2012 Essendon Football Club season

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Essendon Football Club
2012 season
PresidentDavid Evans
Coach James Hird
(2nd season)
Captain(s) Jobe Watson
(3rd season)
Home ground Etihad Stadium
AFL season 11th
Best and Fairest Jobe Watson
Leading goalkicker Stewart Crameri (32)
Highest home attendance80,900 vs. Richmond (Round 8)
Lowest home attendance33,118 vs. Port Adelaide (Round 2)
Average home attendance47,607
Club membership47,708
(Decrease2.svg 2,567 / -5.38%)
  2011
2013  

The 2012 Essendon Football Club season is the club's 114th season in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Contents

After a promising start to the season Essendon found themselves second on the ladder with a record of 8 wins and 1 loss (which was by a single point). The season then took an unexpected turn which saw Essendon lose 10 out of the last 13 games and miss the finals. They became the first club to have an 8–1 record and miss finals since Melbourne in the 1971 season.

Prior to the final round vice-captain Mark McVeigh announced his retirement from football after 14 season and 232 games at the club. After the Home and Away season completed Essendon captain Jobe Watson was awarded the Brownlow Medal. The highest individual accolade in the AFL. This was later handed back following the drug scandal.

The season became notorious for the illegal supplements program that was operated by the club prior to and into the 2012 season. After a three-year investigation, thirty-four players on the 2012 squad were suspected to have been administered the banned peptide Thymosin beta-4 and were suspended for the 2016 season. [1]

Squad

Essendon Football Club
Senior listRookie ListCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • (vet) Veterans list

Updated: 20 October 2012
Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

Trades

Drafts

Delisted

Seasons [s] Player
4 Darcy Daniher
4 Jay Neagle
2 Mark Williams
3 Michael Quinn
3 Tyson Slattery
2 Taite Silverlock
1 James Webster
= Retired

Guernsey

Heritage Guernsey

On 2 July Essendon unveiled their Heritage Guernsey. It feature all the names of past premiership players in the background along with the name and signature of club legend John Colman on the breast. Under the signature include the traditional Essendon Football Club motto 'suaviter in modo, fortiter in re' which dates back to the 1870s and translates as 'gentle in manner, resolute in deed.' [2] The most notable change to the guernsey was the removal of the black background to comply with AFL rules requiring each club to provide a clash guernsey. The new Heritage guernsey made its debut during the Round 15 game between St Kilda and Essendon. This marked the end of a 114-year-long tradition as the first time the Essendon Football Club would play an AFL/VFL game without wearing its famous black and red stripe guernsey.

Results

Pre-season (NAB Cup)

Round 1

The three teams in each pool play each other in games of two 20-minute halves, with all three games being played over a three-hour period at the one venue.
Round 1
Sunday, 18 February 4:45 pm West Coast 0.9.3 (57)def. Essendon 0.5.6 (36) Patersons Stadium (crowd: 27,581) Report
Sunday, 18 February 5:50 pm Fremantle 1.7.5 (56)def. Essendon 0.3.2 (20) Patersons Stadium (crowd: 27,534) Report

Round 2

Round 2
Saturday, 3 March 7:00 pm (cancelled) Essendon def. by St Kilda Wangaratta Showgrounds

The match between Essendon and St Kilda was cancelled, because heavy rain prevented flights chartered by the Essendon Football Club from landing in Wangaratta. [3] Initially the match was reflected as a draw with no score on the NAB Cup Ladder, [4] but later St Kilda was awarded the four points. [5]

Round 3

Round 3
Friday, 9 March 6:10 pm Essendon 1.14.12 (105)def. Sydney 1.14.10 (103) Etihad Stadium (crowd: 12,000) Report

Round 4 - NAB Challenge Round

Round 4
Saturday, 17 March 3:30 pm Essendon 16.16 (112)def. Brisbane Lions 8.8 (56) Visy Park (crowd: 3,500) Report

This game was played under regular season rules.

Home and Away season

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Bye

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

Ladder

2012 AFL ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Hawthorn 22175026791733154.668 Finals series
2 Adelaide 22175024281833132.568
3 Sydney (P)22166022901629140.664
4 Collingwood 22166021231823116.564
5 West Coast 22157022441807124.260
6 Geelong 22157022091886117.160
7 Fremantle 22148019561691115.756
8 North Melbourne 22148023592097112.556
9 St Kilda 221210023471903123.348
10 Carlton 221111020791925108.044
11 Essendon 221111020912090100.044
12 Richmond 221011121691943111.642
13 Brisbane Lions 22101201904209291.040
14 Port Adelaide 2251611691214478.922
15 Western Bulldogs 2251701542230167.020
16 Melbourne 2241801580234167.516
17 Gold Coast 2231901509248160.812
18 Greater Western Sydney 2222001270275146.28
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Ladder progress

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223
GroundAHAAAHHHAHHBAHAAAHAHHAH
ResultWWWWLWWWWLLWWLWLLLLLLL
Position95435423224634666788101111
Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Tribunal cases

PlayerRoundCharge category (Level)VerdictPoints [a] ResultVictimClubRef(s)
Sam Lonergan 2Rough Conduct (2)Guilty (Early Plea)185.631 Week Travis Boak Port Adelaide [9]
Leroy Jetta 8Striking (2)Guilty (Appeal Denied)137.501 Week Dylan Grimes Richmond [10]
David Zaharakis 9Striking (2)Guilty (Early Plea)93.75Reprimand Tomas Bugg Greater Western Sydney [11]
Jake Carlisle 9WrestlingGuilty (Early Plea)0$900 Jeremy Cameron Greater Western Sydney [11]
Alwyn Davey 9WrestlingGuilty (Early Plea)0$900 Taylor Adams Greater Western Sydney [11]
Paddy Ryder 10Tripping (1)Guilty (Early Plea)66Reprimand Daniel Nicholson Melbourne [12]
Alwyn Davey 11Rough Conduct (3)Guilty (Early Plea)243.752 Weeks Dan Hannebery Sydney [13]
Stewart Crameri 14Rough Conduct (3)Guilty (Early Plea)243.752 Weeks Dylan Addison Western Bulldogs [14]
Heath Hocking 15Rough Conduct (2)Guilty (Early Plea)297.192 Weeks Lenny Hayes St Kilda [15]
Jake Carlisle 16Rough Conduct (1)Guilty (Early Plea)93.75Reprimand Paul Stewart Port Adelaide [16]

Season statistics

Home attendance

RoundOpponentAttendance
2 Port Adelaide 33,118
6 Brisbane Lions 36,361
7 West Coast 43,260
8 Richmond 80,900
10 Melbourne 42,987
11 Sydney 42,785
14 Western Bulldogs 40,824
18 Hawthorn 44,899
20 North Melbourne 42,674
21 Carlton 59,381
23 Collingwood 56,491
Total Attendance523,680
Average Attendance47,607

Awards

Season Financials

EFC Annual Report 2012

Item$2012$2011Change
Revenue$65,431,425$51,416,731$14,014,694
Membership & Reserved Seating$9,367,066$10,363,690$996,624
Gate Receipts$726,504$963,101$236,597
Marketing Revenue$15,902,153$15,532,108$370,045
Merchandise Revenue$3,226,302$2,563,026$663,276
Football Department Spend$19,200,704$18,510,078$690,626
Operating Profit/Loss$401,429$1,024,086$622,657
Total Profit/Loss$12,345,536$2,059,379$10,286,157

Notes

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