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1988 West Coast Eagles season

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President
  
Richard Colless

Captain(s)
  
Ross Glendinning

VFL season
  
5th

Coach
  
John Todd

National Panasonic Cup
  
semi-finals

Home ground
  
Subiaco Oval WACA Ground

The 1988 VFL season was the West Coast Eagles' second season in the Victorian Football League (VFL). John Todd was appointed coach after Ron Alexander was sacked and Ross Glendinning remained captain. The Eagles played 22 games, winning 11 and losing 11 to finish 8th on the ladder.

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Recruitment

West Coast recruited 12 players, with 11 from WAFL clubs, for the 1988 season:

  • Clinton Browning (East Fremantle)
  • Kevin Caton (Swan Districts)
  • Joe Cormack (Swan Districts)
  • Shane Ellis (East Fremantle)
  • Richard Geary (South Fremantle)
  • Peter Higgins (Claremont)
  • Brent Hutton (Swan Districts)
  • Don Langsford (Swan Districts)
  • Guy McKenna (Claremont)
  • Murray Rance (Footscray)
  • Troy Ugle (Swan Districts)
  • Chris Waterman (East Fremantle)

    • Panasonic Cup

    West Coast defeated Sydney by 87 points in front of a crowd of 12,587 at the WACA Ground in the first round of the competition, the first night-series/pre-season match to be played in Western Australia since 1981, before losing to Essendon by 36 points in the second round.

    Home team's score listed in bold:

    Regular season

    Home team's score listed in bold:

    Source: AFLTables

    References

    1988 West Coast Eagles season Wikipedia
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