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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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1976 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1976 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 9.713.715.1316.17 113 WON Footscray 2.38.911.1016.16 112 1 WES Apr 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Essendon 3.17.58.1212.16 88 LOST Carlton 7.310.811.1114.16 100 -12 WIN Apr 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Essendon 6.49.411.515.8 98 LOST Melbourne 2.18.415.820.13 133 -35 WIN Apr 19 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
4 A Essendon 6.310.311.816.13 109 LOST South Melbourne 6.410.618.722.11 143 -34 LAK Apr 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 H Essendon 0.24.77.1010.15 75 LOST Hawthorn 1.24.49.614.10 94 -19 WIN May 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A Essendon 2.02.16.79.10 64 LOST Richmond 3.39.915.1317.17 119 -55 VFL May 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Essendon 4.18.58.714.13 97 WON St. Kilda 4.56.78.159.15 69 28 MOO May 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Essendon 4.27.511.1014.10 94 WON Geelong 4.37.711.1012.12 84 10 WIN May 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A Essendon 2.55.96.117.12 54 LOST North Melbourne 3.24.36.68.10 58 -4 ARD May 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Essendon 5.37.711.1314.19 103 WON Collingwood 3.56.1110.1313.16 94 9 WIN Jun 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Essendon 1.611.1012.1613.22 100 LOST Fitzroy 4.57.610.1216.14 110 -10 VFL Jun 14 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
12 H Essendon 2.37.69.1412.17 89 WON Footscray 2.24.49.612.7 79 10 WIN Jun 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A Essendon 3.45.88.119.14 68 LOST Carlton 5.58.99.1311.19 85 -17 PRI Jun 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Essendon 5.47.810.1213.15 93 WON South Melbourne 4.27.49.512.6 78 15 WIN Jul 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A Essendon 5.27.513.818.11 119 WON Melbourne 5.410.812.1115.14 104 15 MCG Jul 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Essendon 4.48.717.1018.15 123 WON Hawthorn 3.67.1012.1115.17 107 16 PRI Jul 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Essendon 2.24.67.88.15 63 LOST Richmond 2.36.610.1315.16 106 -43 WIN Jul 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Essendon 3.06.310.412.7 79 LOST St. Kilda 6.612.914.1017.15 117 -38 VFL Jul 31 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Essendon 4.47.713.1118.14 122 WON Geelong 3.311.414.418.8 116 6 KAR Aug 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 H Essendon 1.37.77.810.9 69 LOST North Melbourne 3.47.610.1014.11 95 -26 WIN Aug 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A Essendon 2.39.810.1412.17 89 LOST Collingwood 4.79.1116.1520.20 140 -51 VIC Aug 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 A Essendon 4.16.76.1010.18 78 LOST Fitzroy 5.89.1212.1815.20 110 -32 JUN Aug 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
