WAFL: Dream Grand Final awaits

Claremont is coming to grips wit the fact that, for the first time since 2010, they won’t be part of the grand final. East Perth will meet West Perth in a derby grand final the league was hoping for.

Royals storm home in WAFL finals

THE trend that started in the AFL finals on Saturday continued in the WAFL on Sunday with the away teams getting the job done.

More Memories of Kardinia Park: Too cold for footy

While Les is on a role, we reprise his story about another visit to Kardinia Park to see his Dockers play, on a day when the weather was inclement to say the least.

Memories of Kardinia

Fremantle have a bit of history at Kardinia Park. Les Everett was there for the last game of 1999, and finds it more of a trek than he bargained for.

WAFL: Sharks beat top team and it’s mothballs

Les Everett considers retiring on the back of some favourable results in the WAFL.

WAFL – Round 23: Three into two won’t go

There are three very live games on Saturday. East Fremantle must beat top Claremont and then hope either East Perth lose to Subiaco or Swan Districts lose to West Perth so they can sneak into the four.

WAFL – Round 22: Tigers roar, Sharks circle, Bulldogs leap, Royals cruise

Claremont tipped Swan Districts out of the four and provided another reminder of their premiership credentials.

WAFL – Round 21: Mat seals the deal for East Perth

EAST PERTH’S Mathew Seal has always like kicking goals and at Leederville on Saturday he had a PB – seven – after the Royals lost the competition’s leading goal scorer Josh Smith to injury early in the game.

WAFL Round 20: Tigers win again but Royals show something

The Royals show form but Claremont has all the answers as Les Everett wraps up another good week for the WAFL.

AFL Round 19 – Carlton v Fremantle: At home with Fremantle

Like a good Dockers fan, Les Everett planned his socialising carefully around the timing of the game. Pity the timing was off. Luckily, the Dockers were on.

Opening sentence: the work of Mark Doyle

Les Everett becomes a student of Mark Doyle and identifies Mark’s place in the scheme of Almanac things. [You haven’t arrived until you’ve been Doyled? – Ed]

[Mark Doyle is good for football. He is also real. – JTH]

WAFL Round 19: Sharks and Falcons win derbies

It was a horrible Saturday in Perth and goals were hard to find at most venues apart from Fremantle Oval where East Fremantle went on a rampage.

WAFL – Round 18: Bulldogs climb off the bottom

South Fremantle pulled off the upset of the round by easily beating second team West Perth at Arena Joondalup and, in the process, moving from last place for the first time in weeks.

WAFL – Round 17: Demons alive, Tigers go down

Swans took control at Claremont Oval in the second quarter and didn’t look back against the top team. Swan Districts are beginning to look very dangerous while the Tigers have a long injury list.

WAFL – Round 15: Tigers keep winning – even far from home

It was a thriller way up north in Kunnunurra with top team Claremont holding on to beat East Fremantle by three points.

WAFL – Round 14: A pair of thrillers

Two cliffhangers in the WAFL on the weekend.

WAFL – Round 13: Swans sour Subi celebrations

It was meant to be Subiaco’s party, but Swan Districts was having none of it. Les Everett saw some good footy this week in the WAFL.

Players who leave and come home

It seems the Dockers have a relatively high incidence of players who return to the club, as players, after leaving – Peter Bell, Brad Wira, Heath Black, and Adam McPhee to name some. John Barnes did it with Essendon and Geelong. Can anyone think of other incidences, particularly in the past 20 years?

WAFL – Round 12: Runaway Tigers

Claremont moved even further ahead on the WAFL ladder with a 21-point win over West Perth at Joondalup.

WAFL – Round 11: Crazy WAFL round as Tigers go down

Four teams from outside the four beat the top in round 11 of the WAFL and now everyone has an eye on the finals.