2014 Fremantle Football Club season

Fremantle Football Club
2014 season
PresidentSteve Harris
CoachRoss Lyon
Captain(s)Matthew Pavlich
Home groundPatersons Stadium
Regular season4th
Finals series6th
Doig MedalNat Fyfe (2nd win)
Leading goalkickerHayden Ballantyne (49 goals)
Highest home attendance42,338 (SF vs Port Adelaide
40,490 (Rd 15 vs West Coast)
Lowest home attendance25,152 (Rd 14 vs Brisbane Lions)
Average home attendance35,930 (home and away)[1]
Club membership48,776[2]
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The 2014 Fremantle Football Club season is the club's 20th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Fremantle reached the finals for the third consecutive year, finishing the home and away season in the fourth position. However, they lost both the qualifying final against Sydney and the semi-final against Port Adelaide to finish sixth overall.

Individually, Nat Fyfe won the Leigh Matthews Trophy, being voted the league's Most Valuable Player and his second consecutive Doig Medal, captain Matthew Pavlich became the first player from a Western Australian-based team to play 300 AFL games and three players, Fyfe, Aaron Sandilands and Hayden Ballantyne, were named in the 2014 All-Australian team.

Playing list

Players are listed by jumper number. 2014 statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches during the 2014 AFL season only. Age is as the end of the season, 13 September 2014. Career statistics include a player's complete AFL career, which include games played for other AFL clubs. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2014 season. Sources: Career and season
No. Name Age Recruited from Games (2014) Goals (2014) Fremantle debut Fremantle career games Fremantle career goals AFL debut AFL career games AFL career goals
1 Hayden Ballantyne 27 Peel (WAFL) 20 49 2009 106 180 2009 106 180
2 Anthony Morabito 22 Peel (WAFL) 3 1 2010 26 14 2010 26 14
3 Zac Dawson 28 St Kilda (AFL) 22 1 2012 64 3 2005 141 7
4 Colin Sylvia 28 Melbourne (AFL) 6 1 2014 6 1 2004 163 130
5 Garrick Ibbotson 26 East Fremantle (WAFL) 12 0 2007 127 21 2007 127 21
6 Danyle Pearce 28 Port Adelaide (AFL) 24 19 2013 49 29 2005 203 105
7 Nat Fyfe 22 Claremont (WAFL) 20 24 2010 92 78 2010 92 78
8 Nick Suban 24 North Ballarat Rebels (TAC Cup) 21 11 2009 105 45 2009 105 45
9 Matthew de Boer 24 Claremont (WAFL) 14 4 2009 115 43 2009 115 43
10 Michael Walters 23 Swan Districts (WAFL) 8 15 2009 50 97 2009 50 97
11 Tom Sheridan 20 Calder Cannons (TAC Cup) 8 4 2012 19 10 2012 19 10
12 Jonathon Griffin 28 Adelaide (AFL) 1 0 2011 28 11 2007 69 18
13 Tendai Mzungu 28 Perth (WAFL) 23 12 2011 86 52 2011 86 52
14 Josh Simpson 20 East Fremantle (WAFL) 1 1 2013 2 1 2013 2 1
15 Ryan Crowley 30 Calder Cannons (TAC Cup) 24 8 2005 188 116 2005 188 116
16 David Mundy 29 Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup) 24 11 2005 210 82 2005 210 82
17 Hayden Crozier 20 Eastern Ranges (TAC Cup) 11 8 2012 23 18 2012 23 18
18 Luke McPharlin 32 Hawthorn (AFL) 13 1 2002 226 112 2000 238 115
19 Scott Gumbleton 26 Essendon (AFL) 0 0 N/A 0 0 2007 35 45
20 Matt Taberner 21 Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup) 9 7 2013 13 9 2013 13 9
21 Michael Barlow 26 Werribee (VFL) 19 18 2010 89 59 2010 89 59
22 Tanner Smith 20 North Ballarat Rebels (TAC Cup) 0 0 2013 1 0 2013 1 0
23 Chris Mayne 25 Perth (WAFL) 23 13 2008 128 150 2008 128 150
24 Max Duffy 21 East Fremantle (WAFL) 2 2 2014 2 2 2014 2 2
25 Alex Pearce 19 Ulverstone (NTFL) 0 0 N/A 0 0 N/A 0 0
26 Kepler Bradley 28 Essendon (AFL) 0 0 2008 68 73 2004 117 87
27 Lachie Neale 21 Glenelg (SANFL) 23 8 2012 46 20 2012 46 20
28 Brady Grey 19 Burnie Dockers Football Club (TFL) 0 0 N/A 0 0 N/A 0 0
29 Matthew Pavlich 32 Woodville-West Torrens (SANFL) 22 46 2000 313 629 2000 313 629
30 Zac Clarke 24 Oakleigh Chargers (TAC Cup) 21 12 2009 74 39 2009 74 39
31 Aaron Sandilands 31 East Fremantle (WAFL) 23 8 2003 216 83 2003 216 83
32 Stephen Hill 24 West Perth (WAFL) 20 18 2009 128 83 2009 128 83
33 Cameron Sutcliffe 22 Woodville-West Torrens (SANFL) 24 4 2012 47 13 2012 47 13
34 Lee Spurr 27 Central District (SANFL) 24 3 2012 60 5 2012 60 5
35 Michael Apeness 19 Eastern Ranges (TAC Cup) 2 0 2014 2 0 2014 2 0
36 Alex Silvagni 26 Casey Scorpions (VFL) 7 0 2010 46 10 2010 46 10
37 Michael Johnson 29 Perth (WAFL) 18 3 2005 190 62 2005 190 62
38 Jack Hannath 23 Central District (SANFL) 3 0 2013 15 7 2013 15 7
39 Sam Menegola 22 East Fremantle (WAFL) 0 0 N/A 0 0 N/A 0 0
40 Craig Moller 20 Sydney Uni (NEAFL) 0 0 2013 1 0 2013 1 0
41 Paul Duffield 29 South Fremantle (WAFL) 24 6 2006 157 31 2006 157 31
42 Michael Wood 20 Subiaco (WAFL) 0 0 N/A 0 0 N/A 0 0
43 Tom Vandeleur 19 South Fremantle (WAFL) 0 0 N/A 0 0 N/A 0 0
44 Jacob Ballard 20 Northern Blues (VFL) 0 0 N/A 0 0 N/A 0 0
46 Clancee Pearce 23 Swan Districts (WAFL) 9 0 2009 78 31 2009 78 31

