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

1982 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1982 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1982-03-27 1	H	Essendon	8.4	14.6	20.11	29.16	190	WON	Footscray	1.5	4.8	10.12	11.15	81	109	WIN	1982-03-27 Mar 27 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-04-03 2	A	Essendon	2.7	6.8	10.11	13.13	91	WON	Carlton	1.3	2.9	7.12	8.17	65	26	VFL	1982-04-03 Apr 3 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-04-12 3	A	Essendon	6.3	12.9	14.13	16.14	110	LOST	Richmond	4.7	12.14	15.18	25.22	172	-62	MCG	1982-04-12 Apr 12 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1982-04-17 4	H	Essendon	1.3	4.5	8.15	12.19	91	LOST	North Melbourne	1.10	7.15	9.17	14.24	108	-17	WIN	1982-04-17 Apr 17 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-04-24 5	A	Essendon	2.1	9.3	12.6	15.12	102	LOST	Fitzroy	5.10	9.10	15.14	18.19	127	-25	JUN	1982-04-24 Apr 24 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-05-02 6	A	Essendon	4.2	10.4	12.9	18.9	117	WON	Sydney	3.7	5.11	11.17	15.21	111	6	SCG	1982-05-02 May 2 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1982-05-08 7	H	Essendon	5.3	10.9	13.14	17.20	122	WON	Collingwood	0.3	3.6	5.11	9.13	67	55	WIN	1982-05-08 May 8 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-05-15 8	A	Essendon	5.3	9.5	11.11	16.15	111	WON	Hawthorn	5.4	6.10	10.12	15.15	105	6	PRI	1982-05-15 May 15 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-05-22 9	H	Essendon	3.6	8.9	12.16	19.19	133	WON	Melbourne	3.1	6.8	8.11	12.13	85	48	WIN	1982-05-22 May 22 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-05-29 10	H	Essendon	3.3	7.7	15.10	22.17	149	WON	St. Kilda	6.3	9.8	14.10	18.11	119	30	VFL	1982-05-29 May 29 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-06-05 11	A	Essendon	3.2	7.3	11.4	17.9	111	WON	Geelong	1.3	3.5	6.10	10.11	71	40	KAR	1982-06-05 Jun 5 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-06-14 12	H	Essendon	3.2	9.4	15.9	19.12	126	WON	Carlton	1.4	4.11	5.14	8.18	66	60	WIN	1982-06-14 Jun 14 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1982-06-19 13	H	Essendon	2.0	4.3	5.4	10.5	65	LOST	Richmond	1.4	3.4	8.6	12.10	82	-17	VFL	1982-06-19 Jun 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-06-26 14	A	Essendon	4.3	10.7	12.9	15.15	105	WON	North Melbourne	5.2	7.5	11.10	14.13	97	8	MCG	1982-06-26 Jun 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-07-03 15	H	Essendon	6.3	11.4	16.9	21.13	139	WON	Fitzroy	0.2	2.8	2.11	7.12	54	85	WIN	1982-07-03 Jul 3 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-07-17 16	H	Essendon	4.2	9.6	9.9	12.10	82	LOST	Sydney	6.2	10.6	14.8	17.13	115	-33	WIN	1982-07-17 Jul 17 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-07-24 17	A	Essendon	4.2	6.6	14.12	17.17	119	WON	Collingwood	6.4	11.7	12.12	15.18	108	11	VIC	1982-07-24 Jul 24 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-07-31 18	H	Essendon	1.4	5.6	11.8	12.10	82	LOST	Hawthorn	5.1	7.4	8.7	15.10	100	-18	WIN	1982-07-31 Jul 31 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-08-07 19	A	Essendon	2.4	7.10	12.13	20.17	137	WON	Melbourne	5.7	9.9	13.15	14.17	101	36	VFL	1982-08-07 Aug 7 