Australian Football

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; Essendon U19s; Essendon Wheelchair

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2025

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

Essendon

Grand Finals | Honour board | Every player | Most games | Most goals

"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

1976 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1976 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1976-04-03 1	A	Essendon	9.7	13.7	15.13	16.17	113	WON	Footscray	2.3	8.9	11.10	16.16	112	1	WES	1976-04-03 Apr 3 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-04-10 2	H	Essendon	3.1	7.5	8.12	12.16	88	LOST	Carlton	7.3	10.8	11.11	14.16	100	-12	WIN	1976-04-10 Apr 10 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-04-19 3	H	Essendon	6.4	9.4	11.5	15.8	98	LOST	Melbourne	2.1	8.4	15.8	20.13	133	-35	WIN	1976-04-19 Apr 19 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1976-04-24 4	A	Essendon	6.3	10.3	11.8	16.13	109	LOST	South Melbourne	6.4	10.6	18.7	22.11	143	-34	LAK	1976-04-24 Apr 24 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-05-01 5	H	Essendon	0.2	4.7	7.10	10.15	75	LOST	Hawthorn	1.2	4.4	9.6	14.10	94	-19	WIN	1976-05-01 May 1 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-05-08 6	A	Essendon	2.0	2.1	6.7	9.10	64	LOST	Richmond	3.3	9.9	15.13	17.17	119	-55	VFL	1976-05-08 May 8 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-05-15 7	A	Essendon	4.1	8.5	8.7	14.13	97	WON	St. Kilda	4.5	6.7	8.15	9.15	69	28	MOO	1976-05-15 May 15 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-05-22 8	H	Essendon	4.2	7.5	11.10	14.10	94	WON	Geelong	4.3	7.7	11.10	12.12	84	10	WIN	1976-05-22 May 22 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-05-29 9	A	Essendon	2.5	5.9	6.11	7.12	54	LOST	North Melbourne	3.2	4.3	6.6	8.10	58	-4	ARD	1976-05-29 May 29 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-06-05 10	H	Essendon	5.3	7.7	11.13	14.19	103	WON	Collingwood	3.5	6.11	10.13	13.16	94	9	WIN	1976-06-05 Jun 5 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-06-14 11	H	Essendon	1.6	11.10	12.16	13.22	100	LOST	Fitzroy	4.5	7.6	10.12	16.14	110	-10	VFL	1976-06-14 Jun 14 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1976-06-19 12	H	Essendon	2.3	7.6	9.14	12.17	89	WON	Footscray	2.2	4.4	9.6	12.7	79	10	WIN	1976-06-19 Jun 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-06-26 13	A	Essendon	3.4	5.8	8.11	9.14	68	LOST	Carlton	5.5	8.9	9.13	11.19	85	-17	PRI	1976-06-26 Jun 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-07-03 14	H	Essendon	5.4	7.8	10.12	13.15	93	WON	South Melbourne	4.2	7.4	9.5	12.6	78	15	WIN	1976-07-03 Jul 3 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-07-10 15	A	Essendon	5.2	7.5	13.8	18.11	119	WON	Melbourne	5.4	10.8	12.11	15.14	104	15	MCG	1976-07-10 Jul 10 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-07-17 16	A	Essendon	4.4	8.7	17.10	18.15	123	WON	Hawthorn	3.6	7.10	12.11	15.17	107	16	PRI	1976-07-17 Jul 17 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-07-24 17	H	Essendon	2.2	4.6	7.8	8.15	63	LOST	Richmond	2.3	6.6	10.13	15.16	106	-43	WIN	1976-07-24 Jul 24 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-07-31 18	H	Essendon	3.0	6.3	10.4	12.7	79	LOST	St. Kilda	6.6	12.9	14.10	17.15	117	-38	VFL	1976-07-31 Jul 31 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-08-07 19	A	Essendon	4.4	7.7	13.11	18.14	122	WON	Geelong	3.3	11.4	14.4	18.8	116	6	KAR	1976-08-07 Aug 7 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-08-14 20	H	Essendon	1.3	7.7	7.8	10.9	69	LOST	North Melbourne	3.4	7.6	10.10	14.11	95	-26	WIN	1976-08-14 Aug 14 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-08-21 21	A	Essendon	2.3	9.8	10.14	12.17	89	LOST	Collingwood	4.7	9.11	16.15	20.20	140	-51	VIC	1976-08-21 Aug 21 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1976-08-28 22	A	Essendon	4.1	6.7	6.10	10.18	78	LOST	Fitzroy	5.8	9.12	12.18	15.20	110	-32	JUN	1976-08-28 Aug 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores

