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During 2015, the Association presented a Discussion Paper to the club regarding the development of a past player welfare and assistance program, seeking their assistance in utilizing club facilities to help in developing this program. [2] It has won 16 VFL/AFL premierships, which, along with Carlton, is the most of any club in the competition. Essendon revealed the logo will be worn throughout their 2022 campaign and will be used on . Then the music stopped. 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. 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. It has developed to be a strong community-based football club, with a family orientated approach. Nevertheless, they still managed to battle their way to a 6th successive grand final with wins over Footscray by 8 points in the first semi final and Collingwood by 2 points in the preliminary final. A separate role of AFL Chairman was created in 1993 (see below). [6], Robert McCracken (18131885),[7][8] 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. Joe Aston Columnist Oct 4, 2022 - 6.33pm Share The appointment of former National Australia Bank boss Andrew Thorburn as the CEO of Essendon Football Club landed like a turd in the punch bowl. [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. Rutten effectively shared co-coaching duties with Worsfold during the 2020 season. However, in the current season Frankston Pines is in average home form while Essendon United are performing very good away from home. FUCK ME NOW. The defeat to the Bulldogs was the only defeat for Essendon throughout the entire calendar year (Essendon also won the 2000 pre-season competition).[47]. The AFL is pleased to announce a new 10-year partnership with Fanatics, which will see the global leader in licensed sports merchandise become an official partner of the AFL and AFLW. In a milestone step for our AFLW program, the club completed its inaugural list last night at the NAB AFLW Draft, with seven new Bombers becoming a part of the Essendon Football Club on .