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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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2004 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 2004 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 1.52.66.128.14 62 LOST Port Adelaide 2.67.1315.1623.20 158 -96 FBP Mar 28 (Sun, 12:40) Scores
2 H Essendon 2.33.55.98.12 60 LOST St. Kilda 3.55.107.1513.16 94 -34 DOC Apr 3 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
3 H Essendon 8.010.116.322.5 137 WON West Coast 3.07.515.820.11 131 6 DOC Apr 10 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
4 A Essendon 1.35.813.1117.15 117 WON Carlton 3.36.67.712.8 80 37 MCG Apr 16 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
5 A Essendon 5.38.613.717.10 112 WON Collingwood 1.26.510.911.13 79 33 MCG Apr 25 (Sun, 1:15) Scores
6 H Essendon 5.67.812.1016.12 108 WON Sydney 4.34.68.715.8 98 10 MCG May 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Essendon 5.210.615.718.13 121 WON Western Bulldogs 3.27.511.914.11 95 26 DOC May 7 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
8 A Essendon 7.410.914.1120.15 135 WON Adelaide 2.45.67.1212.12 84 51 FBP May 14 (Fri, 7:10) Scores
9 A Essendon 6.18.812.1114.13 97 LOST Geelong 6.510.613.1018.12 120 -23 DOC May 22 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
10 H Essendon 4.811.1114.1217.13 115 WON Fremantle 2.23.57.912.13 85 30 DOC May 28 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
11 A Essendon 6.410.519.824.10 154 WON Hawthorn 2.25.37.612.8 80 74 MCG Jun 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 H Essendon 7.211.412.814.12 96 LOST Brisbane 5.113.320.925.12 162 -66 DOC Jun 12 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
13 H Essendon 2.14.38.610.9 69 LOST Melbourne 1.66.149.1613.17 95 -26 MCG Jun 20 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
14 H Essendon 4.37.511.612.7 79 LOST North Melbourne 3.36.69.1214.16 100 -21 DOC Jul 2 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
15 A Essendon 2.17.214.924.11 155 WON Richmond 4.27.68.811.11 77 78 MCG Jul 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Essendon 1.41.95.1110.13 73 LOST West Coast 6.57.712.818.9 117 -44 SUB Jul 16 (Fri, 6:40) Scores
17 A Essendon 2.14.39.714.8 92 LOST St. Kilda 6.49.515.620.7 127 -35 DOC Jul 23 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
18 H Essendon 3.49.512.918.11 119 WON Port Adelaide 2.74.88.1111.13 79 40 DOC Jul 31 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
19 H Essendon 2.33.66.88.9 57 LOST Carlton 2.45.67.1010.14 74 -17 MCG Aug 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 H Essendon 9.211.514.818.13 121 WON Collingwood 2.45.610.813.9 87 34 MCG Aug 13 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
21 A Essendon 3.96.1111.1512.18 90 LOST Sydney 2.210.215.617.8 110 -20 STA Aug 21 (Sat, 7:20) Scores
22 H Essendon 4.37.612.717.11 113 WON Western Bulldogs 3.36.39.614.12 96 17 DOC Aug 29 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
1EF A Essendon 5.211.611.1015.14 104 WON Melbourne 5.26.513.615.9 99 5 MCG Sep 4 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
