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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

CEO
Campbell, Xavier

President
Little, Paul

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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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2014 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 2014 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 4.18.511.815.9 99 WON North Melbourne 3.05.38.59.6 60 39 DOC Mar 21 (Fri, 7:50) Scores
2 H Essendon 1.53.79.1012.14 86 LOST Hawthorn 4.19.39.713.12 90 -4 DOC Mar 28 (Fri, 7:50) Scores
3 H Essendon 6.310.616.821.12 138 WON Carlton 0.33.46.88.9 57 81 MCG Apr 6 (Sun, 7:10) Scores
4 A Essendon 2.14.25.49.6 60 LOST Fremantle 2.16.313.418.5 113 -53 SUB Apr 13 (Sun, 2:40) Scores
5 H Essendon 5.05.27.79.11 65 LOST St. Kilda 1.64.88.1111.15 81 -16 DOC Apr 19 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
6 A Essendon 5.46.56.78.12 60 LOST Collingwood 0.36.59.712.11 83 -23 MCG Apr 25 (Fri, 2:40) Scores
7 H Essendon 3.33.69.1010.13 73 WON Western Bulldogs 3.55.87.99.11 65 8 DOC May 3 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
8 A Essendon 2.36.47.89.11 65 WON Brisbane 3.04.38.68.9 57 8 GAB May 10 (Sat, 4:40) Scores
9 H Essendon 1.15.36.69.10 64 LOST Sydney 7.112.415.418.6 114 -50 DOC May 16 (Fri, 7:50) Scores
10 Essendon       Bye        
11 H Essendon 4.49.811.1115.14 104 WON Richmond 0.13.53.87.12 54 50 MCG May 31 (Sat, 7:45) Scores
12 A Essendon 3.35.88.1111.15 81 WON Greater Western Sydney 2.14.45.99.12 66 15 SSH Jun 7 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
13 H Essendon 2.45.128.1210.17 77 LOST Melbourne 0.33.37.612.6 78 -1 MCG Jun 15 (Sun, 4:40) Scores
14 H Essendon 7.09.211.1015.11 101 WON Adelaide 2.65.79.714.8 92 9 DOC Jun 21 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
15 A Essendon 1.33.58.1011.14 80 LOST Geelong 5.18.48.613.11 89 -9 DOC Jun 27 (Fri, 7:50) Scores
16 A Essendon 2.46.87.128.14 62 WON Port Adelaide 1.42.84.147.18 60 2 ADO Jul 5 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
17 H Essendon 4.08.114.116.7 103 WON Collingwood 2.42.64.95.9 39 64 MCG Jul 13 (Sun, 3:20) Scores
18 A Essendon 4.27.510.715.11 101 WON Western Bulldogs 3.38.612.814.10 94 7 DOC Jul 20 (Sun, 4:40) Scores
19 A Essendon 1.13.46.68.9 57 LOST Sydney 5.37.89.811.13 79 -22 SCG Aug 1 (Fri, 7:50) Scores
20 A Essendon 3.26.48.711.11 77 LOST Richmond 1.27.49.814.11 95 -18 MCG Aug 8 (Fri, 7:50) Scores
21 H Essendon 2.14.59.711.11 77 WON West Coast 2.48.411.611.8 74 3 DOC Aug 16 (Sat, 4:40) Scores
22 H Essendon 3.27.611.916.12 108 WON Gold Coast 2.34.610.813.11 89 19 DOC Aug 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
23 A Essendon 1.39.611.1113.12 90 DRAW Carlton 6.37.411.414.6 90 0 MCG Aug 30 (Sat, 1:45) Scores
2EF A Essendon 2.46.710.812.9 81 LOST North Melbourne 2.32.49.514.9 93 -12 MCG Sep 6 (Sat, 7:15) Scores
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2014 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
47 Ambrose, Patrick 16 90 5.6 90 5.6 180 11.3 63 3.9 0 0.0 59 3.7 6 14 13 0.8 3 81
