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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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1989 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1989 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 6.411.814.817.10 112 WON West Coast 6.47.610.914.12 96 16 WAC Mar 31 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
2 H Essendon 4.28.513.914.10 94 WON Melbourne 2.34.74.119.14 68 26 WIN Apr 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 A Essendon 2.26.78.1013.13 91 LOST Hawthorn 5.36.912.1320.15 135 -44 PRI Apr 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 A Essendon 5.211.516.821.12 138 WON Carlton 3.47.118.1515.20 110 28 PRI Apr 25 (Tue, 2:10) Scores
5 H Essendon 5.36.912.1220.18 138 WON St. Kilda 4.47.1112.1112.12 84 54 WIN Apr 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A Essendon 6.19.412.716.9 105 LOST North Melbourne 5.410.1014.1417.19 121 -16 MCG May 7 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
7 A Essendon 4.612.814.817.10 112 WON Brisbane 5.16.311.812.9 81 31 CRR May 14 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
8 H Essendon 3.95.1214.1621.19 145 WON Richmond 0.22.67.1112.15 87 58 WIN May 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Essendon 3.49.413.519.11 125 WON Collingwood 3.75.96.137.16 58 67 VFL May 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Essendon 2.48.810.1018.14 122 WON Fitzroy 5.16.69.810.9 69 53 WIN Jun 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A Essendon 1.33.33.54.11 35 LOST Geelong 5.38.1010.1312.17 89 -54 MCG Jun 12 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
12 H Essendon 2.05.25.67.8 50 LOST Sydney 5.65.85.107.13 55 -5 WIN Jun 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H Essendon 2.23.23.73.10 28 WON Footscray 1.22.22.23.5 23 5 WIN Jun 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Essendon 4.36.58.69.7 61 WON Carlton 0.14.35.38.10 58 3 VFL Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Essendon 8.213.217.825.10 160 WON West Coast 0.11.21.71.12 18 142 WIN Jul 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Essendon 7.49.812.1214.15 99 WON Richmond 6.17.58.109.12 66 33 MCG Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Essendon 3.312.815.1120.13 133 WON St. Kilda 3.34.59.916.10 106 27 MOO Jul 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Essendon 1.22.42.77.9 51 WON Footscray 0.11.22.43.5 23 28 WES Aug 6 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
19 H Essendon 5.310.612.815.11 101 WON Brisbane 2.34.35.57.5 47 54 WIN Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 H Essendon 2.18.413.1019.14 128 WON North Melbourne 5.48.610.817.10 112 16 WIN Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A Essendon 3.38.712.915.14 104 LOST Sydney 4.87.1111.1715.20 110 -6 SCG Aug 25 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
22 A Essendon 4.19.413.916.12 108 WON Melbourne 4.47.79.1013.11 89 19 MCG Sep 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
QF A Essendon 5.512.919.1224.13 157 WON Geelong 2.46.57.711.15 81 76 MCG Sep 10 (Sun, 2:30) Scores
2SF A Essendon 5.47.69.611.10 76 LOST Hawthorn 3.28.413.1016.16 112 -36 VFL Sep 16 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
