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2014 Fremantle Football Club season

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President
  
Steve Harris

Captain(s)
  
Matthew Pavlich

Regular season
  
4th

Coach
  
Ross Lyon

Home ground
  
Patersons Stadium

Finals series
  
6th

The 2014 Fremantle Football Club season is the club's 20th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Fremantle reached the finals for the third consecutive year, finishing the home and away season in fourth position. However, they lost both the qualifying final against Sydney and the semi-final against Port Adelaide to finish sixth overall.

Individually, Nathan Fyfe won the Leigh Matthews Trophy, being voted the league's Most Valuable Player and his second consecutive Doig Medal, captain Matthew Pavlich became the first player from a Western Australian based team to play 300 AFL games and three players, Fyfe, Aaron Sandilands and Hayden Ballantyne, were named in the 2014 All-Australian team.

Playing list

Players are listed by jumper number. 2014 statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches during the 2014 AFL season only. Age is as the end of the season, 13 September 2014. Career statistics include a player's complete AFL career, which include games played for other AFL clubs. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2014 season. Sources: Career and season

Win/Loss table

Bold – Home game

Club awards

The Doig Medal was awarded at a function at the Crown Perth on 15 November. Between 1 and 5 votes are awarded to each player by five coaches after each game. Nathan Fyfe won his second consecutive Doig Medal. Paul Duffield and Ben Allan, the inaugural club captain, 2001 caretaker coach and board member since 2005 were both awarded life membership.

  • Doig Medal: Nathan Fyfe, 283 votes
  • 2nd: Aaron Sandilands, 251 votes
  • 3rd: Stephen Hill, 238 votes
  • 4th: David Mundy, 219 votes
  • 5th: Hayden Ballantyne, 209 votes
  • 6th: Michael Barlow, 205 votes
  • 6th: Cameron Sutcliffe, 198 votes
  • 9th: Lee Spurr, 193 votes
  • 9th: Danyle Pearce, 190 votes
  • 10th: Michael Johnson, 179 votes
  • Best Clubman: Alex Silvagni
  • Beacon Award: Matt Taberner
  • Player of the Finals: Cameron Sutcliffe & Zac Dawson

    • Milestones

  • Round 7 - Aaron Sandilands (200 AFL games)
  • Round 9 - Matthew Pavlich (300 AFL games and 600 AFL goals)
  • Round 11 - Zac Dawson (50 Fremantle games)
  • Round 13 - Hayden Ballantyne (150 AFL goals)
  • Round 15 - David Mundy (200 AFL games)
  • Round 15 - Lee Spurr (50 AFL games)
  • Round 16 - Hayden Ballantyne (100 AFL games)
  • Round 18 - Paul Duffield (150 AFL games)
  • Round 18 - Nick Suban (100 AFL games)
  • Round 23 - Chris Mayne (150 AFL goals)
  • Semi Final - Michael Walters (50 AFL games)

    • Debuts

  • Round 13 - Colin Sylvia
  • Round 16 - Michael Apeness
  • Round 20 - Max Duffy

    • AFL Awards

  • Leigh Matthews Trophy (Most Valuable Player at the AFL Players Association awards): Nathan Fyfe
  • 2014 All-Australian team: Nathan Fyfe, Aaron Sandilands and Hayden Ballantyne
  • Ross Glendinning Medal:
  • Round 7: Lachie Neale
  • Round 15: Stephen Hill

    • AFL Award Nominations

  • Round 1 - 2014 AFL Goal of the Year nomination and weekly winner - Hayden Ballantyne
  • Round 9 - 2014 AFL Goal of the Year nomination and weekly winner - Hayden Ballantyne
  • Round 9 - 2014 AFL Mark of the Year nomination and weekly winner - Nathan Fyfe
  • Round 18 - 2014 AFL Mark of the Year nomination and weekly winner - Lee Spurr
  • Round 20 - 2014 AFL Mark of the Year nomination - Nathan Fyfe
  • Round 22 - 2014 AFL Rising Star nomination - Matt Taberner
  • Round 23 - 2014 AFL Mark of the Year nomination and weekly winner - Zac Dawson

    • References

    2014 Fremantle Football Club season Wikipedia
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