1986 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 11-0-11, P%: 97.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 40
Brownlow Leader(s): Brad Hardie (9)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Simon Beasley (88)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Brad Hardie

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Rick Kennedy

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bamblett, Les #9 3 R07-R09 2 0
Baxter, Darren #35 7 R03, R05-R08, R16, R19 1 0
Baxter, Peter #26 16 R01-R03, R07-R14, R18-R22 1 0
Beasley, Simon #18 22 R01-R22 88 1
Chiron, Dean #21 1 R20 1 0
Cordy, Brian #49 6 R13, R18-R22 0 0
Cordy, Graeme #28 3 R03, R05-R06 1 0
Cordy, Neil #29 12 R01-R02, R04, R10-R12, R14-R15, R19-R22 0 2
Crow, Max #6 12 R01, R10-R19, R21 18 1
Cullen, Mark #54 1 R21 0 0
Daniels, Allen #5 8 R01-R06, R11, R18 4 0
Egan, Mick #10 10 R12-R21 0 0
Eppelstun, Greg #46 1 R12 0 0
Evans, Robert #20 1 R18 0 0
Ford, Michael #45 10 R01-R02, R04, R09-R11, R15, R20-R22 1 0
Foster, Peter #32 6 R07, R16-R19, R21 0 0
Gepp, Tim #12 14 R05-R15, R17-R18, R22 1 1
Groenewegen, Robert #14 7 R02-R04, R08-R09, R20, R22 2 0
Hannebery, Matt #36 2 R07-R08 0 0
Hardie, Brad #4 22 R01-R22 15 9
Hawkins, Doug #7 16 R01-R10, R12-R17 2 7
Kellett, Mark #3 18 R01-R06, R09-R17, R20-R22 0 0
Kennedy, Rick #8 18 R01-R18 2 3
Liberatore, Tony #60 4 R13-R15, R20 1 0
MacPherson, Rod #43 8 R03-R08, R17, R22 2 0
MacPherson, Stephen #27 18 R01-R17, R20 19 0
Maylin, Phil #17 16 R07-R22 4 0
McGuinness, Tony #11 22 R01-R22 28 6
McLean, Michael #51 18 R01-R06, R09-R19, R22 7 4
Petraglia, Angelo #38 21 R01-R06, R08-R22 26 5
Preston, Andy #20 2 R04-R05 0 0
Purser, Andrew #1 22 R01-R22 4 8
Rance, Murray #15 21 R01-R17, R19-R22 2 1
Rolfe, Michael #25 2 R01-R02 1 0
Royal, Brian #33 20 R01-R19, R21 27 6
Saunders, Darren #39 6 R06-R10, R19 0 0
Sewell, Jim #2 7 R01-R06, R22 6 0
Somerville, Craig #25 8 R07, R11, R16, R18-R22 7 0
Tzatzaris, Zeno #19 7 R16-R22 0 2
Wallis, Steve #24 22 R01-R22 6 1

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)
Malthouse, Mick 22 11 -0- 11 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
31/03/1986 Round 1 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 17 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
05/04/1986 Round 2 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 10 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
12/04/1986 Round 3 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 8 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
20/04/1986 Round 4 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 76 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
26/04/1986 Round 5 Collingwood HOME WIN FOO by 7 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
03/05/1986 Round 6 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 19 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
10/05/1986 Round 7 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 18 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
17/05/1986 Round 8 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 52 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
24/05/1986 Round 9 Carlton HOME WIN FOO by 14 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
31/05/1986 Round 10 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 29 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
09/06/1986 Round 11 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 17 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
14/06/1986 Round 12 St Kilda AWAY WIN FOO by 79 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
21/06/1986 Round 13 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 88 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
28/06/1986 Round 14 Essendon AWAY WIN FOO by 29 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
05/07/1986 Round 15 Sydney HOME LOSS SYD by 16 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
19/07/1986 Round 16 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 27 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
26/07/1986 Round 17 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 11 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
02/08/1986 Round 18 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 3 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
09/08/1986 Round 19 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 57 Mick Malthouse unknown
16/08/1986 Round 20 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 57 Mick Malthouse unknown
23/08/1986 Round 21 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 79 Mick Malthouse unknown
30/08/1986 Round 22 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 70 Mick Malthouse unknown