2014 Essendon Football Club season

Essendon Football Club
2014 season
President Paul Little
Coach Mark Thompson
(1st season)
Captain(s) Jobe Watson
(5th season)
Home ground Etihad Stadium
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The 2014 Essendon Football Club season is the club's 116th season in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Squad

Essendon Football Club
Senior list Rookie List Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain
  • (vc) Vice captain
  • Long-term injury list
  • Upgraded rookie(s)
  • (vet) Veterans list

Updated: 28 November 2013
Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

Trades

Main article: 2013 AFL Trades

In

Player Traded From Traded For
New South Wales Kurt Aylett
Northern Territory Shaun Edwards 		Greater Western Sydney Draft Pick #48
Victoria (Australia) Paul Chapman Geelong Draft Pick #84

Out

Player Traded To Traded For
Western Australia Scott Gumbleton Fremantle Draft Pick #55
Victoria (Australia) Stewart Crameri Western Bulldogs Draft Pick #26

Drafts

Main article: 2013 AFL Draft

National Draft

Round Pick Name From League
2 26 Zach Merrett Sandringham Dragons TAC Cup
3 55 Orazio Fantasia Norwood SANFL
4 66 Lauchlan Dalgleish Rookie Promotion

Pre-Season Draft

Round Pick Name From League
No Picks

Rookie Draft

Round Pick Name From League
1 9 Fraser Thurlow Labrador NEAFL
2 26 Patrick Ambrose Old Xaverians VAFA
3 41 Johnny Rayner Alternative Talent Program[1]

Delisted

Seasons[s] Player
13 David Hille
6 Nathan Lovett-Murray
7 Alwyn Davey
3 Luke Davis
2 Hal Hunter
= Retired

Results

Pre-season

Game 1

Game 1
Monday, 17 February 6:10 pm Gold Coast 1.11.15 (90) def. Essendon 0.13.11 (89) Metricon Stadium (crowd: 6,083) Report

Game 2

Game 2
Tuesday, 25 February 7:10 pm Essendon 0.9.11 (65) def. by Port Adelaide 1.11.15 (90) Etihad Stadium (crowd: 8,022) Report

Game 3

Game 3
Friday, 7 March 1:00 pm Richmond 15.11 (101) def. Essendon 8.8 (56) Punt Road (crowd: 2,100) Report

Home and Away season

Round 1

Round 1
Friday, 21 March 7:50 pm North Melbourne def. by Essendon Etihad Stadium (Crowd: 42,332) Report
3.0 (18)
5.3 (33)
8.5 (53)
9.6 (60)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
Final		 4.1 (25)
8.5 (53)
11.8 (74)
15.9 (99)		 Umpires: Dalgleish, Mitchell, Mollison
Television broadcast: Channel 7
Thomas 4
Black, Dal Santo, Harvey, McKenzie, Wright 1		 Goals 4 Chapman
3 Goddard
2 Hardingham, Daniher, Watson
1 Howlett, Ryder
Thomas, Macmillan, Harvey, Cunnington, Mullett Best Watson, Chapman, Goddard, Heppell, Zaharakis, J.Merrett, Hooker
Goldstein (shoulder), Cunnington (concussion) Injuries Nil
Brownlow Votes
  • 3 TBA
  • 2 TBA
  • 1 TBA


Game Milestone

Round 2

Round 2
Friday, 28 March 7:50 pm Essendon def. by Hawthorn Etihad Stadium (Crowd: 44,163) Report
1.5 (11)
3.7 (25)
9.10 (64)
12.14 (86)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
Final		 4.1 (25)
9.3 (57)
9.7 (61)
13.12 (90)		 Umpires: Chamberlain, Meredith, Ryan
Television broadcast: Channel 7
Ambrose 3
Hardingham, Carlisle 2
Zaharakis, Stanton, Hocking, Merrett, Chapman 1		 Goals 2 Suckling, Breust, Rioli
1 Roughead, Hill, Gunston, Hale, Lewis, Puopolo, Simpkin
Hibberd, Goddard, Watson, Heppell, Zaharakis, Ambrose Best Burgoyne, Gibson, Rioli, Suckling, Cheney
Ryder (left ankle) Injuries Hodge (groin)

Round 3

Round 3
Sun, 6-Apr-2014 7:10 PM Essendon def. Carlton MCG (Crowd: 62730) Report
6.3 (39)
10.6 (66)
16.8 (104)
21.12 (138)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
Final		 0.3 (3)
3.4 (22)
6.8 (44)
8.9 (57)		 Umpires: Fleer, Schmidt, Pannell
Television broadcast: Channel 7
Chapman, Winderlich 4
Hardingham, Stanton 3
Goddard 2
Heppell, Hocking, Melksham, Carlisle, Daniher 1		 Goals 2 Ellard, Menzel
1 Garlett, Henderson, Murphy, Tuohy
Hocking, Chapman, Winderlich, Carlisle, Goddard, Hibberd Best Walker, Simpson, Carrazzo, Gibbs
Ambrose (quad) replaced in selected side by Melksham Injuries Nil
Nil Reports Nil

Ladder

2014 AFL Ladder
Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Sydney 22 17 5 0 2126 1488 142.9 68
2 Hawthorn (P) 22 17 5 0 2458 1746 140.8 68
3 Geelong 22 17 5 0 2033 1787 113.8 68
4 Fremantle 22 16 6 0 2029 1556 130.4 64
5 Port Adelaide 22 14 8 0 2180 1678 129.9 56
6 North Melbourne 22 14 8 0 2026 1731 117 56
7 Essendon 22 12 9 1 1828 1719 106.3 50
8 Richmond 22 12 10 0 1887 1784 105.8 48
9 West Coast 22 11 11 0 2045 1750 116.9 44
10 Adelaide 22 11 11 0 2175 1907 114.1 44
11 Collingwood 22 11 11 0 1766 1876 94.1 44
12 Gold Coast 22 10 12 0 1917 2045 93.7 40
13 Carlton 22 7 14 1 1891 2107 89.8 30
14 Western Bulldogs 22 7 15 0 1784 2177 82.0 28
15 Brisbane Lions 22 7 15 0 1532 2212 69.3 28
16 Greater Western Sydney 22 6 16 0 1780 2320 76.7 24
17 Melbourne 22 4 18 0 1336 1954 68.4 16
18 St Kilda 22 4 18 0 1480 2436 60.8 16
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

Ladder Progress

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Result W L W L L L W W L B W W L W L W W W L L W W D
Position 3 7 4 7 10 12 10 9 11 11 10 9 9 9 10 10 7 7 7 8 7 7 7


Ground: A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win

Tribunal cases

Player Round Charge category (Level) Verdict Points[a] Result Victim Club Ref(s)
None

Season Statistics

Home attendance

Round Opponent Attendance
2 Hawthorn 44,163
3 Carlton 62,730
5 St Kilda 36,041
7 Western Bulldogs 33,289
9 Sydney 41,098
11 Richmond 74,664
13 Melbourne 44,626
14 Adelaide 30,948
17 Collingwood 58,996
21 West Coast 35,905
22 Gold Coast 33,281
Total Attendance 977,965
Average Attendance 44,453

Notes

  • a "Points" refers to carry-over points accrued following the sanction. For example, 154.69 points draw a one-match suspension, with 54.69 carry-over points (for every 100 points, a one-match suspension is given).
  • s Denotes amount of seasons on the Essendon list only.

References

  1. ↑ "Bombers recruit Rayner". essendonfc.com.au. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

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