Almanac Teams: Arrivals and Departures (Essendon)

This year for football teams I have gone back to a theme. A team of Arrivals and Departures at each club. I hope the teams go down well.

 

The criteria for each side:

• Based each team from players from 1980.
• Have tried to put a player in from each remaining 18 teams including Fitzroy on most occasions.
• Have tried to be as balanced as possible, though the interchange regardless of balance will be next best four players.
• The player is based on from previous club and to immediate next club.
• Stats are based on the club and for arrivals, the immediate club before and for departures, the immediate club after
• The Arrivals team is based on the performance at the club, while Departures are based on the performance at their new club.

 

I’d be interested to hear which team you think is best: Arrivals or Departures

 

If I’ve missed anyone, please advise, and please enjoy.

 

ARRIVALS

FB:   Adam McPhee (Freo)        Anthony Daniher (Syd)       Sean Wellman (Ess)

 

CHB:    Brendon Goddard (C) (St.K)    Alan Stoneham (Foots)      Will Snelling (PA)

 

C:      Mark Fraser (Coll)        Dylan Shiel (GWS)         Bryan Wood (VC) (Rich)

 

CHF:    Damian Cupido (Bris)        Paul Barnard (Haw)      Derek Kickett (NM)

 

FF:      Tony Elshaug (Melb)      Peter Wright (GCS)       Jake Stringer (WB)

 

Ruck:     Andrew Phillips (Carl)        Grant Fowler (Fitz)      Sean Denham (Geel)

 

Interchange: Ben Doolan (Syd), Shaun McKernan (Adel), Devon Smith (GWS), Barry Young (Rich)

Sub: James Kelly (Geel)

 

There are no West Coast players selected as the only option was Ilija Grgic who played two games, so I have added two from the Western Bulldogs.

 

Adam McPhee – 23 Games Freo 2001-2002 & 142 Games Ess 2003-2009

Anthony Daniher – 115 Games Syd 1981-1986 & 118 Games Ess 1987-1994

Sean Wellman – 34 Games Adel 1994-1995 & 178 Games Ess 1996-2004

Brendon Goddard – 205 Games St.K 2003-2012 & 129 Games Ess 2013-2018

Alan Stoneham – 128 Games Foots 1972-1979 & 72 Games Ess 1980-1983

Will Snelling – 1 Game Port 2016 & 64 Games Ess 2019-2023

Mark Fraser – 45 Games Coll 1992-1994 & 65 Games Ess 1995-2000

Dylan Shiel – 135 Games GWS 2012-2018 & 76 Games Ess 2019-

Bryan Wood – 209 Games Rich 1972-1982 & 44 Games Ess 1983-1986

Damian Cupido – 13 Games Bris 2000-2001 & 40 Games Ess 2003-2005

Paul Barnard – 11 Games Haw 1994-1995 & 140 Games Ess 1996-2003

Derek Kickett – 12 Games NM 1989 & 77 Games Ess 1990-1993

Tony Elshaug – 66 Games Melb 1979-1983 & 65 Games Ess 1984-1987

Peter Wright – 66 Games GCS 2015-2019 & 55 Games Ess 2021-

Jake Stringer – 84 Games WB 2013-2017 & 102 Games Ess 2018-

Andrew Phillips – 27 Games Carl 2016-2019 & 41 Games Ess 2020-

Grant Fowler – 35 Games Fitz 1976-1979 & 63 Games Ess 1980-1983

Sean Denham – 44 Games Geel 1987-1991 & 142 Games Ess 1992-2000

Ben Doolan – 25 Games Syd 1991-1992 & 76 Games Ess 1994-1999

Shaun McKernan – 34 Games Adel 2009-2014 & 53 Games Ess 2015-2020

Devon Smith – 109 Games GWS 2012-2017 & 73 Games Ess 2018-2022

Barry Young – 53 Games Rich 1989-1993 & 76 Games Ess 1994-1999

James Kelly – 273 Games Geel 2002-2015 & 40 Games Ess 2016-2017

 

Others

 

Hayden Skipworth (44 Games Adel 2001-2006 & 11 Games Ess 2009)

 

Tom Cutler (66 Games Bris 2014-2019 & 30 Games Ess 2020-2022), Josh Green (81 Games Bris 2011-2016 & 24 Games Ess 2017-2018), Matthew Leunberger (108 Games Bris 2007-2015 & 29 Games Ess 2016-2018), Mal Michael (140 Games Bris 2001-2006 & 37 Games Ess 2007-2008), Sam Michael (3 Games Bris 2013 & 2 Games Ess 2016), James Polkinghorne (94 Games Bris 2008-2014 & 7 Games Ess 2016)

