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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

Essendon



"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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1992 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1992 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 7.09.515.817.9 111 LOST St. Kilda 5.39.913.1218.20 128 -17 WAV Mar 22 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
2 H Essendon 0.23.64.715.8 98 LOST Fitzroy 4.69.1118.1722.18 150 -52 MCG Mar 29 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
3 A Essendon 3.57.911.1113.13 91 WON Footscray 1.45.66.109.15 69 22 WES Apr 5 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
4 H Essendon 5.36.411.817.13 115 LOST Collingwood 6.311.818.919.10 124 -9 WAV Apr 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 A Essendon 7.311.420.722.9 141 WON Hawthorn 3.28.1012.1416.18 114 27 WAV Apr 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H Essendon 2.36.910.1418.16 124 WON Melbourne 7.314.618.719.9 123 1 MCG Apr 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 Essendon       Bye        
8 A Essendon 1.13.86.1111.14 80 LOST North Melbourne 5.611.713.1319.18 132 -52 PRI May 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Essendon 7.59.1514.1917.22 124 LOST Geelong 7.414.720.1028.13 181 -57 MCG May 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A Essendon 2.43.154.187.22 64 LOST Carlton 4.16.312.418.8 116 -52 PRI May 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Essendon 3.76.89.1516.20 116 WON Sydney 0.54.75.1110.13 73 43 MCG May 31 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
12 H Essendon 2.39.814.1519.16 130 WON Richmond 2.35.57.711.13 79 51 MCG Jun 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A Essendon 2.27.413.818.11 119 WON Brisbane 3.35.48.912.13 85 34 CRR Jun 14 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
14 A Essendon 2.27.311.921.10 136 WON Adelaide 5.49.512.814.8 92 44 FBP Jun 21 (Sun, 7:40) Scores
15 H Essendon 2.44.67.69.8 62 LOST West Coast 4.412.516.1120.17 137 -75 MCG Jun 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H Essendon 5.310.715.1216.15 111 WON St. Kilda 2.28.79.1411.17 83 28 MCG Jul 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Essendon 4.26.98.1211.14 80 WON Fitzroy 2.54.98.1310.17 77 3 NHO Jul 12 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
18 H Essendon 3.56.810.1113.15 93 WON Footscray 2.43.114.1310.17 77 16 MCG Jul 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Essendon 2.44.88.118.13 61 LOST Collingwood 4.66.97.1610.23 83 -22 MCG Jul 24 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
20 H Essendon 2.14.34.58.8 56 LOST Hawthorn 8.716.1424.2332.24 216 -160 MCG Aug 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A Essendon 3.410.715.1019.12 126 WON Melbourne 1.48.411.1013.16 94 32 MCG Aug 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 Essendon       Bye        
23 H Essendon 5.17.713.1220.19 139 WON North Melbourne 5.26.67.1010.11 71 68 MCG Aug 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
24 A Essendon 2.53.78.99.10 64 LOST Geelong 5.37.59.916.14 110 -46 WAV Aug 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
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1992 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Alessio, Steven 5 27 5.4 29 5.8 56 11.2 17 3.4 42 8.4 8 1.6 9 5 2 0.4 1 13
