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The Western Derby is the name given to the Australian rules football match between the Fremantle Dockers and the West Coast Eagles, who both participate in the Australian Football League (AFL). As both teams are based in Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, the term "derby" is used to describe the match. It has become one of the most important matches for football in Western Australia, with former and West Coast player, and former West Coast coach John Worsfold claiming that in the week before a derby that it is the main topic in Perth. In 2004, during the 175th-anniversary celebrations of the establishment of the Swan River Colony, the Western Derby was named as one of twelve "Heritage Icons", in recognition of "football's key social and historical importance to the State".〔(Heritage Icons: The Western Derby ) – Constitutional Centre of Western Australia. Retrieved 16 July 2012.〕 Referring to a melee during the Round 21, 2000 Derby, Channel Nine sports reporter Michael Thomson said the match had divided Western Australia and the "football landscape in WA has been changed forever."〔 There are two Western Derbies every year during the home and away season, always being held at Subiaco Oval. There has never been a Western Derby finals match. West Coast were the dominant team during Fremantle's initial years, winning the first nine derbies, however since Fremantle won their first Western Derby in July 1999, it has been twenty wins to twelve in Fremantle's favour. West Coast are the current holders of the Western Derby Trophy, having beaten Fremantle in round 20 of the 2015 AFL season. The player adjudged ''best on ground'' in each derby match is awarded the Ross Glendinning Medal, named after West Coast Eagles' inaugural captain and former Fremantle Dockers Chairman of selectors Ross Glendinning. ==Notable Derbies== 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「Western Derby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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