It's a two team town in the west. You have the choice (or more likely due to family heritage not given an option) to support the four-time flag winning West Coast Eagles or the perennial battlers Fremantle.
In the mid-2000s, my family was split in half by blue and gold and (at the time) purple, red, green and white, but my grandad put in the ground work early to make sure the anchor was firmly attached to my heart.
For better or for worse that's led to two decades of love and despair for myself and the Freo faithful - an adjective which cannot be disputed when it comes to this club. As my mum used to say in regards to Dockers fans, "We're proud, loyal, passionate, but stupid."
The expression "dockery" has now become part of the vernacular in Fremantle to describe the club or players' ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
But it appears a new era has begun for the west's forever little brother. With arguably its best ever list talent-wise, Fremantle appears ready to make its second proper push for a premiership in the Dockers' 32-year history.
While Fremantle as a club isn't known for its on-field success, the club has had a litany of cult heroes and stars who, although never reached the ultimate success, will never have to buy a beer or latte along High Street in Freo for the rest of their lives such is the admiration for what they gave to the club.
Some honourable mentions for the list include Lachie Neale who won multiple best-and-fairests with us before fleeing to Brisbane (bet he regrets that decision), tall and talented defender Michael Johnson, All-Australian Paul Hasleby, cult hero Shaun McManus, the original "Wiz" Jeff Farmer, and current star Andrew Brayshaw.
10Stephen Hill
As silky as you like and with pace to burn, Hill was an understated wingman out west. While he never won major awards, Fremantle fans had an adoration about Hill and how he went about his football. During Freo's - tongue-in-cheek - glory years of 2012-15, Hill was a significant part of that drive to the club's one and only grand final appearance in 2013. Will forever be a part of Dockers folklore as his fresh off the bench running goal sealed an away from home qualifying final win against Geelong and the club's first home preliminary final. Despite a clean bill of health for the first decade of his career (playing 190 games in his first nine seasons), Hill was forced into an early retirement due to ongoing injuries and his body breaking down.