1SF A Essendon 0.41.64.89.10 64 LOST Geelong 2.55.89.1110.14 74 -10 MCG Sep 11 (Sat, 7:30) Scores
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2004 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
27 Allan, Matthew 20 107 5.4 91 4.6 198 9.9 65 3.3 309 15.5 9 0.5 25 21 1 0.1 1 7
15 Alvey, Mark 8 62 7.8 21 2.6 83 10.4 23 2.9 0 0.0 6 0.8 7 1 3 0.4 0 18
23 Bolton, Mark 23 141 6.1 115 5.0 256 11.1 98 4.3 8 0.3 24 1.0 13 25 6 0.3 6 42
16 Bradley, Kepler 5 23 4.6 33 6.6 56 11.2 11 2.2 1 0.2 9 1.8 0 0 1 0.2 0 6
37 Bullen, Marc 17 101 5.9 75 4.4 176 10.4 42 2.5 0 0.0 33 1.9 13 13 3 0.2 3 21
13 Cupido, Damian 6 26 4.3 9 1.5 35 5.8 10 1.7 0 0.0 10 1.7 1 4 5 0.8 3 33
36 Dyson, Ricky 11 53 4.8 30 2.7 83 7.5 22 2.0 0 0.0 9 0.8 5 2 7 0.6 3 45
31 Fletcher, Dustin 20 220 11.0 42 2.1 262 13.1 70 3.5 5 0.3 28 1.4 16 12 1 0.1 3 9
39 Haynes, Ben 10 94 9.4 36 3.6 130 13.0 45 4.5 0 0.0 14 1.4 3 6 6 0.6 4 40
3 Henneman, Aaron 7 18 2.6 14 2.0 32 4.6 15 2.1 11 1.6 12 1.7 3 4 1 0.1 0 6
19 Hille, David 23 149 6.5 92 4.0 241 10.5 83 3.6 293 12.7 29 1.3 13 14 25 1.1 18 168
5 Hird, James 20 307 15.4 114 5.7 421 21.1 103 5.2 0 0.0 40 2.0 27 14 25 1.3 14 164
14 Johnson, Jason 19 277 14.6 173 9.1 450 23.7 91 4.8 1 0.1 57 3.0 17 11 14 0.7 16 100
1 Johnson, Mark 20 162 8.1 117 5.9 279 14.0 54 2.7 4 0.2 57 2.9 35 25 17 0.9 11 113
26 Laycock, Jason 4 7 1.8 7 1.8 14 3.5 6 1.5 21 5.3 1 0.3 0 4 1 0.3 1 7
18 Lloyd, Matthew 24 228 9.5 49 2.0 277 11.5 134 5.6 1 0.0 35 1.5 29 24 96 4.0 39 615
42 Lovett-Murray, Nathan 20 110 5.5 65 3.3 175 8.8 60 3.0 12 0.6 34 1.7 5 15 21 1.1 11 137
25 Lucas, Scott 21 275 13.1 69 3.3 344 16.4 108 5.1 9 0.4 53 2.5 17 14 25 1.2 21 171
33 McPhee, Adam 21 237 11.3 125 6.0 362 17.2 125 6.0 21 1.0 56 2.7 26 34 15 0.7 9 99
10 McVeigh, Mark 18 155 8.6 104 5.8 259 14.4 55 3.1 1 0.1 58 3.2 13 18 3 0.2 1 19
2 Mercuri, Mark 9 49 5.4 39 4.3 88 9.8 26 2.9 0 0.0 21 2.3 4 8 3 0.3 0 18
24 Misiti, Joe 19 153 8.1 115 6.1 268 14.1 52 2.7 1 0.1 32 1.7 3 9 6 0.3 3 39
28 Murphy, Justin 23 211 9.2 205 8.9 416 18.1 123 5.3 1 0.0 55 2.4 9 15 24 1.0 11 155
11 Peverill, Damien 24 240 10.0 190 7.9 430 17.9 116 4.8 2 0.1 103 4.3 23 10 5 0.2 8 38
9 Ramanauskas, Adam 24 220 9.2 104 4.3 324 13.5 112 4.7 3 0.1 31 1.3 9 13 6 0.3 6 42
29 Reynolds, Joel 3 13 4.3 10 3.3 23 7.7 11 3.7 0 0.0 4 1.3 2 1 0 0.0 0 0
20 Richards, Ted 11 32 2.9 44 4.0 76 6.9 25 2.3 1 0.1 9 0.8 3 6 7 0.6 2 44
43 Rioli, Dean 13 135 10.4 61 4.7 196 15.1 62 4.8 7 0.5 18 1.4 3 11 6 0.5 5 41
7 Solomon, Dean 23 245 10.7 154 6.7 399 17.3 79 3.4 9 0.4 88 3.8 28 44 15 0.7 17 107
34 Stanton, Brent 15 110 7.3 41 2.7 151 10.1 47 3.1 0 0.0 20 1.3 9 7 6 0.4 6 42
4 Watson, Jobe 7 37 5.3 42 6.0 79 11.3 23 3.3 0 0.0 16 2.3 2 2 6 0.9 2 38
6 Wellman, Sean 12 100 8.3 46 3.8 146 12.2 63 5.3 0 0.0 17 1.4 5 11 0 0.0 0 0
12 Welsh, Andrew 22 244 11.1 115 5.2 359 16.3 96 4.4 2 0.1 42 1.9 12 10 1 0.0 1 7
8 Winderlich, Jason 6 23 3.8 15 2.5 38 6.3 14 2.3 0 0.0 10 1.7 5 4 1 0.2 1 7
Totals 528 4564 8.6 2562 4.9 7126 13.5 2069 3.9 723 1.4 1040 2.0 385 412 362 0.7 226 2398
 

Footnotes

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