14 Ashby, Jason 5 30 6.0 33 6.6 63 12.6 12 2.4 0 0.0 9 1.8 2 3 0 0.0 0 0
43 Aylett, Kurt 2 9 4.5 7 3.5 16 8.0 8 4.0 0 0.0 4 2.0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
12 Baguley, Mark 22 234 10.6 162 7.4 396 18.0 138 6.3 2 0.1 71 3.2 19 15 0 0.0 2 2
2 Bellchambers, Tom 8 41 5.1 33 4.1 74 9.3 29 3.6 120 15.0 14 1.8 4 13 3 0.4 5 23
22 Carlisle, Jake 19 166 8.7 80 4.2 246 12.9 121 6.4 49 2.6 38 2.0 14 15 27 1.4 17 179
3 Chapman, Paul 20 250 12.5 148 7.4 398 19.9 112 5.6 0 0.0 83 4.2 10 12 22 1.1 16 148
32 Colyer, Travis 12 143 11.9 60 5.0 203 16.9 56 4.7 0 0.0 29 2.4 6 4 7 0.6 8 50
6 Daniher, Joe 21 159 7.6 78 3.7 237 11.3 112 5.3 53 2.5 28 1.3 19 26 28 1.3 20 188
29 Dell'Olio, Cory 5 18 3.6 22 4.4 40 8.0 10 2.0 0 0.0 12 2.4 2 3 4 0.8 2 26
15 Dempsey, Courtenay 18 162 9.0 119 6.6 281 15.6 67 3.7 0 0.0 57 3.2 9 17 2 0.1 3 15
46 Fantasia, Orazio 3 9 3.0 17 5.7 26 8.7 8 2.7 0 0.0 1 0.3 1 3 0 0.0 2 2
31 Fletcher, Dustin 15 198 13.2 81 5.4 279 18.6 103 6.9 0 0.0 11 0.7 9 12 1 0.1 0 6
35 Gleeson, Martin 9 71 7.9 42 4.7 113 12.6 37 4.1 0 0.0 15 1.7 2 4 2 0.2 4 16
9 Goddard, Brendon 20 282 14.1 181 9.1 463 23.2 133 6.7 20 1.0 51 2.6 22 14 17 0.9 18 120
34 Hardingham, Kyle 8 40 5.0 14 1.8 54 6.8 27 3.4 0 0.0 18 2.3 1 2 9 1.1 3 57
21 Heppell, Dyson 22 332 15.1 294 13.4 626 28.5 116 5.3 13 0.6 99 4.5 25 15 6 0.3 6 42
1 Hibberd, Michael 19 286 15.1 179 9.4 465 24.5 121 6.4 2 0.1 29 1.5 19 11 2 0.1 1 13
39 Hocking, Heath 22 144 6.5 155 7.0 299 13.6 68 3.1 2 0.1 118 5.4 14 23 7 0.3 5 47
26 Hooker, Cale 23 240 10.4 182 7.9 422 18.3 170 7.4 4 0.2 35 1.5 12 14 0 0.0 0 0
40 Howlett, Ben 21 180 8.6 143 6.8 323 15.4 77 3.7 2 0.1 130 6.2 19 23 12 0.6 6 78
18 Hurley, Michael 21 258 12.3 152 7.2 410 19.5 128 6.1 0 0.0 26 1.2 14 21 4 0.2 1 25
7 Jetta, Leroy 2 14 7.0 4 2.0 18 9.0 5 2.5 0 0.0 3 1.5 1 1 3 1.5 3 21
28 Kavanagh, Elliott 3 10 3.3 13 4.3 23 7.7 4 1.3 0 0.0 5 1.7 0 3 0 0.0 0 0
17 Melksham, Jake 16 125 7.8 124 7.8 249 15.6 61 3.8 2 0.1 38 2.4 11 12 8 0.5 4 52
27 Merrett, Zach 20 170 8.5 134 6.7 304 15.2 67 3.4 0 0.0 79 4.0 18 4 11 0.6 2 68
20 Merrett, Jackson 14 117 8.4 87 6.2 204 14.6 64 4.6 1 0.1 42 3.0 5 6 5 0.4 2 32
23 Myers, David 18 209 11.6 168 9.3 377 20.9 64 3.6 19 1.1 75 4.2 7 17 5 0.3 7 37
30 Ryder, Paddy 21 164 7.8 107 5.1 271 12.9 85 4.0 549 26.1 56 2.7 38 15 20 1.0 16 136
5 Stanton, Brent 23 347 15.1 187 8.1 534 23.2 139 6.0 0 0.0 86 3.7 17 10 17 0.7 13 115
25 Steinberg, Ariel 3 16 5.3 14 4.7 30 10.0 7 2.3 0 0.0 3 1.0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0
33 Van Unen, Dylan 1 4 4.0 10 10.0 14 14.0 5 5.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0
4 Watson, Jobe 15 185 12.3 226 15.1 411 27.4 70 4.7 3 0.2 70 4.7 16 10 10 0.7 2 62
8 Winderlich, Jason 16 123 7.7 110 6.9 233 14.6 75 4.7 2 0.1 35 2.2 4 8 15 0.9 8 98
11 Zaharakis, David 23 332 14.4 228 9.9 560 24.3 108 4.7 0 0.0 85 3.7 12 13 14 0.6 14 98
Totals 506 5158 10.2 3684 7.3 8842 17.5 2470 4.9 843 1.7 1515 3.0 361 367 274 0.5 193 1837
 

Footnotes

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