2014 Fremantle Football Club season explained

Club:	Fremantle Football Club
Season:	2014
President:	Steve Harris
Coach:	Ross Lyon
Captain:	Matthew Pavlich
Home Ground:	Patersons Stadium
Preseason Comp:	Pre-season competition
Regularseason Comp:	Regular season
Regularseason Result:	4th
Finals Series:	Finals series
Finals Result:	6th
Club B&Amp;F:	Doig Medal
Best And Fairest:	Nat Fyfe (2nd win)
Leading Goalscorer:	Hayden Ballantyne (49 goals)
Highest Attendance:	42,338 (SF vs 40,490 (Rd 15 vs)
Lowest Attendance:	25,152 (Rd 14 vs)
Average Attendance:	35,930 (home and away)^[1]
Club Membership:	48,776^[2]
Prevseason:	2013
Nextseason:	2015

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

width=2%	No.	width=6%	Name	width=2%	Age	width=10%	Recruited from	width=2%	Games (2014)	width=2%	Goals (2014)	width=2%	Fremantle debut	width=2%	Fremantle career games	width=2%	Fremantle career goals	width=2%	AFL debut	width=2%	AFL career games	width=2%	AFL career goals
1			Peel (WAFL)	20	49	2009	106	180	2009	106	180
2			Peel (WAFL)	3	1	2010	26	14	2010	26	14
3			(AFL)	22	1	2012	64	3	2005	141	7
4			(AFL)	6	1	2014	6	1	2004	163	130
5			East Fremantle (WAFL)	12	0	2007	127	21	2007	127	21
6			Port Adelaide (AFL)	24	19	2013	49	29	2005	203	105
7			Claremont (WAFL)	20	24	2010	92	78	2010	92	78
8			North Ballarat Rebels (TAC Cup)	21	11	2009	105	45	2009	105	45
9			Claremont (WAFL)	14	4	2009	115	43	2009	115	43
10			Swan Districts (WAFL)	8	15	2009	50	97	2009	50	97
11			Calder Cannons (TAC Cup)	8	4	2012	19	10	2012	19	10
12			Adelaide (AFL)	1	0	2011	28	11	2007	69	18
13			Perth (WAFL)	23	12	2011	86	52	2011	86	52
14			East Fremantle (WAFL)	1	1	2013	2	1	2013	2	1
15			Calder Cannons (TAC Cup)	24	8	2005	188	116	2005	188	116
16			Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup)	24	11	2005	210	82	2005	210	82
17			Eastern Ranges (TAC Cup)	11	8	2012	23	18	2012	23	18
18			Hawthorn (AFL)	13	1	2002	226	112	2000	238	115
19			(AFL)	0	0	N/A	0	0	2007	35	45
20			Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup)	9	7	2013	13	9	2013	13	9
21			(VFL)	19	18	2010	89	59	2010	89	59
22			North Ballarat Rebels (TAC Cup)	0	0	2013	1	0	2013	1	0
23			Perth (WAFL)	23	13	2008	128	150	2008	128	150
24			East Fremantle (WAFL)	2	2	2014	2	2	2014	2	2
25			Ulverstone (NTFL)	0	0	N/A	0	0	N/A	0	0
26			(AFL)	0	0	2008	68	73	2004	117	87
27			Glenelg (SANFL)	23	8	2012	46	20	2012	46	20
28			Burnie Dockers Football Club (TFL)	0	0	N/A	0	0	N/A	0	0
29			(SANFL)	22	46	2000	313	629	2000	313	629
30			Oakleigh Chargers (TAC Cup)	21	12	2009	74	39	2009	74	39
31			East Fremantle (WAFL)	23	8	2003	216	83	2003	216	83
32			West Perth (WAFL)	20	18	2009	128	83	2009	128	83
33			(SANFL)	24	4	2012	47	13	2012	47	13
34			(SANFL)	24	3	2012	60	5	2012	60	5
35			Eastern Ranges (TAC Cup)	2	0	2014	2	0	2014	2	0
36			Casey Scorpions (VFL)	7	0	2010	46	10	2010	46	10
37			Perth (WAFL)	18	3	2005	190	62	2005	190	62
38			(SANFL)	3	0	2013	15	7	2013	15	7
39			East Fremantle (WAFL)	0	0	N/A	0	0	N/A	0	0
40			Sydney Uni (NEAFL)	0	0	2013	1	0	2013	1	0
41			South Fremantle (WAFL)	24	6	2006	157	31	2006	157	31
42			Subiaco (WAFL)	0	0	N/A	0	0	N/A	0	0
43			South Fremantle (WAFL)	0	0	N/A	0	0	N/A	0	0
44			Northern Blues (VFL)	0	0	N/A	0	0	N/A	0	0
46			Swan Districts (WAFL)	9	0	2009	78	31	2009	78	31

