OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WAFL ROUND 15 JULY 14, 2018 $3.00 » WAFL kicks in for charity » Count Me In at Swans CONTENTS Every Week 7 Tipping 8 AFL Teams 18-19 WAFC 20 Club Notes 21 Stats 22 Scoreboards and ladders 23 Fixtures Features 4-5 Your club’s run to the finals 16-17 Count Me In at Swans Game time 9 Game previews 10-11 Subiaco v South Fremantle 12-13 Perth v Peel Thunder 14-15 Swan Districts v East Perth 3 runYour club’s home in 2018 The WAFL season has hit an interesting stage WEST PERTH (8-5, Third) of the season with clubs jostling for positions To play: SD, PT, SF, S and EP. in the top five. Long term view: West Perth is After 14 of the 21 rounds played, every club – keen to get second and the double Publisher even last-placed East Fremantle – has a chance of chance but clashes against South This publication is proudly produced being part of the finals action. Fremantle and Subiaco in rounds for the WA Football Commission by Eight teams are still chasing the red-hot Subiaco. 18 and 19 will be telling. Media Tonic. And there will be great interest to see whether Phone 9388 7844 Jarrad Schofield’s men can go through the home- SWAN DISTRICTS (5-7, Fourth) Fax 9388 7866 and-away rounds undefeated. To play: EP, WP, EF, S, SF and C. Sales: [email protected] However, there is also a group of clubs hovering Long-term view: The boys from Editor in or out of the finals berths so the Football Budget Bassendean need to claim a top- Ross Lewis has cast its eyes over the closing part of the 2018 team scalp in the final three rounds [email protected] campaign to determine which rivals stand in the way to prove they are a genuine finals Photography of your team getting a position in the September force. Andrew Ritchie action. CLAREMONT (5-8, Fifth) Design/Typesetting SUBIACO (12-0, First) Jacqueline Holland To play: EP, S, P, PT and SD. Direction Design and Print To play: SF, C, SD, WP, EF and P. Long-term view: Two byes in the Long-term view: Just a matter of run home might be problematic for Printing seeing if anyone can come close the Darren Harris’ Tigers. Clashes Data Documents against the Demons, Thunder and www.datadocuments.com.au to the rampaging Lions before the finals. Swans to round out campaign. Cover Peel’s Gerald Ugle and Taran Etto SOUTH FREMANTLE (9-3, Second) from Perth with the Silly Socks To play: S, PT, WP, SD, P and EF. WAFL players will wear this week. Long-term view: The Bulldogs The Football Budget is printed on have six matches to make a dent in Gloss 90gsm paper, which is sourced three-game deficit behind Subiaco from a sustainably managed forest and – if the Lions actually falter. uses manufacturing processes of the highest environmental standards. Bouncedown is printed by an Environmental Accredited printer. The magazine is 100% recyclable. WAFL admission prices $15 – Adult* $12 – Concession* Free – Children 15 and under *Includes a copy of Football Budget Find us on Copyright © No part of this publication may be reproduced or stored in a retrieval system without the permission of the publisher. Opinions expressed in the Football Budget are not necessarily those of the WAFC. The WAFC or affiliated clubs believe that the material produced in this publication is accurate, but gives no warranty in relation thereto and disclaims all liability for claims against the WAFC or affiliated clubs, Media Tonic, its employees, agents, or any other person, which may rise from any person acting on the materials contained herein. Registered by Australia Post - » Jarrad Schofield PP642521/00112 4 run home in 2018 By Ross Lewis PERTH (5-7, Sixth) EAST FREMANTLE (2-10, Ninth) To play: PT, EF, EP, C, SF and S. To play: P, SD, EP, S and SF. Long-term view: Perth is on the Long-term view: The maths march under Earl Spalding to makes it possible for a Sharks sit just percentage outside top miracle, yet the port club is five but has to bank some wins just aiming for improvement soon because of a tough close in the last five matches. to the season. PEEL THUNDER (5-7, Seventh) To play: P, SF, WP, EP, C and EP. Long term view: Two home matches against a struggling East Perth in the final three matches could be advantageous. EAST PERTH (4-7, Eighth) To play: SD, C, P, PT, EF, WP and PT. Long-term view: The Royals don’t meet Subiaco and South Fremantle again in the home- and-away rounds, but time is » Darren Harris » Earl Spalding running out. WAFL kicks in for Ronald McDonald House All West