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KEY FACTS

Official name
Essendon Football Club

Known as
Essendon

Nickname
Bombers

Formed
1873

Colours
Black and red

Associated clubs
Essendon Reserves; Essendon WFC (VFLW); Essendon WFC; Essendon U19s

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2024

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1878–1896

AFL Premierships
1993, 2000 (2 total)

VFL Premierships
1897, 1901, 1911-12, 1923-4, 1942, 1946, 1949-50, 1962, 1965, 1984-5 (14 total)

VFA Premierships
1891-2-3-4 (4 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Australia: 1893 (1 total); VFL/AFL Night Series: 1981, 1984, 1990, 1993-4, 2000 (6 total); McClelland Trophy: 1951, 1953, 1957, 1968, 1989, 1993, 1999, 2000-1 (9 total)

Most Games
400 - Dustin Fletcher (1993-2015)

Most Goals
926 - Matthew Lloyd (1995-2009)

League Top Goalkickers
A.Thurgood (25) 1900; F.Hiskins (34) 1901; G.Stockdale (68) 1923; W.Brittingham (66) 1946; J.Coleman (100) 1949, (120) 1950, (103) 1951 & (97) 1952; R.Evans (78) 1959 & (67) 1960; E.Fordham (76) 1966; M.Lloyd (109) 2000, (105) 2001 & (93) 2003 (8 winners/14 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Dick Reynolds 1934, 1937 & 1938; Bill Hutchison 1952 & 1953; Graham Moss 1976; Gavin Wanganeen 1993; James Hird 1996 (5 medallists/8 medals)

Headquarters
275 Melrose Drive, Melbourne Airport, VIC 3045

Postal Address
PO Box 17, Essendon, VIC, 3040

Phone: (03) 8340 2000 

Email
generalenquiries@essendonfc.com.au

Website
essendonfc.com.au

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"Essendon's performances in season 2000 were among the most noteworthy in football history. After waltzing unbeaten to the Ansett Cup, the Bombers won all bar one of 25 home-and-away and finals matches culminating in an apparently effortless 10-goal grand final demolition of Melbourne. Such bare statistics cannot convey the full extent of Essendon's supremacy, however. At times the Bombers seemed to be performing on a different plane than every other team ... "

In looking at their grand history, John Devaney sees the Bombers fly up, up to a record-equalling 16 V/AFL premierships

