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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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2001 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 2001 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 7.29.515.623.8 146 WON North Melbourne 3.14.36.69.7 61 85 MCG Mar 30 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
2 H Essendon 7.411.618.723.7 145 WON Port Adelaide 3.16.49.616.11 107 38 DOC Apr 6 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
3 A Essendon 3.36.610.811.10 76 LOST Carlton 3.25.68.914.9 93 -17 MCG Apr 12 (Thu, 7:40) Scores
4 A Essendon 3.38.614.815.12 102 WON Sydney 1.52.64.136.19 55 47 SCG Apr 20 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
5 H Essendon 5.49.613.815.13 103 WON Collingwood 3.510.513.714.11 95 8 MCG Apr 25 (Wed, 2:15) Scores
6 H Essendon 4.311.819.1024.14 158 WON West Coast 3.37.48.710.10 70 88 DOC May 6 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
7 A Essendon 4.108.1512.2116.24 120 WON Richmond 0.34.47.710.14 74 46 MCG May 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 A Essendon 2.15.49.912.13 85 WON Melbourne 3.33.77.1111.13 79 6 MCG May 20 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
9 H Essendon 7.411.915.1018.14 122 WON Hawthorn 4.14.47.78.9 57 65 DOC May 26 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
10 A Essendon 1.42.76.1210.14 74 LOST Brisbane 3.47.610.815.12 102 -28 GAB Jun 2 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
11 A Essendon 6.313.618.1119.14 128 WON St. Kilda 2.46.69.613.8 86 42 DOC Jun 8 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
12 H Essendon 3.37.613.1018.14 122 WON Adelaide 3.16.18.411.7 73 49 DOC Jun 15 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
13 H Essendon 2.27.513.718.10 118 WON Fremantle 4.45.57.1110.12 72 46 DOC Jun 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A Essendon 5.312.619.724.10 154 WON Western Bulldogs 3.25.310.511.10 76 78 DOC Jul 6 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
15 H Essendon 5.710.815.1219.13 127 WON Geelong 1.29.513.517.10 112 15 DOC Jul 15 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
16 H Essendon 2.312.419.827.9 171 WON North Melbourne 12.116.122.425.9 159 12 MCG Jul 22 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
17 A Essendon 2.17.810.1014.13 97 LOST Port Adelaide 4.57.713.915.14 104 -7 FBP Jul 29 (Sun, 1:40) Scores
18 H Essendon 4.09.111.814.11 95 LOST Carlton 7.110.312.416.6 102 -7 MCG Aug 5 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
19 H Essendon 1.32.85.1111.13 79 WON Sydney 2.57.69.811.11 77 2 DOC Aug 12 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
20 A Essendon 4.75.129.1415.17 107 WON Collingwood 3.37.410.813.9 87 20 MCG Aug 18 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
21 A Essendon 7.210.517.721.10 136 WON West Coast 1.32.55.96.11 47 89 SUB Aug 25 (Sat, 5:40) Scores
22 H Essendon 3.27.69.712.11 83 LOST Richmond 5.28.313.517.5 107 -24 MCG Aug 31 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
1QF H Essendon 4.58.512.817.11 113 WON Richmond 1.42.74.105.13 43 70 MCG Sep 7 (Fri, 7:45) Scores
1PF H Essendon 4.28.78.811.10 76 WON Hawthorn 2.62.75.119.13 67 9 MCG Sep 22 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
