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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; Essendon Wheelchair

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2025

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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1970 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1970 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 A Essendon 2.36.69.1114.12 96 LOST Carlton 7.612.1016.1421.19 145 -49 PRI Apr 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Essendon 3.56.88.1310.14 74 LOST Footscray 2.56.117.1414.22 106 -32 WIN Apr 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 A Essendon 7.29.413.615.10 100 WON South Melbourne 4.39.711.1512.17 89 11 LAK Apr 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 A Essendon 5.310.612.1116.14 110 WON Hawthorn 2.36.58.910.10 70 40 GLE Apr 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 H Essendon 3.39.89.109.14 68 LOST Geelong 5.110.113.414.4 88 -20 WIN May 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A Essendon 3.54.87.107.15 57 LOST Melbourne 1.25.39.1010.12 72 -15 MCG May 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Essendon 2.43.58.108.12 60 LOST North Melbourne 1.24.75.179.22 76 -16 VFL May 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 A Essendon 5.07.210.411.5 71 WON Fitzroy 3.05.69.109.14 68 3 JUN May 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Essendon 3.35.88.1413.15 93 WON Collingwood 2.46.118.1211.21 87 6 WIN May 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Essendon 1.46.811.1114.13 97 LOST Richmond 4.07.512.915.14 104 -7 WIN Jun 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A Essendon 2.44.56.98.9 57 LOST St. Kilda 1.14.76.138.21 69 -12 VFL Jun 15 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
12 H Essendon 1.85.137.1410.16 76 LOST Carlton 3.47.79.712.9 81 -5 WIN Jun 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A Essendon 3.06.47.59.8 62 LOST Footscray 2.05.310.1011.12 78 -16 WES Jun 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Essendon 1.13.33.95.10 40 LOST South Melbourne 2.14.27.411.5 71 -31 VFL Jul 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Essendon 2.26.58.59.8 62 LOST Hawthorn 7.110.118.421.4 130 -68 WIN Jul 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Essendon 3.26.118.128.17 65 LOST Geelong 4.47.610.1015.16 106 -41 KAR Jul 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Essendon 0.310.1012.1118.17 125 WON Melbourne 4.55.711.1512.17 89 36 WIN Jul 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Essendon 2.510.1213.1416.22 118 WON North Melbourne 5.56.69.1113.13 91 27 ARD Aug 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 H Essendon 2.36.710.1312.16 88 LOST Fitzroy 5.57.510.714.10 94 -6 WIN Aug 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 A Essendon 3.39.69.811.13 79 LOST Collingwood 6.27.618.1224.16 160 -81 VIC Aug 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A Essendon 2.17.29.511.11 77 LOST Richmond 2.413.716.1123.13 151 -74 MCG Aug 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 H Essendon 2.43.65.78.11 59 LOST St. Kilda 3.45.610.1714.19 103 -44 WIN Aug 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
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1970 Player Stats

