What is Fremantle Football Club?
The '''Fremantle Football Club''', [[Nickname|nicknamed]] the Dockers, is an [[Australian Rules Football]] team in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL) based in [[Fremantle]], [[Western Australia]]. The club was formed in 1994 to represent Fremantle in the AFL. They played their first game on 1 April 1995. The club also has a women's team in the [[AFL Women's]] league. Their colours are purple and white. When they first played, they wore red, green, purple and white jumpers, but changed to just purple and white in 2011. Fremantle's [[captain]] is [[Nathan Fyfe]] and their coach is [[Ross Lyon]]. [[Matthew Pavlich]] holds the record for most games played and most goals kicked by a Fremantle player. [[Peter Bell]] is the only former Fremantle player who is in the [[Australian Football Hall of Fame]]. The women's team is captained by [[Kara Donnellan]] and coached by [[Michelle Cowan]]. Fremantle started playing their home games at the [[Perth Stadium]] in 2018. Before that, they played at [[Subiaco Oval]]. The women's team plays most of their home games at [[Fremantle Oval]], but has also played at [[Perth Stadium]], [[Subiaco Oval]] and [[Ruston Park]] in [[Mandurah]]. Their game at Perth Stadium in 2018 set a record for the biggest ever crowd at a women's Australian football match.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/incredible-record-falls-in-aflw-perth-blockbuster/news-story/1350a1a22270855cf7957d56b7294982|title=Incredible record falls in AFLW Perth blockbuster}}</ref> The Dockers have not yet won an AFL championship, which is known as the premiership. In 2013, they made the [[Grand Final]] for the first time, but lost the game to [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://au.sports.yahoo.com/afl/a/19151116/hawthorn-win-2013-afl-grand-final-against-fremantle-at-the-mcg/ |title=Gunston stars as Hawthorn win AFL Grand Final |first=Sam |last=Lienert |agency=AAP |date=28 September 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes