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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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1968 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1968 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Essendon 5.412.616.926.16 172 WON Hawthorn 3.46.611.815.9 99 73 WIN Apr 15 (Mon, 2:15) Scores
2 A Essendon 1.55.119.1610.22 82 WON North Melbourne 1.13.36.69.9 63 19 ARD Apr 20 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
3 A Essendon 0.10.53.67.8 50 WON Carlton 0.60.71.101.11 17 33 PRI Apr 25 (Thu, 2:15) Scores
4 H Essendon 3.89.914.1716.19 115 WON South Melbourne 2.26.76.810.15 75 40 WIN May 4 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
5 H Essendon 3.49.914.1216.16 112 WON Fitzroy 3.76.98.1211.15 81 31 WIN May 11 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
6 A Essendon 2.24.66.89.12 66 LOST Collingwood 6.66.910.1213.14 92 -26 VIC May 18 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
7 H Essendon 2.64.87.1211.14 80 WON Richmond 1.16.79.910.18 78 2 WIN May 25 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
8 A Essendon 0.03.44.58.9 57 LOST St. Kilda 8.78.1012.1516.17 113 -56 MOO Jun 10 (Mon, 2:15) Scores
9 H Essendon 5.16.66.1011.17 83 WON Footscray 1.41.45.65.11 41 42 WIN Jun 15 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
10 A Essendon 4.48.411.415.6 96 WON Melbourne 4.54.99.139.14 68 28 MCG Jun 22 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
11 H Essendon 3.19.612.1414.20 104 WON Geelong 2.14.410.812.9 81 23 WIN Jun 29 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
12 A Essendon 1.27.49.717.10 112 WON Hawthorn 5.66.119.1611.17 83 29 GLE Jul 6 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
13 H Essendon 3.74.1010.1716.19 115 WON North Melbourne 2.03.44.79.9 63 52 WIN Jul 13 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
14 H Essendon 0.31.54.97.13 55 WON Carlton 3.13.63.126.13 49 6 WIN Jul 20 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
15 A Essendon 5.28.311.714.13 97 WON South Melbourne 1.13.66.97.12 54 43 LAK Jul 27 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
16 A Essendon 1.25.69.1013.16 94 WON Fitzroy 4.59.711.913.15 93 1 PRI Aug 3 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
17 H Essendon 4.67.1014.1520.18 138 WON Collingwood 4.15.65.67.11 53 85 WIN Aug 10 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
18 A Essendon 2.45.66.87.12 54 LOST Richmond 3.46.79.1210.14 74 -20 MCG Aug 17 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
19 H Essendon 2.13.17.610.6 66 DRAW St. Kilda 4.27.48.99.12 66 0 WIN Aug 24 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
20 A Essendon 4.66.911.1415.22 112 WON Footscray 2.26.610.1012.13 85 27 WES Aug 31 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
2SF A Essendon 1.27.67.88.11 59 LOST Carlton 5.86.911.1213.17 95 -36 MCG Sep 14 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
PF A Essendon 3.67.1010.1811.25 91 WON Geelong 5.38.68.109.13 67 24 MCG Sep 21 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
GF A Essendon 2.15.16.48.5 53 LOST Carlton 2.26.87.97.14 56 -3 MCG Sep 28 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
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1968 Player Stats

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