Australian Football handball target. There will also League players and umpires be face painters and a lucky dip across all grades will wear fans can take part in with a gold coin donation. All proceeds will silly socks to raise vital funds go to Ronald McDonald House. for children with serious Ronald McDonald House illness, as part of Ronald provides a home away from McDonald House Charity home for regional families with Round 15 this weekend. seriously ill children, so they can stay together while being close Each League game will to the medical care they need. feature a special Ronald McDonald Charity Fan Zone You can help sick kids get where kids can get involved in back on their feet by registering a range of fun activities and win your workplace or school for a some great prizes. Silly Socks Day. Go to www.rmhc. org.au/page/silly-socks-wa to These activities include register. a spinning wheel, and a fries 5 by Sean Cowan Collectables During 2018, the Football Budget will again feature a section on WAFL memorabilia and invites you to write or email if you want more information about the football collectables you have tucked away at home. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – footballs Brad Hardie on a black-and-gold ball, it was So, having decided to try collecting all the are not particularly popular among collectors. apparently auctioned off at a Claremont colour variations, my only remaining question But there are always exceptions. Football Club function in the 1980s. is whether one of the pendant colours is rarer For the most part, an old footy has to come Phil bought it for an undisclosed amount, than the others? with some type of provenance to give the and was pretty happy with his purchase. Who Apparently, they come in red, orange, buyer some peace of mind that it was actually wouldn’t be? green, blue, yellow and pink. But I’ve got 24 used in a particular game or somehow I’m not the first collector to struggle with of them and not a pink pendant in sight. Has connected to a particular player. Even then, the “colour question” when it comes to the anyone else got a jar full of these? And are it almost inevitably goes flat, and the bladder plastic tokens and pendants that were issued there any pink ones in it? perishes. in the late 1960s. Signed balls, especially modern balls, are I’m specifically talking about the sets that seen in much the same light. some collectors believe were included in But, recently, there have been a few Twisties packs, while others claim were packed nostalgia hunters looking for old Chesson in tins of Milo. Either way, they featured club footies, or the older Burley balls. logos and mascots. More interesting, still, have been the old The first was released in about 1968 and footies that were obviously made for display. consisted of a plastic football badge with a For instance, I wrote a few months ago club logo and a metal pin. They were also about a 1956 ball that was hand-painted made for VFL and SANFL clubs. with the logos of the State teams that came So, for a WAFL collector, there’s eight to to Perth to compete in that year’s national collect – one for each club. carnival, which was won by Victoria. Unless… you’re worried about the fact that Then, just this week, collector Phil showed the footballs came in different colours and me his latest acquisition – a football that was with the lugs (which held the logo in the slot) hand-painted to commemorate WA’s victory in different spots. over Victoria in the 1984 state of origin match All told, there are 16 different plastic at Subiaco Oval. football badges. Multiply that by the eight It’s a beauty and would find a home in any club logos and you’re going to be looking for Finally for this week, I just thought I would WAFL collector’s display. 128 different badges. point out a couple of absolute bargains that Bearing the final score and the name of There’s a similar issue with the plastic were picked up by separate collectors recently. Tassie Medal and Simpson Medal winner pendants that were issued in about 1970. Regular readers of this column would There were apparently six different know about the Japanese-made bobblehead pendant colours, meaning a WAFL collector figurines that were sold in WAFL club colours will need to collect 48 of them to have the lot. back in the late 1960s. I recently caught up with Des, who had a These are highly sought after today and jar full of the 1970 pendants, which he had sell well.