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

1980 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1980 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1980-03-29 1	H	Essendon	3.2	7.6	8.9	12.15	87	LOST	North Melbourne	5.3	9.7	13.10	15.10	100	-13	WIN	1980-03-29 Mar 29 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-04-05 2	A	Essendon	4.4	11.7	12.15	17.22	124	WON	Richmond	4.6	9.10	15.14	17.15	117	7	MCG	1980-04-05 Apr 5 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-04-12 3	A	Essendon	2.8	8.10	16.11	24.12	156	WON	South Melbourne	3.7	8.14	10.15	14.17	101	55	VFL	1980-04-12 Apr 12 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-04-19 4	A	Essendon	1.2	5.5	7.6	12.8	80	LOST	St. Kilda	4.8	6.10	9.14	11.17	83	-3	MOO	1980-04-19 Apr 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-04-26 5	H	Essendon	4.5	4.7	8.13	9.15	69	LOST	Collingwood	3.2	5.7	7.10	10.13	73	-4	WIN	1980-04-26 Apr 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-05-03 6	A	Essendon	4.6	5.13	9.20	15.23	113	WON	Fitzroy	4.1	6.4	11.8	16.12	108	5	JUN	1980-05-03 May 3 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-05-10 7	H	Essendon	7.2	8.5	8.13	13.15	93	LOST	Geelong	3.3	6.5	10.7	16.11	107	-14	WIN	1980-05-10 May 10 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-05-17 8	A	Essendon	4.0	8.5	12.11	22.16	148	WON	Footscray	6.4	6.6	8.10	10.11	71	77	VFL	1980-05-17 May 17 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-05-25 9	H	Essendon	2.6	5.10	8.15	13.16	94	LOST	Carlton	1.1	5.5	14.8	20.11	131	-37	SCG	1980-05-25 May 25 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1980-05-31 10	H	Essendon	3.3	6.6	11.12	17.18	120	WON	Melbourne	2.5	6.7	11.7	11.10	76	44	WIN	1980-05-31 May 31 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-06-07 11	A	Essendon	4.5	9.6	12.8	13.11	89	WON	Hawthorn	2.3	4.6	7.11	9.17	71	18	PRI	1980-06-07 Jun 7 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-06-14 12	A	Essendon	4.4	4.4	6.8	10.12	72	LOST	North Melbourne	2.3	6.6	13.8	15.11	101	-29	ARD	1980-06-14 Jun 14 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-06-21 13	H	Essendon	6.6	9.10	11.15	15.17	107	LOST	Richmond	4.6	8.10	10.16	16.21	117	-10	WIN	1980-06-21 Jun 21 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-06-28 14	H	Essendon	3.5	5.8	6.12	6.12	48	LOST	St. Kilda	0.3	2.10	3.10	7.11	53	-5	VFL	1980-06-28 Jun 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-07-12 15	A	Essendon	3.1	5.1	12.3	13.6	84	LOST	Collingwood	2.9	6.14	7.18	11.22	88	-4	VIC	1980-07-12 Jul 12 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-07-19 16	H	Essendon	4.5	9.7	13.8	20.9	129	LOST	South Melbourne	4.2	9.7	14.16	19.19	133	-4	WIN	1980-07-19 Jul 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-07-26 17	H	Essendon	2.3	10.6	16.7	18.14	122	WON	Fitzroy	5.5	9.9	13.12	17.14	116	6	WIN	1980-07-26 Jul 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-08-02 18	A	Essendon	5.2	10.5	12.10	13.12	90	LOST	Geelong	3.6	8.10	11.14	15.14	104	-14	KAR	1980-08-02 Aug 2 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-08-09 19	H	Essendon	3.4	11.4	14.6	18.8	116	WON	Footscray	2.1	3.5	7.6	11.8	74	42	WIN	1980-08-09 Aug 9 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-08-16 20	A	Essendon	6.0	11.2	12.4	16.7	103	LOST	Carlton	2.3	8.5	17.10	25.14	164	-61	PRI	1980-08-16 Aug 16 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-08-23 21	A	Essendon	5.7	9.9	14.12	18.14	122	WON	Melbourne	6.5	8.7	11.10	14.17	101	21	MCG	1980-08-23 Aug 23 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1980-08-30 22	H	Essendon	3.4	6.6	11.7	15.12	102	WON	Hawthorn	2.5	4.6	8.11	8.14	62	40	WIN	1980-08-30 Aug 30 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores

