THEY are not exactly at their optimum playing weight and carry the aches and pains of two decades at the footy coal face.

But Nollamara’s C2-Grade team in this year’s WA Amateur Football League is going to take some beating.

Former Fremantle midfielder Des Headland will be the playing coach of a team with a combined 644 games of AFL experience.

David Wirrpanda (West Coast), Garth Taylor (Fremantle) and Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls (Richmond) will play, while Kevin Caton (West Coast, Fitzroy, Brisbane Lions), Ashley Blurton (West Coast, Richmond) and Dale Kickett (Fitzroy, West Coast, St Kilda, Essendon, Fremantle) will be assistant coaches.

Camera Icon David Wirrpanda. Credit: Ross Swanborough

Headland, 37, who played juniors at Karrinyup, has family ties with “Nolla”.

“My old man, my uncle, my cousins all played footy here,” he said.

Know a better amateur footy team? Email glen.quartermain@wanews.com.au