 

Matthew Allan (140 Games Carl 1994-2003 & 21 Games Carl 2004-2005), Scott Camporeale (233 Games Carl 1995-2005 & 19 Games Ess 2016-2017), Justin Murphy (36 Games Carl 2002-2003 & 40 Games Ess 2004-2005), Will Setterfield (55 Games Carl 2019-2022 & 12 Games Ess 2023- )

 

Richard Cole (56 Games Coll 2002-2005 & 7 Games Ess 2006-2007), Mark Hannebery (61 Games Coll 1979-1983 & 1 Game Ess 1984), Rene Kink (154 Games Coll 1973-1983 & 20 Games Ess 1983-1985), Ian McMullin (21 Games Coll 1984-1987 & 24 Games Ess 1990-1992), Geoff Raines (47 Games Coll 1983-1986 & 14 Games Ess 1986), Mike Richardson (60 Games Coll 1983-1985 & 15 Games Ess 1986) , David Robertson (17 Games Coll 1988-1989 & 3 Games Ess 1991), Bill Valli (17 Games Coll 1979 & 1 Games Ess 1980)

 

Brian Brown (51 Games Fitz 1976-1981 & 2 Games Ess 1982), Andrew Merryweather (1 Game Fitz 1982 & 5 Games Ess 1988)

 

Zac Clarke (101 Games Freo 2009-2016 & 9 Games Ess 2019), Ryan Crowley (188 Games Freo 2005-2014 & 8 Games Ess 2016)

 

John Barnes (144 Games Geel 1992-1989 & 46 Games Ess 2000-2001), Mitch Brown (15 Games Geel 2011-2014 & 55 Games Ess 2016-2019), Paul Chapman (251 Games Geel 2000-2013 & 29 Games Ess 2014-2015), Tim Darcy (176 Games Geel 1982-1994 & 14 Games Ess 1995), Brent Prismall (25 Games Geel 2006-2008 & 36 Games Ess 2009-2011), Matthew Stokes (189 Games Geel 2006-2015 & 11 Games Ess 2016)

 

Adam Saad (48 Games GCS 2015-2017 & 70 Games Ess 2018-2020)

 

Kurt Aylett (1 Game GWS 2012 & 2 Games Ess 2014), Jye Caldwell (11 Games GWS 2019-2020 & 46 Games Ess 2021- ), Shaun Edwards (12 Games GWS 2012-2013 & 12 Games Ess 2015-2016), Jonathon Giles (51 Games GWS 2012-2014 & 3 Games Ess 2015), James Stewart (18 Games GWS 2013-2016 & 60 Games Ess 2017-2022)

 

Sam Grimley (3 Games Haw 2013 & 4 Games Ess 2016), Jonathon Robran (75 Games Haw 1995-1999 & 8 Games Ess 2000-2001), Paul Salmon (100 Games Haw 1996-2000 & 15 Games Ess 2002), Jonathon Simpkin (33 Games Haw 2013-2015 & 4 Games Ess 2016), David Sullivan (1 Game Haw 1986 & 10 Games Ess 1987-1988), Mark Williams (111 Games Haw 2002-2009 & 4 Games Ess 2010)

 

Phil Carman (11 Games Melb 1979 & 10 Games Ess 1980-1981), Cameron Clayton (44 Games Melb 1979-1982 & 17 Games Ess 1983), Chris Heffernan (47 Games Melb 2003-2005 & 26 Games Ess 2006-2007), Mark Jamar (155 Games Melb 2003-2015 & 5 Games Ess 2016), Paul O’Brien (22 Games Melb 1980-1983 & 3 Games Ess 1988), Michael O’Sullivan (53 Games Melb 1982-1986 & 1 Game Ess 1988), Sam Weideman (59 Games Melb 2016-2022 & 16 Games Ess 2023-)

 

Todd Goldstein (315 Games NM 2008-2023 & 5 Games Ess 2024- ), Nathan Grima (86 Games NM 2009-2014 & 2 Games Ess 2016) Mitchell Hibberd (4 Games NM 2017 & 5 Games Ess 2020), Ben McKay (71 Games NM 2017-2023 & 5 Games Ess 2024- ), Roy Ramsay (53 Games NM 1976-1981 & 3 Games Ess 1982)

 

Xavier Duursma (73 Games Port 2019-2023 & 5 Games Ess 2024- )

 

