Essendon Football Club 2014 season President Paul Little Coach Mark Thompson (1st season)Captain(s) Jobe Watson (5th season)Home ground Etihad Stadium Highest home attendance 74,664 vs Richmond (Round 11) Lowest home attendance 30,948 vs Adelaide (Round 14)
The 2014 Essendon Football Club season is the club's 116th season in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Squad [ ]
Senior list
Rookie List
Coaching staff
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Legend:
(c) Captain(s)
(vc) Vice captain(s)
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
Kurt Aylett Shaun Edwards
Greater Western Sydney
Draft Pick #48
Paul Chapman
Geelong
Draft Pick #84
Out
Drafts [ ]
Main article: 2013 AFL Draft
National Draft
Pre-Season Draft
Round
Pick
Name
From
League
No Picks
Rookie Draft
Delisted [ ]
Seasons[s]
Player
13
David Hille
6
Nathan Lovett-Murray
7
Alwyn Davey
3
2
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.
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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
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
D
PF
PA
PP
Pts
1
Sydney
22
17
5
0
2126
1488
142.9
68
Finals series
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
117.0
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
89.7
30
14
Western Bulldogs
22
7
15
0
1784
2177
81.9
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
Source:[citation needed ] Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.(P) Premiers
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
Tribunal cases [ ]
Season Statistics [ ]
Home attendance [ ]
Opponent
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 [ ]
External links [ ]
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Trades
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Pre-season draft
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Debuts
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