Additions to list

width=6%	Name	width=10%	Previous club	width=15%	Recruiting details
	Essendon (AFL)	Traded for pick 55^[3]
	Melbourne (AFL)	Free agency recruit^[4]
	Eastern Ranges (TAC Cup)	National draft selection 17^[5]
	Ulverstone/Devonport	National draft selection 37
	Burnie Dockers	National draft selection 58, obtained from for Viv Michie^[6]
		Elevated from rookie list (nominally selection 73)
		Rookie draft selection 16^[7]
		Rookie draft selection 32
	Northern Blues	Rookie draft selection 47

Removal from list

width=6%	Name	width=15%	Details
	Retired^[8]
	Delisted
	Delisted
	Delisted
	Delisted
	Delisted^[9]
	Delisted
	Traded to for pick 58

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	style="background:#FFCFCF;"	-58	53	-17	-13	19	style="background:#FFCFCF;"		-18	32	38	40	20	83	7	63	76	style="background:#FFCFCF;"	-58	5	style="background:#FFCFCF;"	-2	19	58	8	style="background:#FFCFCF;"	-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

Bold – Home game

Ladder

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]

• Doig Medal: Nat Fyfe, 283 votes
• 2nd: Aaron Sandilands, 251 votes
• 3rd: Stephen Hill, 238 votes
• 4th: David Mundy, 219 votes
• 5th: Hayden Ballantyne, 209 votes
• 6th: Michael Barlow, 205 votes
• 6th: Cameron Sutcliffe, 198 votes
• 9th: Lee Spurr, 193 votes
• 9th: Danyle Pearce, 190 votes
• 10th: Michael Johnson, 179 votes
• Best Clubman: Alex Silvagni
  • Beacon Award: Matt Taberner Player of the Finals: Cameron Sutcliffe & Zac Dawson

Milestones

• Round 7 - Aaron Sandilands (200 AFL games)
• Round 9 - Matthew Pavlich (300 AFL games and 600 AFL goals)
• Round 11 - Zac Dawson (50 Fremantle games)
• Round 13 - Hayden Ballantyne (150 AFL goals)
• Round 15 - David Mundy (200 AFL games)
• Round 15 - Lee Spurr (50 AFL games)
• Round 16 - Hayden Ballantyne (100 AFL games)
• Round 18 - Paul Duffield (150 AFL games)
• Round 18 - Nick Suban (100 AFL games)
• Round 23 - Chris Mayne (150 AFL goals)
• Semi Final - Michael Walters (50 AFL games)

Debuts

• Round 13 - Colin Sylvia
• Round 16 - Michael Apeness
• Round 20 - Max Duffy

AFL Awards

• Leigh Matthews Trophy (Most Valuable Player at the AFL Players Association awards): Nat Fyfe^[12]
• 2014 All-Australian team: Nat Fyfe, Aaron Sandilands and Hayden Ballantyne^[13]
• Ross Glendinning Medal:
  • Round 7: Lachie Neale^[14]
  • Round 15: Stephen Hill^[15]

