Essendon Football Club will play in its annual Embracing India game against the Western Bulldogs on Saturday night at Marvel Stadium.
The Bombers will enter the arena alongside Indian drummers and dancers, with 3ZZZ (92.3FM) commentating the game live in Hindi. Fans can also listen in via the AFL App and website.
Essendon and the Bulldogs will be playing for the EJ Whitten Cup. The EJ Whitten Cup was named in honour of Footscray and Western Bulldogs legend the late Ted Whitten in 1995.
Prior to the game, some of Essendon’s greatest past players will play in a fun curtain-raising Legends Game.
Round 21: Essendon v Western Bulldogs
Saturday, August 10
7:25pm
Marvel Stadium, Docklands
Key timings:
5:30pm – Gates open
7:00pm – Indian dancers enter the field
7:04pm – Indian drumming performance
7:14pm – Essendon enters the arena
7:23pm – Coin toss
7:25pm – First bounce
Membership:
Member Services will be located at the Club Hub outside gate five at Marvel Stadium and will be open from 5:30pm until quarter time for membership sales, collections and enquiries.
Tickets:
Essendon members with home reserved seat access can scan in. Essendon flexi members with general admission access are encouraged to upgrade to a reserved seat as general admission seating will be limited.
Tickets are available to purchase through Ticketmaster.
Merchandise:
Merchandise will be located outside Gate 5, and inside Gate 5 and 7 at Marvel Stadium. Don’t forget to show your 2019 membership to receive 10% off selected items.
Concourse activation:
Hankook Reaction test – Test your reaction speed at the Hankook reaction test and you could win yourself a fun prize thanks to Hankook at Gate 5.
Fujitsu Pass the Ball with giveaways – Keeping you comfortable for the last home game of the season, try your hand at the handball comp and collect some goodies including handwarmers at Gate 5!
RMIT handball target with giveaways – Ahead of their city open day on Sunday, August 11, visit Gate 7 to bag yourself some goodies and try out RMIT’s cool virtual reality technology.
Pre-game activation:
Whoop There it is Cam – Show your pride pre-game for your chance to Kick and Keep the Amart Live Edge 11 Piece Living Package at quarter time!
Quarter-time activation:
Amart Kick for Keeps – If you’re the lucky winner of the Amart Whoop There it is Cam you’ll have three shots to bag yourself the Live Edge 11-Piece Living Package valued at $3199.
Half-time activation:
Fujitsu Fast Five – Make sure you follow the Fujitsu Facebook page for this Friday’s Fun Fact and be in your seat at the start of half-time for your shot at a cool $500 thanks to our co-major partner Fujitsu.
Don Cam – Remember at the end of half-time, if you’re spotted by our DON Cam with a DON hot dog you could win tickets for you and two friends to a private suite for the Essendon vs Collingwood match in round 23 valued at $1,500! It’s as simple as that! All thanks to DON Footy Franks, ‘Made for Footy’.
Three-quarter time activation:
Fujitsu Flame – Fired up after his last win, our Fujitsu Flame is ready to take on one lucky participant as they try to out run him for the final time in 2019!
Online coverage:
Essendon fans keep across the club’s Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts for inner-sanctum access and comprehensive match-day coverage. You can also join the conversation on Twitter by using the official hashtag for this match – #AFLDonsDogs
Twitter:
@EssendonFC
#AFLDonsDogs
Facebook:
Instagram:
@essendonfc
Broadcast (AEST):
VIC
Fox Sports from 7:00pm
NSW
Fox Sports from 7:00pm
SA
Fox Sports from 6:30pm
ACT
Fox Sports from 7:00pm
NT
Fox Sports from 6:30pm
QLD
Fox Sports from 7:00pm
TAS
Fox Sports from 7:00pm
WA
Fox Sports from 5:00pm
