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

1978 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1978 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1978-04-01 1	H	Essendon	5.3	7.5	13.7	19.9	123	WON	South Melbourne	2.5	6.9	8.15	14.18	102	21	WIN	1978-04-01 Apr 1 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1978-04-08 2	A	Essendon	4.6	5.8	11.15	12.16	88	LOST	Collingwood	6.6	13.12	17.15	22.23	155	-67	VIC	1978-04-08 Apr 8 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1978-04-15 3	H	Essendon	6.5	8.7	10.11	15.15	105	WON	Fitzroy	3.4	7.10	10.13	14.17	101	4	WIN	1978-04-15 Apr 15 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1978-04-22 4	A	Essendon	3.3	6.8	12.12	19.17	131	WON	Carlton	5.7	9.7	12.8	16.8	104	27	VFL	1978-04-22 Apr 22 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1978-04-29 5	A	Essendon	5.3	11.5	12.13	13.15	93	LOST	Footscray	1.5	6.8	9.14	15.20	110	-17	WES	1978-04-29 Apr 29 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1978-05-06 6	H	Essendon	6.2	11.6	13.12	22.18	150	WON	Richmond	8.4	12.7	18.11	19.15	129	21	WIN	1978-05-06 May 6 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1978-05-13 7	A	Essendon	4.2	8.6	11.9	16.11	107	LOST	St. Kilda	5.2	7.5	14.8	17.11	113	-6	MOO	1978-05-13 May 13 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1978-05-20 8	H	Essendon	3.0	7.2	9.4	11.10	76	WON	Geelong	3.5	4.10	6.17	7.18	60	16	WIN	1978-05-20 May 20 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1978-05-27 9	A	Essendon	3.0	7.3	11.9	15.12	102	WON	Melbourne	3.3	4.5	5.5	8.12	60	42	VFL	1978-05-27 May 27 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1978-06-03 10	A	Essendon	2.1	5.6	7.7	12.10	82	LOST	North Melbourne	7.4	8.5	13.6	13.7	85	-3	ARD	1978-06-03 Jun 3 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1978-06-17 11	H	Essendon	3.2	10.4	14.6	16.8	104	LOST	Hawthorn	7.2	11.5	15.12	19.19	133	-29	WIN	1978-06-17 Jun 17 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1978-06-24 12	A	Essendon	1.3	10.9	11.12	17.18	120	WON	South Melbourne	1.7	2.9	10.15	13.19	97	23	LAK	1978-06-24 Jun 24 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1978-07-01 13	H	Essendon	1.6	2.12	7.16	12.26	98	LOST	Collingwood	3.2	9.8	11.14	14.21	105	-7	WIN	1978-07-01 Jul 1 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1978-07-08 14	H	Essendon	2.4	6.11	6.16	13.24	102	WON	Carlton	5.6	7.8	11.8	14.11	95	7	WIN	1978-07-08 Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1978-07-15 15	A	Essendon	2.5	5.7	9.14	11.17	83	LOST	Fitzroy	4.3	13.6	13.7	15.11	101	-18	JUN	1978-07-15 Jul 15 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1978-07-22 16	H	Essendon	2.2	5.3	9.5	13.8	86	LOST	Footscray	3.6	5.12	10.13	15.17	107	-21	VFL	1978-07-22 Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1978-07-29 17	A	Essendon	4.5	9.8	12.10	13.18	96	LOST	Richmond	7.4	11.9	16.9	20.16	136	-40	MCG	1978-07-29 Jul 29 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1978-08-05 18	H	Essendon	3.3	5.8	8.11	11.16	82	LOST	St. Kilda	8.5	12.6	16.8	18.13	121	-39	WIN	1978-08-05 Aug 5 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1978-08-12 19	A	Essendon	4.1	8.3	11.7	13.7	85	LOST	Geelong	6.3	8.4	11.5	14.8	92	-7	KAR	1978-08-12 Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1978-08-19 20	H	Essendon	6.3	11.10	13.14	19.16	130	LOST	Melbourne	7.2	10.3	15.7	21.10	136	-6	WIN	1978-08-19 Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1978-08-26 21	H	Essendon	1.1	1.4	2.5	7.9	51	LOST	North Melbourne	4.6	9.7	11.9	11.11	77	-26	VFL	1978-08-26 Aug 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1978-09-02 22	A	Essendon	3.4	10.9	14.12	16.13	109	LOST	Hawthorn	8.3	12.5	15.10	17.16	118	-9	PRI	1978-09-02 Sep 2 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores

