2005, 2009, 2020)
Ground(s)Fremantle Oval (capacity: 18,000)
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official websitesffc.com.au

South Fremantle Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Fremantle, Western Australia. The club plays in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) and the WAFL Women's (WAFLW), commonly going by the nickname the Bulldogs. Since its founding, the club has won 14 WAFL premierships, the most recent of them in 2020.

Founded in 1900 after disbanding the successful but debt-burdened Fremantle Football Club (not related to the AFL Dockers entity), the club enjoyed its most successful era in the immediate decade following the end of the Second World War, winning six premierships, including a hat-trick from 1952 to 1954.

South Fremantle has a long-standing rivalry with cross-town WAFL club East Fremantle, a fixture commonly referred to as the Fremantle Derby. The club has played at its home ground, Fremantle Oval, from inception and were co-tenants with East Fremantle until 1952, when the Sharks moved to East Fremantle Oval. From the beginning, Souths adopted the club colours red and white, first adding the iconic front vee to its playing jumper in 1928.[1]

For a club with a history of over 120 years, South Fremantle does not yet boast a footballer who has played 300 or more senior League games in the red and white guernsey. The club is also recognised for its significant contribution of players who hail from Indigenous Australian, Italian and Croatian heritage.

  1. ^ "South Fremantle Home Jumpers".