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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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1988 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1988 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Essendon 11.316.920.1125.14 164 WON North Melbourne 1.64.87.1012.10 82 82 WIN Apr 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 A Essendon 4.18.611.811.10 76 LOST West Coast 4.411.917.1326.19 175 -99 WAC Apr 8 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
3 H Essendon 7.210.811.1111.13 79 LOST Carlton 4.39.519.823.13 151 -72 WIN Apr 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 A Essendon 1.16.49.514.7 91 WON St. Kilda 4.44.67.810.9 69 22 MOO Apr 25 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
5 A Essendon 2.36.911.1013.14 92 LOST Geelong 5.29.413.817.14 116 -24 KAR Apr 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A Essendon 3.39.312.416.5 101 WON Melbourne 1.45.77.119.14 68 33 MCG May 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Essendon 2.45.89.1117.17 119 WON Collingwood 2.47.69.811.9 75 44 WIN May 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Essendon 4.211.717.1420.17 137 WON Richmond 3.47.78.1013.11 89 48 WIN May 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Essendon 6.112.520.1129.20 194 WON Brisbane 3.03.26.28.6 54 140 MCG May 27 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
10 A Essendon 2.03.34.78.7 55 LOST Sydney 4.17.410.911.11 77 -22 SCG Jun 3 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
11 A Essendon 1.33.55.610.8 68 LOST Hawthorn 3.47.1110.1317.16 118 -50 PRI Jun 13 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
12 A Essendon 4.64.74.94.9 33 LOST Fitzroy 0.35.56.77.9 51 -18 VFL Jun 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H Essendon 4.26.410.1010.15 75 LOST Footscray 3.110.211.815.9 99 -24 WIN Jun 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Essendon 3.26.89.1216.16 112 WON West Coast 4.49.411.613.7 85 27 WIN Jul 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A Essendon 6.411.816.1421.14 140 WON North Melbourne 3.24.57.1014.10 94 46 MCG Jul 10 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
16 H Essendon 3.27.711.716.14 110 WON Fitzroy 3.25.66.89.12 66 44 WIN Jul 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Essendon 4.19.213.516.7 103 WON Brisbane 4.35.68.910.14 74 29 CRR Jul 24 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
18 A Essendon 3.45.57.79.8 62 LOST Hawthorn 3.15.77.1112.16 88 -26 VFL Jul 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 H Essendon 2.47.811.1212.18 90 LOST Geelong 6.510.917.1024.13 157 -67 WIN Aug 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 A Essendon 4.56.77.1210.13 73 LOST Collingwood 1.13.56.710.14 74 -1 VFL Aug 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 H Essendon 3.58.514.919.14 128 WON Melbourne 5.28.810.813.12 90 38 WIN Aug 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 H Essendon 7.29.311.712.12 84 WON St. Kilda 1.65.77.128.17 65 19 VFL Aug 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
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1988 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
11 Anderson, Greg 20 254 12.7 112 5.6 366 18.3 83 4.2 0 0.0 37 1.9 23 36 12 0.6 15 87
