Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The 2014 Melbourne Football Club season will be club's 115th year in the VFL/AFL since it began in 1897.On the back of 3 extremely disastrous seasons stemming back to 2011, Melbourne underwent a huge change to its football department in 2013. The most significant of these changes included the appointment of 2005 premiership coach Paul Roos for 2 seasons (with an option of a third season). It also saw the temporary appointment of former Essendon CEO Peter Jackson as Melbourne's new CEO for 2 seasons and the appointment of former Bernie Naylor Medalist Glen Bartlett as president.Due to Melbourne's recent disastrous on-field performances in recent seasons, Melbourne will receive a very financially challenging fixture. For the second consecutive consecutive season, Melbourne will not receive a Friday night game and are forced to play Port Adelaide, West Coast, Greater Western Sydney, North Melbourne and Western Bulldogs twice (none of whom are traditionally large crowd drawers in Melbourne's home games).Melbourne will sell 2 of its home games into the Northern Territory due to a sponsorship deal made with Tourism NT. One will be at TIO Traeger Park in Alice Springs in Round 11 against Port Adelaide. This will be the first ever AFL game held at this stadium for premiership points as well as the first in Central Australia. The other game will be at TIO Stadium in Darwin against Fremantle in Round 16. In addition Melbourne will be forced to host the Brisbane Lions at Etihad Stadium in Round 19 as Collingwood will host Port Adelaide at the MCG later that day instead.Despite the financially challenging fixture Melbourne will host a handful of blockbuster games. This includes Paul Roos coaching against his old side Sydney in Round 5 for the first time. Melbourne will continue to play its annual Queen's Birthday clash against Collingwood in Round 12 (despite a record low crowd of 50,853 in 2013). Melbourne will also host Geelong for the first time since Round 11, 2009 in Round 17.. }
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- 2014_Melbourne_Football_Club_season abstract "The 2014 Melbourne Football Club season will be club's 115th year in the VFL/AFL since it began in 1897.On the back of 3 extremely disastrous seasons stemming back to 2011, Melbourne underwent a huge change to its football department in 2013. The most significant of these changes included the appointment of 2005 premiership coach Paul Roos for 2 seasons (with an option of a third season). It also saw the temporary appointment of former Essendon CEO Peter Jackson as Melbourne's new CEO for 2 seasons and the appointment of former Bernie Naylor Medalist Glen Bartlett as president.Due to Melbourne's recent disastrous on-field performances in recent seasons, Melbourne will receive a very financially challenging fixture. For the second consecutive consecutive season, Melbourne will not receive a Friday night game and are forced to play Port Adelaide, West Coast, Greater Western Sydney, North Melbourne and Western Bulldogs twice (none of whom are traditionally large crowd drawers in Melbourne's home games).Melbourne will sell 2 of its home games into the Northern Territory due to a sponsorship deal made with Tourism NT. One will be at TIO Traeger Park in Alice Springs in Round 11 against Port Adelaide. This will be the first ever AFL game held at this stadium for premiership points as well as the first in Central Australia. The other game will be at TIO Stadium in Darwin against Fremantle in Round 16. In addition Melbourne will be forced to host the Brisbane Lions at Etihad Stadium in Round 19 as Collingwood will host Port Adelaide at the MCG later that day instead.Despite the financially challenging fixture Melbourne will host a handful of blockbuster games. This includes Paul Roos coaching against his old side Sydney in Round 5 for the first time. Melbourne will continue to play its annual Queen's Birthday clash against Collingwood in Round 12 (despite a record low crowd of 50,853 in 2013). Melbourne will also host Geelong for the first time since Round 11, 2009 in Round 17.".