Hundreds of moments make up the proud football club we all know and love today.

From a match-winning goal, to a gravity-defying mark, to a solid team-oriented effort, our past on-field achievements have brought joy to supporters across the country and have helped to shape and define the direction our future will take.

Season 2011 marks our 25th year, and to help us celebrate, you were invited to have your say on the historic moments you believe have been the most significant to the West Coast Eagles.

All your votes have been tallied up and we are ready to countdown from moment #25. Stay tuned to westcoasteagles.com.au as we’ll be revealing one moment each  week until we unveil the single most defining moment in our history at the end of the home and away campaign.

The qualifying final against Hawthorn in 1991 ranks 24th.

The West Coast Eagles bolted out of the gates this season, establishing themselves as one of the genuine favourites to take out the flag.

In finishing three games clear at the top of the ladder, West Coast earned the right to host the first ever final  played outside Melbourne, breaking a 94-year Victorian tradition. Unfortunately, Hawthorn prevailed in front of 44,142 fans at Subiaco Oval, winning by 23 points.  

Senior coach John Worsfold believes the historic first final held outside Victoria was a significant step towards the development of the national competition we know today.

“That was a big thing,” Worsfold explains. “It was something I think we had to fight pretty hard for, to get what we would call the equal opportunity, that if we deserved a final in Perth, we could play one in Perth.

That was paving the way for the way the competition is now as a national competition.”

Dual premiership player Brett Heady looks back on the 1991 season as a wasted opportunity.

“I think we were far and away the best side in the competition that year, but I think we probably peaked too early,” Heady explains.

“I think we won something like our first 12 or 13 games and one of those games we won was against Hawthorn at Princes Park from memory, we won by about 13 or 14 goals, despite the two premiership fancies if you like. But I think we started to get tired.”

Click here to watch West Coast legends analyse this significant moment in club history.