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

1977 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1977 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1977-04-02 1	H	Essendon	5.4	12.11	13.20	14.25	109	WON	St. Kilda	3.3	5.9	6.13	10.17	77	32	WIN	1977-04-02 Apr 2 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-04-09 2	A	Essendon	4.1	7.3	12.6	15.8	98	LOST	South Melbourne	9.3	14.8	18.10	27.13	175	-77	LAK	1977-04-09 Apr 9 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-04-16 3	A	Essendon	3.5	6.9	13.18	16.19	115	LOST	Collingwood	4.4	16.7	17.12	24.22	166	-51	VIC	1977-04-16 Apr 16 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-04-23 4	H	Essendon	5.7	11.8	13.8	19.10	124	WON	Melbourne	1.4	7.9	11.19	16.24	120	4	WIN	1977-04-23 Apr 23 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-04-30 5	A	Essendon	1.2	8.10	9.11	15.15	105	LOST	North Melbourne	3.7	6.10	11.15	18.17	125	-20	VFL	1977-04-30 Apr 30 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-05-07 6	H	Essendon	6.6	9.6	11.9	13.11	89	LOST	Footscray	5.1	12.5	18.11	29.15	189	-100	WIN	1977-05-07 May 7 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-05-14 7	H	Essendon	5.2	8.3	12.8	15.9	99	DRAW	Richmond	4.1	9.8	11.9	14.15	99	0	VFL	1977-05-14 May 14 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-05-21 8	A	Essendon	1.3	3.5	9.7	13.9	87	LOST	Geelong	6.6	10.9	11.12	13.16	94	-7	KAR	1977-05-21 May 21 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-05-28 9	H	Essendon	4.5	7.8	11.10	14.12	96	WON	Carlton	2.6	4.9	6.12	10.17	77	19	WIN	1977-05-28 May 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-06-04 10	A	Essendon	5.2	12.7	20.10	23.16	154	WON	Fitzroy	2.2	6.9	11.12	14.16	100	54	JUN	1977-06-04 Jun 4 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-06-13 11	A	Essendon	0.2	3.6	6.8	8.9	57	LOST	Hawthorn	5.8	12.13	16.22	23.25	163	-106	PRI	1977-06-13 Jun 13 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1977-06-18 12	A	Essendon	2.7	2.10	5.15	5.16	46	WON	St. Kilda	1.0	3.2	4.5	5.12	42	4	VFL	1977-06-18 Jun 18 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-06-25 13	H	Essendon	3.4	6.6	8.7	9.9	63	WON	South Melbourne	1.5	3.8	6.12	6.15	51	12	WIN	1977-06-25 Jun 25 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-07-02 14	A	Essendon	1.2	6.3	7.6	8.11	59	LOST	Melbourne	4.3	5.8	6.11	9.16	70	-11	MCG	1977-07-02 Jul 2 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-07-09 15	H	Essendon	5.3	6.6	11.13	14.19	103	LOST	Collingwood	2.2	6.5	12.9	17.12	114	-11	WIN	1977-07-09 Jul 9 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-07-16 16	H	Essendon	4.3	8.6	14.9	17.14	116	WON	North Melbourne	4.4	5.4	10.8	11.11	77	39	WIN	1977-07-16 Jul 16 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-07-23 17	A	Essendon	4.3	5.8	8.9	11.10	76	LOST	Footscray	3.4	5.8	9.14	12.21	93	-17	WES	1977-07-23 Jul 23 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-07-30 18	A	Essendon	3.2	4.5	4.7	9.11	65	LOST	Richmond	4.3	9.8	13.10	16.15	111	-46	MCG	1977-07-30 Jul 30 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-08-06 19	H	Essendon	2.6	6.8	10.10	15.20	110	LOST	Geelong	6.3	10.8	14.13	18.16	124	-14	WIN	1977-08-06 Aug 6 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-08-13 20	A	Essendon	6.5	10.7	14.10	16.15	111	LOST	Carlton	7.4	11.6	17.11	22.14	146	-35	PRI	1977-08-13 Aug 13 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-08-20 21	H	Essendon	4.4	7.6	10.13	10.13	73	LOST	Fitzroy	7.5	10.12	12.13	20.17	137	-64	WIN	1977-08-20 Aug 20 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1977-08-27 22	H	Essendon	5.4	9.6	15.10	19.16	130	LOST	Hawthorn	6.6	10.12	18.16	25.18	168	-38	WIN	1977-08-27 Aug 27 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores

