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
← 2013	2015 →

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

John Worsfold

Assistant coaches

Mark Harvey (assistant coach)
Guy McKenna (assistant coach)
Hayden Skipworth (assistant coach)
Matthew Egan (head of development/VFL coach)
Paul Corrigan (development coach)
Mark Corrigan (development coach)
Dan Jordan (development coach)
Mark Neeld (general performance manager)

Legend:

(c) Captain
(vc) Vice captain
Long-term injury list
8px Upgraded rookie(s)
(vet) Veterans list
* Suspended for 2016^[1]

Updated: 27 November 2015
Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff, NAB Challenge Squad

Trades

In

Player	Traded From	Traded For
Kurt Aylett Shaun Edwards	Greater Western Sydney	Draft Pick #48
Paul Chapman	Geelong	Draft Pick #84

Out

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

Drafts

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^[2]

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


Dustin Fletcher plays game 379 breaking Essendon's Most Games Played club record previously held by Simon Madden since 1992.


	Brownlow Votes
3 TBA 2 TBA 1 TBA


	Game Milestone
Debut Martin Gleeson Debut Patrick Ambrose Debut Zach Merrett Club Debut Paul Chapman 150 Games Ryder 50 Games Jake Carlisle

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

0

2045

1750

116.9

44

10

Adelaide

22

11

0

2175

1907

114.1

44

11

Collingwood

22

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	B	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A
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

↑ http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-01-12/where-are-they-now
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External links

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