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FOOTBALL MANAGER JOINS ACB
The Essendon Football Club today advised that football manager Matthew Drain will finish with the club at the completion of the 2002 season to commence duties as High Performance Cricket Manager with the Australian Cricket Board. Matthew has spent the past five seasons with Essendon. In that time Essendon has won the 2000 Premiership and competed in the finals in each of those years.
The Essendon Football Club today advised that football manager Matthew Drain will finish with the club at the completion of the 2002 season to commence duties as High Performance Cricket Manager with the Australian Cricket Board. Matthew has spent the past five seasons with Essendon. In that time Essendon has won the 2000 Premiership and competed in the finals in each of those years.
Matthew's new role will involve overseeing and managing the ACB's plans for a proposed centre of excellence that caters for the learning of players, umpires, administrators and curators and encompasses the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy. He will also be responsible for national talent identification and development systems as well as Australia's elite youth cricket competition structure.
""Matthew Drain has been an outstanding asset to the Essendon Football Club but this job provides him with a terrific opportunity and we wish him well in his new role,"" Essendon chief executive Peter Jackson said.
Imagine what a victory would do for the Bombers this weekend? It would bring Essendon a step closer to cementing a finals’ berth. It would end a three-match losing streak against the Brisbane Lions. But most importantly it would restore self-belief and send a clear message to the rest of the competition – Beware: The Bombers Are Back! Yes, a victory this weekend could very well turn season 2002 on its head.
