In the grand final, Essendon were pitted against Carlton and in a match that was a total travesty as a contest they overwhelmed the Blues to the tune of 73 points, 18.17 (125) to 6.16 (52). The club re-established its reserves team in 2013, seeking greater developmental autonomy. The club's mascot is named "Skeeta Reynolds". The 70s Essendon sides were involved in many rough and tough encounters under Tuddenham, who himself came to loggerheads with Ron Barassi at a quarter time huddle where both coaches exchanged heated words. Whittington suggested. 12. Other players to have extended stints at another club: Paul Roos (87 games), Jason Akermanis (77 games) & Barry Davis (71 games)> Goddard should hopefully join that list with another few seasons at Essendon. In 1882 the club moved home games to the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, (since gone) after an application to play on the Essendon Cricket Ground (later known as Windy Hill) was voted down by then Lord Mayor James Taylor on the basis that City of Essendon the mayor considered the Essendon Cricket Ground "to be suitable only for the gentleman's game of cricket",[21], The club became known by the nickname "the Same Old Essendon", from the title and hook of the principal song performed by a band of supporters which regularly occupied a section of the grandstand at the club's games. 2020 was a particularly disappointing year for the club. On 12 January 2016 the Court of Arbitration for Sport overruled the AFL anti-doping tribunal's decision, deeming that 34 past and present players of the Essendon Football Club, took the banned substance Thymosin Beta-4. Hawthorn won by a then record 83 points. This was one of Essendon's most famous sides, dubbed the "Mosquito Fleet", due to the number of small, very fast players in the side. 1941 brought Essendon's first grand final appearance since 1923, but the side again lowered its colours to Melbourne. [70] The defeat extended their 15-year finals winning drought, having not won a final since 2004.[71]. [9] The club was one of the inaugural junior members of the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1877,[10] and began competing as a senior club from the 1878 season. Essendon is one of four AFL clubs not to field a team in the AFLW, and were unsuccessful in their bid for a license to join the competition in 2019. Three Essendon players are "Legends" in the Australian Football Hall of Fame: John Coleman, Bill Hutchison and Dick Reynolds. In the five years immediately after the war, Essendon won 3 premierships (1946, 1949, 1950) and were runners up twice (1947, 1948). Joseph Naughton - March 26, 2021. Off the field the club went through troubled times as well. The 2018 season was capped off by the club not offering veteran Brendon Goddard a new contract for 2019. Davis resigned at the end of the 1980 season after missing out on a finals appearance. [3] The Essendon Football Club is thought to have formed in 1872 at a meeting it the home of a well-known brewery family, the McCrackens, whose Ascot Vale property hosted a team of local junior players. Football: Essendon (Victoria) v. 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On 28 September 2010, former captain James Hird was named as Essendon's new coach from 2011 on a four-year deal. From 2007 to 2011, the Essendon clash guernsey was the same design as its home guernsey, but with a substantially wider sash such that the guernsey was predominantly red rather than predominantly black. Bill Hutchison. Matthew Knights replaced Sheedy as coach, and coached the club for three seasons, reaching the finals once – an eighth-place finish in 2009 at the expense of reigning premiers Hawthorn. [53] He led the club back to the finals for a seventh-place finish but in a tense first elimination final against archrivals North Melbourne, the Bombers led by as much as 27 points at half time before a resurgent Kangaroos side came back and won the game by 12 points. An internal review found it to have "established a supplements program that was experimental, inappropriate and inadequately vetted and controlled", and on 27 August 2013, the club was found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute for this reason. Dyson Heppell is the current club captain. 53 talking about this. David Zaharakis – who did not take part in the 2012 program – is the only player on the Bombers’ current list inside the top 30, and only three other players appear on the list: Cale Hooker, Michael Hurley and captain Dyson Heppell. The Bombers failed to make the finals, finishing thirteenth on the AFL ladder with just six wins and a draw from 17 games. From 2000 until 2002, the club's reserves team competed in the new Victorian Football League competition. [35], The club's fortunes dipped alarmingly, and persistently. [61] The club eventually finished on the bottom of the ladder and thus claimed its first wooden spoon since 1933. Where more than one player made his debut in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname. The team