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1978 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Amos, Robert	1	11	11.0	0	0.0	11	11.0	1	1.0	0	0.0	4	0	0	0.0	0	0
Andrews, Ron	9	111	12.3	59	6.6	170	18.9	40	4.4	1	0.1	21	24	1	0.1	0	6
Bell, Greg	1	10	10.0	3	3.0	13	13.0	1	1.0	0	0.0	1	2	1	1.0	0	6
Bennett, Peter	14	188	13.4	73	5.2	261	18.6	44	3.1	0	0.0	32	33	4	0.3	5	29
Besanko, Neil	14	110	7.9	75	5.4	185	13.2	35	2.5	1	0.1	26	31	0	0.0	1	1
Boyd, Colin	11	106	9.6	47	4.3	153	13.9	23	2.1	0	0.0	23	16	0	0.0	2	2
Burdett, Geoff	20	199	10.0	80	4.0	279	14.0	68	3.4	0	0.0	38	51	37	1.9	27	249
Cahill, Terry	15	216	14.4	65	4.3	281	18.7	44	2.9	1	0.1	60	17	10	0.7	11	71
Clarke, Neil	4	33	8.3	16	4.0	49	12.3	6	1.5	0	0.0	8	4	0	0.0	4	4
Close, Robin	4	22	5.5	3	0.8	25	6.3	10	2.5	0	0.0	4	4	6	1.5	5	41
Crow, Max	21	269	12.8	80	3.8	349	16.6	163	7.8	47	2.2	45	47	14	0.7	20	104
Daniher, Terry	20	236	11.8	68	3.4	304	15.2	124	6.2	14	0.7	50	65	46	2.3	31	307
Davis, Allan	18	246	13.7	72	4.0	318	17.7	77	4.3	1	0.1	55	48	15	0.8	13	103
Fletcher, Ken	21	350	16.7	87	4.1	437	20.8	69	3.3	0	0.0	62	49	1	0.0	0	6
Foulds, Garry	22	342	15.5	55	2.5	397	18.0	83	3.8	0	0.0	59	32	0	0.0	1	1
Hawker, Glenn	3	17	5.7	10	3.3	27	9.0	6	2.0	0	0.0	3	2	0	0.0	0	0
Heard, Shane	16	204	12.8	91	5.7	295	18.4	50	3.1	0	0.0	33	34	1	0.1	5	11
Jones, Bernie	13	86	6.6	48	3.7	134	10.3	36	2.8	119	9.2	31	13	11	0.8	2	68
Madden, Simon	22	199	9.0	72	3.3	271	12.3	138	6.3	301	13.7	42	59	40	1.8	25	265
Mansfield, Ken	7	46	6.6	38	5.4	84	12.0	13	1.9	0	0.0	8	12	4	0.6	2	26
Marsh, Ian	18	259	14.4	101	5.6	360	20.0	74	4.1	0	0.0	42	50	1	0.1	6	12
McDonald, Paul	4	34	8.5	9	2.3	43	10.8	16	4.0	0	0.0	9	3	2	0.5	0	12
Merrett, Roger	2	6	3.0	7	3.5	13	6.5	6	3.0	0	0.0	3	1	0	0.0	0	0
Mihocek, Jack	8	53	6.6	11	1.4	64	8.0	17	2.1	0	0.0	10	16	4	0.5	10	34
Muir, Russell	14	111	7.9	45	3.2	156	11.1	29	2.1	0	0.0	25	20	0	0.0	1	1
Neagle, Merv	14	114	8.1	60	4.3	174	12.4	36	2.6	0	0.0	21	35	4	0.3	6	30
Newton, Rob	4	31	7.8	10	2.5	41	10.3	12	3.0	0	0.0	8	2	0	0.0	2	2
Primmer, Wayne	20	243	12.2	56	2.8	299	15.0	61	3.1	0	0.0	52	22	47	2.4	27	309
Redenbach, Michael	3	24	8.0	4	1.3	28	9.3	3	1.0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0.0	3	3
Robins, Stephen	18	322	17.9	44	2.4	366	20.3	77	4.3	1	0.1	66	32	12	0.7	13	85
Scanlon, Denis	12	105	8.8	37	3.1	142	11.8	57	4.8	0	0.0	25	17	0	0.0	2	2
Shaw, Robert	2	20	10.0	2	1.0	22	11.0	2	1.0	0	0.0	6	2	0	0.0	0	0
Sheldon, Michael	6	44	7.3	20	3.3	64	10.7	11	1.8	0	0.0	7	7	3	0.5	2	20
Taubert, Stephen	11	69	6.3	19	1.7	88	8.0	35	3.2	35	3.2	18	19	5	0.5	6	36
Vander Haar, Paul	17	194	11.4	70	4.1	264	15.5	101	5.9	33	1.9	43	32	33	1.9	21	219
Walsh, Brian	6	66	11.0	14	2.3	80	13.3	20	3.3	0	0.0	9	9	2	0.3	4	16
Watson, Tim	19	162	8.5	94	4.9	256	13.5	40	2.1	0	0.0	28	32	11	0.6	8	74
Watson, Larry	6	57	9.5	20	3.3	77	12.8	9	1.5	0	0.0	15	19	0	0.0	2	2