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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

CEO
McConnell, Roy

President
Hird, Allan

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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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1975 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1975 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Essendon 7.216.416.721.10 136 WON St. Kilda 3.14.57.89.13 67 69 WIN Apr 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 A Essendon 4.57.814.1119.17 131 WON South Melbourne 4.37.512.815.12 102 29 LAK Apr 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Essendon 3.77.1314.1716.21 117 WON Melbourne 4.59.711.1015.10 100 17 WIN Apr 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 A Essendon 4.19.412.616.8 104 WON Carlton 3.47.89.1312.15 87 17 VFL Apr 25 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
5 A Essendon 5.88.1112.1615.17 107 LOST Fitzroy 5.010.514.719.11 125 -18 JUN May 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H Essendon 4.87.1611.1812.21 93 LOST Geelong 2.25.910.1115.14 104 -11 WIN May 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Essendon 2.66.109.1414.17 101 WON Footscray 2.14.45.88.12 60 41 WES May 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Essendon 1.25.67.117.13 55 LOST Collingwood 4.18.210.712.9 81 -26 WIN May 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A Essendon 0.27.412.815.8 98 WON North Melbourne 2.65.109.1211.17 83 15 VFL May 31 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A Essendon 5.06.310.712.9 81 LOST Richmond 4.39.710.1119.14 128 -47 MCG Jun 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Essendon 1.67.99.1113.12 90 LOST Hawthorn 4.07.614.1621.20 146 -56 WIN Jun 16 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
12 A Essendon 3.27.38.611.7 73 LOST St. Kilda 3.66.914.1221.15 141 -68 MOO Jun 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H Essendon 5.59.1011.1119.18 132 WON South Melbourne 7.48.615.917.12 114 18 WIN Jun 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Essendon 5.19.213.315.5 95 LOST Carlton 1.415.522.927.13 175 -80 WIN Jul 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A Essendon 3.56.710.1116.13 109 LOST Melbourne 3.37.915.1419.20 134 -25 MCG Jul 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H Essendon 2.16.69.911.11 77 LOST Fitzroy 4.37.510.1116.19 115 -38 VFL Jul 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Essendon 3.35.611.916.13 109 WON Geelong 5.58.810.1213.16 94 15 KAR Jul 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Essendon 3.75.108.1411.17 83 LOST Footscray 6.59.1014.1219.13 127 -44 WIN Aug 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Essendon 1.38.613.615.9 99 LOST Collingwood 2.710.1015.1320.18 138 -39 VIC Aug 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 H Essendon 2.29.412.1115.15 105 WON North Melbourne 4.66.79.1013.13 91 14 WIN Aug 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 H Essendon 6.77.912.1317.15 117 LOST Richmond 4.312.1014.1220.16 136 -19 VFL Aug 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 A Essendon 2.06.313.417.8 110 WON Hawthorn 4.68.1210.1714.19 103 7 PRI Aug 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
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1975 Player Stats

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