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1976 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Amos, Robert	8	91	11.4	16	2.0	107	13.4	30	3.8	0	0.0	10	10	1	0.1	2	8
Andrews, Ron	16	224	14.0	54	3.4	278	17.4	71	4.4	10	0.6	58	50	3	0.2	3	21
Beaumont, Steve	9	84	9.3	25	2.8	109	12.1	17	1.9	0	0.0	21	23	14	1.6	11	95
Berry, Bill	7	25	3.6	6	0.9	31	4.4	13	1.9	9	1.3	6	10	3	0.4	3	21
Blethyn, Geoff	14	110	7.9	17	1.2	127	9.1	61	4.4	1	0.1	21	27	39	2.8	25	259
Burdett, Geoff	7	40	5.7	17	2.4	57	8.1	12	1.7	0	0.0	8	8	2	0.3	3	15
Cahill, Terry	9	127	14.1	18	2.0	145	16.1	19	2.1	0	0.0	21	8	7	0.8	9	51
Close, Robin	18	166	9.2	38	2.1	204	11.3	68	3.8	0	0.0	32	40	26	1.4	30	186
Crow, Max	17	208	12.2	29	1.7	237	13.9	126	7.4	7	0.4	18	23	17	1.0	25	127
Demetriou, Jim	2	2	1.0	6	3.0	8	4.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	2	0	0.0	0	0
Ellen, Russ	12	74	6.2	21	1.8	95	7.9	26	2.2	24	2.0	13	22	1	0.1	2	8
Fields, Neville	17	255	15.0	52	3.1	307	18.1	67	3.9	1	0.1	52	37	13	0.8	26	104
Fletcher, Ken	21	301	14.3	46	2.2	347	16.5	64	3.0	0	0.0	50	61	2	0.1	6	18
Foulds, Garry	12	129	10.8	20	1.7	149	12.4	40	3.3	0	0.0	17	14	8	0.7	10	58
Grinter, Barry	22	155	7.0	35	1.6	190	8.6	78	3.5	3	0.1	33	31	0	0.0	0	0
Hartigan, Dean	10	69	6.9	56	5.6	125	12.5	21	2.1	0	0.0	25	8	1	0.1	1	7
Hatcher, Graeme	3	9	3.0	3	1.0	12	4.0	6	2.0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0
Hickmott, Peter	21	267	12.7	64	3.0	331	15.8	73	3.5	5	0.2	35	33	3	0.1	2	20
Jenkin, Graeme	1	10	10.0	3	3.0	13	13.0	4	4.0	10	10.0	3	3	0	0.0	0	0
Madden, Simon	20	123	6.2	43	2.2	166	8.3	78	3.9	86	4.3	14	19	28	1.4	18	186
Mansfield, Ken	2	21	10.5	10	5.0	31	15.5	1	0.5	0	0.0	8	2	2	1.0	1	13
Marsh, Ian	2	25	12.5	5	2.5	30	15.0	7	3.5	0	0.0	3	3	1	0.5	0	6
McDonald, Paul	2	10	5.0	2	1.0	12	6.0	8	4.0	0	0.0	3	2	0	0.0	1	1
Mihocek, Jack	2	10	5.0	1	0.5	11	5.5	1	0.5	0	0.0	2	5	3	1.5	1	19
Moloney, Laurie	7	44	6.3	6	0.9	50	7.1	14	2.0	0	0.0	4	9	1	0.1	1	7
Moss, Graham	20	236	11.8	224	11.2	460	23.0	185	9.3	179	9.0	69	57	19	1.0	8	122
Newton, Rob	15	149	9.9	22	1.5	171	11.4	35	2.3	0	0.0	17	20	0	0.0	0	0
Noonan, Alan	13	95	7.3	28	2.2	123	9.5	38	2.9	1	0.1	19	16	9	0.7	9	63
Parkes, Gary	22	321	14.6	53	2.4	374	17.0	70	3.2	0	0.0	50	71	9	0.4	7	61
Perry, Greg	3	11	3.7	2	0.7	13	4.3	2	0.7	1	0.3	7	0	0	0.0	0	0
Roberts, Ken	22	334	15.2	78	3.5	412	18.7	81	3.7	0	0.0	64	68	11	0.5	9	75
Robins, Stephen	6	65	10.8	7	1.2	72	12.0	10	1.7	1	0.2	10	12	4	0.7	3	27
Scanlon, Denis	9	87	9.7	17	1.9	104	11.6	33	3.7	5	0.6	15	12	0	0.0	6	6
Shaw, Robert	4	19	4.8	7	1.8	26	6.5	9	2.3	1	0.3	3	2	1	0.3	1	7
Staehr, Howard	3	24	8.0	2	0.7	26	8.7	4	1.3	0	0.0	8	5	0	0.0	0	0
Tyler, Trevor	4	42	10.5	19	4.8	61	15.3	9	2.3	0	0.0	4	8	0	0.0	1	1
Walsh, Brian	19	346	18.2	46	2.4	392	20.6	67	3.5	0	0.0	47	33	33	1.7	28	226
Watson, Larry	11	97	8.8	25	2.3	122	11.1	21	1.9	0	0.0	17	24	0	0.0	1	1
Wellington, Pat	10	91	9.1	16	1.6	107	10.7	32	3.2	0	0.0	16	22	1	0.1	3	9
Wilson, Andy	18	273	15.2	36	2.0	309	17.2	58	3.2	0	0.0	25	25	18	1.0	24	132