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

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

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

1979 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1979 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1979-04-07 1	A	Essendon	5.3	8.9	12.10	16.13	109	LOST	North Melbourne	4.8	8.14	14.20	17.27	129	-20	ARD	1979-04-07 Apr 7 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1979-04-16 2	H	Essendon	2.2	6.10	10.17	21.22	148	WON	St. Kilda	1.5	7.6	7.9	9.10	64	84	WIN	1979-04-16 Apr 16 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1979-03-31 3	H	Essendon	3.2	5.5	8.10	11.14	80	LOST	Carlton	3.3	8.8	12.10	14.17	101	-21	VFL	1979-03-31 Mar 31 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1979-04-28 4	A	Essendon	4.6	11.8	17.11	19.14	128	DRAW	Footscray	7.3	9.6	15.6	20.8	128	0	WES	1979-04-28 Apr 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1979-05-05 5	H	Essendon	1.1	4.4	5.8	10.16	76	LOST	Fitzroy	7.9	11.14	20.17	25.22	172	-96	WIN	1979-05-05 May 5 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1979-05-12 6	A	Essendon	4.2	9.8	16.11	19.19	133	WON	Collingwood	4.4	6.8	10.14	14.15	99	34	VIC	1979-05-12 May 12 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1979-05-19 7	H	Essendon	7.7	15.8	17.12	23.18	156	WON	Melbourne	2.5	4.9	6.14	9.20	74	82	WIN	1979-05-19 May 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1979-05-26 8	A	Essendon	3.1	6.7	9.8	12.12	84	WON	Geelong	5.3	6.5	11.6	12.11	83	1	KAR	1979-05-26 May 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1979-06-02 9	A	Essendon	6.1	10.4	12.8	17.14	116	WON	Hawthorn	7.3	10.3	13.8	16.12	108	8	PRI	1979-06-02 Jun 2 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1979-06-09 10	H	Essendon	4.7	7.10	11.15	16.19	115	WON	South Melbourne	3.2	8.7	10.10	14.15	99	16	WIN	1979-06-09 Jun 9 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1979-06-18 11	A	Essendon	8.0	11.0	16.7	20.12	132	WON	Richmond	2.2	6.6	9.10	16.12	108	24	VFL	1979-06-18 Jun 18 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1979-06-23 12	H	Essendon	3.5	10.8	13.9	15.11	101	WON	North Melbourne	0.3	0.7	1.12	6.18	54	47	WIN	1979-06-23 Jun 23 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1979-06-30 13	A	Essendon	2.3	6.9	8.12	15.15	105	WON	St. Kilda	5.4	7.5	9.9	9.12	66	39	MOO	1979-06-30 Jun 30 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1979-07-07 14	H	Essendon	0.2	5.5	7.7	10.11	71	WON	Footscray	1.5	2.8	4.12	6.14	50	21	WIN	1979-07-07 Jul 7 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1979-07-14 15	A	Essendon	4.2	6.7	9.9	12.11	83	LOST	Carlton	4.3	11.9	15.13	18.18	126	-43	PRI	1979-07-14 Jul 14 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1979-07-21 16	A	Essendon	3.2	5.3	10.3	15.9	99	LOST	Fitzroy	4.6	9.11	12.14	16.16	112	-13	JUN	1979-07-21 Jul 21 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1979-07-28 17	H	Essendon	2.2	4.5	7.11	9.17	71	LOST	Collingwood	4.2	8.3	11.4	14.8	92	-21	WIN	1979-07-28 Jul 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1979-08-04 18	A	Essendon	3.4	5.7	10.9	16.9	105	LOST	Melbourne	1.5	8.6	14.7	21.8	134	-29	MCG	1979-08-04 Aug 4 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1979-08-11 19	H	Essendon	3.6	7.7	12.10	14.12	96	WON	Geelong	2.2	6.3	6.5	8.8	56	40	WIN	1979-08-11 Aug 11 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1979-08-18 20	H	Essendon	4.5	5.12	7.16	9.16	70	LOST	Hawthorn	2.4	4.9	5.12	10.14	74	-4	WIN	1979-08-18 Aug 18 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1979-08-25 21	A	Essendon	4.9	8.11	12.15	13.17	95	WON	South Melbourne	3.1	6.2	9.7	10.16	76	19	VFL	1979-08-25 Aug 25 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1979-09-01 22	H	Essendon	2.6	4.7	7.13	8.15	63	LOST	Richmond	4.4	8.9	12.9	18.14	122	-59	WIN	1979-09-01 Sep 1 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1979-09-08 EF	A	Essendon	1.3	2.4	3.8	5.13	43	LOST	Fitzroy	9.4	11.9	14.17	17.22	124	-81	VFL	1979-09-08 Sep 8 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores

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1979 Player Stats

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