1977 VFL Season: Footscray

These are the details of the premiership results for Footscray for the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Western Oval as their home ground, playing ten matches there (ten as hosts). The team finished the regular season in seventh place.

Team Details

Competition: 1977 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Club: Western Bulldogs
Home Ground: Western Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 10-1-11, P%: 101.4)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Abbey, Ross #30 7 0 R08-09, R11-15
Blair, Dennis #16 18 7 R01-07, R09-19
Collins, Dennis #15 20 5 R01-03, R06-22
Dell, Colin #12 5 0 R01, R13-16
Dempsey, Gary #24 19 5 R01-04, R06-10, R12, R14-22
Dinatale, Jack #34 1 0 R22
Dunstan, Ian #32 22 15 R01-22
Edmond, Jim #20 16 14 R02-03, R05-09, R13-14, R16-22
Fleming, Phil #19 3 0 R05, R10, R17
Foreman, Wayne #42 10 6 R07, R09, R15-22
Gieschen, Jeff #27 4 0 R03-04, R17, R20
Hampshire, Ian #1 17 18 R01-11, R13-15, R19, R21-22
Huppatz, Ray #7 19 17 R01-09, R13-22
Jennings, Geoff #25 21 34 R01-19, R21-22
Johnson, Matt #41 2 0 R12, R20
Kelly, Mick #11 9 1 R01, R05-11, R20
Linke, Graeme #44 1 0 R10
Low, Ian #28 16 20 R01-04, R06-08, R11-19
Morrison, Ian #8 16 25 R01-08, R12, R16-22
Munro, Peter #10 7 4 R01, R04-05, R13, R19, R21-22
Murrie, Richard #26 19 0 R02-04, R07-22
Perussich, Lee #23 14 2 R01-08, R10-14, R21
Power, Stephen #21 18 2 R02-15, R18, R20-22
Quinlan, Bernie #2 22 27 R01-22
Reid, Bruce #5 16 9 R05-13, R15-20, R22
Reid, John #33 12 1 R10-13, R15-22
Sandilands, Laurie #9 12 19 R01-02, R04-06, R13-18, R20
Smedts, Alby #17 11 0 R10-12, R14, R16-22
Stoneham, Alan #3 21 12 R01-12, R14-22
Templeton, Kelvin #31 9 40 R01-06, R09-11
Welsh, Peter #4 13 6 R01-12, R21
Wheeler, Terry #35 22 2 R01-22
Whitten, Ted #22 18 18 R01-05, R08-09, R11-16, R18-22

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Goggin, Bill 22 10 -1- 11 R01-22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/04/1977 Round 1 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COLL by 11 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
11/04/1977 Round 2 Melbourne HOME WIN FOOT by 21 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
16/04/1977 Round 3 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOOT by 28 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
23/04/1977 Round 4 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NMLB by 35 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
30/04/1977 Round 5 St Kilda HOME DRAW drawn Bill Goggin unknown
07/05/1977 Round 6 Essendon AWAY WIN FOOT by 100 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
14/05/1977 Round 7 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HWTH by 70 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
21/05/1977 Round 8 Richmond AWAY LOSS RICH by 19 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
28/05/1977 Round 9 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SMLB by 19 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
04/06/1977 Round 10 Geelong HOME WIN FOOT by 37 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
11/06/1977 Round 11 Carlton AWAY LOSS CARL by 49 Bill Goggin unknown
18/06/1977 Round 12 Collingwood HOME LOSS COLL by 33 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
25/06/1977 Round 13 Melbourne AWAY WIN FOOT by 51 Bill Goggin unknown
02/07/1977 Round 14 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NMLB by 17 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
09/07/1977 Round 15 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FITZ by 18 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
16/07/1977 Round 16 St Kilda AWAY WIN FOOT by 20 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
23/07/1977 Round 17 Essendon HOME WIN FOOT by 17 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
30/07/1977 Round 18 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HWTH by 14 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
06/08/1977 Round 19 Richmond HOME WIN FOOT by 28 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
13/08/1977 Round 20 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SMLB by 23 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
20/08/1977 Round 21 Geelong AWAY WIN FOOT by 17 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey
27/08/1977 Round 22 Carlton HOME WIN FOOT by 18 Bill Goggin Gary Dempsey