Perth Football Club
| Perth Football Club | ||
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| Names | ||
| Full name | Perth Football Club | |
| Former name(s) | Victoria Park Football Club (1934–35) | |
| Nickname(s) | Demons, Redlegs | |
| 2014 season | ||
| Home-and-away season | 9th (last) | |
| Leading goalkicker | Callum Collard (33 goals) | |
| Best and fairest | Dene White | |
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 1899 | |
| Colours | Black Red | |
| Competition | West Australian Football League | |
| Coach | Earl Spalding | |
| Premierships | 7 (1907, 1955, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1977) | |
| Ground(s) | Lathlain Park (capacity: 20,000) | |
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| Other information | ||
| Official website | perthdemons.com.au | |
The Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is an Australian rules football club based in Lathlain, Western Australia, currently playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). Representing the south-east area of the Perth metropolitan region, the club currently trains and plays its home games at Lathlain Park, having previously played at the WACA Ground between 1899 and 1958 and later in 1987 and 1988.
The club was founded in 1899 and began playing in the First Rate Junior Association, but was promoted to the WAFL in place of the Rovers Football Club midway through the season, from which it drew much of its original squad. Perth won its first premiership in 1907, but did not win another until 1955. Overall, the club has won seven premierships, including a hat-trick between 1966 and 1968, with the last coming in 1977. Perth is statistically one of the least successful teams in the competition, having not made a finals series since 1997, and not played in a grand final since 1978.
The current coach the club is Earl Spalding, appointed for the 2015 season on 13 October 2014. Perth finished last of nine teams in 2014, and their run of fourteen consecutive defeats to end the season is their third-longest winless streak and second-longest actual losing streak on record.
Formed in 1899, Perth is the fourth-oldest of the nine WAFL clubs. The club played its early football in the Perth First Rate Junior Competition before replacing Rovers mid-way during the 1899 WAFL season after Rovers was unable to continue.
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