Additions to list

Name Previous club Recruiting details
Scott Gumbleton Essendon (AFL) Traded for pick 55[3]
Colin Sylvia Melbourne (AFL) Free agency recruit[4]
Michael Apeness Eastern Ranges (TAC Cup) National draft selection 17[5]
Alex Pearce Ulverstone/Devonport National draft selection 37[5]
Brady Grey Burnie Dockers National draft selection 58,[5] obtained from Melbourne for Viv Michie[6]
Matt Taberner Elevated from rookie list (nominally selection 73)[7]
Michael Wood Subiaco Rookie draft selection 16[8]
Tom Vandeleur South Fremantle Rookie draft selection 32[8]
Jacob Ballard Northern Blues Rookie draft selection 47[8]

Removal from list

Name Details
Jayden Pitt Retired[7]
Jesse Crichton Delisted[7]
Peter Faulks Delisted[7]
Alex Forster Delisted[7]
Alex Howson Delisted[7]
Josh Mellington Delisted[9]
Haiden Schloithe Delisted[7]
Viv Michie Traded to Melbourne for pick 58[6]

Results

Main article: 2014 AFL season full results

Win/Loss table

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 QF SF PF GF
Opponent Col GC Haw Ess Syd NM WCE Port Gee Bye WB Ade Rich Bris WCE Mel GWS StK Carl Gee Haw Bris Port Syd Port Eliminated
Result 70 48 -58 53 -17 -13 19 -18 32 38 40 20 83 7 63 76 -58 5 -2 19 58 8 -24 -22
Ladder Pos 1 2 7 5 5 8 6 8 6 7 7 6 5 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 Finals
+ Win Qualified for finals
- Loss X Bye
Draw Eliminated

Bold – Home game

Ladder

2014 AFL ladder
Pos Team
 Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Sydney 22 17 5 0 2126 1488 142.9 68 Finals series
2 Hawthorn (P) 22 17 5 0 2458 1746 140.8 68
3 Geelong 22 17 5 0 2033 1787 113.8 68
4 Fremantle 22 16 6 0 2029 1556 130.4 64
5 Port Adelaide 22 14 8 0 2180 1678 129.9 56
6 North Melbourne 22 14 8 0 2026 1731 117.0 56
7 Essendon 22 12 9 1 1828 1719 106.3 50
8 Richmond 22 12 10 0 1887 1784 105.8 48
9 West Coast 22 11 11 0 2045 1750 116.9 44
10 Adelaide 22 11 11 0 2175 1907 114.1 44
11 Collingwood 22 11 11 0 1766 1876 94.1 44
12 Gold Coast 22 10 12 0 1917 2045 93.7 40
13 Carlton 22 7 14 1 1891 2107 89.7 30
14 Western Bulldogs 22 7 15 0 1784 2177 81.9 28
15 Brisbane Lions 22 7 15 0 1532 2212 69.3 28
16 Greater Western Sydney 22 6 16 0 1780 2320 76.7 24
17 Melbourne 22 4 18 0 1336 1954 68.4 16
18 St Kilda 22 4 18 0 1480 2436 60.8 16
Source: AFL Tables
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers


Awards and milestones

Club awards

The Doig Medal was awarded at a function at the Crown Perth on 15 November. Between 1 and 5 votes are awarded to each player by five coaches after each game. Nat Fyfe won his second consecutive Doig Medal.[10] Paul Duffield and Ben Allan, the inaugural club captain, 2001 caretaker coach and board member since 2005 were both awarded life membership.[11]

Milestones

Debuts

AFL Awards

AFL Award Nominations

References

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