The critical ingredients that give Dockers fans reason to dream

June 3, 2026 — 3:00am

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When the Fremantle Dockers lost to the Suns by a point in last year’s elimination final, the fans seemed to shrug it off as just another episode in the club’s colourful history.

After all, long-suffering supporters have been forced to cultivate a steely resolve, a trait forged over decades of Freo promising the world and delivering nothing.

For an Eagles tragic living in the port city, the purple passion is bewildering and bemusing. But Dockers devotees have developed an impenetrable thick skin that only diehard followers of a trophy-less team can truly understand.

But this season, Fremantle have shown fearlessness, confidence and hunger rarely seen in its 30-year history.

The Dockers are on an 11-game winning streak after knocking off the reigning premiers, Brisbane, last weekend on their home dirt for the first time in a decade.

It was the club’s fifth away win of the season. The soft underbelly and glass jaw have vanished, for now.

Fremantle currently sit a game clear at the top of the ladder, with six of their last 10 outings played at Optus Stadium.

The bubble will burst........

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