Brendan Bower (92 Games Rich 1986-1991 & 3 Games Ess 1992), Matt Dea (31 Games Rich 2010-2014 & 39 Games Ess 2016-2018), Peter Francis (52 Games Rich 1984-1986 & 19 Games Ess 1987-1988), Ben Haynes (5 Games Rich 2000-2001 & 21 Games Ess 2003-2005), Paul Morrish (4 Games Rich 1986-1989 & 7 Games Ess 1991), Jacob Townsend (20 Games Rich 2016-2019 & 12 Games Ess 2020), Brian Winton (10 Games Rich 1983 & 32 Games Ess 1984-1988), Ty Zantuck (68 Games Rich 2000-2004 & 9 Games Ess 2005)

 

Doug Cox (36 Games St.K 1981-1982 & 3 Games Ess 1984), Darryl Cunningham (34 Games St.K 1983-1986 & 7 Games Ess 1987), Jake Gresham (136 Games St.K 2016-2023 & 5 Games Ess 2024- ), James Gwilt (126 Games St.K 2005-2014 & 26 Games Ess 2015-2016), Nick Hind (21 Games St.K 2019-2020 & 60 Games Ess 2021- ), Dale Kickett (21 Games St.K 1992 & 8 Games Ess 1994), Andrew Manning (31 Games St.K 1985-1988 & 25 Games Ess 1989-1991), Stephen Pirrie (7 Games St.K 1984 & 1 Game Ess 1988)

 

Craig Bird (137 Games Syd 2008-2015 & 20 Games Ess 2016-2017), Neville Fields (60 Games Syd 1978-1981 & 5 Games Ess 1981-1982)

 

Ilija Grgic (23 Games WCE 1997-1998 & 2 Games Ess 1999)

 

Mark Alvey (45 Games WB 1998-2003 & 14 Games Ess 2004-2005), Adam Cooney (219 Games WB 2004-2014 & 31 Games Ess 2015-2016), Wayne Foreman (40 Games Foots 1977-1979 & 26 Games Ess 1980-1981), Ian Morrison (110 Games Foots 1973-1980 & 3 Games Ess 1981)

 

 

 

 

 

DEPARTURES

FB:      Michael Hibberd (Melb)        Ted Richards (Syd)       Roy Ramsay (NM)

 

CHB:     Bachar Houli (Rich)      Jake Carlisle (St.K)        Dale Kickett (Freo)

 

C:     Greg Anderson (Adel)           Merv Neagle (Syd)            Michael Prior (WCE)

 

CHF:    Peter Bradbury (Coll)          Roger Merrett (C) (Bris)      Stewart Crameri (WB)

 

FF:       John Barnes (Geel)     Paul Salmon (Haw)        Che Cockatoo-Collins (PA)

 

Ruck:      Justin Madden (Carl)       David Johnston (Fitz)       Gavin Wanganeen (VC) (PA)

 

Interchange:  Damien Hardwick (PA), Glenn Manton (Carl), Mike Richardson (Bris), Paddy Ryder (PA)

 

Sub: Adam Saad (Carl)

 

There are no GWS players and only Gold Coast’s only player was Jacob Townsend with two games. There are two Sydney and Port Adelaide players in the starting 18.

 

Essendon have had some good rucks depart over the years in John Barnes and All Australians Paul Salmon, Justin Madden, and Paddy Ryder.

 

