WAFL | 07/12 10:10 | 14 | West Perth vs West Coast Reserves | View | |
WAFL | 07/26 07:10 | 16 | West Perth vs East Perth | View | |
WAFL | 08/02 06:30 | 17 | Perth vs West Perth | View | |
WAFL | 08/09 07:10 | 18 | West Perth vs Subiaco | View | |
WAFL | 08/16 06:30 | 19 | South Fremantle vs West Perth | View | |
WAFL | 08/23 06:30 | 20 | East Fremantle vs West Perth | View |
WAFL | 07/05 07:10 | 13 | West Perth v Swan Districts | 74-85 | |
WAFL | 06/28 07:10 | 12 | West Perth v Peel Thunder | 78-69 | |
WAFL | 06/21 06:30 | 11 | Claremont v West Perth | 93-61 | |
WAFL | 06/07 06:40 | 9 | West Perth v East Fremantle | 55-94 | |
WAFL | 06/02 06:30 | 8 | East Perth v West Perth | 83-38 | |
WAFL | 05/24 08:30 | 7 | West Perth v West Coast Reserves | 112-55 | |
WAFL | 05/10 05:10 | 6 | Peel Thunder v West Perth | 109-63 | |
WAFL | 05/02 11:10 | 5 | West Perth v Claremont | 60-69 | |
WAFL | 04/24 11:10 | 4 | West Perth v South Fremantle | 64-91 | |
WAFL | 04/19 11:10 | 3 | Subiaco v West Perth | 44-104 | |
WAFL | 04/12 11:10 | 2 | West Perth v Perth | 50-61 | |
WAFL | 04/05 06:30 | 1 | Swan Districts v West Perth | 55-103 |
The West Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Falcons, is an Australian rules football club located in Joondalup, Western Australia. West Perth competes in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW) and is the oldest existing Australian rules football club in Western Australia. Originally located at Leederville Oval, the team was relocated in 1994 to Arena Joondalup, a sports complex in the northern suburbs of Perth. The team's club song is "It's a Grand Old Flag" and its traditional rivals are East Perth.
The Victorian Football Club was established at a meeting on 2 May 1885. The new team was to play its games at the Recreation Ground (now Esplanade Reserve) and wear the colours cardinal and navy. Two weeks after the establishment of the new club it formed the WAFA together with Rovers and Fremantle. The three clubs, along with High School (now Hale School) were to play out the 1885 season, however High School dropped out after just two rounds.
The West Australian Football Club was established in 1886 and were admitted to the competition for the 1887 season. At a meeting of the two clubs on 16 April 1889, it was unanimously decided to amalgamate the two clubs – West Australian and Victorians – into a single club known as the Metropolitan Football Club for the 1889 season. The West Australian colours of black and red were to be maintained for the new club. In 1891, a meeting of footballers was held to form a new team, to be called West Perth, which embraced the members of the then-defunct Metropolitan Football Club. The new club was immediately granted entry into the WA Football Association (later called the WA Football League) and won its first premiership in 1897.
In 1915 the team became the original tenant of the newly built Leederville Oval where it would remain based until 1993, at which time the team moved to Joondalup to play games at Arena Joondalup from the 1994 season onwards. Since relocating, the Falcons have enjoyed relative success with five premierships from nine grand finals, the most recent flag coming in 2022.
In 2022 the club became the seventh active club to participate in the WAFL Women's (WAFLW), the premier state-based competition for female footballers.
In February 2024, the City of Joondalup asked the football club to consider changing their name to the 'Joondalup Football Club' or 'Northern Football Club,' considering they have resided in Joondalup for 30 years. The football club and the City of Joondalup are yet to agree on a naming deal.
Since joining the WAFLW competition, the club celebrated real success with a Preliminary Final appearance in just their third season in the competition. Marking West Perth Football Clubs' Women's WAFLW side as the most successful expansion side since the WAFLW began.
West Perth Football Clubs' Rogers Cup side (U19s competition) is amongst some of the most successful teams in Australian sporting history. Winning the flag in an undefeated season in 2021, this was backed up by 2-undefeated seasons in 2023 and 2024, culminating in a further 2 premierships for the club. As at August 2024, the Rogers Cup team sit at 34 wins in a row - An impressive undefeated streak.