2014 Essendon Football Club season

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Essendon Football Club
2014 season
President Paul Little
Coach Mark Thompson
(1st season)
Captain(s) Jobe Watson
(5th season)
Home ground Docklands Stadium
Highest home attendance74,664 vs Richmond (Round 11)
Lowest home attendance30,948 vs Adelaide (Round 14)
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The 2014 Essendon Football Club season is the club's 116th season in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Contents

Squad

Essendon Football Club
Senior listRookie ListCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • Cruz Roja.svg Long-term injury list
  • Arrow-up.png Upgraded rookie(s)
  • (vet) Veterans list

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

Trades

Drafts

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		Goals4 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)InjuriesNil
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		Goals2 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		Goals2 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 InjuriesNil
NilReportsNil

Ladder

2014 AFL ladder
PosTeam
PldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Sydney 22175021261488142.968 Finals series
2 Hawthorn (P)22175024581746140.868
3 Geelong 22175020331787113.868
4 Fremantle 22166020291556130.464
5 Port Adelaide 22148021801678129.956
6 North Melbourne 22148020261731117.056
7 Essendon 22129118281719106.350
8 Richmond 221210018871784105.848
9 West Coast 221111020451750116.944
10 Adelaide 221111021751907114.144
11 Collingwood 22111101766187694.144
12 Gold Coast 22101201917204593.740
13 Carlton 2271411891210789.730
14 Western Bulldogs 2271501784217781.928
15 Brisbane Lions 2271501532221269.328
16 Greater Western Sydney 2261601780232076.724
17 Melbourne 2241801336195468.416
18 St Kilda 2241801480243660.816
Source: AFL Tables
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Ladder progress

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223
GroundAHHAHAHAHBHAHHAAHAAAHHA
ResultWLWLLLWWLBWWLWLWWWLLWWD
Position3747101210911111099910107778777
Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Tribunal cases

PlayerRoundCharge category (Level)VerdictPoints [a] ResultVictimClubRef(s)
None

Season Statistics

Home attendance

RoundOpponentAttendance
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 Attendance977,965
Average Attendance44,453

Notes

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References

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