2012 Essendon Football Club season
2012 season | |||
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President | David 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 attendance | 80,900 vs. Richmond (Round 8) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 33,118 vs. Port Adelaide (Round 2) | ||
Average home attendance | 47,607 | ||
Club membership | 47,708 ( 2,567 / -5.38%) | ||
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The 2012 Essendon Football Club season is the club's 114th season in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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
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Trades
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Drafts
National Draft
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Delisted
Seasons[s] | Player |
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4 | Darcy Daniher |
4 | Jay Neagle |
2 | Mark Williams |
3 | Michael Quinn |
3 | Tyson Slattery |
2 | Taite Silverlock |
1 | James Webster |
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Guernsey
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Round 7
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Round 8
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Round 9
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Round 10
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Round 11
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Round 12
Bye
Round 13
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Round 14
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Round 15
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Round 16
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Round 17
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Round 18
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Round 19
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Round 20
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Round 21
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Round 22
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Round 23
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Ladder
Pos | Team
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1 | Hawthorn | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2679 | 1733 | 154.6 | 68 | Finals series |
2 | Adelaide | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2428 | 1833 | 132.5 | 68 | |
3 | Sydney (P) | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2290 | 1629 | 140.6 | 64 | |
4 | Collingwood | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2123 | 1823 | 116.5 | 64 | |
5 | West Coast | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2244 | 1807 | 124.2 | 60 | |
6 | Geelong | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2209 | 1886 | 117.1 | 60 | |
7 | Fremantle | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1956 | 1691 | 115.7 | 56 | |
8 | North Melbourne | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2359 | 2097 | 112.5 | 56 | |
9 | St Kilda | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2347 | 1903 | 123.3 | 48 | |
10 | Carlton | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2079 | 1925 | 108.0 | 44 | |
11 | Essendon | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2091 | 2090 | 100.0 | 44 | |
12 | Richmond | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2169 | 1943 | 111.6 | 42 | |
13 | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1904 | 2092 | 91.0 | 40 | |
14 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1691 | 2144 | 78.9 | 22 | |
15 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1542 | 2301 | 67.0 | 20 | |
16 | Melbourne | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1580 | 2341 | 67.5 | 16 | |
17 | Gold Coast | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1509 | 2481 | 60.8 | 12 | |
18 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1270 | 2751 | 46.2 | 8 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Ladder progress
Tribunal cases
Player | Round | Charge category (Level) | Verdict | Points[a] | Result | Victim | Club | Ref(s) |
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Sam Lonergan | 2 | Rough Conduct (2) | Guilty (Early Plea) | 185.63 | 1 Week | Travis Boak | Port Adelaide | [9] |
Leroy Jetta | 8 | Striking (2) | Guilty (Appeal Denied) | 137.50 | 1 Week | Dylan Grimes | Richmond | [10] |
David Zaharakis | 9 | Striking (2) | Guilty (Early Plea) | 93.75 | Reprimand | Tomas Bugg | Greater Western Sydney | [11] |
Jake Carlisle | 9 | Wrestling | Guilty (Early Plea) | 0 | $900 | Jeremy Cameron | Greater Western Sydney | [11] |
Alwyn Davey | 9 | Wrestling | Guilty (Early Plea) | 0 | $900 | Taylor Adams | Greater Western Sydney | [11] |
Paddy Ryder | 10 | Tripping (1) | Guilty (Early Plea) | 66 | Reprimand | Daniel Nicholson | Melbourne | [12] |
Alwyn Davey | 11 | Rough Conduct (3) | Guilty (Early Plea) | 243.75 | 2 Weeks | Dan Hannebery | Sydney | [13] |
Stewart Crameri | 14 | Rough Conduct (3) | Guilty (Early Plea) | 243.75 | 2 Weeks | Dylan Addison | Western Bulldogs | [14] |
Heath Hocking | 15 | Rough Conduct (2) | Guilty (Early Plea) | 297.19 | 2 Weeks | Lenny Hayes | St Kilda | [15] |
Jake Carlisle | 16 | Rough Conduct (1) | Guilty (Early Plea) | 93.75 | Reprimand | Paul Stewart | Port Adelaide | [16] |
Season statistics
Home attendance
Round | Opponent | Attendance |
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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 Attendance | 523,680 | |
Average Attendance | 47,607 |
Awards
2012 Brownlow Medal
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Season Financials
EFC Annual Report 2012
Item | $2012 | $2011 | Change |
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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
- 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
- ^ Travis King (12 January 2016). "Guilty: court bans the Essendon 34 for 2016". Australian Football League. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "Essendon unveil heritage guernsey". BigPond. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ Lowther, Andrew (3 March 2012). "Dons, Saints game cancelled". Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ "2012 NAB Cup ladder". Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ "AFL awards St Kilda the four points". Essendon Football Club. 3 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ "2012, Match Review – Round 1, Saturday March 24, Thursday-Friday-Saturday-Sunday, March 29-30-31, April 1". Footystats. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ Green, Warwick; McFarlane, Glenn (20 April 2012). "MCG reaches 2500-game milestone". Herald Sun. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ "Swan dines out in Anzac classic". AFL.com.au. BigPond. 25 April 2012. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ^ "Full MRP". AFL.com.au. BigPond. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ "Full MRP". AFL.com.au. BigPond. 21 May 2012. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ a b c "MRP full statement". AFL.com.au. BigPond. 28 May 2012. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ^ "MRP full statement". AFL.com.au. BigPond. 4 June 2012. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ "MRP full report". AFL.com.au. BigPond. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.[dead link]
- ^ "MRP report: round 14". AFL.com.au. BigPond. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.[dead link]
- ^ "Full MRP report". AFL.com.au. BigPond. 9 July 2012. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ^ "Full MRP report". AFL.com.au. BigPond. 16 July 2012. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ^ a b Twomey, Callum (4 October 2012). "Watson wins 2012 Crichton Medal". essendonfc.com.au. BigPond. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ "Video: Essendon Goal of the Year". essendonfc.com.au. BigPond. 14 October 2012. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ "Video: Essendon Mark of the Year". essendonfc.com.au. BigPond. 13 October 2012. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
External links
- Official website of the Essendon Football Club
- Official website of the Australian Football League Archived 22 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- 2012 Season scores and results at AFL Tables
- 2012 Essendon player statistics at AFL Tables