PF A Essendon 4.36.46.910.10 70 LOST Geelong 6.413.1219.1524.20 164 -94 VFL Sep 23 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
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1989 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 23 356 15.5 110 4.8 466 20.3 106 4.6 2 0.1 34 1.5 32 32 14 0.6 11 95
2 Antrobus, Tony 13 165 12.7 66 5.1 231 17.8 57 4.4 1 0.1 7 0.5 28 29 21 1.6 13 139
31 Bailey, Dean 17 157 9.2 98 5.8 255 15.0 31 1.8 1 0.1 19 1.1 15 19 4 0.2 5 29
20 Barnes, John 2 10 5.0 8 4.0 18 9.0 8 4.0 5 2.5 2 1.0 1 1 1 0.5 1 7
8 Bewick, Darren 13 163 12.5 60 4.6 223 17.2 43 3.3 0 0.0 26 2.0 26 17 30 2.3 14 194
12 Clark, Steven 3 32 10.7 7 2.3 39 13.0 20 6.7 0 0.0 8 2.7 3 2 3 1.0 7 25
37 Considine, Ed 13 100 7.7 38 2.9 138 10.6 29 2.2 5 0.4 14 1.1 18 15 3 0.2 2 20
7 Daniher, Chris 3 24 8.0 7 2.3 31 10.3 9 3.0 1 0.3 2 0.7 3 7 1 0.3 2 8
5 Daniher, Terry 23 326 14.2 130 5.7 456 19.8 160 7.0 1 0.0 22 1.0 44 40 26 1.1 18 174
36 Daniher, Neale 4 48 12.0 12 3.0 60 15.0 16 4.0 0 0.0 1 0.3 3 5 1 0.3 2 8
6 Daniher, Anthony 25 190 7.6 91 3.6 281 11.2 85 3.4 4 0.2 30 1.2 38 22 6 0.2 5 41
22 Duckworth, Bill 13 115 8.8 53 4.1 168 12.9 45 3.5 0 0.0 19 1.5 14 12 7 0.5 7 49
15 Ezard, Alan 19 267 14.1 59 3.1 326 17.2 65 3.4 0 0.0 29 1.5 19 28 24 1.3 13 157
10 Foulds, Garry 12 131 10.9 31 2.6 162 13.5 35 2.9 0 0.0 11 0.9 8 16 2 0.2 2 14
29 Grenvold, David 12 82 6.8 69 5.8 151 12.6 25 2.1 0 0.0 14 1.2 14 19 2 0.2 2 14
16 Hamilton, Paul 19 156 8.2 127 6.7 283 14.9 67 3.5 0 0.0 20 1.1 43 15 0 0.0 2 2
1 Harvey, Mark 12 150 12.5 57 4.8 207 17.3 51 4.3 3 0.3 16 1.3 22 15 11 0.9 10 76
39 Johnston, David 6 53 8.8 27 4.5 80 13.3 14 2.3 0 0.0 9 1.5 8 6 1 0.2 0 6
4 Long, Michael 24 233 9.7 203 8.5 436 18.2 68 2.8 0 0.0 63 2.6 23 28 19 0.8 10 124
27 Madden, Simon 25 239 9.6 81 3.2 320 12.8 138 5.5 350 14.0 28 1.1 64 52 33 1.3 16 214
41 Manning, Andrew 3 19 6.3 24 8.0 43 14.3 12 4.0 0 0.0 10 3.3 6 5 2 0.7 1 13
45 O'Brien, Craig 2 18 9.0 2 1.0 20 10.0 9 4.5 0 0.0 2 1.0 1 2 1 0.5 1 7
44 O'Donnell, Gary 25 277 11.1 176 7.0 453 18.1 73 2.9 0 0.0 32 1.3 31 24 3 0.1 7 25
25 Parker, Geoff 2 14 7.0 6 3.0 20 10.0 4 2.0 0 0.0 2 1.0 0 1 0 0.0 1 1
14 Plain, Bradley 19 187 9.8 82 4.3 269 14.2 47 2.5 0 0.0 31 1.6 17 33 27 1.4 19 181
3 Salmon, Paul 16 161 10.1 51 3.2 212 13.3 96 6.0 144 9.0 5 0.3 33 27 39 2.4 16 250
19 Somerville, Peter 3 24 8.0 11 3.7 35 11.7 15 5.0 16 5.3 3 1.0 6 7 2 0.7 2 14
23 Spencer, Trevor 6 34 5.7 15 2.5 49 8.2 17 2.8 5 0.8 6 1.0 8 11 3 0.5 2 20
17 Sporn, Kieran 20 196 9.8 88 4.4 284 14.2 82 4.1 0 0.0 26 1.3 31 22 24 1.2 15 159
26 Thompson, Mark 10 134 13.4 76 7.6 210 21.0 40 4.0 0 0.0 10 1.0 15 9 0 0.0 1 1
9 Underwood, Andrew 11 112 10.2 64 5.8 176 16.0 33 3.0 5 0.5 15 1.4 24 15 4 0.4 5 29
18 Vander Haar, Paul 12 97 8.1 42 3.5 139 11.6 54 4.5 4 0.3 8 0.7 22 19 13 1.1 6 84
21 Wallis, Dean 9 67 7.4 38 4.2 105 11.7 27 3.0 1 0.1 14 1.6 7 17 2 0.2 6 18
30 Walsh, Kevin 25 197 7.9 124 5.0 321 12.8 62 2.5 16 0.6 28 1.1 35 40 2 0.1 3 15
32 Watson, Tim 24 334 13.9 205 8.5 539 22.5 99 4.1 1 0.0 39 1.6 35 37 23 1.0 15 153
24 Werner, Michael 12 77 6.4 30 2.5 107 8.9 28 2.3 1 0.1 7 0.6 10 24 16 1.3 11 107
13 Williams, Darren 20 249 12.5 135 6.8 384 19.2 63 3.2 0 0.0 31 1.6 48 48 5 0.3 6 36
Totals 500 5194 10.4 2503 5.0 7697 15.4 1833 3.7 566 1.1 643 1.3 755 721 375 0.8 259 2509
 

Footnotes

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