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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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1925 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1925 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Essendon 3.49.1011.1314.14 98 WON Collingwood 3.33.79.910.13 73 25 WIN May 2 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2 A Essendon 3.66.1010.1414.17 101 WON Carlton 3.44.85.117.14 56 45 PRI May 9 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
3 H Essendon 5.39.514.1116.15 111 WON Footscray 1.03.25.59.9 63 48 WIN May 16 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
4 A Essendon 2.17.310.613.10 88 WON North Melbourne 2.62.114.155.17 47 41 ARD May 23 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
5 H Essendon 5.17.18.310.7 67 WON Richmond 4.46.78.108.13 61 6 WIN May 30 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
6 A Essendon 2.44.87.108.12 60 LOST St. Kilda 3.54.77.1213.14 92 -32 JUN Jun 8 (Mon, 2:45) Scores
7 H Essendon 4.16.68.79.11 65 WON South Melbourne 0.23.25.58.9 57 8 WIN Jun 13 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
8 A Essendon 3.45.88.1110.14 74 WON Hawthorn 0.44.55.69.7 61 13 GLE Jun 20 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
9 H Essendon 5.27.27.49.7 61 WON Fitzroy 1.14.66.78.9 57 4 WIN Jun 27 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
10 A Essendon 1.14.45.65.8 38 LOST Melbourne 4.16.27.38.7 55 -17 MCG Jul 11 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
11 H Essendon 2.64.87.89.11 65 LOST Geelong 1.56.68.711.10 76 -11 WIN Jul 18 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
12 A Essendon 2.22.24.44.5 29 LOST Collingwood 3.210.612.1115.19 109 -80 VIC Aug 1 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
13 H Essendon 2.28.612.915.11 101 WON Carlton 2.52.75.118.14 62 39 WIN Aug 8 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
14 A Essendon 3.54.58.99.15 69 WON Footscray 0.22.72.95.13 43 26 WES Aug 22 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
15 H Essendon 2.58.1011.1414.19 103 WON North Melbourne 1.44.55.86.9 45 58 WIN Aug 29 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
16 A Essendon 3.75.78.1110.14 74 WON Richmond 2.23.76.87.8 50 24 PUN Sep 5 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
17 H Essendon 3.15.49.610.7 67 WON St. Kilda 2.23.67.88.10 58 9 WIN Sep 12 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
1SF H Essendon 5.26.29.610.8 68 LOST Collingwood 4.17.49.412.6 78 -10 MCG Sep 19 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
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1925 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Adam, Ken 10                             0 0.0    
Beckton, Norm 18                             18 1.0    
Campbell, Garnet 16                             1 0.1    
Dick, Dave 3                             7 2.3    
Donaldson, Clyde 14                             0 0.0    
Farrell, Charlie 7                             6 0.9    
Garden, Jack 17                             4 0.2    
Gregory, Harry 9                             0 0.0    
Hammond, Joe 13                             3 0.2    
Hardy, Charlie 6                             6 1.0    
Harrison, Joe 15                             0 0.0    
Hunter, Harry 18                             0 0.0    
Irwin, Vince 18                             27 1.5    
Jenkins, Tommy 9                             37 4.1    
Laing, Roy 2                             0 0.0    
Maher, Frank 18                             25 1.4    
Manger, Bill 6                             7 1.2    
May, Charlie 17                             1 0.1    
McCarthy, Justin 11                             9 0.8    
McComb, Bert 3                             1 0.3    
McSweeney, Ned 11                             4 0.4    
Quinn, Jim 4                             2 0.5    
Rawle, George 1                             0 0.0    
Shorten, George 16                             6 0.4    
Simpson, Norm 11                             0 0.0    
Stockdale, Greg 18                             2 0.1    
Sullivan, Jimmy 1                             2 2.0    
Vosti, Jack 15                             15 1.0    
Watt, Rowley 14                             6 0.4    
Watt, Rod 3                             0 0.0    
 

Footnotes

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