FOOTAGE of a burning Essendon membership has heated up Essendon supporters after a crushing 110-point loss the St Kilda put coach James Hird under even more pressure.

But ‘Luke from Wallan’, the person purportedly behind the card flaming, has since come forward to the Herald Sun saying it was just a prank.

The card, he says, was an outdated membership he disposed of as a joke after receiving his new paid-up card.

But black and red anguish has been expressed across the Twittersphere after the massive loss.

Another unverified tweet shows a Dons membership card about to be placed in a microwave.

The fate of that card is unknown, but the message is clear — enough of this bad football and drugs saga and more premiership glory like 2000.

Which is now 15 years ago, by the way.