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-08-14 20	A	Essendon	4.2	6.4	11.9	13.12	90	WON	St. Kilda	3.7	5.12	7.14	10.16	76	14	MOO	1982-08-14 Aug 14 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-08-21 21	H	Essendon	4.1	7.5	10.9	14.12	96	WON	Geelong	4.2	6.6	9.10	12.13	85	11	WIN	1982-08-21 Aug 21 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-08-28 22	A	Essendon	3.2	11.4	24.8	32.16	208	WON	Footscray	4.2	6.4	7.6	9.8	62	146	WES	1982-08-28 Aug 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1982-09-04 EF	H	Essendon	1.3	4.10	10.15	16.19	115	LOST	North Melbourne	6.3	8.7	14.10	19.14	128	-13	VFL	1982-09-04 Sep 4 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores

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1982 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Andrews, Ron	15	122	8.1	69	4.6	191	12.7	43	2.9	4	0.3	34	40	3	0.2	3	21
Brown, Brian	2	8	4.0	8	4.0	16	8.0	3	1.5	0	0.0	4	0	0	0.0	0	0
Buhagiar, Tony	23	323	14.0	220	9.6	543	23.6	70	3.0	3	0.1	48	60	41	1.8	41	287
Carey, Stephen	20	183	9.2	96	4.8	279	14.0	28	1.4	0	0.0	33	35	1	0.1	0	6
Clarke, Neil	21	218	10.4	112	5.3	330	15.7	44	2.1	0	0.0	41	25	4	0.2	0	24
Copping, Stephen	23	210	9.1	142	6.2	352	15.3	114	5.0	2	0.1	49	57	45	2.0	23	293
Crow, Max	16	108	6.8	53	3.3	161	10.1	70	4.4	55	3.4	28	26	19	1.2	17	131
Daniher, Terry	23	284	12.3	132	5.7	416	18.1	135	5.9	19	0.8	57	47	23	1.0	18	156
Davis, Michael	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Duckworth, Bill	20	145	7.3	100	5.0	245	12.3	48	2.4	1	0.1	49	35	6	0.3	4	40
Dunell, Frank	2	6	3.0	0	0.0	6	3.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2
Eustice, Mark	9	76	8.4	36	4.0	112	12.4	13	1.4	0	0.0	11	15	6	0.7	5	41
Fields, Neville	3	45	15.0	7	2.3	52	17.3	4	1.3	0	0.0	4	6	2	0.7	1	13
Foulds, Garry	23	368	16.0	83	3.6	451	19.6	53	2.3	0	0.0	39	32	14	0.6	16	100
Fowler, Grant	18	162	9.0	48	2.7	210	11.7	19	1.1	0	0.0	37	38	11	0.6	8	74
Grbac, Anton	2	10	5.0	14	7.0	24	12.0	10	5.0	0	0.0	4	2	0	0.0	0	0
Hawker, Glenn	23	407	17.7	125	5.4	532	23.1	107	4.7	1	0.0	37	74	30	1.3	22	202
Heard, Shane	17	151	8.9	141	8.3	292	17.2	42	2.5	0	0.0	23	35	6	0.4	4	40
Madden, Simon	21	142	6.8	74	3.5	216	10.3	92	4.4	230	11.0	34	44	49	2.3	25	319
Madden, Justin	23	177	7.7	87	3.8	264	11.5	81	3.5	631	27.4	70	77	17	0.7	11	113
Merrett, Roger	13	53	4.1	40	3.1	93	7.2	17	1.3	32	2.5	25	24	4	0.3	2	26
Neagle, Merv	17	217	12.8	118	6.9	335	19.7	41	2.4	2	0.1	33	60	1	0.1	10	16
Otway, Wayne	22	310	14.1	130	5.9	440	20.0	45	2.0	1	0.0	37	40	46	2.1	23	299
Ramsay, Roy	3	21	7.0	14	4.7	35	11.7	6	2.0	0	0.0	3	4	0	0.0	0	0
Reid, Alan	3	30	10.0	11	3.7	41	13.7	12	4.0	0	0.0	1	6	1	0.3	1	7
Schultz, Graeme	5	43	8.6	19	3.8	62	12.4	8	1.6	0	0.0	5	6	5	1.0	2	32
Stoneham, Alan	21	204	9.7	80	3.8	284	13.5	45	2.1	0	0.0	33	21	4	0.2	2	26
Thomson, Michael	3	14	4.7	4	1.3	18	6.0	3	1.0	0	0.0	2	5	5	1.7	0	30
Vander Haar, Paul	21	250	11.9	71	3.4	321	15.3	130	6.2	11	0.5	39	37	24	1.1	16	160
Walsh, Kevin	20	123	6.2	62	3.1	185	9.3	44	2.2	16	0.8	36	37	2	0.1	3	15
Waterson, Chris	3	10	3.3	4	1.3	14	4.7	5	1.7	0	0.0	2	3	2	0.7	0	12
Watson, Tim	22	384	17.5	153	7.0	537	24.4	85	3.9	4	0.2	35	39	24	1.1	31	175
West, Tony	2	20	10.0	7	3.5	27	13.5	5	2.5	1	0.5	1	4	0	0.0	0	0