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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

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2023

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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1984 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1984 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 5.59.1014.1319.20 134 WON St. Kilda 4.29.712.814.13 97 37 MOO Mar 31 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Essendon 2.58.510.816.14 110 LOST Hawthorn 2.46.713.1017.14 116 -6 WIN Apr 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Essendon 4.212.820.1226.13 169 WON Collingwood 3.55.710.816.10 106 63 WIN Apr 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 A Essendon 3.118.1512.2217.24 126 WON Melbourne 2.15.27.214.7 91 35 VFL Apr 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 A Essendon 4.311.818.1120.15 135 WON Richmond 5.39.710.1112.14 86 49 MCG Apr 25 (Wed, 2:10) Scores
6 A Essendon 4.38.714.822.12 144 WON Fitzroy 4.58.612.1313.15 93 51 JUN May 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Essendon 2.26.59.812.10 82 LOST Footscray 6.27.313.616.8 104 -22 WIN May 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Essendon 4.28.612.1319.19 133 WON Geelong 2.17.29.414.6 90 43 VFL May 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Essendon 2.68.813.1316.17 113 WON Carlton 5.58.78.99.12 66 47 WIN May 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A Essendon 1.09.411.616.12 108 WON North Melbourne 5.67.711.1215.16 106 2 ARD Jun 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Essendon 9.714.1116.1220.15 135 WON Sydney 2.17.611.814.10 94 41 WIN Jun 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 A Essendon 2.44.55.86.10 46 LOST Hawthorn 4.59.911.1212.21 93 -47 PRI Jun 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A Essendon 3.57.713.819.9 123 WON Collingwood 3.48.811.1412.17 89 34 VIC Jun 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Essendon 2.45.69.914.15 99 WON Melbourne 4.34.56.97.14 56 43 VFL Jun 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Essendon 4.08.49.814.10 94 WON Richmond 1.43.106.157.19 61 33 WIN Jul 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H Essendon 5.111.317.620.7 127 WON Fitzroy 2.24.77.109.12 66 61 WIN Jul 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Essendon 0.60.73.94.10 34 WON Footscray 0.30.70.83.14 32 2 WES Jul 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Essendon 5.68.1111.1819.22 136 WON Geelong 3.45.910.1412.17 89 47 VFL Aug 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Essendon 3.38.69.915.12 102 WON Carlton 2.45.1011.1512.18 90 12 PRI Aug 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 H Essendon 6.210.419.622.6 138 WON St. Kilda 2.14.28.213.5 83 55 WIN Aug 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A Essendon 5.48.812.1314.15 99 LOST Sydney 5.110.515.1123.17 155 -56 SCG Aug 26 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
22 H Essendon 10.217.325.327.7 169 WON North Melbourne 3.49.1114.1419.17 131 38 WIN Sep 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2SF H Essendon 3.48.1013.1415.15 105 LOST Hawthorn 5.69.813.1316.17 113 -8 MCG Sep 16 (Sun, 2:30) Scores
PF H Essendon 8.117.621.628.6 174 WON Collingwood 2.43.64.95.11 41 133 VFL Sep 22 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
GF H Essendon 2.43.115.1514.21 105 WON Hawthorn 6.18.610.812.9 81 24 MCG Sep 29 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
Player stats will return soon.
 

Footnotes

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