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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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1934 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1934 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Essendon 8.212.515.919.11 125 WON Footscray 8.710.1313.1516.18 114 11 WIN May 5 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2 A Essendon 5.05.59.713.8 86 LOST Collingwood 4.28.712.1017.12 114 -28 VIC May 12 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
3 A Essendon 1.35.710.1115.16 106 LOST South Melbourne 3.39.714.1023.10 148 -42 LAK May 19 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
4 H Essendon 7.39.612.915.13 103 WON Hawthorn 3.56.612.813.11 89 14 WIN May 26 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
5 A Essendon 4.47.58.812.8 80 LOST Richmond 0.15.79.1115.12 102 -22 PUN Jun 4 (Mon, 2:45) Scores
6 H Essendon 5.35.410.614.11 95 WON Geelong 0.33.87.1311.16 82 13 WIN Jun 9 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
7 A Essendon 4.210.512.714.13 97 LOST Fitzroy 4.29.512.815.12 102 -5 BWS Jun 23 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
8 H Essendon 6.414.1219.1429.16 190 WON North Melbourne 3.36.59.1115.13 103 87 WIN Jun 30 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
9 A Essendon 2.43.76.127.16 58 LOST St. Kilda 0.13.46.611.8 74 -16 JUN Jul 7 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
10 H Essendon 1.52.94.116.15 51 LOST Melbourne 3.45.47.98.12 60 -9 WIN Jul 14 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
11 A Essendon 6.29.314.816.13 109 LOST Carlton 4.512.1218.1422.16 148 -39 PRI Jul 21 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
12 A Essendon 0.22.45.78.9 57 LOST Footscray 3.06.210.515.9 99 -42 WES Jul 28 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
13 H Essendon 3.66.810.915.12 102 LOST Collingwood 2.410.1013.1122.18 150 -48 WIN Aug 4 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
14 H Essendon 2.62.89.149.17 71 LOST South Melbourne 4.111.413.922.14 146 -75 WIN Aug 18 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
15 A Essendon 1.43.67.1011.13 79 LOST Hawthorn 3.55.99.1311.15 81 -2 GLE Aug 25 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
16 H Essendon 2.39.510.713.12 90 LOST Richmond 4.27.912.2015.23 113 -23 WIN Sep 1 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
17 A Essendon 1.01.24.36.5 41 LOST Geelong 4.119.2014.2421.31 157 -116 COR Sep 8 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
18 H Essendon 6.28.711.914.11 95 WON Fitzroy 1.06.38.312.4 76 19 WIN Sep 15 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
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1934 Player Stats

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