Year Book 2005 Contents From the President ........................................................................................................ 5 From the Senior Coach ................................................................................................... 7 From the Captain ........................................................................................................... 9 The Doig Medal ........................................................................................................... 10 Doig Medallist – Matthew Pavlich ............................................................................. 10 Joint Runners-Up – Shane Parker and Peter Bell ....................................................... 11 Third Place – Heath Black ........................................................................................ 11 Joint Fourth Place – Paul Hasleby and Scott Thornton ............................................... 12 Fifth Place – Jeff Farmer .......................................................................................... 12 Best Clubman – Troy Cook ....................................................................................... 12 Beacon Award – David Mundy .................................................................................. 12 The Doig Medal Presentation Dinner ............................................................................. 13 Chief Executive Officer’s Report 2005 .......................................................................... 16 Board of Directors ................................................................................................... 16 Finance ...................................................................................................................17 Football ...................................................................................................................17 Sponsorship ........................................................................................................... 18 Sponsors, the Club and the Community ................................................................... 19 Membership ........................................................................................................... 19 Corporate Hospitality .............................................................................................. 19 Merchandise ........................................................................................................... 20 Events .................................................................................................................... 20 Interstate ............................................................................................................... 20 Charities................................................................................................................. 21 Community Development Programme ....................................................................... 21 2005 Team ................................................................................................................. 24 2005 Sponsors ........................................................................................................... 26 2005 Season .............................................................................................................. 27 2005 Round by Round ................................................................................................. 28 Honour Board .............................................................................................................. 30 2005 Statistics ........................................................................................................... 32 Shane Parker ............................................................................................................... 33 Players ........................................................................................................................ 34 Board and Management ............................................................................................... 44 2005 Staff .................................................................................................................. 45 Farewells ..................................................................................................................... 46 FREMANTLE FOOTBALL CLUB LTD Design & Production Year Book 2005 Scout Creative, 1 Wing Court, Maylands WA 6051 T: (08) 9371 8257 [email protected] Parry Street, Fremantle WA 6160 Printing P.O. Box 381, Fremantle WA 6959 Lamb Print, 9 Robertson Street, Perth WA 6000 T: (08) 9433 7000 T: (08) 9328 1533 www.lambprint.net.au F: (08) 9433 7001 – administration T: (08) 9433 7111 – membership © Fremantle Football Club 2005. All rights reserved. Without limiting the F: (08) 9433 7002 – marketing rights under copyright above, no part of this publication shall be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or [email protected] by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) www.fremantlefc.com.au without the prior permission of the Fremantle Football Club. A Product of the Fremantle Football Club Communications Department. Photography: All photography by Getty Images, Official AFL Photographic Email: [email protected] Agency, Tony McDonough, Annaliese Frank, Paul Kane. Fremantle Football Club Year Book 2005 3 From the President This year signalled the Next year we are entering arguably our from previous years. Though we rued the most important phase as a club. Our new loss of key players, some of our exciting conclusion of our first three three year plan is about delivering the young talent seized the moment to make year Strategic Plan. In 2003 next level of growth and development their AFL debuts, gaining valuable game with our primary focus on the delivery of time and AFL experience. They showed us we established very clear sustained on-field success. However, with that they and the club are well positioned the club’s structures and processes now for the future. objectives that needed to be well established and under the guidance achieved across all levels of of quality management and staff, we will The second half run of the season was not lose focus off the field and will continue outstanding. All but written off at the the club in order to improve to improve our off field performance and mid-season break, the performance of the maintain our path of growth. team to dig deep and restore a realistic our overall performance, finals opportunity was a credit to the group, Our focus is clearly on our achievements and though it was taken away in round 22 critical to ensuring that as a football team. We have systematically it showed us all what the team is capable and deliberately concentrated on shaping our club could be a stable of and gives us all encouragement for our playing list over the last few years and and strong club capable retaining our players who we firmly believe season 2006. can deliver the success that we all seek. As we look forward to next year, we of competing in a very As we all know, the success we crave welcome our new Major Sponsor LG competitive environment. does not come easily and it certainly does Electronics to the club. It is a great honour not come simply because we want it to. to have the support of one of Australia’s FOCUS ON achieving those objectives It comes through planning and commitment. and the world’s leading companies for the was essential in order to lay the necessary We have the players, coaches and next three years as we enter into an exciting foundations from which the club could staff who have the level of commitment period for the club. We look forward to a make significant progress in the immediate needed to deliver success. No one is long and mutually rewarding partnership. years ahead. Our resolve was steadfast more disappointed with the season and our focus did not falter nor were we Your club has come a long way over the last than the players and coaches. The level side-tracked from the achievement of four years but we are all fully aware of the of determination of the player group to those objectives. necessity to be armed and ready for the succeed next year is as strong as I have challenge that lay ahead. In February this year we were able to make ever seen. our final licence fee payment to the AFL Despite the disappointment of the season We believe the foundation is in place to signal the removal of the entire club’s to miss the September action, we did have and is strong, and that all are committed debt, which stood at over $8 million in some achievements and some memorable to building on that as we approach the 2002. Our revenues have grown to be the moments. We continued to improve our seasons ahead. All at the club are looking highest they have ever been at any other record on the road though our record at forward to the next step with great time. Our membership set another record Subiaco Oval was again a concern. We anticipation. We are approaching season this year with over 34,000 members recorded our highest ever score, won for 2006 with confidence and enthusiasm and only further proving, if ever that was the first time at Skilled Stadium, equalled are committed to success for the Fremantle needed, how loyal and passionate our our record of five consecutive wins, and Football Club as we build on those carefully supporters are. We have posted our third then