31 Bailey, Dean 8 72 9.0 44 5.5 116 14.5 19 2.4 0 0.0 17 2.1 11 11 4 0.5 2 26
4 Baker, Leon 8 109 13.6 27 3.4 136 17.0 35 4.4 0 0.0 10 1.3 14 13 2 0.3 4 16
20 Barnes, John 2 12 6.0 6 3.0 18 9.0 8 4.0 1 0.5 1 0.5 0 4 0 0.0 1 1
8 Bewick, Darren 18 253 14.1 74 4.1 327 18.2 58 3.2 0 0.0 25 1.4 38 21 19 1.1 19 133
41 Bourke, Peter 1 6 6.0 4 4.0 10 10.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
12 Clark, Steven 16 152 9.5 79 4.9 231 14.4 37 2.3 0 0.0 16 1.0 44 29 22 1.4 13 145
37 Considine, Ed 6 35 5.8 12 2.0 47 7.8 8 1.3 0 0.0 6 1.0 4 10 2 0.3 2 14
7 Daniher, Chris 2 16 8.0 6 3.0 22 11.0 8 4.0 0 0.0 4 2.0 2 2 1 0.5 0 6
5 Daniher, Terry 19 250 13.2 111 5.8 361 19.0 115 6.1 3 0.2 10 0.5 41 33 18 0.9 17 125
6 Daniher, Anthony 22 205 9.3 90 4.1 295 13.4 91 4.1 0 0.0 16 0.7 43 18 3 0.1 3 21
22 Duckworth, Bill 20 179 9.0 84 4.2 263 13.2 63 3.2 1 0.1 28 1.4 36 49 15 0.8 6 96
15 Ezard, Alan 20 300 15.0 76 3.8 376 18.8 70 3.5 0 0.0 30 1.5 24 23 20 1.0 28 148
28 Flood, David 7 43 6.1 20 2.9 63 9.0 21 3.0 0 0.0 2 0.3 6 8 4 0.6 5 29
10 Foulds, Garry 22 309 14.0 66 3.0 375 17.0 76 3.5 0 0.0 15 0.7 22 22 13 0.6 7 85
17 Francis, Peter 4 36 9.0 13 3.3 49 12.3 9 2.3 0 0.0 4 1.0 7 3 0 0.0 0 0
16 Hamilton, Paul 21 137 6.5 120 5.7 257 12.2 60 2.9 0 0.0 21 1.0 25 18 3 0.1 0 18
1 Harvey, Mark 15 243 16.2 58 3.9 301 20.1 82 5.5 0 0.0 26 1.7 23 29 14 0.9 10 94
33 Hawker, Glenn 20 267 13.4 134 6.7 401 20.1 76 3.8 0 0.0 21 1.1 23 38 10 0.5 11 71
39 Johnston, David 6 53 8.8 23 3.8 76 12.7 14 2.3 0 0.0 6 1.0 4 9 2 0.3 2 14
35 Keane, Gavin 13 169 13.0 61 4.7 230 17.7 33 2.5 0 0.0 7 0.5 14 15 9 0.7 5 59
27 Madden, Simon 22 183 8.3 95 4.3 278 12.6 138 6.3 257 11.7 27 1.2 36 44 31 1.4 8 194
34 Merryweather, Andrew 5 29 5.8 12 2.4 41 8.2 5 1.0 0 0.0 4 0.8 7 4 0 0.0 0 0
38 Moore, Brendon 4 27 6.8 19 4.8 46 11.5 7 1.8 0 0.0 3 0.8 3 3 1 0.3 1 7
36 O'Brien, Paul 3 25 8.3 11 3.7 36 12.0 4 1.3 0 0.0 5 1.7 2 2 2 0.7 1 13
44 O'Donnell, Gary 20 196 9.8 109 5.5 305 15.3 41 2.1 0 0.0 35 1.8 24 21 5 0.3 1 31
40 O'Sullivan, Michael 1 6 6.0 0 0.0 6 6.0 2 2.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
14 Plain, Bradley 1 9 9.0 0 0.0 9 9.0 4 4.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 1 3 1 1.0 2 8
25 Rogers, Andrew 8 54 6.8 28 3.5 82 10.3 18 2.3 0 0.0 5 0.6 6 10 1 0.1 1 7
3 Salmon, Paul 19 180 9.5 63 3.3 243 12.8 108 5.7 126 6.6 18 0.9 23 40 37 1.9 23 245
42 Somerville, Peter 4 31 7.8 10 2.5 41 10.3 23 5.8 35 8.8 4 1.0 1 17 2 0.5 3 15
23 Spencer, Trevor 2 5 2.5 6 3.0 11 5.5 6 3.0 2 1.0 0 0.0 1 2 3 1.5 0 18
45 Stubbs, Justin 2 13 6.5 0 0.0 13 6.5 1 0.5 0 0.0 2 1.0 4 1 3 1.5 4 22
19 Sullivan, David 5 31 6.2 13 2.6 44 8.8 7 1.4 0 0.0 8 1.6 7 7 6 1.2 7 43
18 Vander Haar, Paul 2 14 7.0 9 4.5 23 11.5 13 6.5 0 0.0 2 1.0 2 2 2 1.0 2 14
21 Wallis, Dean 13 81 6.2 30 2.3 111 8.5 29 2.2 0 0.0 23 1.8 5 21 9 0.7 3 57
29 Walsh, Nick 2 14 7.0 11 5.5 25 12.5 1 0.5 0 0.0 1 0.5 3 0 0 0.0 1 1
30 Walsh, Kevin 17 100 5.9 58 3.4 158 9.3 36 2.1 6 0.4 27 1.6 9 22 0 0.0 1 1
32 Watson, Tim 19 300 15.8 136 7.2 436 22.9 92 4.8 1 0.1 22 1.2 24 33 24 1.3 17 161
13 Williams, Darren 15 207 13.8 105 7.0 312 20.8 43 2.9 1 0.1 17 1.1 40 37 18 1.2 6 114
24 Winton, Brian 6 48 8.0 20 3.3 68 11.3 20 3.3 0 0.0 12 2.0 6 14 1 0.2 2 8
Totals 440 4653 10.6 1955 4.4 6608 15.0 1564 3.6 433 1.0 519 1.2 609 676 319 0.7 233 2147
 

Footnotes

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