went on to win their 16th premiership, defeating Melbourne, thereby completing the most dominant single season in AFL/VFL history. [76] The 'Clash for Cancer' match against Melbourne has become an annual event, repeated in subsequent seasons, though in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016, Hawthorn (twice), the Sydney Swans and Brisbane Lions were the opponents in those respective seasons instead of Melbourne. With 'King Richard' still holding court as coach in 1951, albeit now in a non-playing capacity, Essendon seemed on course for a third consecutive flag but a controversial four-week suspension dished out to John Coleman on the eve of the finals effectively put paid to their chances. Wally Buttsworth. Essendon had tough, but talented players with the likes of "Rotten Ronnie" Ron Andrews and experienced players such as Barry Davis, Ken Fletcher, Geoff Blethyn,Neville Fields and West Australian import Graham Moss. The Essendon Football Club adopted the nickname The Bombers in April 1940.[36]. After the 2014 season, Mark Thompson left the club to make way for Hird's return to the senior coaching role. Alex's cousin, Collier McCracken, who had already played with Melbourne, was the team's first captain.[7]. 10. Essendon had tough, but talented players with the likes of "Rotten Ronnie" Ron Andrews and experienced players such as Barry Davis, Ken Fletcher, Geoff Blethyn, Neville Fields and West Australian import Graham Moss. According to Alf Brown, football writer for The Herald: Somewhat more colourful, R.S. With the Tigers having already lost a match to Fitzroy by a substantial margin, the Dons were declared premiers by virtue of their superior percentage, meaning that Essendon again managed to win successive premierships. In 2005, Essendon missed the finals for the first time since 1997; and in 2006, the club suffered its worst season under Sheedy, and its worst for more than 70 years, finishing second-last with only three wins (one of which was against defending premiers Sydney, in which newly appointed captain Matthew Lloyd kicked eight goals)[43] and one draw from twenty-two games. Most of Essendon's members and players were from the North Melbourne area, and sportswriters believed that Essendon would have been taken over by or rebranded as North Melbourne within only a few years of the move. Essendon was less successful after 2001. Reg Burgess. The Coleman factor was just what Essendon needed to enable them to take that vital final step to premiership glory, but even so it was not until the business end of the season that this became clear. [37], Essendon reached the Grand Final in 1983, the first time since 1968. [86], To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the club, as well as 100 years of the VFL/AFL, Essendon announced its "Team of the Century" in 1997. The 1947 Grand Final has to go down in the ledger as 'one of the ones that got away', Essendon losing to Carlton by a single point despite managing 30 scoring shots to 21. This side became known as the "Baby Bombers", as the core of the side was made up of young players early in their careers. The 1949 season heralded the arrival on the VFL scene of John Coleman, arguably the greatest player in Essendon's history, and, in the view of some, the finest player the game has known. In the 1923 season the club topped the ladder with 13 wins from 16 games. The Bombers were a different club when the finals came around, but some of the credit for the improvement was given to the influence of Brian Sampson and Ted Fordham during the finals. This then led to an all in brawl between both sides. However, the club blitzed the opposition in this year, losing only two matches and finishing top of the table. Essendon holds a 37-year lease at the facility,[48] and maintains a lease at Windy Hill to use the venue for home matches for its reserves team in the Victorian Football League, and for a social club and merchandise store on the site. Essendon won its first VFL premiership by winning the 1897 VFL finals series. The Essendon City Council offered the (VFL) team the Essendon Cricket Ground, announcing that it would be prepared to spend over £12,000 on improvements, including a new grandstand, scoreboard and re-fencing of the oval. Despite this, the club had recruited many talented young players in the late 70s who emerged as club greats. In May 1974, a controversial half time all-in-brawl with Richmond at Windy Hill and a 1975 encounter with Carlton were testimony of the era. Three years later, James Hird was jointly awarded the medal with Michael Voss of Brisbane. Melbourne, which defeated Essendon by just 5 points in the preliminary final, later went on to trounce Richmond by 39 points in the grand final. 