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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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2008 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 2008 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 2.08.215.519.8 122 WON North Melbourne 4.36.77.99.13 67 55 DOC Mar 24 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
2 A Essendon 1.23.64.106.15 51 LOST Geelong 4.411.917.1322.18 150 -99 DOC Mar 30 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
3 H Essendon 6.411.817.1123.12 150 WON Carlton 5.29.418.621.8 134 16 MCG Apr 5 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
4 H Essendon 1.27.714.1214.14 98 LOST Western Bulldogs 5.410.613.819.14 128 -30 DOC Apr 11 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
5 A Essendon 3.06.112.114.3 87 LOST St. Kilda 5.312.914.1218.15 123 -36 DOC Apr 18 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
6 A Essendon 5.26.67.712.9 81 LOST Collingwood 5.311.715.1223.16 154 -73 MCG Apr 25 (Fri, 2:40) Scores
7 H Essendon 2.18.112.215.4 94 LOST Port Adelaide 6.414.1019.1324.14 158 -64 DOC May 4 (Sun, 4:40) Scores
8 A Essendon 0.24.77.97.10 52 LOST Sydney 4.56.1113.1521.17 143 -91 STA May 18 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
9 H Essendon 0.52.68.810.12 72 LOST Richmond 5.310.812.1016.14 110 -38 MCG May 24 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
10 A Essendon 3.35.57.610.9 69 LOST Adelaide 1.64.77.169.20 74 -5 FBP May 30 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
11 H Essendon 3.38.410.712.7 79 LOST Hawthorn 4.39.515.1119.16 130 -51 DOC Jun 7 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
12 H Essendon 4.67.1111.1416.17 113 WON West Coast 4.16.69.1113.13 91 22 DOC Jun 13 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
13 A Essendon 7.58.912.1320.16 136 WON Carlton 1.25.49.615.11 101 35 MCG Jun 22 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
14 A Essendon 3.27.511.914.11 95 WON Fremantle 2.57.68.913.13 91 4 SUB Jun 29 (Sun, 2:40) Scores
15 H Essendon 8.312.617.924.11 155 WON Brisbane 4.08.414.818.10 118 37 DOC Jul 12 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
16 A Essendon 3.27.513.715.14 104 LOST Richmond 5.211.512.916.12 108 -4 MCG Jul 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Essendon 5.77.1012.1119.14 128 WON Collingwood 1.36.79.1011.14 80 48 MCG Jul 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Essendon 3.19.614.819.10 124 WON Melbourne 2.27.311.517.6 108 16 MCG Aug 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Essendon 3.24.49.716.7 103 LOST West Coast 6.310.612.917.11 113 -10 SUB Aug 10 (Sun, 2:40) Scores
20 H Essendon 1.24.76.1010.13 73 LOST Adelaide 3.47.813.1019.15 129 -56 DOC Aug 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A Essendon 3.45.89.1115.15 105 LOST Western Bulldogs 3.310.619.823.13 151 -46 DOC Aug 22 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
