PICTURE GALLERY: Eagles Puppets Football Club banner displayed at East Fremantle Oval

The picture shows East Fremantle supporters on the scoreboard bank at East Fremantle Oval protesting the alignment of East Perth with West Coast Eagles prior to East Perth's visit to their ground for a WAFL match in May 2014. This scoreboard bank is a familiar sight to all WAFL fans and even those who do not love the club are forced to respect it. Although only AFL clubs get the lion's share of media coverage today historically the two most successful league-standard clubs in Australia are East Fremantle and Port Adelaide Magpies. We should respect these great clubs for what they have given to our game. You can almost smell and bottle that culture of respect and success once you walk inside the gates at East Fremantle Oval, a truly hallowed ground for WAFL fans. The way that winning culture is passed on through the generations is truly remarkable. This is a ground feared and respected by all opposition fans. For a West Perth fan the chilly ocean winds, the transport difficulties (no train station), and the bleak grey tin sheds at each end were the physical backdrops to regular depressing defeats at the hands of the home team. I like what David Edmondson has posted on Facebook: "East Fremantle, no-one's bitch since 1898". I remember standing on this screboard bank with my late grandfather Herbert Acott to watch Fremantle Dockers play Essendon in a practice match prior to the 1995 season [by Kieran James]. [These pictures were first posted by Ian Ross on the "Say No to AFL clubs in the WAFL" Facebook page on 4 May 2014 and are used here with Ian's kind permission.]

PICTURE GALLERY: East Perth FC cheer squad, 1982-88 (courtesy David Lockhart)

East Perth cheer squad, 1982 Reserves 2nd semi-final, Subiaco Oval (courtesy David Lockhart). David Lockhart writes on Lost WAFL Facebook page that he was the leader of this group which operated over the years 1982-88; had up to 40 members at one point; was funded by the club; knew the other cheer squads; and participated in State of Origin cheer squad a few times.

East Perth cheer squad banner, 1982 Reserves Grand Final, Subiaco Oval (courtesy David Lockhart)

East Perth cheer squad, 1983, Perth Oval (courtesy David Lockhart)

East Perth cheer squad banner, 1983, Perth Oval (courtesy David Lockhart). Even as a West Perth fan it is impossible to disagree with the sentiments expressed on this banner! If Yakka filed a libel case I'm sure a knowledgeable judge would throw the case out of court!

East Perth 1978 premiers, Subiaco Oval. Not directly related to the cheer squad but I'm sure East Perth fans will forgive me for posting this picture here (which is "borrowed" from the EPFC's official Facebook page).

PICTURE GALLERY: Fat Pam's West Perth cheer squad, northern end, East Fremantle Oval, 8 August 1981

This cheer squad stopped operations at the end of the 1983 season but continued to make the banners for players to run through in 1984 and following years. Although I never met her, the leader of this group was allegedly a legendary figure known as "Fat Pam".

PICTURE GALLERY: Farewell to the old Claremont Oval

Claremont Oval Legends Game, 26 October 2013. In this pic are Darren Kowal (7 Gold), Michael O'Connell (23 Blue), Brendan Green (21 Blue), Colin Barnett (17 Blue), Darrell Panizza (40 gold), and Graham Moss (25 Blue) (photo courtesy Lost WAFL Facebook page)

Graham Moss with the 1981 premiership cup (photo courtesy: Lost WAFL Facebook page)

Field of Dreams: Kieran James at the centre of Claremont Oval on a dreary winter's day dreaming he was Mossy or perhaps Boucher

(all Claremont Oval pictures taken on 16 August 2012)