11. Gary O'Donnell and Rohan Connolly join the zoom Lunchtime Catch Up Panel to discuss the best players for Essendon in the 90's. 8080. The official Facebook page of the Essendon Football Club VFL team. [75] In 2007, the AFL agreed to allow yellow armbands to be incorporated into the left sleeve of the jumper. [68] The Bombers had inconsistent form throughout the 2019 season but qualified for the finals for the second time in three seasons,[69] finishing eighth on the ladder with 12 wins and 10 losses. Headquartered at Windy Hill for much of the 20th century, the club moved to The Hangar in Melbourne Airport in 2013, and currently plays its home games at either Docklands Stadium or the Melbourne Cricket Ground. [33][34], Prominent contributors to Essendon's 1924 Premiership success included back pocket Clyde Donaldson, follower Norm Beckton, half back flanker Roy Laing, follower Charlie May and rover Charlie Hardy. Essendon struggled to make the finals in 4th place, but once there they suddenly ignited to put in one of the most consistently devastating September performances in VFL history. Essendon's first recorded jumpers were navy blue (The Footballers, edited by Thomas Power, 1875) although the club wore 'red and black caps and hose'. Ken Fraser. [88], Updated: 6 May 2021Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff. In 1879 Essendon played Melbourne in one of the earliest night matches recorded when the ball was painted white. The club was founded by members of the Royal Agricultural Society, the Melbourne Hunt Club and the Victorian Woolbrokers. [57] Former West Coast Eagles premiership coach John Worsfold was appointed as the new senior coach on a three-year contract. not where players were born, but where they lived from aged 12-17). The club played, and beat, Hawthorn in the 1984 VFL Grand Final to win their 13th premiership—their first since 1965. Finally, the long-awaited premiership was Essendon's after comprehensively outclassing Richmond in the grand final, 19.18 (132) to 11.13 (79). [41] In 1989, they rebounded further to second on the ladder with only five losses and thrashed Geelong in the Qualifying Final. This is the first time a red sash as part of the club jumper and by 1878 there are newspaper reports referring to Essendon players as 'the men in the sash'. A year later Essendon were if anything even more dominant, defeating the North Melbourne Football Club in both the second semi final and the grand final to secure consecutive VFL premierships for the third time. In June 2014, thirty-four players were issued show-cause notices alleging the use of banned peptide Thymosin beta-4 during the program. At the start of 1986, Essendon were considered unbackable for three successive flags, but a succession of injuries to key players Paul Van der Haar (only fifteen games from 1986 to 1988), Tim Watson, Darren Williams, Roger Merrett and Simon Madden led the club to win only eight of its last eighteen games in 1986 and only nine games (plus a draw with Geelong) in 1987. As if to prove that lightning does occasionally strike twice, the second of the 'ones that got away' came just a year later, the Dons finishing with a lamentable 7.27, to tie with Melbourne (who managed 10.9) in the 1948 grand final. Collingwood succumbed first as the Dons powered their way to an 82-point first semi final victory, and a fortnight later it was the turn of the North Melbourne Football Club as Essendon won the preliminary final a good deal more comfortably than the ultimate margin of 17 points suggested. The 1924 season proved to be arguably the strangest year in Essendon's entire history. He was regarded as having a sound tactical knowledge of the game and being an inspirational leader, as he led the side into the finals in 1940 for the first time since 1926, when the side finished 3rd. Hugh Buggy noted in The Argus: "It was the wettest season for twenty-two years and Coleman showed that since the war he was without peer in the art of goal kicking.". [81] The official version of the song was recorded in 1972 by the Fable Singers and is still used today.[82]. If out of the race themselves, all four have the desire to deny the others a finals spot or a premiership. The team won the 1993 Grand Final against Carlton and that same year, Gavin Wanganeen won the Brownlow Medal, the first awarded to an Essendon player since 1976. MORE: Bombed out!Essendon players banned for 2016. Sydney Swans. This was a remarkable result for Coleman who in his second season of coaching pulled off the ultimate prize in Australian football. It is likely that these are three different names for the one ground, given that McCracken's Paddock was a parcel of land that sat within the larger Glass's Paddock which in turn was situated in an area widely known at the time as Flemington Hill. The club's apparel has also been produced by Reebok, Fila, Puma, Adidas and ISC. As so often is the case after a flag, the following two years were below standard. Former Richmond player Kevin Sheedy started as head coach in 1981. John Coleman also did well, registering 6 majors. [citation needed]. [72], Before the 2016 season, Essendon's changed their clash guernsey to a predominantly red one, featuring a red sash in black. Dick Reynolds. Essendon made their final financial settlement related to the supplements saga in September 2017, just before finals started. The club started strongly in 2012, sitting fourth with a 10–3 record at the halfway mark of the season; but the club won only one more match for the season, finishing eleventh to miss the finals. 