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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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1888 Season () Fixture

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Essendon's 1888 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Essendon 1.11.71.73.9 3 WON University 1.21.22.42.4 2 1 EME May 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Essendon 1.01.03.13.1 3 WON Port Melbourne 0.21.31.32.7 2 1 EME May 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 A Essendon 0.02.12.12.3 2 LOST Williamstown 2.42.42.74.8 4 -2 WCG May 19 (Sat, 2:01) Scores
4 Essendon       Bye        
5 A Essendon 0.10.11.31.3 1 LOST Carlton 0.14.36.57.9 7 -6 MCG May 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H Essendon 1.23.23.23.3 3 WON Williamstown 0.20.40.41.9 1 2 EME Jun 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Essendon 1.11.31.71.7 1 LOST South Melbourne 1.33.95.108.16 8 -7 EME Jun 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 A Essendon 1.11.31.31.4 1 LOST Port Melbourne 0.11.32.53.9 3 -2 NPO Jun 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Essendon 0.01.31.53.6 3 DRAW St. Kilda 2.13.33.63.7 3 0 EME Jun 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Essendon 4.44.45.65.7 5 LOST North Melbourne 1.14.94.126.16 6 -1 EME Jun 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Essendon 0.01.31.42.8 2 LOST Melbourne 2.33.53.83.8 3 -1 EME Jul 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 H Essendon 1.32.72.83.11 3 LOST Geelong 1.42.63.74.7 4 -1 EME Jul 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H Essendon 1.21.21.41.5 1 LOST Fitzroy 0.02.53.105.14 5 -4 EME Jul 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 Essendon       Bye        
15 A Essendon 2.12.22.22.3 2 LOST South Melbourne 1.33.93.125.15 5 -3 LAK Aug 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 Essendon       Bye        
17 Essendon       Bye        
18 H Essendon 3.25.35.87.9 7 WON Carlton 0.34.64.75.10 5 2 EME Aug 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Essendon 0.22.43.54.10 4 WON North Melbourne 0.21.42.62.7 2 2 ARD Sep 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 A Essendon 0.33.94.95.10 5 LOST Geelong 3.23.34.56.10 6 -1 COR Sep 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A Essendon 0.01.61.84.10 4 LOST Fitzroy 2.74.108.1310.13 10 -6 BWS Sep 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 A Essendon 1.31.72.84.12 4 WON Melbourne 1.21.22.32.3 2 2 FSG Sep 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
23 H Essendon 1.04.45.56.9 6 WON Richmond 2.52.52.82.10 2 4 FSG Sep 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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