1988 West Coast Eagles season

March 2022 February 2012 West Coast Eagles 1988 120px West Coast Eagles' home jumper for the 1988 season. Richard Colless John Todd Ross Glendinning Subiaco OvalWACA Ground National Panasonic Cup semi-finals VFL season 5th Finals series N/A Best & Fairest Chris Mainwaring Ross Glendinning (73 goals) 43,438 (elimination final vs at Waverley Park) 7,157 (round 10 vs at the MCG) 19,277 1987 1989 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 13 and losing 9 to finish 5th on the ladder. List 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 () Troy Ugle (Swan Districts) Chris Waterman (East Fremantle) Squad Pre-season Panasonic Cup West Coast defeated 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 by 36 points in the second round. Home team's score listed in bold: Round Date Score Opponent Opponent's Score Result Venue Attendance 1 Wednesday, 10 February 2:10pm 19.14 (128) 5.11 (41) Won by 87 points WACA Ground 12,587 2 Saturday, 12 March 2:10pm 8.12 (60) 14.12 (96) Lost by 36 points Waverley Park 5,992 Regular season Home team's score listed in bold: Round Date Score Opponent Opponent's Score Result Venue Attendance Best on ground Team 1 Saturday, 2 April 2:10pm 14.20 (104) 11.17 (83) Won by 21 points Kardinia Park (stadium) 20,781 Alex Ishchenko 2 Friday, 8 April 7:40pm 26.19 (175) 11.10 (76) Won by 99 points WACA Ground 24,886 John Gastev 3 Sunday, 17 April 2:10pm 29.18 (192) 10.14 (74) Won by 118 points WACA Ground 16,354 Chris Mainwaring 4 Saturday, 23 April 2:10pm 8.7 (55) 13.16 (94) Lost by 87 points Victoria Park 26,276 James Manson 5 Friday, 29 April 7:40pm 14.16 (100) 14.9 (93) Won by 7 points WACA Ground 17,662 Ross Glendinning 6 Friday, 6 May 7:40pm 17.8 (110) 17.23 (123) Lost by 13 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 10,133 Donald McDonald 7 Friday, 13 May 7:40pm 17.10 (112) 3.18 (36) Won by 76 points WACA Ground 12,803 Alex Ishchenko 8 Sunday, 22 May 2:10pm 9.9 (63) 17.14 (116) Lost by 53 points Subiaco Oval 27,344 Chris Wittman 9 Sunday, 29 May 2:10pm 12.15 (87) 15.10 (100) Lost by 13 points Subiaco Oval 27,663 Ken Hunter 10 Sunday, 5 June 2:10pm 10.15 (75) 16.20 (116) Lost by 41 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 7,157 Peter Wilson 11 Monday, 13 June 2:10pm 10.13 (73) 13.15 (93) Lost by 20 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 28,045 Alan Johnson 12 Sunday, 19 June 2:10pm 8.13 (61) 14.20 (104) Lost by 43 points Sydney Cricket Ground 12,664 Michael Parsons 13 Sunday, 26 June 2:10pm 17.19 (121) 13.9 (87) Won by 34 points Subiaco Oval 15,028 Wally Matera 14 Saturday, 2 July 2:10pm 13.7 (85) 16.16 (112) Lost by 27 points Windy Hill 10,298 Simon Madden 15 Sunday, 10 July 2:10pm 18.18 (126) 16.10 (106) Won by 20 points Subiaco Oval 18,537 Chris Mainwaring 16 Friday, 15 July 7:40pm 14.14 (98) 12.17 (89) Won by 9 points WACA Ground 16,074 Mark Withers 17 Friday, 22 July 7:40pm 8.16 (64) 19.20 (134) Lost by 70 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 7,611 John Ironmonger 18 Sunday, 31 July 2:10pm 18.14 (122) 11.12 (78) Won by 44 points Subiaco Oval 16,266 Murray Rance 19 Sunday, 7 August 2:10pm 16.9 (115) 12.12 (84) Won by 31 points Subiaco Oval 18,193 Guy McKenna 20 Saturday, 13 August 2:10pm 14.13 (97) 13.10 (88) Won by 9 points Moorabbin Oval 11,074 Laurie Keene 21 Sunday, 21 August 7:40pm 16.15 (111) 7.9 (51) Won by 60 points Subiaco Oval 36,638 Karl Langdon 22 Sunday, 28 August 2:10pm 7.11 (53) 3.11 (29) Won by 24 points Western Oval 18,456 Chris Mainwaring EF Saturday, 3 September 2:10pm 10.11 (71) 11.7 (73) Lost by 2 points Waverley Park 43,438 – – Source: AFLTables Ladder Ladder WC References External links West Coast Eagles Official Site Official Site of the Australian Football League West Coast Eagles Category:West Coast Eagles seasons Category:1980s in Western Australia