6. Open or Close menu. In 2007, the AFL Commission laid down the requirement that all clubs must produce an alternative jumper for use in matches where jumpers are considered to clash. Among its penalties, the club was fined A$2 million, stripped of early draft picks in the following two drafts, and forfeited its place in the 2013 finals series (having originally finished seventh on the ladder); Hird was suspended from coaching for twelve months. Jack Clarke. Similar to the grey jumper, the names of Essendon premiership players were also printed outside the sash. [72], From 2012 to 2016, Essendon's clash guernsey was predominantly grey, with a red sash fimbriated in black; the grey field contained, in small print, the names of all Essendon premiership players. In December 2017, Essendon entered e-sports by acquiring Australian League of Legends team Abyss ESports. The Essendon reserves team first competed in the Victorian Football League's reserves competition when the competition was established in 1919. By. Rover Bill Hutchinson, and defenders Wally Buttsworth, Cec Ruddell and Harold Lambert among the best players. Dates: Captain(s) Notes: 1897–1900 George Stuckey: 1897 Premiership Captain 1901–02 Tod Collins: 1901 Premiership Captain 1903 Jim Anderson: 1904 Jim Anderson Hugh Gavin: 1905 In 1883 the team played four matches in eight days in Adelaide:[12] losing to Norwood (on 23 June),[13] and defeating Port Adelaide (on 16 June),[14] a combined South Australian team (on 18 June),[15] and South Adelaide (on 20 June). Essendon: Midfield 41: McBride, Cian: 0: 19yr 10mth: 19 Apr 2001: 197cm: 90kg: Ireland: Defender 36: Johnson, Lachlan: 0: 19yr 7mth: 7 Aug 2001: 176cm: 75kg: Oakleigh Chargers: Midfield Forward 24: Bryan, Nick: 0: 19yr 4mth: 22 Oct 2001: 202cm: 87kg: Oakleigh Chargers: Ruck Attendances at games also declined dramatically, whilst some clubs had to move from their normal grounds due to them being used for military purposes. Tom Fitzmaurice. The club remained competitive; however, they could progress no further than the second week of the finals each year for the years of 2002, 2003, and 2004. However, it was to take another three years, and a change of coach, before the team's obvious potential was translated into tangible success. After the 1921 season, the East Melbourne Cricket Ground was closed and demolished to expand the Flinders Street Railyard. The 2017 season was also capped off by the retirement of much-loved club legend and ex-captain Jobe Watson, midfielder Brent Stanton, and ex-Geelong star James Kelly, who later took up a development coach role at the club. 14. Club Logo. [30] With its preferred option off the table, the club returned to Essendon, and the Essendon VFA club disbanded, with most of its players moving to North Melbourne. However, the mid-season revival was short-lived, with a loss to reigning premiers Richmond by eight points in round 22 ending any hopes they had of reaching the finals. The other current players affected are Michael Hurley, Cale Hooker, Michael Hibberd, Brent Stanton, Travis Colyer, David Myers, Tom Bellchambers, Heath Hocking, Ben Howlett and Tayte Pears. Midfielder Heath Hocking, who played 126 games for the club, was delisted. 15. [49], During 2013, the club was investigated by the AFL and the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) over its 2012 player supplements and sports science program, most specifically over allegations into illegal use of peptide supplements. 9. Three of those young players were Simon Madden, Tim Watson and Paul Van Der Haar. Simon Madden. View it here. Following the 1991 season, Essendon moved its home games from its traditional home ground at Windy Hill to the larger and newly renovated MCG. [62] They also improved vastly on their 2016 performance, finishing 7th in the home and away season and becoming the first team since West Coast in 2011 to go from wooden spooner to a finals appearance, but ultimately losing their only final to Sydney.[63]. Essendon, having previously defeated both Fitzroy (by 40 points) and South Melbourne (by 33 points), clinched the premiership by means of a 20-point loss to Richmond. As a result, Essendon contested the 2016 season with twelve[60] of its regular senior players under suspension. Essendon did not participate in the 1916 and 1917 VFL seasons due to the First World War (indicated in grey), Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, Round 16, 2001 comeback vs. North Melbourne, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Essendon_Football_Club_captains&oldid=1012893854, Lists of Australian Football League captains, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Goddard led the club in the absence of regular captain Watson, who was suspended for the entire 2016 season due to his involvement in the club's, This