Peel Thunder Football Club
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| Names | ||
| Full name | Peel Thunder Football Club | |
| Nickname(s) | Thunder | |
| 2016 season | ||
| After finals | Premiers | |
| Home-and-away season | 4th | |
| Leading goalkicker | Gerald Ugle (24 goals) | |
| Best and fairest | Matt de Boer | |
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 1996 | |
| Colours | ||
| Competition | West Australian Football League | |
| Coach | Cam Shepherd | |
| Captain(s) | Gerald Ugle | |
| Premierships | 1 (2016) | |
| Ground(s) | Rushton Park (capacity: 10,000) | |
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| Other information | ||
| Official website | peelthunder.com.au | |
The Peel Thunder Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). The team is based in Mandurah, Western Australia, with their home ground being Rushton Park. The club joined the WAFL as an expansion team in 1997.
Since the 2014 season, Peel has served as the host club in the WAFL for the Fremantle Dockers of the Australian Football League, an arrangement which sees Fremantle's reserve players playing for Peel.
The Peel Thunder Football Club was formed in 1996 after the West Australian Football Commission (WAFC) granted a ninth licence in the WAFL to the Mandurah-Peel region. The licence was issued on the condition that the club be ready to compete in the 1997 Westar Rules season. Geoff Miles was appointed as the club's inaugural coach and Phil Gilbert appointed captain. The Thunder managed just one win in 1997 and finished last on the ladder, with Scott Simister winning the inaugural best and fairest. They managed another one-win season in 1998, before going winless in 1999.
In March 2011, the club was fined $10,000 for breaching salary cap rules involving player payments to midfielder Rory O'Brien during the 2009 season.
Between 1997 and 2014, the Thunder failed to qualify for the finals, with their best season coming in 2008 when they recorded an 8–12 win/loss record and a sixth-place finish. During that time, they collected nine wooden spoons, including three in a row twice (1997–99 & 2011–13), and finished second last seven times.
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