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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; Essendon U19s

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2024

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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2009 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 2009 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 1.14.38.89.12 66 LOST Port Adelaide 4.38.711.1215.17 107 -41 FBP Mar 29 (Sun, 2:40) Scores
2 H Essendon 5.29.514.716.13 109 WON Fremantle 1.46.610.810.11 71 38 DOC Apr 5 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
3 A Essendon 1.48.615.717.14 116 WON Carlton 4.67.1013.1316.16 112 4 MCG Apr 11 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
4 A Essendon 1.33.75.117.15 57 LOST North Melbourne 3.35.59.710.9 69 -12 DOC Apr 19 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
5 H Essendon 1.56.69.1313.15 93 WON Collingwood 4.26.68.1012.16 88 5 MCG Apr 25 (Sat, 2:20) Scores
6 A Essendon 1.33.85.129.14 68 LOST Brisbane 5.210.212.617.9 111 -43 GAB May 2 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
7 H Essendon 4.26.712.1017.14 116 WON Hawthorn 1.86.89.1110.12 72 44 DOC May 8 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
8 A Essendon 2.15.18.610.11 71 LOST St. Kilda 6.58.811.1113.12 90 -19 DOC May 17 (Sun, 4:40) Scores
9 A Essendon 3.17.413.619.11 125 WON Richmond 5.59.810.1212.13 85 40 MCG May 23 (Sat, 7:45) Scores
10 H Essendon 1.13.15.311.4 70 LOST Geelong 6.412.717.1320.14 134 -64 DOC May 31 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
11 H Essendon 5.310.416.418.6 114 LOST Adelaide 3.09.015.221.4 130 -16 DOC Jun 7 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
12 H Essendon 6.310.717.1319.17 131 WON Melbourne 3.28.39.313.5 83 48 DOC Jun 19 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
13 H Essendon 2.48.514.921.10 136 WON Carlton 2.37.78.99.13 67 69 MCG Jun 26 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
14 A Essendon 2.63.86.109.13 67 LOST Collingwood 2.39.612.1015.12 102 -35 MCG Jul 3 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
15 A Essendon 4.68.812.1215.17 107 WON Sydney 4.25.87.1110.12 72 35 SCG Jul 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H Essendon 3.16.28.211.4 70 LOST Western Bulldogs 3.54.610.915.13 103 -33 DOC Jul 17 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
17 H Essendon 2.55.610.914.12 96 LOST Richmond 3.28.412.915.11 101 -5 MCG Jul 26 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
18 A Essendon 2.14.17.610.8 68 LOST West Coast 4.28.611.714.11 95 -27 SUB Aug 2 (Sun, 2:40) Scores
19 H Essendon 4.36.511.713.9 87 DRAW Brisbane 3.36.68.1012.15 87 0 MCG Aug 8 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
20 H Essendon 3.310.616.916.14 110 WON St. Kilda 4.27.411.1016.12 108 2 DOC Aug 16 (Sun, 4:40) Scores
21 A Essendon 3.25.39.813.9 87 LOST Fremantle 4.29.615.1121.15 141 -54 SUB Aug 23 (Sun, 2:40) Scores
22 A Essendon 3.35.910.1316.20 116 WON Hawthorn 4.59.711.1214.15 99 17 MCG Aug 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
