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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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2006 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 2006 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Essendon 9.111.313.617.6 108 WON Sydney 2.28.410.612.9 81 27 DOC Apr 1 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
2 A Essendon 2.07.010.315.7 97 LOST Brisbane 4.57.912.1317.13 115 -18 GAB Apr 8 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
3 H Essendon 5.58.1010.1213.15 93 LOST Western Bulldogs 4.28.513.1115.14 104 -11 DOC Apr 16 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
4 A Essendon 4.47.810.1312.17 89 LOST Collingwood 2.46.811.1415.16 106 -17 MCG Apr 25 (Tue, 2:40) Scores
5 A Essendon 4.27.59.1012.11 83 LOST Hawthorn 1.46.511.712.12 84 -1 MCG Apr 30 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
6 H Essendon 5.25.108.1313.17 95 LOST Richmond 4.35.129.1513.19 97 -2 MCG May 6 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
7 A Essendon 2.34.67.1111.12 78 LOST Carlton 2.37.510.717.9 111 -33 MCG May 14 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
8 H Essendon 2.36.612.714.8 92 LOST West Coast 3.46.710.916.17 113 -21 DOC May 21 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
9 H Essendon 3.64.97.109.15 69 LOST Port Adelaide 7.19.515.920.9 129 -60 DOC May 27 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
10 A Essendon 2.24.65.96.14 50 LOST Adelaide 6.113.420.730.8 188 -138 FBP Jun 2 (Fri, 8:10) Scores
11 A Essendon 2.35.49.713.10 88 LOST Geelong 6.312.516.620.10 130 -42 DOC Jun 9 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
12 H Essendon 2.84.127.1310.15 75 LOST Melbourne 2.35.712.1016.15 111 -36 DOC Jun 18 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
13 A Essendon 2.36.79.813.11 89 LOST North Melbourne 4.45.812.914.12 96 -7 DOC Jun 30 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
14 A Essendon 3.15.710.1112.16 88 LOST Fremantle 7.38.515.719.11 125 -37 SUB Jul 7 (Fri, 6:40) Scores
15 H Essendon 4.56.88.1010.11 71 LOST St. Kilda 2.44.67.711.8 74 -3 MCG Jul 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H Essendon 4.29.413.616.9 105 DRAW Carlton 5.38.511.1315.15 105 0 MCG Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Essendon 5.410.617.725.10 160 WON Brisbane 6.310.815.1118.15 123 37 DOC Jul 29 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
18 A Essendon 2.43.47.511.7 73 LOST Sydney 4.16.913.1017.14 116 -43 SCG Aug 5 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
19 H Essendon 5.27.67.1010.14 74 WON Collingwood 2.04.26.49.7 61 13 MCG Aug 11 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
20 H Essendon 3.26.69.1415.16 106 LOST Hawthorn 8.516.718.819.10 124 -18 DOC Aug 19 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
21 A Essendon 3.59.812.1116.17 113 LOST Richmond 5.210.314.820.9 129 -16 MCG Aug 26 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
22 A Essendon 2.310.914.1418.17 125 LOST Western Bulldogs 8.213.518.922.15 147 -22 DOC Sep 1 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
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2006 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