AFL Award Nominations

• Round 1 - 2014 AFL Goal of the Year nomination and weekly winner - Hayden Ballantyne^[16]
• Round 9 - 2014 AFL Goal of the Year nomination and weekly winner - Hayden Ballantyne^[17]
• Round 9 - 2014 AFL Mark of the Year nomination and weekly winner - Nat Fyfe^[18]
• Round 18 - 2014 AFL Mark of the Year nomination and weekly winner - Lee Spurr^[19]
• Round 20 - 2014 AFL Mark of the Year nomination - Nat Fyfe^[20]
• Round 22 - 2014 AFL Rising Star nomination - Matt Taberner^[21]
• Round 23 - 2014 AFL Mark of the Year nomination and weekly winner - Zac Dawson^[22]

External links

• • Fremantle Football Club statistics at AFL Tables

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fremantle Attendances. AFL Tables. 13 October 2008 .
2. Web site: Club memberships rise as Power, Swans reap benefits. AFL. 2 August 2014. 2 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140810041309/http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-08-02/club-memberships-rise. 10 August 2014. dead.
3. News: Gumbleton heads to Dockers in AFL trade. 25 October 2013 . The Sydney Morning Herald.
4. News: Demon Sylvia becomes a Docker. Jesse . Hogan. 3 October 2013 . 16 October 2013 . Melbourne . The Age.
5. News: Freo go for Tasmanians, Eagles stay local. Mark . Hooper. The West Australian. 21 November 2013.
6. Web site: Michie Becomes A Demon . Nathan . Schmook. 16 October 2013 . 16 October 2013.
7. News: Freo look locally for rookies.
8. News: Fremantle youngster Jayden Pitt forced to retire due to heart condition. Braden. Quartermaine. PerthNow. 1 October 2013 . 1 October 2013.
9. News: Dockers axe Josh Mellington in AFL . 31 October 2013 . AAP .
10. News: Fyfe named Freo best and fairest. Dale . Miller. 16 November 2014.
11. Web site: Fyfe goes back-to-back. Costa . Kastanis . 15 November 2014 .
12. News: Fremantle's Nat Fyfe wins AFL Players' Association MVP award. 9 September 2014. ABC. 9 September 2014.
13. News: Gary Ablett, Nathan Fyfe and Lance Franklin named in All Australian AFL team of the year. 16 September 2014.
14. News: Neale coming up roses but no bouquets yet. Alex . Malcolm . 4 May 2014.
15. News: Fremantle’s Stephen Hill puts in fine performance to win maiden Ross Glendinning Medal in Western Derby. Chris. Robinson. 29 June 2014.
16. Web site: Round 1 Goal of the Year. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140704221328/https://goaloftheyear.afl.com.au/vote/round/1. 4 July 2014.
17. Web site: Round 9 Goal of the Year. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140712032055/https://goaloftheyear.afl.com.au/vote/round/9. 12 July 2014.
18. Web site: Round 9 Mark of the Year. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140712042016/https://markoftheyear.afl.com.au/vote/round/9. 12 July 2014.
19. Web site: Round 18 Mark of the Year. afl.com.au. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141005131055/https://markoftheyear.afl.com.au/vote/round/18. 5 October 2014.
20. Web site: Round 20 Mark of the Year. afl.com.au. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141005131440/https://markoftheyear.afl.com.au/vote/round/20. 5 October 2014.
21. News: Taberner earns AFL Rising Star nomination. AAP. 25 August 2014. 5 October 2014. 6 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006123201/https://au.sports.yahoo.com/afl/news/article/-/24808081/taberner-earns-afl-rising-star-nomination/. dead.
22. Web site: Round 23 Mark of the Year. afl.com.au. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140913164022/https://markoftheyear.afl.com.au/vote/round/23. 13 September 2014.