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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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1930 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1930 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Essendon 3.13.45.67.9 51 LOST Carlton 2.42.76.108.10 58 -7 WIN May 3 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2 A Essendon 0.04.16.19.4 58 LOST Footscray 6.37.99.1110.14 74 -16 WES May 10 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
3 A Essendon 2.37.410.612.7 79 WON Richmond 2.54.88.1210.17 77 2 PUN May 17 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
4 H Essendon 3.67.911.1014.12 96 WON Hawthorn 2.55.96.128.13 61 35 WIN May 24 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
5 A Essendon 2.47.610.915.14 104 WON South Melbourne 0.51.105.146.15 51 53 LAK May 31 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
6 H Essendon 5.18.313.816.11 107 WON Geelong 2.44.76.79.12 66 41 WIN Jun 9 (Mon, 2:45) Scores
7 A Essendon 3.38.812.916.10 106 WON Fitzroy 1.67.89.1213.13 91 15 BWS Jun 14 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
8 H Essendon 3.35.89.1011.11 77 WON North Melbourne 2.33.35.68.8 56 21 WIN Jun 21 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
9 A Essendon 3.57.149.2011.22 88 LOST Melbourne 6.27.411.1017.12 114 -26 MCG Jun 28 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
10 H Essendon 6.57.129.1813.20 98 WON St. Kilda 3.55.85.159.20 74 24 WIN Jul 5 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
11 A Essendon 0.34.65.109.14 68 LOST Collingwood 3.97.109.1314.14 98 -30 VIC Jul 12 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
12 H Essendon 2.28.811.1515.16 106 LOST South Melbourne 6.37.411.916.12 108 -2 WIN Jul 19 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
13 A Essendon 1.43.45.69.9 63 LOST Geelong 4.46.811.1313.14 92 -29 COR Jul 26 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
14 H Essendon 2.44.98.1512.19 91 WON Fitzroy 0.25.58.610.11 71 20 WIN Aug 16 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
15 A Essendon 1.35.57.714.11 95 WON North Melbourne 0.52.65.116.12 48 47 ARD Aug 23 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
16 H Essendon 3.07.49.613.11 89 WON Melbourne 6.36.511.712.7 79 10 WIN Aug 30 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
17 A Essendon 2.83.96.107.11 53 LOST St. Kilda 1.15.79.912.18 90 -37 JUN Sep 6 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
18 H Essendon 0.14.35.410.6 66 LOST Collingwood 6.67.715.717.7 109 -43 WIN Sep 13 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
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1930 Player Stats

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