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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

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"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

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1991 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1991 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 Essendon       Bye        
2 A Essendon 1.56.710.1316.17 113 WON Richmond 6.29.415.617.7 109 4 MCG Apr 1 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
3 A Essendon 5.412.1118.1725.17 167 WON North Melbourne 6.58.610.1013.16 94 73 MCG Apr 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H Essendon 5.48.99.1512.20 92 WON Adelaide 2.14.76.96.11 47 45 WIN Apr 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 A Essendon 4.610.913.1524.17 161 WON Sydney 6.48.1117.1219.16 130 31 SCG Apr 19 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
6 A Essendon 2.98.1112.1516.18 114 WON Brisbane 5.110.311.712.11 83 31 CRR Apr 27 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
7 H Essendon 2.29.514.717.13 115 WON Carlton 1.24.48.1213.16 94 21 WAV May 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Essendon 0.36.610.713.9 87 LOST West Coast 5.18.411.714.10 94 -7 WIN May 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A Essendon 4.27.412.813.9 87 LOST Hawthorn 5.110.411.715.13 103 -16 WAV May 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A Essendon 8.210.512.1016.13 109 WON St. Kilda 1.06.68.1011.15 81 28 MOO May 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Essendon 2.13.69.1112.14 86 WON Melbourne 2.26.48.612.8 80 6 WIN Jun 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 Essendon       Bye        
13 H Essendon 2.46.47.1010.14 74 LOST Collingwood 2.27.59.811.10 76 -2 WAV Jun 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Essendon 1.25.610.1317.20 122 WON Fitzroy 2.66.68.912.11 83 39 WIN Jun 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A Essendon 2.24.35.46.7 43 LOST Footscray 0.51.108.1511.23 89 -46 WES Jun 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Essendon 2.54.99.1310.15 75 LOST Geelong 4.26.89.1313.21 99 -24 KAR Jul 7 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
17 H Essendon 3.24.46.66.7 43 LOST Richmond 0.55.117.157.18 60 -17 WIN Jul 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Essendon 7.111.317.719.9 123 WON North Melbourne 1.62.124.125.19 49 74 WIN Jul 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Essendon 5.48.510.612.9 81 LOST Adelaide 2.35.413.1016.12 108 -27 FBP Jul 28 (Sun, 7:40) Scores
20 H Essendon 4.513.818.1622.19 151 WON Sydney 2.36.88.912.12 84 67 WIN Aug 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 H Essendon 6.57.1016.1623.19 157 WON Brisbane 3.39.412.717.10 112 45 WIN Aug 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 A Essendon 3.15.58.713.10 88 WON Carlton 3.37.610.812.12 84 4 WAV Aug 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
23 A Essendon 1.64.77.77.10 52 LOST West Coast 3.36.912.1316.19 115 -63 SUB Aug 25 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
24 H Essendon 1.42.54.79.9 63 LOST Hawthorn 4.310.415.1021.17 143 -80 WAV Aug 31 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
1EF A Essendon 5.67.79.911.9 75 LOST Melbourne 1.24.510.717.11 113 -38 WAV Sep 7 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
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1991 Player Stats

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