1977 VFL Season: Footscray
These are the details of the premiership results of Footscray for the 1977 VFL season. The team finished the regular season in seventh place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
1977 VFL Season
Team:
Footscray
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 |
Ladder Chart
This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.