page was last edited on 18 March 2021, at 22:28. Jeff Gamble came up with the line 'See the bombers fly up, up' while Kevin Andrews contributed all or most of the rest. In any case, there could be no such reservations about Essendon's next premiership, which came just four years later. [citation needed] Blake Caracella, Chris Heffernan, Justin Blumfield, Gary Moorcroft and Damien Hardwick had all departed by the end of 2002; in 2004, Mark Mercuri, Sean Wellman and Joe Misiti retired. The top-ups, signed on temporary one-year contracts, are: former Docker Crowley, former Hawks Simpkin and Grimley, former Cats Kelly and Stokes, former Tiger Dea, former Dee Jamar, former Lions Polkinghorne and Michael, and former Roo Nathan Grima. [16], In 1891 Essendon won their first VFA premiership, which they repeated in 1892, 1893 and 1894. AFL list whispers: Bombers set to pounce on four-goal forward; Eagles snub train-on players Waterman slotted four goals for Essendon and is set to win a spot on the list. 29 January 1937 - Happy birthday Bomber Legend John Birt. Amongst Essendon's best players were half forward flanker George "Tich" Shorten, centre half forward Justin McCarthy, centre half back Tom Fitzmaurice, rover Frank Maher and wingman Jack Garden. During the period from 1968 until 1980, five different coaches were tried, with none lasting longer than four years. Essendon won the inaugural VFL premiership in 1897. The peak of these incidents occurred in 1980 with new recruit Phil Carman making headlines for head-butting an umpire. In 1988, Essendon made a rebound to sixth place with twelve wins, including a 140-point thrashing of Brisbane where they had a record sixteen individual goalkickers. Sheedy signed a new three-year contract at the end of 2004. In his first season, Essendon finished eighth. 0. The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is a professional Australian rules football club based in the northern Melbourne suburb of Melbourne Airport that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. [17][18], At the end of the 1896 season Essendon along with seven other clubs formed the Victorian Football League. Rutten effectively shared co-coaching duties with Worsfold during the 2020 season. On 2 December 2019, it was announced that the Bombers' OPL slot had been sold to Perth-based internet provider Pentanet marking Essendons exit from the e-sports arena. The song is based on the tune of Johnnie Hamp's 1929 song "(Keep Your) Sunny Side Up" at an increased tempo. [91] This made them the second AFL team to acquire an e-sports division after Adelaide acquired Legacy ESports in May. In 2000, Essendon won 20 consecutive matches before they lost to the Western Bulldogs in round 21. Coleman's time as coach turned out to be much like his playing career: highly successful but cut short when he had to stand down due to health problems in 1967. [85], The club's apparel is currently produced by Under Armour. From 2000 until 2002, the club's reserves team competed in the new Victorian Football League competition. Complete list of 33 Tasmanian AFL listed footballers AFL (using SoO rules - i.e. This rivalry was made even more heated when Matthew Lloyd knocked out Brad Sewell with a bump. The 1933 season, was probably the start of the Essendon revival, seeing the debut of the player regarded as one of Essendon's greatest players Dick Reynolds. [90], Sources: Club historical data and VFLW stats. Regardless of the accuracy of these allegations, the club's image was tarnished, and the side experienced its lowest period during the decade that followed, with poor results on the field and decreased support off it. a Essendon refused to play the Grand Final in Geelong, so the premiership was awarded to Geelong. The club won successive premierships in 1911 and 1912 over Collingwood and South Melbourne respectively. Even that was bittersweet as he quit VFL football to move back to his native Western Australia, where Moss finished out his career as a player and coach at Claremont Football Club. Lindsay Tanner has served as chairman of the board since late 2015. [4], Robert McCracken (1813–1885),[5][6] the owner of several city hotels, was the founder and first president of the Essendon Football club and his son, Alex McCracken, its first secretary. [citation needed]. The recruitment of Jake Stringer, Adam Saad and Devon Smith from the Western Bulldogs, Gold Coast Suns and Greater Western Sydney Giants respectively was expected to throw Essendon firmly into premiership contention. Tim Watson. Sheedy's contract was not renewed after 2007, ending his 27-year tenure as Essendon coach. 10878. Cian McBride. Former Geelong dual premiership winning coach and Essendon triple-premiership winning player Mark Thompson later joined Hird on the coaching panel. 3. Matches between the clubs are often close regardless of form and ladder positions. Bill Busbridge. Expectations were high for the 2018 season, with the club having an outstanding offseason. 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