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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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1911 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1911 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Essendon 1.71.103.145.15 45 DRAW Carlton 1.14.64.66.9 45 0 EME Apr 29 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
2 A Essendon 2.17.118.1210.16 76 WON Richmond 0.40.41.103.11 29 47 PUN May 6 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
3 A Essendon 2.33.65.76.11 47 WON Melbourne 0.10.50.80.9 9 38 MCG May 13 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
4 H Essendon 5.57.1014.1121.12 138 WON Collingwood 3.24.56.67.11 53 85 EME May 20 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
5 H Essendon 5.59.912.1212.14 86 WON University 1.03.04.26.6 42 44 EME May 27 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
6 A Essendon 3.34.38.108.11 59 WON Geelong 2.25.35.46.6 42 17 COR Jun 3 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
7 H Essendon 4.25.37.69.10 64 WON St. Kilda 0.11.31.43.6 24 40 EME Jun 5 (Mon, 3:00) Scores
8 H Essendon 0.12.46.68.7 55 WON Fitzroy 1.13.13.23.2 20 35 EME Jun 10 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
9 A Essendon 2.34.65.85.11 41 LOST South Melbourne 1.23.35.56.8 44 -3 LAK Jun 17 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
10 A Essendon 4.44.55.85.10 40 LOST Carlton 2.42.102.146.16 52 -12 PRI Jun 24 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
11 H Essendon 2.34.66.117.15 57 WON Richmond 4.04.15.47.5 47 10 EME Jul 1 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
12 H Essendon 2.15.86.127.15 57 WON Melbourne 1.43.66.96.13 49 8 EME Jul 8 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
13 A Essendon 2.13.33.53.11 29 WON Collingwood 1.31.52.92.11 23 6 VIC Jul 15 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
14 A Essendon 1.46.411.612.8 80 WON University 0.03.23.36.6 42 38 MCG Jul 22 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
15 H Essendon 2.24.29.69.7 61 WON Geelong 1.11.43.54.11 35 26 EME Jul 29 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
16 A Essendon 8.412.720.1424.19 163 WON St. Kilda 1.22.73.75.8 38 125 JUN Aug 19 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
17 A Essendon 1.24.44.76.10 46 WON Fitzroy 1.41.61.73.7 25 21 BWS Aug 26 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
18 H Essendon 4.35.59.89.9 63 WON South Melbourne 1.13.35.88.10 58 5 EME Sep 2 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
2SF H Essendon 2.13.44.99.15 69 WON Carlton 2.64.75.116.12 48 21 MCG Sep 16 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
GF H Essendon 2.43.93.115.11 41 WON Collingwood 1.11.53.84.11 35 6 MCG Sep 23 (Sat, 2:50) Scores
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1911 Player Stats

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