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1976 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Amos, Robert 8 91 11.4 16 2.0 107 13.4 30 3.8 0 0.0     10 10 1 0.1 2 8
Andrews, Ron 16 224 14.0 54 3.4 278 17.4 71 4.4 10 0.6     58 50 3 0.2 3 21
Beaumont, Steve 9 84 9.3 25 2.8 109 12.1 17 1.9 0 0.0     21 23 14 1.6 11 95
Berry, Bill 7 25 3.6 6 0.9 31 4.4 13 1.9 9 1.3     6 10 3 0.4 3 21
Blethyn, Geoff 14 110 7.9 17 1.2 127 9.1 61 4.4 1 0.1     21 27 39 2.8 25 259
Burdett, Geoff 7 40 5.7 17 2.4 57 8.1 12 1.7 0 0.0     8 8 2 0.3 3 15
Cahill, Terry 9 127 14.1 18 2.0 145 16.1 19 2.1 0 0.0     21 8 7 0.8 9 51
Close, Robin 18 166 9.2 38 2.1 204 11.3 68 3.8 0 0.0     32 40 26 1.4 30 186
Crow, Max 17 208 12.2 29 1.7 237 13.9 126 7.4 7 0.4     18 23 17 1.0 25 127
Demetriou, Jim 2 2 1.0 6 3.0 8 4.0 0 0.0 0 0.0     0 2 0 0.0 0 0
Ellen, Russ 12 74 6.2 21 1.8 95 7.9 26 2.2 24 2.0     13 22 1 0.1 2 8
Fields, Neville 17 255 15.0 52 3.1 307 18.1 67 3.9 1 0.1     52 37 13 0.8 26 104
Fletcher, Ken 21 301 14.3 46 2.2 347 16.5 64 3.0 0 0.0     50 61 2 0.1 6 18
Foulds, Garry 12 129 10.8 20 1.7 149 12.4 40 3.3 0 0.0     17 14 8 0.7 10 58
Grinter, Barry 22 155 7.0 35 1.6 190 8.6 78 3.5 3 0.1     33 31 0 0.0 0 0
Hartigan, Dean 10 69 6.9 56 5.6 125 12.5 21 2.1 0 0.0     25 8 1 0.1 1 7
Hatcher, Graeme 3 9 3.0 3 1.0 12 4.0 6 2.0 0 0.0     2 2 0 0.0 0 0
Hickmott, Peter 21 267 12.7 64 3.0 331 15.8 73 3.5 5 0.2     35 33 3 0.1 2 20
Jenkin, Graeme 1 10 10.0 3 3.0 13 13.0 4 4.0 10 10.0     3 3 0 0.0 0 0
Madden, Simon 20 123 6.2 43 2.2 166 8.3 78 3.9 86 4.3     14 19 28 1.4 18 186
Mansfield, Ken 2 21 10.5 10 5.0 31 15.5 1 0.5 0 0.0     8 2 2 1.0 1 13
Marsh, Ian 2 25 12.5 5 2.5 30 15.0 7 3.5 0 0.0     3 3 1 0.5 0 6
McDonald, Paul 2 10 5.0 2 1.0 12 6.0 8 4.0 0 0.0     3 2 0 0.0 1 1
Mihocek, Jack 2 10 5.0 1 0.5 11 5.5 1 0.5 0 0.0     2 5 3 1.5 1 19
Moloney, Laurie 7 44 6.3 6 0.9 50 7.1 14 2.0 0 0.0     4 9 1 0.1 1 7
Moss, Graham 20 236 11.8 224 11.2 460 23.0 185 9.3 179 9.0     69 57 19 1.0 8 122
Newton, Rob 15 149 9.9 22 1.5 171 11.4 35 2.3 0 0.0     17 20 0 0.0 0 0
Noonan, Alan 13 95 7.3 28 2.2 123 9.5 38 2.9 1 0.1     19 16 9 0.7 9 63
Parkes, Gary 22 321 14.6 53 2.4 374 17.0 70 3.2 0 0.0     50 71 9 0.4 7 61
Perry, Greg 3 11 3.7 2 0.7 13 4.3 2 0.7 1 0.3     7 0 0 0.0 0 0
Roberts, Ken 22 334 15.2 78 3.5 412 18.7 81 3.7 0 0.0     64 68 11 0.5 9 75
Robins, Stephen 6 65 10.8 7 1.2 72 12.0 10 1.7 1 0.2     10 12 4 0.7 3 27
Scanlon, Denis 9 87 9.7 17 1.9 104 11.6 33 3.7 5 0.6     15 12 0 0.0 6 6
Shaw, Robert 4 19 4.8 7 1.8 26 6.5 9 2.3 1 0.3     3 2 1 0.3 1 7
Staehr, Howard 3 24 8.0 2 0.7 26 8.7 4 1.3 0 0.0     8 5 0 0.0 0 0
Tyler, Trevor 4 42 10.5 19 4.8 61 15.3 9 2.3 0 0.0     4 8 0 0.0 1 1
Walsh, Brian 19 346 18.2 46 2.4 392 20.6 67 3.5 0 0.0     47 33 33 1.7 28 226
Watson, Larry 11 97 8.8 25 2.3 122 11.1 21 1.9 0 0.0     17 24 0 0.0 1 1
Wellington, Pat 10 91 9.1 16 1.6 107 10.7 32 3.2 0 0.0     16 22 1 0.1 3 9
Wilson, Andy 18 273 15.2 36 2.0 309 17.2 58 3.2 0 0.0     25 25 18 1.0 24 132
 

Footnotes

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