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1980 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Andrews, Ron	9	84	9.3	49	5.4	133	14.8	23	2.6	3	0.3	18	19	0	0.0	0	0
Bennett, Peter	18	209	11.6	118	6.6	327	18.2	49	2.7	3	0.2	42	35	6	0.3	1	37
Besanko, Neil	8	60	7.5	40	5.0	100	12.5	14	1.8	0	0.0	10	8	0	0.0	0	0
Besanko, Barry	3	22	7.3	10	3.3	32	10.7	1	0.3	0	0.0	7	2	3	1.0	2	20
Burke, David	3	17	5.7	11	3.7	28	9.3	7	2.3	7	2.3	3	5	6	2.0	2	38
Carey, Stephen	7	55	7.9	34	4.9	89	12.7	11	1.6	0	0.0	10	6	0	0.0	0	0
Carman, Phil	4	44	11.0	35	8.8	79	19.8	21	5.3	2	0.5	10	10	7	1.8	7	49
Clarke, Neil	7	44	6.3	27	3.9	71	10.1	6	0.9	0	0.0	9	8	2	0.3	1	13
Crow, Max	8	60	7.5	21	2.6	81	10.1	29	3.6	29	3.6	14	11	8	1.0	1	49
Daniher, Terry	20	199	10.0	77	3.9	276	13.8	93	4.7	4	0.2	41	31	22	1.1	27	159
Daniher, Neale	22	266	12.1	138	6.3	404	18.4	74	3.4	0	0.0	51	30	2	0.1	0	12
Davis, Michael	1	6	6.0	2	2.0	8	8.0	1	1.0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0.0	1	1
Day, Barry	4	43	10.8	24	6.0	67	16.8	12	3.0	0	0.0	7	5	8	2.0	5	53
Dunell, Frank	9	61	6.8	36	4.0	97	10.8	18	2.0	0	0.0	12	10	8	0.9	10	58
Eustice, Mark	1	6	6.0	3	3.0	9	9.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	1	1	1.0	2	8
Flanegan, Greg	2	8	4.0	3	1.5	11	5.5	2	1.0	0	0.0	3	2	3	1.5	1	19
Fletcher, Ken	11	98	8.9	35	3.2	133	12.1	11	1.0	1	0.1	27	16	2	0.2	1	13
Foreman, Wayne	18	221	12.3	117	6.5	338	18.8	65	3.6	1	0.1	41	46	25	1.4	21	171
Foulds, Garry	16	192	12.0	45	2.8	237	14.8	47	2.9	0	0.0	26	21	1	0.1	1	7
Fowler, Grant	16	186	11.6	71	4.4	257	16.1	30	1.9	0	0.0	26	27	15	0.9	10	100
Hawker, Glenn	12	85	7.1	41	3.4	126	10.5	30	2.5	0	0.0	17	21	6	0.5	3	39
Heard, Shane	20	220	11.0	133	6.7	353	17.7	40	2.0	0	0.0	29	37	3	0.2	9	27
Keenan, Peter	18	140	7.8	75	4.2	215	11.9	116	6.4	331	18.4	22	27	9	0.5	3	57
Light, Peter	2	10	5.0	5	2.5	15	7.5	1	0.5	0	0.0	3	4	0	0.0	0	0
Madden, Simon	21	176	8.4	95	4.5	271	12.9	111	5.3	211	10.0	41	41	45	2.1	27	297
Madden, Justin	5	20	4.0	7	1.4	27	5.4	5	1.0	79	15.8	7	13	1	0.2	2	8
Mansfield, Ken	7	63	9.0	39	5.6	102	14.6	10	1.4	0	0.0	9	10	11	1.6	4	70
Marsh, Ian	19	307	16.2	131	6.9	438	23.1	69	3.6	0	0.0	34	46	12	0.6	11	83
McAllester, Jim	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Merrett, Roger	12	60	5.0	46	3.8	106	8.8	19	1.6	1	0.1	19	17	2	0.2	0	12
Muir, Russell	14	120	8.6	68	4.9	188	13.4	40	2.9	0	0.0	20	17	0	0.0	1	1
Neagle, Merv	22	378	17.2	163	7.4	541	24.6	86	3.9	1	0.0	53	52	11	0.5	22	88
Reid, Alan	7	101	14.4	40	5.7	141	20.1	27	3.9	1	0.1	18	17	2	0.3	4	16
Robins, Stephen	12	109	9.1	24	2.0	133	11.1	24	2.0	1	0.1	11	11	23	1.9	12	150
Scanlon, Denis	4	22	5.5	16	4.0	38	9.5	15	3.8	1	0.3	6	4	0	0.0	0	0
Shaw, Robert	5	43	8.6	13	2.6	56	11.2	13	2.6	0	0.0	11	9	5	1.0	4	34
Sheldon, Michael	2	3	1.5	2	1.0	5	2.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Stoneham, Alan	21	279	13.3	148	7.0	427	20.3	55	2.6	1	0.0	32	44	11	0.5	10	76
Taubert, Stephen	10	83	8.3	34	3.4	117	11.7	26	2.6	6	0.6	29	11	0	0.0	0	0
Valli, Bill	1	18	18.0	6	6.0	24	24.0	3	3.0	0	0.0	3	4	0	0.0	1	1
Vander Haar, Paul	15	153	10.2	66	4.4	219	14.6	63	4.2	60	4.0	34	33	27	1.8	20	182
Watson, Tim	22	337	15.3	199	9.0	536	24.4	94	4.3	1	0.0	37	30	42	1.9	25	277