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1998 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1998 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 3.19.310.713.11 89 LOST Richmond 4.65.118.1514.19 103 -14 MCG Mar 29 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
2 H Essendon 6.411.721.1128.14 182 WON St. Kilda 2.44.98.1213.15 93 89 MCG Apr 5 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
3 A Essendon 5.410.1012.1214.15 99 WON Carlton 3.35.510.714.14 98 1 MCG Apr 13 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
4 H Essendon 3.24.79.911.10 76 LOST Fremantle 5.58.911.1114.16 100 -24 WAV Apr 19 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
5 A Essendon 4.39.69.1212.16 88 LOST Collingwood 3.66.1211.1715.18 108 -20 MCG Apr 25 (Sat, 3:40) Scores
6 A Essendon 4.29.411.913.11 89 LOST Western Bulldogs 4.46.910.1413.19 97 -8 PRI May 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Essendon 3.06.07.111.4 70 LOST Geelong 2.15.49.712.7 79 -9 MCG May 9 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
8 H Essendon 2.15.310.812.12 84 WON Brisbane 2.56.117.178.22 70 14 MCG May 15 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
9 A Essendon 4.29.612.1018.14 122 WON Melbourne 4.36.69.1012.12 84 38 MCG May 23 (Sat, 3:40) Scores
10 A Essendon 5.46.89.1213.15 93 WON Hawthorn 2.25.67.813.9 87 6 WAV May 30 (Sat, 3:40) Scores
11 H Essendon 7.813.1120.1224.16 160 WON Sydney 4.18.411.915.10 100 60 MCG Jun 5 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
12 A Essendon 4.47.612.1015.16 106 LOST Adelaide 3.56.613.1115.18 108 -2 FBP Jun 13 (Sat, 8:40) Scores
13 H Essendon 3.25.59.511.6 72 LOST West Coast 1.25.57.711.17 83 -11 MCG Jun 19 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
14 A Essendon 4.08.611.1016.13 109 LOST North Melbourne 5.412.516.719.13 127 -18 MCG Jun 26 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
15 H Essendon 6.411.713.1116.12 108 WON Port Adelaide 3.06.27.512.9 81 27 MCG Jul 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H Essendon 6.37.510.614.10 94 WON Richmond 2.36.1110.1310.15 75 19 MCG Jul 19 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
17 A Essendon 3.36.512.614.6 90 WON St. Kilda 2.46.69.813.9 87 3 WAV Jul 26 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
18 H Essendon 1.44.76.1012.12 84 WON Carlton 0.55.68.1011.12 78 6 MCG Aug 2 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
19 A Essendon 7.39.816.918.11 119 WON Fremantle 2.27.610.1012.14 86 33 SUB Aug 8 (Sat, 8:40) Scores
20 H Essendon 6.610.813.1316.13 109 WON Collingwood 3.09.313.614.15 99 10 MCG Aug 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 H Essendon 4.37.610.813.12 90 LOST Western Bulldogs 4.56.1010.1714.17 101 -11 MCG Aug 21 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
22 A Essendon 6.010.315.618.9 117 LOST Geelong 4.59.814.919.13 127 -10 MCG Aug 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4QF H Essendon 2.43.65.118.12 60 LOST North Melbourne 1.12.78.1211.16 82 -22 MCG Sep 4 (Fri, 7:45) Scores
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1998 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Alessio, Steven 12 82 6.8 63 5.3 145 12.1 61 5.1 110 9.2 14 1.2 7 16 15 1.3 10 100
Banks, Matthew 1 5 5.0 1 1.0 6 6.0 2 2.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 3 0 0.0 0 0
Barnard, Paul 17 116 6.8 84 4.9 200 11.8 68 4.0 6 0.4 14 0.8 13 12 4 0.2 5 29
Berbakov, Peter 16 108 6.8 49 3.1 157 9.8 55 3.4 3 0.2 12 0.8 13 8 1 0.1 0 6
Bewick, Darren 23 256 11.1 87 3.8 343 14.9 64 2.8 1 0.0 17 0.7 15 12 32 1.4 16 208
Blumfield, Justin 21 197 9.4 162 7.7 359 17.1 108 5.1 3 0.1 32 1.5 9 10 12 0.6 9 81
Bolton, Mark 4 19 4.8 13 3.3 32 8.0 10 2.5 0 0.0 3 0.8 1 6 1 0.3 0 6
Bomford, Andrew 10 79 7.9 61 6.1 140 14.0 32 3.2 1 0.1 9 0.9 2 10 3 0.3 2 20
Calthorpe, David 21 264 12.6 112 5.3 376 17.9 92 4.4 1 0.0 24 1.1 15 23 13 0.6 10 88
Caracella, Blake 16 149 9.3 97 6.1 246 15.4 78 4.9 3 0.2 24 1.5 12 15 13 0.8 7 85
Cockatoo-Collins, Che 14 106 7.6 44 3.1 150 10.7 47 3.4 0 0.0 9 0.6 12 7 12 0.9 8 80
Denham, Sean 11 95 8.6 77 7.0 172 15.6 23 2.1 1 0.1 20 1.8 7 10 3 0.3 2 20
Doolan, Ben 11 67 6.1 54 4.9 121 11.0 29 2.6 0 0.0 17 1.5 6 7 0 0.0 0 0
Eastaugh, Simon 12 76 6.3 50 4.2 126 10.5 44 3.7 167 13.9 12 1.0 9 16 0 0.0 3 3
Fletcher, Dustin 18 186 10.3 39 2.2 225 12.5 57 3.2 14 0.8 16 0.9 17 14 4 0.2 2 26
Fraser, Mark 18 135 7.5 115 6.4 250 13.9 52 2.9 0 0.0 26 1.4 14 5 8 0.4 9 57
Hardwick, Damien 23 325 14.1 117 5.1 442 19.2 87 3.8 0 0.0 43 1.9 37 23 0 0.0 1 1
Heffernan, Chris 12 71 5.9 53 4.4 124 10.3 12 1.0 3 0.3 31 2.6 9 13 3 0.3 0 18
Hird, James 13 159 12.2 89 6.8 248 19.1 73 5.6 4 0.3 24 1.8 12 20 19 1.5 19 133
Johnson, Jason 8 55 6.9 29 3.6 84 10.5 22 2.8 1 0.1 9 1.1 6 6 2 0.3 0 12
Lalich, Judd 2 14 7.0 3 1.5 17 8.5 10 5.0 3 1.5 0 0.0 1 2 0 0.0 2 2
Lloyd, Matthew 23 249 10.8 77 3.3 326 14.2 156 6.8 2 0.1 24 1.0 17 34 70 3.0 38 458
Long, Michael 9 54 6.0 60 6.7 114 12.7 30 3.3 0 0.0 9 1.0 7 3 9 1.0 4 58
Lucas, Scott 23 287 12.5 51 2.2 338 14.7 123 5.3 3 0.1 30 1.3 23 28 49 2.1 31 325
Mercuri, Mark 20 224 11.2 141 7.1 365 18.3 112 5.6 1 0.1 27 1.4 18 23 24 1.2 14 158
Misiti, Joe 19 214 11.3 179 9.4 393 20.7 64 3.4 2 0.1 29 1.5 8 8 6 0.3 4 40
Moorcroft, Gary 17 114 6.7 53 3.1 167 9.8 53 3.1 1 0.1 28 1.6 8 25 14 0.8 9 93
O'Connor, Ryan 14 46 3.3 57 4.1 103 7.4 28 2.0 45 3.2 15 1.1 10 15 8 0.6 4 52
O'Donnell, Gary 17 205 12.1 92 5.4 297 17.5 45 2.6 2 0.1 34 2.0 9 9 3 0.2 2 20
Olarenshaw, Ricky 17 140 8.2 122 7.2 262 15.4 50 2.9 0 0.0 23 1.4 22 10 2 0.1 5 17
Prior, Michael 8 77 9.6 29 3.6 106 13.3 30 3.8 0 0.0 10 1.3 4 2 2 0.3 0 12
Solomon, Dean 7 38 5.4 25 3.6 63 9.0 12 1.7 3 0.4 13 1.9 3 10 2 0.3 1 13
Somerville, Peter 12 64 5.3 37 3.1 101 8.4 34 2.8 212 17.7 8 0.7 8 18 0 0.0 2 2
Symons, Michael 3 24 8.0 17 5.7 41 13.7 12 4.0 0 0.0 6 2.0 4 2 0 0.0 0 0
Ukovic, Andrew 7 40 5.7 33 4.7 73 10.4 19 2.7 0 0.0 8 1.1 3 5 3 0.4 1 19
Wallis, Dean 1 3 3.0 0 0.0 3 3.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Wellman, Sean 23 248 10.8 111 4.8 359 15.6 122 5.3 15 0.7 15 0.7 21 14 2 0.1 3 15
Young, Barry 3 36 12.0 15 5.0 51 17.0 18 6.0 2 0.7 5 1.7 3 2 1 0.3 1 7
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.