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Over the past few seasons, West Australians have made it fairly obvious to the AFL, through attendances, that they don't really care for oddly timed Saturday afternoon games as a whole. With that in mind, the new fixtures are out and Fremantle have been given 11 games on a Saturday. As is tradition, they will also have to fly to Sydney to play the Swans, head up to Brisbane to play the Lions, play both South Australian teams in South Australia and, in a new addition to the schedule, will travel in both the first and last rounds. Thankfully the AFL have been kind enough to send Fremantle to the MCG in 2011, 3 times no less, but all the matches will be played in the first half of the season and two of them will be played before midday Fremantle time.
Since the Victorians don't like to see the sun after Australia Day has rolled around, the Dockers start the season with a trip to Queensland where they are expected to score a massive win which will see Michael Voss sacked midway through the third quarter.
They then head back to Perth to play Geelong the following Saturday night at Subiaco Oval. Then head to Adelaide to play the Crows, get two games at home (including a Monday night Anzac Day match against the Bulldogs) and then have the bye in Round 6.
In early May they will get their first trip to Melbourne (yes, May - Round 7) where they will play Richmond at the MCG in some sort of freaky Foxtel Saturday twilight match.
The following week the Eagles will have a home Derby which Fremantle will win easily and then make another trip to South Australia in Round 9.
In Round 10, Fremantle supporters will get their first look at their side in 5 weeks when they play St Kilda on a Saturday afternoon. They settle into a nice rhythm of Sunday morning games at the MCG and home matches till they host the Gold Coast in Round 15 and have a bye in Round 16,
In the home stretch they head to Sydney, play 3 night games at Etihad Stadium, two Saturday afternoon games at Subiaco Oval and in Round 23 play a Friday night game against Collingwood at Subiaco.
Then it's a home final, a week off, another home final, a trip to the MCG then a tour of Australia with a shiny cup thing.
Round 1 Sat 26th March
Brisbane v Fremantle Gabba 5:10pm
Round 2 Sat 2nd April
Fremantle v Geelong Subiaco Oval 6:40pm
Round 3 Sat 9th April
Adelaide v Fremantle AAMI Stadium 1:10pm
Round 4 Sun 17th April
Fremantle v North Melbourne Subiaco Oval 2:40pm
Round 5 Anzac Day
Fremantle v Western Bulldogs Subiaco Oval 6:40pm
Round 6
Bye
Round 7 Sat 7th May
Richmond v Fremantle MCG 2:10pm
Round 8 Sun 15th May
West Coast v Fremantle Subiaco Oval 2:40pm
Round 9 Sat 22nd May
Port Adelaide v Fremantle AAMI Stadium 1:10pm
Round 10 Sat 28th May
Fremantle v St. Kilda Subiaco Oval 1:10pm
Round 11 Sun 5th June
Hawthorn v Fremantle MCG 11:10am
Round 12 Sun 12th June
Fremantle v Essendon Subiaco Oval 2:40pm
Round 13 Sun 19th June
Melbourne v Fremantle MCG 11:10am
Round 14 Sat 15th June
Fremantle v Brisbane Subiaco Oval 5:40pm
Round 15 Sat 2nd July
Fremantle v Gold Coast Subiaco Oval 1:10pm
Round 16
Bye
Round 17 Sun 17th July
Sydney v Fremantle SCG 11:10am
Round 18 Sun 24th July
Fremantle v West Coast Subiaco Oval 2:40pm
Round 19 Sat 30th July
Fremantle v Hawthorn Subiaco Oval 5:40pm
Round 20 Fri 5th August
St. Kilda v Fremantle Etihad Stadium 5:40pm
Round 21 Sat 13th August
Fremantle v Carlton Subiaco Oval 1:10pm
Round 22 Sat 20th August
North Melbourne v Fremantle Etihad Stadium 5:10pm
Round 23 Fri 26th August
Fremantle v Collingwood Subiaco Oval 6:40pm
Round 24
Western Bulldogs v Fremantle Etihad Stadium TBC
Download the full fixture from afl.com.au
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