23 Bolton, Mark 19 113 5.9 104 5.5 217 11.4 93 4.9 10 0.5 34 1.8 11 13 8 0.4 8 56
16 Bradley, Kepler 21 164 7.8 104 5.0 268 12.8 103 4.9 14 0.7 17 0.8 11 8 8 0.4 3 51
17 Camporeale, Scott 12 161 13.4 88 7.3 249 20.8 48 4.0 0 0.0 37 3.1 9 7 3 0.3 1 19
22 Cartledge, Tristan 3 5 1.7 16 5.3 21 7.0 6 2.0 22 7.3 3 1.0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
28 Cole, Richard 4 12 3.0 20 5.0 32 8.0 4 1.0 0 0.0 8 2.0 3 3 0 0.0 0 0
15 Dempsey, Courtenay 5 23 4.6 21 4.2 44 8.8 16 3.2 0 0.0 5 1.0 3 4 1 0.2 0 6
2 Dyson, Ricky 17 124 7.3 100 5.9 224 13.2 40 2.4 0 0.0 28 1.6 9 7 9 0.5 8 62
31 Fletcher, Dustin 16 211 13.2 66 4.1 277 17.3 97 6.1 3 0.2 12 0.8 4 9 0 0.0 0 0
26 Heffernan, Chris 19 154 8.1 147 7.7 301 15.8 66 3.5 0 0.0 72 3.8 23 22 6 0.3 4 40
19 Hille, David 21 136 6.5 164 7.8 300 14.3 92 4.4 367 17.5 29 1.4 18 18 13 0.6 15 93
5 Hird, James 13 172 13.2 93 7.2 265 20.4 86 6.6 1 0.1 20 1.5 15 8 19 1.5 9 123
21 Johns, Courtney 10 65 6.5 15 1.5 80 8.0 44 4.4 0 0.0 9 0.9 3 5 12 1.2 8 80
1 Johnson, Mark 22 212 9.6 146 6.6 358 16.3 99 4.5 6 0.3 64 2.9 27 11 9 0.4 4 58
14 Johnson, Jason 19 237 12.5 173 9.1 410 21.6 111 5.8 2 0.1 47 2.5 10 5 12 0.6 7 79
35 Jolley, Ben 4 14 3.5 29 7.3 43 10.8 16 4.0 0 0.0 14 3.5 2 8 0 0.0 0 0
27 Laycock, Jason 6 38 6.3 17 2.8 55 9.2 17 2.8 43 7.2 6 1.0 5 1 4 0.7 3 27
32 Lee, Andrew 5 9 1.8 9 1.8 18 3.6 10 2.0 0 0.0 6 1.2 3 1 2 0.4 1 13
18 Lloyd, Matthew 3 34 11.3 17 5.7 51 17.0 23 7.7 0 0.0 1 0.3 3 3 13 4.3 3 81
36 Lonergan, Sam 1 2 2.0 2 2.0 4 4.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 5 5.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
13 Lovett, Andrew 13 131 10.1 69 5.3 200 15.4 61 4.7 0 0.0 29 2.2 4 10 17 1.3 18 120
42 Lovett-Murray, Nathan 19 250 13.2 111 5.8 361 19.0 112 5.9 6 0.3 37 1.9 15 13 7 0.4 10 52
25 Lucas, Scott 22 310 14.1 58 2.6 368 16.7 182 8.3 0 0.0 33 1.5 24 20 67 3.0 44 446
33 McPhee, Adam 20 234 11.7 113 5.7 347 17.4 143 7.2 16 0.8 56 2.8 17 34 8 0.4 9 57
10 McVeigh, Mark 21 216 10.3 91 4.3 307 14.6 77 3.7 0 0.0 62 3.0 8 22 9 0.4 11 65
6 Monfries, Angus 21 174 8.3 125 6.0 299 14.2 99 4.7 1 0.0 47 2.2 26 9 22 1.0 11 143
38 Nash, Jay 7 67 9.6 40 5.7 107 15.3 27 3.9 0 0.0 16 2.3 2 2 1 0.1 2 8
11 Peverill, Damien 17 193 11.4 157 9.2 350 20.6 94 5.5 1 0.1 28 1.6 17 8 4 0.2 1 25
29 Reynolds, Joel 11 57 5.2 37 3.4 94 8.5 31 2.8 7 0.6 13 1.2 9 5 6 0.5 7 43
43 Rioli, Dean 4 24 6.0 8 2.0 32 8.0 15 3.8 0 0.0 1 0.3 2 3 3 0.8 2 20
30 Ryder, Paddy 9 28 3.1 19 2.1 47 5.2 14 1.6 39 4.3 10 1.1 3 3 2 0.2 2 14
20 Slattery, Henry 8 31 3.9 44 5.5 75 9.4 29 3.6 0 0.0 16 2.0 6 8 0 0.0 1 1
7 Solomon, Dean 20 146 7.3 96 4.8 242 12.1 72 3.6 1 0.1 48 2.4 13 35 4 0.2 3 27
24 Stanton, Brent 22 332 15.1 153 7.0 485 22.0 134 6.1 0 0.0 41 1.9 10 10 12 0.5 18 90
4 Watson, Jobe 21 203 9.7 276 13.1 479 22.8 114 5.4 2 0.1 69 3.3 20 8 6 0.3 7 43
12 Welsh, Andrew 20 226 11.3 163 8.2 389 19.5 130 6.5 2 0.1 47 2.4 15 13 1 0.1 3 9
8 Winderlich, Jason 9 58 6.4 47 5.2 105 11.7 49 5.4 1 0.1 18 2.0 3 5 3 0.3 0 18
Totals 484 4566 9.4 2938 6.1 7504 15.5 2355 4.9 544 1.1 988 2.0 354 342 291 0.6 223 1969
 

Footnotes

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