Michael Hibberd – 84 Games Ess 2011-2015 & 113 Games Melb 2017-2023

Ted Richards – 33 Games Ess 2002-2005 & 228 Games Syd 2006-2016

Roy Ramsay – 3 Games Ess 1982 & 70 Games NM 1983-1986

Bachar Houli – 26 Games Ess 2007-2010 & 206 Games Rich 2011-2021

Jake Carlisle – 85 Games Ess 2010-2015 & 66 Games St.K 2017-2021

Dale Kickett – 8 Games Ess 1994 & 135 Games Freo 1995-2002

Greg Anderson – 103 Games Ess 1988-1992 & 59 Games Adel 1993-1996

Merv Neagle – 147 Games Ess 1977-1985 & 56 Games Syd 1986-1990

Michael Prior – 81 Games Ess 1994-2000 & 9 Games WCE 2001-2002

Peter Bradbury – 49 Games Ess 1983-1986 & 23 Games Coll 1986-1987

Roger Merrett – 149 Games Ess 1978-1987 & 164 Games Bris 1988-1996

Stewart Crameri – 57 Games Ess 2010-2013 & 42 Games WB 2014-2017

John Barnes – 12 Games Ess 1987-1990 & 144 Games Geel 1992-1999

Paul Salmon – 209 Games Ess 1983-1995 & 100 Games Haw 1996-2000

Che Cockatoo-Collins – 85 Games Ess 1994-1998 & 75 Games Port 1999-2003

Justin Madden – 45 Games Ess 1980-1982 & 287 Games Carl 1983-1996

David Johnston – 41 Games Ess 1987-1992 & 25 Games Fitz 1992-1994

Gavin Wanganeen – 127 Games Ess 1991-1996 & 173 Games Port 1997-2006

Damien Hardwick – 153 Games Ess 1993-2001 & 54 Games Port 2002-2004

Glenn Manton – 21 Games Ess 1992-1994 & 157 Games Carl 1995-2003

Mike Richardson – 15 Games Ess 1986 & 81 Games Bris 1987-1990

Paddy Ryder – 170 Games Ess 2006-2014 & 73 Games Port 2015-2019

Adam Saad – 61 Games Ess 2018-2020 & 70 Games Carl 2021-

 

Others

Peter Banfield (11 Games Ess 1984-1986 & 45 Games Bris 1987-1989), David Calthorpe (92 Games Ess 1992-1998 & 9 Games Bris 1999), Blake Caracella (126 Games Ess 1996-2002 & 34 Games Bris 2003-2004), Joe Daniher (108 Games Ess 2013-2020 & 73 Games Bris 2021- ), Frank Dunell (100 Games Ess 1979-1986 & 15 Games Bris 1987-1988), Gavin Keane (29 Games Ess 1987-1988 & 7 Games Bris 1990), Conor McKenna (79 Games Ess 2015-2020 & 28 Games Bris 2023- ), Brenton Phillips (10 Games Ess 1986 & 61 Games Bris 1987-1991), Geoff Raines (14 Games Ess 1986 & 59 Games Bris 1987-1989), Chris Waterson (31 Games Ess 1982-1986 & 35 Games Bris 1987-1988)

 

Jordan Bannister (14 Games Ess 2001-2003 & 53 Games Carl 2004-2009), Glenn Hawker (200 Games Ess 1978-1988 & 27 Games Carl 1989-1991), Cory McGrath (28 Games Ess 2001-2003 & 30 Games Carl 2004-2006)

 

Ron Andrews (151 Games Ess1973-1983 & 6 Games Coll 1984), Allan Davis (33 Games Ess 1978-1979 & 3 Games Coll 1980), Tony Elshaug (65 Games Ess 1985-1987 & 6 Games Coll 1988), Ian McMullin (24 Games Ess1990-1992 & 4 Games Coll 1992-1993), Ricky Olarenshaw (77 Games Ess 1993-1998 & 5 Games Coll 1999), Brad Plain (46 Games Ess 1988-1993 & 9 Games Coll 1994), Andrew Ukovic (19 Games Ess 1997-1999 & 17 Games Coll 2000-2001)

 

Peter Bourke (1 Game Ess 1988 & 22 Games Fitz 1989-1991), Paul Morrish (7 Games Ess 1991 & 20 Games Fitz 1992-1993), Kieren Sporn (72 Games Ess 1989-1993 & 12 Games Fitz 1994), Larry Watson (31 Games Ess 1975-1978 & 4 Games Fitz 1980)

 

Kepler Bradley (49 Games Ess 2004-2007 & 68 Freo 2008-2013), Travis Colyer (87 Games Ess 2010-2018 & 59 Games Freo 2019-2022), Tony Delaney, (15 Games Ess 1993-1994 & 28 Games Freo 1995-1999), Simon Eastaugh (17 Games Ess 1998-1999 & 12 Games Freo 2001-2002), Mark Johnson (194 Games Ess 1998-2007 & 14 Games Freo 2008), Adam McPhee (142 Games Ess 2002-2009 & 56 Games Freo 2010-2012), Todd Ridley (25 Games Ess 1991-1994 & 21 Games Freo 1995-1996), Dean Solomon (158 Games Ess 1998-2006 & 51 Games Freo 2007-2009)

 

Stephen Carey (105 Games Ess 1980-1986 & 7 Games Geel 1986), Glenn Kilpatrick (26 Games Ess 1992-1994 & 120 Games Geel 1995-2002, Alan Reid, (45 Games Ess1979-1983 & 7 Games Geel 1983), Andrew Rogers (8 Games Ess 1988 & 75 Games Geel 1989-1992)

 

Jacob Townsend (12 Games Ess 2020 & 2 Games GCS 2021)

 

