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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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1933 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1933 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 3.34.58.710.11 71 LOST Footscray 1.25.56.511.11 77 -6 WES Apr 29 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2 H Essendon 2.04.89.1113.13 91 WON St. Kilda 3.35.410.612.6 78 13 WIN May 6 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
3 A Essendon 2.35.47.810.10 70 LOST Melbourne 4.17.411.615.9 99 -29 MCG May 13 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
4 H Essendon 2.35.710.711.10 76 LOST Carlton 4.35.89.1213.18 96 -20 WIN May 20 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
5 H Essendon 4.25.49.612.11 83 LOST South Melbourne 5.57.1011.1217.15 117 -34 WIN May 27 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
6 A Essendon 5.27.310.314.9 93 LOST Fitzroy 1.17.512.819.11 125 -32 BWS Jun 3 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
7 H Essendon 3.36.410.515.6 96 LOST Hawthorn 4.18.610.716.9 105 -9 WIN Jun 10 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
8 H Essendon 0.23.44.68.11 59 LOST Geelong 5.65.911.1317.15 117 -58 WIN Jun 17 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
9 A Essendon 2.63.77.108.11 59 LOST Richmond 2.48.810.816.14 110 -51 PUN Jun 24 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
10 H Essendon 3.54.76.119.21 75 LOST North Melbourne 5.611.814.1615.18 108 -33 WIN Jul 1 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
11 A Essendon 1.05.611.1214.14 98 LOST Collingwood 6.810.1113.1420.19 139 -41 VIC Jul 8 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
12 H Essendon 1.28.511.614.7 91 LOST Footscray 4.410.813.1015.13 103 -12 WIN Jul 15 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
13 A Essendon 5.18.412.613.9 87 LOST St. Kilda 2.35.107.1312.20 92 -5 JUN Jul 22 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
14 H Essendon 1.38.512.614.7 91 LOST Melbourne 5.46.712.1515.16 106 -15 WIN Jul 29 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
15 A Essendon 3.37.48.69.9 63 LOST Carlton 5.47.710.1414.22 106 -43 PRI Aug 5 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
16 A Essendon 2.12.24.46.4 40 LOST South Melbourne 3.36.79.911.16 82 -42 LAK Aug 19 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
17 H Essendon 1.44.107.1312.13 85 WON Fitzroy 5.57.109.1510.17 77 8 WIN Aug 26 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
18 A Essendon 2.34.76.118.16 64 LOST Hawthorn 2.35.58.710.9 69 -5 GLE Sep 2 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
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1933 Player Stats

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