Anderson, Greg 19 309 16.3 84 4.4 393 20.7 82 4.3 3 0.2 20 1.1 19 12 10 0.5 14 74
Bailey, Dean 4 25 6.3 23 5.8 48 12.0 10 2.5 0 0.0 2 0.5 3 1 0 0.0 0 0
Bewick, Darren 20 271 13.6 94 4.7 365 18.3 66 3.3 0 0.0 21 1.1 25 20 32 1.6 28 220
Bower, Brendan 3 49 16.3 10 3.3 59 19.7 18 6.0 0 0.0 8 2.7 6 7 3 1.0 0 18
Calthorpe, David 2 9 4.5 3 1.5 12 6.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.5 1 4 2 1.0 3 15
Considine, Ed 3 26 8.7 20 6.7 46 15.3 2 0.7 1 0.3 7 2.3 3 4 0 0.0 1 1
Cransberg, Peter 3 14 4.7 7 2.3 21 7.0 5 1.7 1 0.3 3 1.0 1 1 2 0.7 1 13
Daniher, Anthony 15 113 7.5 78 5.2 191 12.7 52 3.5 2 0.1 15 1.0 22 10 3 0.2 1 19
Daniher, Terry 10 93 9.3 31 3.1 124 12.4 47 4.7 3 0.3 8 0.8 19 12 15 1.5 10 100
Daniher, Chris 19 189 9.9 148 7.8 337 17.7 85 4.5 2 0.1 49 2.6 29 21 10 0.5 5 65
Denham, Sean 10 70 7.0 68 6.8 138 13.8 15 1.5 0 0.0 21 2.1 9 14 4 0.4 4 28
Dick, Willie 7 45 6.4 19 2.7 64 9.1 28 4.0 2 0.3 0 0.0 5 5 6 0.9 7 43
Ezard, Alan 12 121 10.1 36 3.0 157 13.1 40 3.3 0 0.0 12 1.0 8 17 7 0.6 7 49
Filandia, Peter 1 4 4.0 7 7.0 11 11.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 3 1 1.0 0 6
Flood, David 15 92 6.1 60 4.0 152 10.1 49 3.3 3 0.2 21 1.4 16 13 11 0.7 2 68
Fox, Brad 7 45 6.4 29 4.1 74 10.6 10 1.4 1 0.1 12 1.7 13 4 1 0.1 1 7
Grenvold, David 11 70 6.4 61 5.5 131 11.9 19 1.7 1 0.1 9 0.8 17 8 2 0.2 4 16
Hamilton, Paul 3 12 4.0 6 2.0 18 6.0 8 2.7 0 0.0 2 0.7 1 4 1 0.3 0 6
Harvey, Mark 22 344 15.6 89 4.0 433 19.7 98 4.5 4 0.2 24 1.1 27 23 1 0.0 1 7
Hills, Paul 17 145 8.5 162 9.5 307 18.1 56 3.3 0 0.0 25 1.5 24 24 3 0.2 6 24
Hird, James 4 45 11.3 24 6.0 69 17.3 31 7.8 0 0.0 2 0.5 2 3 5 1.3 5 35
Johnston, David 2 24 12.0 12 6.0 36 18.0 8 4.0 0 0.0 6 3.0 2 5 0 0.0 0 0
Kickett, Derek 22 219 10.0 170 7.7 389 17.7 77 3.5 2 0.1 33 1.5 29 40 23 1.0 18 156
Kilpatrick, Glenn 15 176 11.7 71 4.7 247 16.5 39 2.6 0 0.0 19 1.3 14 15 3 0.2 3 21
Long, Michael 17 182 10.7 157 9.2 339 19.9 56 3.3 1 0.1 34 2.0 23 26 13 0.8 8 86
Madden, Simon 7 39 5.6 18 2.6 57 8.1 21 3.0 28 4.0 3 0.4 12 7 8 1.1 2 50
Manton, Glenn 2 9 4.5 6 3.0 15 7.5 7 3.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 2 0 0.0 0 0
McMullin, Ian 1 12 12.0 6 6.0 18 18.0 3 3.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 1 1 1.0 1 7
Mercuri, Mark 3 22 7.3 14 4.7 36 12.0 9 3.0 0 0.0 2 0.7 3 6 1 0.3 4 10
Misiti, Joe 2 20 10.0 29 14.5 49 24.5 11 5.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 1 0 0.0 1 1
O'Donnell, Gary 20 296 14.8 157 7.9 453 22.7 75 3.8 0 0.0 31 1.6 20 21 10 0.5 13 73
Plain, Bradley 4 35 8.8 7 1.8 42 10.5 6 1.5 0 0.0 7 1.8 2 6 4 1.0 9 33
Ridley, Todd 10 88 8.8 58 5.8 146 14.6 39 3.9 3 0.3 20 2.0 9 15 10 1.0 11 71
Salmon, Paul 19 203 10.7 80 4.2 283 14.9 138 7.3 148 7.8 12 0.6 35 20 59 3.1 23 377
Somerville, Peter 20 169 8.5 71 3.6 240 12.0 114 5.7 145 7.3 11 0.6 39 60 21 1.1 16 142
Sporn, Kieran 19 251 13.2 94 4.9 345 18.2 92 4.8 0 0.0 20 1.1 21 12 18 0.9 10 118
Symons, Michael 3 17 5.7 9 3.0 26 8.7 9 3.0 0 0.0 7 2.3 0 2 1 0.3 1 7
Thompson, Mark 21 300 14.3 169 8.0 469 22.3 81 3.9 3 0.1 22 1.0 22 14 5 0.2 2 32
Wallis, Dean 12 78 6.5 34 2.8 112 9.3 48 4.0 1 0.1 20 1.7 7 15 6 0.5 11 47
Wanganeen, Gavin 21 238 11.3 121 5.8 359 17.1 55 2.6 0 0.0 73 3.5 59 18 11 0.5 17 83
Werner, Michael 8 42 5.3 37 4.6 79 9.9 22 2.8 4 0.5 8 1.0 3 10 9 1.1 3 57
 

Footnotes

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