Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The 2012 Melbourne Football Club season was the club's 113th year in the VFL/AFL since it began in 1897.After a horrid ending to 2011 which involved the sacking of Dean Bailey due to an 186 point loss to Geelong, former Collingwood midfield assistant coach Mark Neeld would take control of the head coaching position for 2012 and vow that he will make Melbourne 'the hardest team to play against in the AFL'. At the start of 2012 Neeld would give the football club's leadership group a major overhaul removing veteran Brad Green from the club's captaincy and presenting it to Jack Grimes and Jack Trengove both of whom are young midfielders. On 2 February, Don McLardy was elected the club's new president, replacing Jim Stynes who was continuing his fight against cancer. Melbourne hosted 9 of its 11 games at the MCG, a game against Fremantle at Etihad Stadium in Round 16 and a sold home-game against Port Adelaide at TIO Stadium in Round 17.The Melbourne Football Club and its supporters will remember 2012 as being one of the worst seasons in the club's 154-year history. Headlined by the death of club-legend Jim Stynes just before the beginning of the season proper, Melbourne would produce one of its most disastrous seasons as they struggled to adapt to the fitness requirements of Mark Neeld's highly contested game plan implemented. The Demons would win only 4 games and finish the year in 16th place only lingering above the expansion teams in Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney on the ladder. After losing the first 9 games of the season, Melbourne would pull off a miraculous 6 point upset against second placed Essendon whom had only lost one game at that stage of the season by a point in Round 10. For the rest of the season Melbourne would win its remaining games against Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney.. }
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- 2012_Melbourne_Football_Club_season abstract "The 2012 Melbourne Football Club season was the club's 113th year in the VFL/AFL since it began in 1897.After a horrid ending to 2011 which involved the sacking of Dean Bailey due to an 186 point loss to Geelong, former Collingwood midfield assistant coach Mark Neeld would take control of the head coaching position for 2012 and vow that he will make Melbourne 'the hardest team to play against in the AFL'. At the start of 2012 Neeld would give the football club's leadership group a major overhaul removing veteran Brad Green from the club's captaincy and presenting it to Jack Grimes and Jack Trengove both of whom are young midfielders. On 2 February, Don McLardy was elected the club's new president, replacing Jim Stynes who was continuing his fight against cancer. Melbourne hosted 9 of its 11 games at the MCG, a game against Fremantle at Etihad Stadium in Round 16 and a sold home-game against Port Adelaide at TIO Stadium in Round 17.The Melbourne Football Club and its supporters will remember 2012 as being one of the worst seasons in the club's 154-year history. Headlined by the death of club-legend Jim Stynes just before the beginning of the season proper, Melbourne would produce one of its most disastrous seasons as they struggled to adapt to the fitness requirements of Mark Neeld's highly contested game plan implemented. The Demons would win only 4 games and finish the year in 16th place only lingering above the expansion teams in Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney on the ladder. After losing the first 9 games of the season, Melbourne would pull off a miraculous 6 point upset against second placed Essendon whom had only lost one game at that stage of the season by a point in Round 10. For the rest of the season Melbourne would win its remaining games against Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney.".