1EF A Essendon 3.35.78.810.10 70 LOST Adelaide 4.312.418.926.10 166 -96 FBP Sep 4 (Fri, 7:45) Scores
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2009 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Atkinson, Jarrod 5 37 7.4 43 8.6 80 16.0 22 4.4 0 0.0 19 3.8 4 5 2 0.4 0 12
Bellchambers, Tom 6 11 1.8 25 4.2 36 6.0 15 2.5 55 9.2 8 1.3 5 6 1 0.2 2 8
Daniher, Darcy 3 28 9.3 13 4.3 41 13.7 17 5.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Davey Snr, Alwyn 20 141 7.1 131 6.6 272 13.6 48 2.4 0 0.0 87 4.4 27 15 14 0.7 13 97
Dempsey, Courtenay 20 150 7.5 169 8.5 319 16.0 69 3.5 1 0.1 45 2.3 11 9 7 0.4 6 48
Dyson, Ricky 23 266 11.6 170 7.4 436 19.0 79 3.4 0 0.0 55 2.4 10 17 8 0.3 8 56
Fletcher, Dustin 18 218 12.1 102 5.7 320 17.8 86 4.8 8 0.4 30 1.7 14 11 1 0.1 1 7
Hille, David 5 25 5.0 34 6.8 59 11.8 15 3.0 69 13.8 4 0.8 3 5 1 0.2 3 9
Hocking, Heath 19 145 7.6 200 10.5 345 18.2 80 4.2 0 0.0 74 3.9 14 24 9 0.5 3 57
Hooker, Cale 16 72 4.5 173 10.8 245 15.3 74 4.6 58 3.6 53 3.3 8 19 3 0.2 3 21
Houli, Bachar 7 67 9.6 90 12.9 157 22.4 33 4.7 0 0.0 16 2.3 3 7 0 0.0 1 1
Hurley, Michael 10 83 8.3 61 6.1 144 14.4 62 6.2 1 0.1 15 1.5 5 5 10 1.0 5 65
Jetta, Leroy 6 35 5.8 38 6.3 73 12.2 12 2.0 0 0.0 15 2.5 3 3 1 0.2 3 9
Lloyd, Matthew 18 131 7.3 88 4.9 219 12.2 104 5.8 0 0.0 26 1.4 16 16 35 1.9 27 237
Lonergan, Sam 17 103 6.1 143 8.4 246 14.5 57 3.4 1 0.1 62 3.6 16 13 10 0.6 11 71
Lovett, Andrew 22 293 13.3 167 7.6 460 20.9 75 3.4 0 0.0 55 2.5 22 17 21 1.0 17 143
Lovett-Murray, Nathan 14 105 7.5 160 11.4 265 18.9 66 4.7 15 1.1 49 3.5 10 21 9 0.6 4 58
Lucas, Scott 14 133 9.5 62 4.4 195 13.9 90 6.4 7 0.5 33 2.4 12 8 22 1.6 14 146
McPhee, Adam 21 207 9.9 164 7.8 371 17.7 136 6.5 9 0.4 55 2.6 17 25 16 0.8 8 104
McVeigh, Mark 12 110 9.2 81 6.8 191 15.9 32 2.7 0 0.0 35 2.9 6 13 5 0.4 3 33
Monfries, Angus 21 168 8.0 162 7.7 330 15.7 116 5.5 0 0.0 51 2.4 38 14 25 1.2 15 165
Myers, David 6 37 6.2 29 4.8 66 11.0 19 3.2 0 0.0 8 1.3 0 3 1 0.2 3 9
Nash, Jay 2 13 6.5 15 7.5 28 14.0 6 3.0 0 0.0 4 2.0 1 4 0 0.0 0 0
Neagle, Jay 12 64 5.3 21 1.8 85 7.1 47 3.9 0 0.0 17 1.4 3 6 19 1.6 4 118
Pears, Tayte 23 156 6.8 192 8.3 348 15.1 72 3.1 0 0.0 48 2.1 13 17 1 0.0 1 7
Prismall, Brent 13 161 12.4 137 10.5 298 22.9 74 5.7 0 0.0 47 3.6 10 3 5 0.4 4 34
Quinn, Michael 6 38 6.3 43 7.2 81 13.5 25 4.2 0 0.0 11 1.8 4 6 2 0.3 3 15
Reimers, Kyle 9 89 9.9 51 5.7 140 15.6 34 3.8 0 0.0 25 2.8 9 3 9 1.0 8 62
Ryder, Paddy 21 121 5.8 141 6.7 262 12.5 72 3.4 424 20.2 99 4.7 23 20 12 0.6 9 81
Skipworth, Hayden 11 96 8.7 103 9.4 199 18.1 61 5.5 0 0.0 31 2.8 11 7 11 1.0 2 68
Slattery, Henry 21 135 6.4 145 6.9 280 13.3 76 3.6 0 0.0 80 3.8 15 21 2 0.1 3 15
Stanton, Brent 23 329 14.3 243 10.6 572 24.9 138 6.0 0 0.0 87 3.8 23 19 15 0.7 13 103
Watson, Jobe 22 221 10.0 322 14.6 543 24.7 73 3.3 0 0.0 98 4.5 16 13 10 0.5 10 70
Welsh, Andrew 11 100 9.1 126 11.5 226 20.5 41 3.7 0 0.0 69 6.3 11 9 2 0.2 4 16
Winderlich, Jason 19 191 10.1 196 10.3 387 20.4 122 6.4 11 0.6 81 4.3 7 5 17 0.9 8 110
Zaharakis, David 10 87 8.7 50 5.0 137 13.7 47 4.7 0 0.0 25 2.5 2 4 7 0.7 8 50
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.