2012 Essendon Football Club season

Essendon Football Club
2012 season
PresidentDavid Evans
CoachJames Hird
(2nd season)
Captain(s)Jobe Watson
(3rd season)
Home groundEtihad Stadium
AFL season11th
Best and FairestJobe Watson
Leading goalkickerStewart 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
( 2,567 / -5.38%)

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

Essendon Football Club
Senior list Rookie List Coaching 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

Main article: 2011 AFL Trades

Drafts

Main article: 2011 AFL Draft

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
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
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
Source:
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

Player Round Charge category (Level) Verdict Points[a] Result Victim Club Ref(s)
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
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

Season Financials

EFC Annual Report 2012

Item $2012 $2011 Change
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.

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