Friday, January 22, 2016 - 9:52 AM - by Bill Forrest
THE early years of the 20th Century saw the long-defunct East Perth Power House play an important role in the formative years of the East Perth Football Club.
In 1902 a team of local youths formed the Union Football Club and trained on the Old Recreation Ground, which later became known as Wellington Square, East Perth.
A nearby resident, Les Gore, saw the youths training and offered his assistance, introducing some new players from Read More [+]
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 9:29 AM
East Perth’s Brendan Lee is one of the 34 current and former Essendon players affected by today’s decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
The Club will be talking with Brendan today to fully understand the implications and once we have all the details look to see how we can assist him. We all need to understand how devastating this is for Brendan and look to support him during this difficult time.
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Wednesday, December 23, 2015 - 3:56 PM
Two months after the tragic passing of City Motors service manager Quang Dang, the Perth dealership, in conjunction with AHG and the East Perth Football Club, has proudly supported Ladda and her five children with the purchase of a new van supplied through Wangara dealership Wild West Hyundai.
Quang was a regular user of the East Perth gymnasium, along with many other AHG staff members, and a keen supporter of the club’s team in Read More [+]
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 9:15 AM
Recently retired Test cricketer Mitchell Johnson and his wife Jessica have accepted an invitation to become joint number-one ticketholders for the East Perth Football Club for the 2016 WAFL season.
East Perth hasn’t appointed a number-one ticketholder since the mid-1990s but President Bronte Howson said the Club was delighted Mitch and Jess had accepted his invitation to take on the joint role.
“Mitch and Jess are a really inspiring Read More [+]
Friday, December 11, 2015 - 4:31 PM
The early history of the land that was to become Loton’s Park and later Perth Oval is interesting and does help to explain why in the winter months the eastern side of the oval would become a quagmire of mud.
In 1844 a member of the colony purchased an acre of land from Edward and Jane Barron. At the time the land was part of a twenty six acre grant belonging to the Read More [+]
Friday, December 11, 2015 - 4:27 PM
The players have been back in training for 4 weeks, training an impressive 4 times a week in the pre season training program under new Senior Coach Jaymie Graham and his team of coaching staff who include Luke Dwyer, Adam Selwood, Russell Thompson, Mark Nicoski, Luke Webster, Ray Smithers, Adam MacMahon and Ian Lee.
Senior squad numbers have been solid with 65 players in the current squad and attending each of the senior sessions. 2014 Read More [+]
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 12:45 PM
It is with great delight the Club acknowledges that East Perth great Laurie Kennedy will be awarded WAFC Life Membership for his service to football.
Mr Kennedy will be inducted at the WAFC Life Members’ Association Read More [+]
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 10:43 AM
The East Perth Celebrity Golf Day was held at The Cut Golf Course in Port Kennedy yesterday. 18 teams comprising of East Perth sponsors, supporters and past players were joined by Aussie paceman Mitch Johnson, Olympians Rechelle Hawkes, Rachael Lynch and Teneal Attard, as well as East Perth’s own Garry Moss and Head Coach Jaymie Graham.
The players were meet with an early sea breeze making the already notoriously challenging course even more interesting. The Read More [+]
Friday, November 13, 2015 - 1:46 PM
Life member Alan East has made available to the club access to his vast collections of photos of East Perth players, and people who have been associated with the club during the period from the late 1970’s to early 2000.
Among the photos was the original A3 size photo that appeared in the 1975 annual report titled – The End of an Era- The photo captured the members who attended the last committee meeting chaired Read More [+]
Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 1:51 PM
East Perth is pleased to announce that Luke Dwyer has been appointed as our Reserves Coach for 2016. Luke joins League coach Jaymie Graham and Colts coach Adam Pickering to complete our head coach setup.
It is an enormously exciting appointment for the Royals. As a player Luke played 144 games at East Perth and Claremont over an 11 year career. Recently he has headed up the football program at Christchurch Grammer whilst teaching at Read More [+]