Player
GP
K
Avg
H
Avg
D
Avg
M
Avg
HO
Avg
T
Avg
FF
FA
G
Avg
B
TS
Barclay, Stuart 6 28 4.7 4 0.7 32 5.3 12 2.0 1 0.2     4 7 0 0.0 2 2
Blethyn, Geoff 13 133 10.2 11 0.8 144 11.1 69 5.3 0 0.0     26 24 33 2.5 18 216
Close, Robin 14 133 9.5 24 1.7 157 11.2 59 4.2 0 0.0     33 28 17 1.2 14 116
Collins, David 4 42 10.5 11 2.8 53 13.3 15 3.8 0 0.0     8 8 2 0.5 6 18
Crouch, Gary 4 20 5.0 6 1.5 26 6.5 1 0.3 0 0.0     6 2 1 0.3 0 6
Daniel, Peter 21 211 10.0 15 0.7 226 10.8 65 3.1 4 0.2     49 25 3 0.1 2 20
Davis, Barry 19 382 20.1 85 4.5 467 24.6 101 5.3 1 0.1     40 34 17 0.9 23 125
Ellis, John 11 93 8.5 56 5.1 149 13.5 46 4.2 0 0.0     14 10 13 1.2 9 87
Fanning, John 1 4 4.0 2 2.0 6 6.0 3 3.0 3 3.0     0 0 1 1.0 0 6
Fields, Neville 7 57 8.1 14 2.0 71 10.1 12 1.7 0 0.0     14 10 4 0.6 3 27
Fletcher, Ken 19 310 16.3 15 0.8 325 17.1 63 3.3 0 0.0     46 39 1 0.1 5 11
Gerlach, Daryl 21 299 14.2 55 2.6 354 16.9 83 4.0 0 0.0     60 38 0 0.0 0 0
Gosper, Geoff 20 341 17.1 65 3.3 406 20.3 71 3.6 0 0.0     63 37 3 0.2 14 32
Grainger, Gary 14 65 4.6 43 3.1 108 7.7 42 3.0 44 3.1     18 23 13 0.9 12 90
Greenwood, Bob 21 390 18.6 62 3.0 452 21.5 91 4.3 0 0.0     68 56 23 1.1 27 165
Gross, Don 18 237 13.2 65 3.6 302 16.8 45 2.5 0 0.0     49 29 17 0.9 17 119
Halley, Len 9 59 6.6 39 4.3 98 10.9 30 3.3 13 1.4     7 20 6 0.7 7 43
Headlam, Wayne 16 123 7.7 42 2.6 165 10.3 58 3.6 94 5.9     23 32 3 0.2 6 24
Lake, Bruce 4 26 6.5 4 1.0 30 7.5 8 2.0 0 0.0     8 7 2 0.5 4 16
Lake, Eddie 14 197 14.1 52 3.7 249 17.8 67 4.8 0 0.0     56 32 4 0.3 9 33
May, John 3 25 8.3 5 1.7 30 10.0 1 0.3 0 0.0     3 2 1 0.3 5 11
McKenzie, Don 18 168 9.3 17 0.9 185 10.3 49 2.7 184 10.2     53 61 1 0.1 1 7
Neish, Bruce 14 194 13.9 41 2.9 235 16.8 58 4.1 2 0.1     35 38 8 0.6 9 57
Noonan, Alan 2 9 4.5 0 0.0 9 4.5 4 2.0 0 0.0     3 3 7 3.5 1 43
Parkes, Gary 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0     0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Payne, Ian 11 157 14.3 22 2.0 179 16.3 32 2.9 0 0.0     14 27 3 0.3 3 21
Payne, Charlie 16 173 10.8 43 2.7 216 13.5 64 4.0 7 0.4     28 26 11 0.7 19 85
Perry, Greg 5 25 5.0 6 1.2 31 6.2 13 2.6 21 4.2     5 6 5 1.0 2 32
Pirouet, Bryan 11 66 6.0 13 1.2 79 7.2 20 1.8 0 0.0     15 19 0 0.0 4 4
Pryor, Geoff 14 158 11.3 40 2.9 198 14.1 55 3.9 56 4.0     28 32 4 0.3 1 25
Roberts, Ken 2 4 2.0 0 0.0 4 2.0 0 0.0 0 0.0     1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Sproule, Paul 21 332 15.8 129 6.1 461 22.0 64 3.0 0 0.0     61 52 18 0.9 21 129
Starbuck, David 7 73 10.4 5 0.7 78 11.1 32 4.6 0 0.0     10 16 0 0.0 0 0
Stevenson, Ian 6 42 7.0 26 4.3 68 11.3 31 5.2 45 7.5     8 21 2 0.3 3 15
Stillman, Les 10 104 10.4 26 2.6 130 13.0 28 2.8 0 0.0     21 18 18 1.8 15 123
Talbot, Sandy 5 28 5.6 7 1.4 35 7.0 6 1.2 0 0.0     9 4 0 0.0 0 0
Tassell, Doug 11 141 12.8 24 2.2 165 15.0 43 3.9 0 0.0     19 29 0 0.0 0 0
Thompson, Robert 6 45 7.5 5 0.8 50 8.3 11 1.8 0 0.0     19 10 0 0.0 0 0
Williams, John 21 344 16.4 37 1.8 381 18.1 146 7.0 0 0.0     44 26 1 0.0 1 7
 

Footnotes

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