The West Coast Eagles Football Club (commonly known as the West Coast Eagles) is an Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League.
The club is based at Subiaco Oval in Perth, Western Australia and was formed in August 1986 when the then Victorian Football League (now known as the Australian Football League) expanded to include teams from Perth and Brisbane for the 1987 season. The club played 54 of its home games betw...
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The West Coast Eagles Football Club (commonly known as the West Coast Eagles) is an Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League.
The club is based at Subiaco Oval in Perth, Western Australia and was formed in August 1986 when the then Victorian Football League (now known as the Australian Football League) expanded to include teams from Perth and Brisbane for the 1987 season. The club played 54 of its home games between 1987 and 2000 at the WACA due to an agreement that some games would be played there and also the fact that Subiaco Oval could not host night games due to a lack in lighting. Since entering the competition, the Eagles have been one of the most successful clubs in the AFL, winning the 1992, 1994 and 2006 premierships, being runners up in 1991 and 2005, and competing in finals in all but five seasons.
The club's first official home and away match at Subiaco Oval against Richmond on March 29, 1987 was played before a respectable crowd of 23...
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