1976 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 11-1-10, P%: 96.8%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Geelong (Elimination Final)
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Gary Dempsey (28)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Kelvin Templeton (78)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Gary Dempsey

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Laurie Sandilands

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abbey, Ross #30 22 R01-R22 23
Blair, Dennis #16 15 R09-R22, EF 2
Collins, Dennis #15 11 R01-R08, R15-R17 3
Dell, Colin #12 5 R15-R18, EF 1
Dempsey, Gary #24 20 R01-R03, R05-R12, R14-R16, R18-R22, EF 3
Dunstan, Ian #32 17 R01-R15, R22, EF 20
Featherby, Peter #5 20 R01-R13, R16-R17, R19-R22, EF 9
Gallagher, Ross #38 1 R09 0
Gieschen, Jeff #27 9 R01-R08, R14 1
Gingell, Glenn #13 3 R02, R04, R10 0
Hampshire, Ian #1 13 R07-R13, R17-R19, R21-R22, EF 0
Huppatz, Ray #7 16 R01-R03, R05-R06, R09-R14, R19-R22, EF 14
Jennings, Geoff #25 22 R01-R13, R15-R22, EF 16
Kelly, Mick #11 9 R10, R14-R18, R21-R22, EF 2
Low, Ian #28 15 R01-R03, R05-R11, R14-R15, R18, R22, EF 19
Lynch, Alan #6 5 R01, R04, R06-R08 1
Morrison, Ian #8 11 R01-R03, R16-R22, EF 20
Munro, Peter #10 8 R14-R21 5
Murrie, Richard #26 15 R03-R07, R11, R13-R21 5
Newland, Ken #6 18 R01-R02, R04-R09, R11-R12, R15-R16, R18-R22, EF 12
Perussich, Lee #23 8 R04-R05, R08, R12-R13, R15-R16, R19 1
Power, Stephen #21 23 R01-R22, EF 0
Quinlan, Bernie #2 23 R01-R22, EF 34
Reid, John #33 1 R12 0
Salmon, Ian #18 20 R01-R14, R16-R17, R19-R20, R22, EF 2
Sandilands, Laurie #9 22 R01-R15, R17-R22, EF 1
Simmons, Grant #29 2 R13, R16 0
Smedts, Alby #17 3 R13-R15 0
Stoneham, Alan #3 19 R01-R04, R07-R14, R17-R22, EF 3
Templeton, Kelvin #31 23 R01-R22, EF 82
Welsh, Peter #4 18 R02-R06, R08-R15, R17, R20-R22, EF 5
Wheeler, Garry #34 2 R18, R20 0
Wheeler, Terry #35 23 R01-R22, EF 1
Whitten, Ted #22 18 R01, R03-R07, R09-R14, R16-R21 14

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Goggin, Bill 23 11 -1- 11 R01-R22, EF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/04/1976 Round 1 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 1 Bill Goggin Laurie Sandilands
10/04/1976 Round 2 Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 48 Bill Goggin Laurie Sandilands
17/04/1976 Round 3 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 39 Bill Goggin Laurie Sandilands
24/04/1976 Round 4 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 12 Bill Goggin Laurie Sandilands
01/05/1976 Round 5 Richmond AWAY WIN FOO by 21 Bill Goggin Laurie Sandilands
08/05/1976 Round 6 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 5 Bill Goggin Laurie Sandilands
15/05/1976 Round 7 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 2 Bill Goggin Laurie Sandilands
22/05/1976 Round 8 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 50 Bill Goggin Laurie Sandilands
29/05/1976 Round 9 Collingwood AWAY WIN FOO by 10 Bill Goggin Laurie Sandilands
05/06/1976 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY WIN FOO by 4 Bill Goggin Laurie Sandilands
14/06/1976 Round 11 Carlton HOME WIN FOO by 17 Bill Goggin Laurie Sandilands
19/06/1976 Round 12 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 10 Bill Goggin Laurie Sandilands
26/06/1976 Round 13 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 52 Bill Goggin Laurie Sandilands
03/07/1976 Round 14 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 80 Bill Goggin Laurie Sandilands
10/07/1976 Round 15 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 20 Bill Goggin Laurie Sandilands
17/07/1976 Round 16 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 5 Bill Goggin unknown
24/07/1976 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 14 Bill Goggin Laurie Sandilands
31/07/1976 Round 18 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 12 Bill Goggin Laurie Sandilands
07/08/1976 Round 19 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 11 Bill Goggin Laurie Sandilands
14/08/1976 Round 20 Collingwood HOME WIN FOO by 25 Bill Goggin Laurie Sandilands
21/08/1976 Round 21 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 1 Bill Goggin Laurie Sandilands
28/08/1976 Round 22 Carlton AWAY DRAW drawn Bill Goggin Laurie Sandilands
04/09/1976 Elimination Final Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 7 Bill Goggin Laurie Sandilands