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1977 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Andrews, Ron	14	154	11.0	84	6.0	238	17.0	51	3.6	1	0.1	47	56	5	0.4	4	34
Bell, Greg	12	95	7.9	12	1.0	107	8.9	26	2.2	0	0.0	18	10	0	0.0	1	1
Berry, Bill	4	15	3.8	10	2.5	25	6.3	4	1.0	50	12.5	6	16	1	0.3	0	6
Boyd, Colin	19	234	12.3	75	3.9	309	16.3	60	3.2	0	0.0	42	25	0	0.0	3	3
Burdett, Geoff	4	31	7.8	23	5.8	54	13.5	4	1.0	0	0.0	8	8	0	0.0	0	0
Cahill, Terry	4	51	12.8	17	4.3	68	17.0	14	3.5	0	0.0	7	4	5	1.3	6	36
Clarke, Neil	8	78	9.8	47	5.9	125	15.6	10	1.3	0	0.0	13	17	1	0.1	3	9
Close, Robin	17	132	7.8	42	2.5	174	10.2	48	2.8	1	0.1	34	27	12	0.7	6	78
Crow, Max	20	231	11.6	49	2.5	280	14.0	136	6.8	71	3.7	31	41	38	1.9	35	263
Early, Phillip	10	76	7.6	13	1.3	89	8.9	24	2.4	0	0.0	24	13	3	0.3	4	22
Ellen, Russ	3	22	7.3	14	4.7	36	12.0	11	3.7	21	7.0	6	7	1	0.3	2	8
Fields, Neville	15	168	11.2	62	4.1	230	15.3	41	2.7	3	0.2	38	33	18	1.2	16	124
Fletcher, Ken	18	298	16.6	67	3.7	365	20.3	76	4.2	1	0.1	54	65	10	0.6	10	70
Foulds, Garry	21	304	14.5	53	2.5	357	17.0	74	3.5	0	0.0	53	29	9	0.4	23	77
Hartigan, Dean	3	10	3.3	15	5.0	25	8.3	1	0.3	0	0.0	3	3	0	0.0	0	0
Heard, Shane	10	109	10.9	36	3.6	145	14.5	20	2.0	0	0.0	27	12	3	0.3	4	22
Hickmott, Peter	8	80	10.0	49	6.1	129	16.1	30	3.8	1	0.1	16	20	3	0.4	3	21
Madden, Simon	20	234	11.7	81	4.1	315	15.8	126	6.3	378	19.9	74	47	33	1.7	11	209
Mansfield, Ken	11	93	8.5	48	4.4	141	12.8	9	0.8	0	0.0	33	28	7	0.6	5	47
Marsh, Ian	7	38	5.4	9	1.3	47	6.7	14	2.0	0	0.0	1	7	0	0.0	0	0
Mattson, Don	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
McDonald, Paul	3	14	4.7	5	1.7	19	6.3	3	1.0	0	0.0	4	2	2	0.7	0	12
Mihocek, Jack	3	17	5.7	13	4.3	30	10.0	7	2.3	0	0.0	3	8	1	0.3	1	7
Muir, Russell	15	131	8.7	82	5.5	213	14.2	45	3.0	0	0.0	30	9	0	0.0	0	0
Neagle, Merv	7	79	11.3	25	3.6	104	14.9	18	2.6	0	0.0	9	25	2	0.3	5	17
Newton, Rob	10	103	10.3	18	1.8	121	12.1	28	2.8	0	0.0	24	15	0	0.0	0	0
Primmer, Wayne	10	75	7.5	22	2.2	97	9.7	14	1.4	0	0.0	18	9	11	1.1	8	74
Roberts, Ken	21	323	15.4	83	4.0	406	19.3	84	4.0	3	0.2	73	56	28	1.3	25	193
Robins, Stephen	20	297	14.9	57	2.9	354	17.7	53	2.7	3	0.2	44	39	11	0.6	11	77
Scanlon, Denis	22	198	9.0	53	2.4	251	11.4	85	3.9	15	0.7	47	44	5	0.2	1	31
Shaw, Robert	5	20	4.0	10	2.0	30	6.0	5	1.0	0	0.0	8	4	0	0.0	0	0
Taubert, Stephen	15	127	8.5	17	1.1	144	9.6	57	3.8	67	4.8	28	16	9	0.6	9	63
Vander Haar, Paul	18	215	11.9	63	3.5	278	15.4	99	5.5	30	1.8	53	46	19	1.1	17	131
Walsh, Brian	16	273	17.1	55	3.4	328	20.5	59	3.7	1	0.1	41	29	32	2.0	18	210
Watson, Larry	8	34	4.3	11	1.4	45	5.6	9	1.1	0	0.0	16	14	1	0.1	1	7
Watson, Tim	16	136	8.5	69	4.3	205	12.8	36	2.3	2	0.1	24	24	16	1.0	10	106
Wilson, Andy	17	210	12.4	59	3.5	269	15.8	38	2.2	3	0.2	24	29	11	0.6	17	83
Young, Gary	5	12	2.4	8	1.6	20	4.0	8	1.6	0	0.0	0	2	1	0.2	0	6