It's a strange feeling for Luke McPharlin - playing footy in the summer heat. The young Docker hasn't seen much pre-season footy in his time in the AFL as his rapidly growing body gave him all sorts of injury problems that have kept him out until midseason. [Full Story]

The Fremantle Football Club has continued its rapid progress towards financial stability with the announcement of a new $1million sponsorship. [Full Story]

If a footballer from the 1970s managed to stumble into a time machine and was whisked, tight shorts and all, into a contemporary preseason training session, he wouldn't have a clue what was going on. Given that "warming up" was something only pies got to experience, the elaborate stretching routines current-day footballers undertake would confuse and probably frighten our timetravelling friend. Without the familiar sounds of shattered men vomiting their guts up, he wouldn't know where to turn - or to step carefully. Once he discovered that the players were splitting up into groups for reasons other than that they hadn't had a go at each other when out on the turps, he would be looking around, scratching his head, more lost than a farmer's kid at an all-vegetarian barbecue.  [Full Story]

Fremantle players met with more members of the community in Geraldton yesterday, when they visited various aged care homes and special schools throughout the region. [Full Story]

Fremantle Captain Peter Bell and Assistant Coach Steve Malaxos were overwhelmed at the turnout of over 300 children, parents and fans at the Geraldton regional town of Three Springs yesterday.  [Full Story]

As a boy from the country himself, Troy Longmuir heartily endorses the concept of the AFL's Community Camps. The hard-working Docker is in Geraldton with his team-mates until Friday as the Dockers spread the football word and do their best to drum up support outside the city limits. [Full Story]