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The 1989 WAFL season was the one hundred and fifth season of senior football in Perth. It saw Claremont continue its dominance of the competition with a third successive minor premiership under Gerard Neesham, despite having lost most of their top players of previous seasons to the VFL, and their 1988 conquerors Subiaco fall to third last with a mere six wins – their worst performance since the dark days of 1983 when the club had not played in the finals for nine years and had been wooden spooners four times in eight seasons. Coach Bunton had to promote many young players and knew 1989 was to be a year of rebuilding,〔Lewis, Ross; ‘Subi on Slippery Slope’; ''The West Australian'', 12 June 1989, p. 112〕 though only a second (and last as of 2014) Colts premiership under Eddie Pitter showed Subiaco did possess much resilience.〔Spillman, Ken; ''Diehards: The Story of the Subiaco Football Club 1946-2000'', p. 250 ISBN 0957818505〕 Perth, who in 1988 had had their best record since 1978 and returned to Lathlain Park after the experiment of playing at their pre-1959 home of the WACA Ground was regarded as a financial failure, were also severely disappointing.〔Lewis, Ross; ‘Demons Find No Sympathy’; ''The West Australian'', 22 May 1989, p. 104〕 Swan Districts, who in 1988 had become the first club to suffer the ignominy of being last in all three grades, rebounded so well despite the absence of Narkle that after thirteen rounds they were certainties for the four before a run of wins by West Perth coincided with a Swan slump and allowed the Falcons to reach the finals for only the third time in eleven seasons. The season saw two experimental matches played in outer suburbs so that the WAFL could assess the possibility of relocating financially crippled Perth and West Perth to the Perth Hills and the growing northwestern corridor respectively.〔 East, Alan (2005); ''From Redlegs to Demons : A History of the Perth Football Club from 1899''; p. 165〕 The former move never occurred due to dissent within the committee, the latter did however five years subsequently. Another first was the semi-finals double-header that was to become standard in the league during the 1990s, instigated due to the only senior finals tie since the 1938 Grand Final and the refusal of Claremont and South Fremantle to accept two weekends without a match.〔Stocks, Gary; ‘Commission May Regret Final Change’; ''The West Australian'', 4 September 1989, p. 107〕 Although a game on Saturday and one on Sunday was proposed, the first semi-final replay was ultimately played before the second semi on the Saturday.〔Stocks, Gary; ‘Public Gets Behind Double-Header’; ''The West Australian'', 6 September 1989, p. 144〕 There were also suggestions for the first time of the WAFL expanding beyond Perth to such rural centres as Bunbury and Geraldton and that established Perth clubs merge in order to adapt to the new realities of a national VFL/AFL competition.〔Stocks, Gary; ‘Football Needs to Spread Its Wings’; ''The West Australian'', 29 May 1989, p. 98〕 A more pressing issue was the off-field debate between Indian Pacific (the holders of the Eagles’ VFL licence) and the WAFL over the running of football in Western Australia, with Indian Pacific demanding an independent West Australian Football Commission rather than one controlled by the WAFL which was felt to be depressing standards.〔See Stocks, Gary; ‘Eagles, WAFL Ready for Truce’; ''The West Australian'', 19 June 1989, p. 108〕 The dispute after the VFL allowed the Eagles to field a reserves team in exchange for a larger list〔Main, Jim and Christison, Darren; ''1989 Football: The Year in Review'', p. 96. Published 1989 by Century Magazines〕 continued: the VFL wanted the Eagles’ reserves playing in the VFL/AFL reserve grade competition, but that was unacceptable to the WAFC due to the cost of moving extra players to Melbourne, whilst the WAFC’s preferred option of an Eagle reserves team in the WAFL was not acceptable to WAFL club executives as it would upset the tried-and-proved WAFL structure.〔Stocks, Gary; ‘Presidents Opposed to Eagles’ Reserves Side’; ''The West Australian'', 28 August 1989, p. 105〕 ==Home-and-away Season== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1989 WAFL season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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