GF H Essendon 3.28.69.812.10 82 LOST Brisbane 3.75.1011.1215.18 108 -26 MCG Sep 29 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
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2001 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
27 Alessio, Steven 17 92 5.4 83 4.9 175 10.3 59 3.5 207 12.2 33 1.9 13 23 13 0.8 11 89
36 Bannister, Jordan 4 8 2.0 16 4.0 24 6.0 7 1.8 1 0.3 2 0.5 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
16 Barnard, Paul 24 233 9.7 132 5.5 365 15.2 136 5.7 8 0.3 48 2.0 16 21 25 1.0 14 164
22 Barnes, John 22 133 6.0 100 4.5 233 10.6 78 3.5 218 9.9 23 1.0 24 11 3 0.1 1 19
32 Blumfield, Justin 13 94 7.2 71 5.5 165 12.7 52 4.0 11 0.8 27 2.1 6 5 8 0.6 5 53
23 Bolton, Mark 12 47 3.9 39 3.3 86 7.2 26 2.2 1 0.1 19 1.6 6 8 5 0.4 4 34
37 Bullen, Marc 2 5 2.5 2 1.0 7 3.5 1 0.5 0 0.0 2 1.0 0 1 0 0.0 2 2
33 Caracella, Blake 21 256 12.2 177 8.4 433 20.6 120 5.7 4 0.2 31 1.5 18 12 25 1.2 11 161
31 Fletcher, Dustin 21 239 11.4 62 3.0 301 14.3 78 3.7 16 0.8 18 0.9 11 11 4 0.2 4 28
15 Forster-Knight, Robert 9 23 2.6 37 4.1 60 6.7 10 1.1 0 0.0 25 2.8 3 2 0 0.0 0 0
11 Hardwick, Damien 21 203 9.7 155 7.4 358 17.0 72 3.4 2 0.1 41 2.0 20 18 1 0.0 0 6
26 Heffernan, Chris 16 110 6.9 69 4.3 179 11.2 36 2.3 0 0.0 33 2.1 9 9 6 0.4 5 41
3 Henneman, Aaron 19 87 4.6 45 2.4 132 6.9 55 2.9 2 0.1 29 1.5 8 7 0 0.0 1 1
34 Hille, David 6 23 3.8 12 2.0 35 5.8 13 2.2 47 7.8 3 0.5 2 3 1 0.2 3 9
5 Hird, James 22 266 12.1 134 6.1 400 18.2 109 5.0 12 0.5 45 2.0 22 17 27 1.2 17 179
42 Jacobs, Danny 23 172 7.5 99 4.3 271 11.8 96 4.2 20 0.9 34 1.5 5 7 7 0.3 7 49
1 Johnson, Mark 23 250 10.9 89 3.9 339 14.7 84 3.7 0 0.0 48 2.1 21 21 10 0.4 2 62
14 Johnson, Jason 24 364 15.2 162 6.8 526 21.9 86 3.6 1 0.0 64 2.7 24 32 21 0.9 19 145
17 Lalich, Judd 6 25 4.2 18 3.0 43 7.2 15 2.5 46 7.7 8 1.3 4 2 2 0.3 1 13
18 Lloyd, Matthew 21 244 11.6 49 2.3 293 14.0 158 7.5 2 0.1 23 1.1 16 21 105 5.0 36 666
13 Long, Michael 7 42 6.0 30 4.3 72 10.3 16 2.3 0 0.0 16 2.3 4 4 1 0.1 4 10
25 Lucas, Scott 25 297 11.9 76 3.0 373 14.9 135 5.4 5 0.2 43 1.7 17 18 35 1.4 34 244
4 McAlister, Daniel 1 2 2.0 3 3.0 5 5.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0.0 1 1
28 McGrath, Cory 13 85 6.5 60 4.6 145 11.2 37 2.8 0 0.0 25 1.9 6 3 7 0.5 3 45
10 McVeigh, Mark 23 173 7.5 75 3.3 248 10.8 55 2.4 0 0.0 57 2.5 13 18 18 0.8 11 119
2 Mercuri, Mark 20 165 8.3 153 7.7 318 15.9 70 3.5 3 0.2 36 1.8 12 17 10 0.5 10 70
24 Misiti, Joe 16 206 12.9 167 10.4 373 23.3 58 3.6 0 0.0 26 1.6 10 12 8 0.5 3 51
29 Moorcroft, Gary 16 117 7.3 50 3.1 167 10.4 59 3.7 0 0.0 15 0.9 13 5 15 0.9 9 99
45 Peverill, Damien 9 94 10.4 63 7.0 157 17.4 33 3.7 1 0.1 40 4.4 15 6 4 0.4 2 26
9 Ramanauskas, Adam 25 257 10.3 124 5.0 381 15.2 90 3.6 22 0.9 50 2.0 8 18 13 0.5 3 81
43 Rioli, Dean 17 155 9.1 70 4.1 225 13.2 80 4.7 2 0.1 41 2.4 10 14 24 1.4 7 151
12 Robran, Jonathon 4 13 3.3 9 2.3 22 5.5 12 3.0 3 0.8 3 0.8 0 2 3 0.8 0 18
7 Solomon, Dean 24 210 8.8 119 5.0 329 13.7 101 4.2 9 0.4 56 2.3 14 26 8 0.3 5 53
21 Wallis, Dean 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0
6 Wellman, Sean 23 266 11.6 122 5.3 388 16.9 125 5.4 2 0.1 34 1.5 15 19 10 0.4 4 64
Totals 550 4956 9.0 2672 4.9 7628 13.9 2163 3.9 645 1.2 999 1.8 366 397 419 0.8 239 2753
 

Footnotes

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