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East Perth's traditional and most bitter rivals are West Perth Football Club. Known as the Perth Derby , they have competed in many historic matches including Grand Finals in 1922, 1932, 1960, 1969, 1971, 2002, when East Perth defeated the Falcons by 60 points to complete a hat-trick of premierships, and 2013 .
The East Perth Football Club was an Australian rules football club, who was known as the original East Perth Football Club from 1891 before the East Perth from today was formed. The original East Perth club's record was far from illustrious, involving a mere two season stint (1891 and 1892) as members of the Western Australian Football ...
Frederick David Book (born 1905, died 1990) was an Australian rules football administrator and City of Perth Councillor. In 1928 Book was elected Treasurer of the East Perth Football Club . Retiring in 1973 he had served the club in different roles for a total of 45 years including a record 20 years as club president.
A match between West Perth and East Perth in round 21 of the 1978 season saw 24,567 attend, a ground record. [11] West Perth vacated the ground in 1993, moving to Arena Joondalup for the 1994 season. At the last West Perth home game held at the ground, in August 1993 against Subiaco, a crowd of 20,112 people attended. [12]
He retired in 1956 due to a knee injury, missing out on East Perth's premiership. Allen later coached the Sunday Football League club Hellenics, having previously coached the East Perth seconds in 1954. Outside of football, he worked as an accountant. [1] In 2016, he was awarded the Game Ball Legend title by the East Perth Football Club. [4]
Thomas was cleared to East Perth for the 1927 season, making his debut in round three. [3] Thomas won the Guthrie Gold Medal in 1928 as East Perth's best and fairest player, winning a second award the following season to become the first player to win the award in consecutive years. [4] In the latter season, Thomas also won the Sandover Medal. [5]
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In 1968, Farmer desired to return home to Western Australia. Although he had trained briefly with East Perth during 1967 as part of a testimonial to retired Royal teammate "Square" Kilmurray, [15] Farmer accepted the role of captain/coach with the West Perth Football Club, rivals to his former club, East Perth. He led West Perth to premierships ...