News that Fremantle Football Club is relocating its training facilities to Cockburn does not surprise me, and commentators who have denigrated the Board over the past few months are wide of the mark. Anyone with any knowledge of AFL football knows that for Fremantle FC to be successful they need training and administration facilities that are state of the art or risk falling behind Victorian clubs that are spending millions on new facilities.
Just look at Collingwood and Essendon.
Only last week, Captain Matthew Pavlich stated that Fremantle’s facilities were the second worst in the AFL.
The City of Cockburn is pitching in $65 million, but Fremantle FC still want an ongoing presence at Fremantle Oval.
Now the City of Fremantle should be talking to East Fremantle Football Club and luring them from their dilapidated premise that is owned by the Town of East Fremantle. Having both South Fremantle and East Fremantle based at Fremantle Oval would be great for both clubs and ensure that a WAFL game would be played in Fremantle each week.
A win/win.
Freo Ramble 