Massimo D’Ambrosio (16 Games Ess 2022-2023 & 5 Games Haw 2024- ), Grant Fowler (63 Games Ess 1980-1983 & 2 Games Haw 1983-1984), Michael Hartley (44 Games Ess 2016-2019 & 5 Haw 2020-2021), Danny Jacobs (81 Games Ess 1999-2003 & 45 Games Haw 2004-2007), Barry Young (76 Games Ess 1994-1999 & 13 Games Haw 2000)

 

Mitch Brown (55 Games Ess 2016-2019 & 9 Games Melb 2020-2022), Steven Clark (53 Games Ess 1985-1989 & 21 Games Melb 1990-1991), Chris Heffernan (97 Games Ess 1997-2002 & 47 Games Melb 2003-2005), Peter Keenan (31 Games Ess 1979-1980 & 30 Games Melb 1981-1982), Jake Melksham (114 Games Ess 2010-2015 & 107 Games Melb 2017- ), Gary Moorcroft (95 Games Ess 1995-2002 & 3 Games Melb 2003), Trevor Spencer (31 Games Ess 1985-1989 & 3 Games Melb 1990-1991)

 

Brendan Bower (3 Games Ess 1992 & 2 Games NM 1993), Phil Carman (10 Games Ess 1980-1981 & 13 Games NM 1982), Shane Harvey, (11 Games Ess 2002-2003 & 3 Games NM 2004), Julian Kirzner (1 Game Ess 1994 & 3 Games NM 1997)

 

Scott Cummings (40 Games Ess 1994-1996 & 37 Games Port 1997-1998), Orazio Fantasia (80 Games Ess 2014-2020 & 19 Games Port 2021-2023), Angus Monfries, (150 Games Ess 2005-2012 & 61 Games Port 2013-2017) Jay Nash (43 Games Ess 2005-2009 & 8 Games Port 2010), Brandon Zerk-Thatcher (51 Games Ess 2019-2023 & 5 Games Port 2024- )

 

Justin Blumfield (129 Games Ess 1996-2002 & 19 Games Rich 2003-2004), Tristan Cartledge (7 Games Ess 2005-2006 & 2 Games Rich 2008), Mark Eustice (29 Games Ess 1980-1984 & 62 Games Rich 1985-1988), Brad Fox (17 Games Ess 1991-1992 & 4 Games Rich 1993), Tom Hislop (19 Games Ess 2007-2008 & 20 Games Rich 2009-2011), Sam Lonergan (79 Games Ess 2006-2012 & 2 Games Rich 2013), Michael Thomson (46 Games Ess 1981-1986 & 42 Games Rich 1987-1990), Andrew Underwood (12 Games Ess 1989-1990 & 12 Games Rich 1991)

 

Tony Antrobus (22 Games Ess 1987-1990 & 6 Games St.K 1991), Adrian Burns (11 Games Ess 1990-1991 & 4 Games St.K 1994), Max Crow (136 Games Ess 1974-1982 & 40 Games St.K 1983-1985), Rene Kink (20 Games Ess 1983-1985 & 7 Games St.K 1986), Shaun McKernan (53 Games Ess 2015-2020 & 4 Games St.K 2021), Craig O’Brien (21 Games Ess 1989-1991 & 52 Games St.K 1993-1995) , Brian Winton (32 Games Ess 1984-1998 & 5 Games St.K 1989)

 

Andrew Bomford (13 Games Ess 1997-1998 & 15 Games Syd 1999-2000), Ed Considine (49 Games Ess 1989-1992 & 28 Games Syd 1993-1995), Michael Davis (4 Games Ess 1980-1983 & 1 Game Syd 1984), Peter Filandia (13 Games Ess 1991-1992 & 70 Games Syd 1994-2000), Aaron Francis (54 Games Ess 2016-2022 & 15 Games Syd 2023- ), Derek Kickett (77 Games Ess 1990-1993 & 63 Games Syd 1994-1996), Ryan O’Connor (63 Games Ess 1994-1998 & 24 Games Syd 1999-2000), Steve Taubert (64 Games Ess 1977-1981 & 44 Games Syd 1982-1984), Michael Werner (40 Games Ess 1989-1992 & 20 Games Syd 1993-1994)

 

Jonathon Giles (3 Games Ess 2015 & 9 Games WCE 2016-2017)

 

Tony Buhagiar (83 Games Ess 1981-1984 & 25 Games Foots 1985), Peter Hickmott (58 Games Ess 1972-1977 & 11 Games Foots 1980), Jim McAllester (2 Games Ess 1980 & 24 Foots 1981-1982)