22 H Essendon 2.32.65.85.9 39 LOST St. Kilda 5.58.1214.1521.21 147 -108 DOC Aug 31 (Sun, 4:40) Scores
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2008 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 33 6.6 25 5.0 58 11.6 14 2.8 0 0.0 5 1.0 1 8 2 0.4 2 14
Bellchambers, Tom 3 7 2.3 17 5.7 24 8.0 8 2.7 24 8.0 6 2.0 1 3 0 0.0 0 0
Daniher, Darcy 3 10 3.3 4 1.3 14 4.7 6 2.0 0 0.0 6 2.0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0
Davey Snr, Alwyn 5 33 6.6 38 7.6 71 14.2 10 2.0 0 0.0 23 4.6 7 8 5 1.0 1 31
Dempsey, Courtenay 4 23 5.8 29 7.3 52 13.0 12 3.0 0 0.0 6 1.5 3 5 1 0.3 1 7
Dyson, Ricky 15 145 9.7 122 8.1 267 17.8 48 3.2 0 0.0 29 1.9 4 8 3 0.2 2 20
Fletcher, Dustin 18 198 11.0 84 4.7 282 15.7 96 5.3 0 0.0 18 1.0 12 12 2 0.1 3 15
Hille, David 20 177 8.9 147 7.4 324 16.2 103 5.2 364 18.2 34 1.7 16 21 19 1.0 18 132
Hislop, Tom 4 16 4.0 20 5.0 36 9.0 11 2.8 0 0.0 7 1.8 4 2 1 0.3 0 6
Hocking, Heath 3 20 6.7 22 7.3 42 14.0 10 3.3 0 0.0 5 1.7 2 4 0 0.0 0 0
Hooker, Cale 2 3 1.5 17 8.5 20 10.0 7 3.5 0 0.0 1 0.5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Houli, Bachar 10 82 8.2 108 10.8 190 19.0 35 3.5 0 0.0 36 3.6 8 4 4 0.4 3 27
Jetta, Leroy 18 98 5.4 68 3.8 166 9.2 26 1.4 0 0.0 54 3.0 14 13 11 0.6 9 75
Johns, Courtney 2 11 5.5 4 2.0 15 7.5 8 4.0 0 0.0 2 1.0 0 0 1 0.5 1 7
Johnson, Jason 4 44 11.0 47 11.8 91 22.8 22 5.5 0 0.0 9 2.3 5 3 2 0.5 0 12
Laycock, Jason 16 75 4.7 61 3.8 136 8.5 45 2.8 154 9.6 23 1.4 14 11 14 0.9 9 93
Lloyd, Matthew 21 199 9.5 83 4.0 282 13.4 142 6.8 0 0.0 35 1.7 28 20 62 3.0 16 388
Lonergan, Sam 19 134 7.1 149 7.8 283 14.9 41 2.2 0 0.0 73 3.8 20 8 9 0.5 6 60
Lovett, Andrew 17 203 11.9 107 6.3 310 18.2 73 4.3 0 0.0 47 2.8 14 14 14 0.8 8 92
Lovett-Murray, Nathan 20 172 8.6 158 7.9 330 16.5 94 4.7 4 0.2 59 3.0 11 31 9 0.5 5 59
Lucas, Scott 9 53 5.9 17 1.9 70 7.8 36 4.0 0 0.0 12 1.3 7 7 18 2.0 9 117
Magin, Rhys 4 23 5.8 15 3.8 38 9.5 17 4.3 0 0.0 9 2.3 1 2 2 0.5 1 13
McPhee, Adam 20 188 9.4 119 6.0 307 15.4 143 7.2 5 0.3 55 2.8 20 33 18 0.9 12 120
McVeigh, Mark 14 219 15.6 96 6.9 315 22.5 61 4.4 0 0.0 44 3.1 14 22 14 1.0 7 91
Michael, Mal 15 58 3.9 102 6.8 160 10.7 49 3.3 5 0.3 16 1.1 10 6 3 0.2 1 19
Monfries, Angus 19 175 9.2 134 7.1 309 16.3 96 5.1 0 0.0 47 2.5 50 11 18 0.9 10 118
Myers, David 8 77 9.6 39 4.9 116 14.5 29 3.6 0 0.0 24 3.0 3 6 1 0.1 0 6
Nash, Jay 21 247 11.8 132 6.3 379 18.0 92 4.4 0 0.0 47 2.2 4 10 5 0.2 2 32
Neagle, Jay 7 33 4.7 12 1.7 45 6.4 20 2.9 0 0.0 7 1.0 2 6 10 1.4 5 65
Pears, Tayte 5 25 5.0 25 5.0 50 10.0 15 3.0 0 0.0 9 1.8 3 4 2 0.4 1 13
Peverill, Damien 10 101 10.1 114 11.4 215 21.5 50 5.0 0 0.0 32 3.2 10 7 1 0.1 1 7
Ramanauskas, Adam 18 140 7.8 102 5.7 242 13.4 77 4.3 1 0.1 28 1.6 8 15 7 0.4 2 44
Reimers, Kyle 15 160 10.7 63 4.2 223 14.9 70 4.7 0 0.0 36 2.4 16 9 13 0.9 10 88
Ryder, Paddy 22 119 5.4 103 4.7 222 10.1 90 4.1 51 2.3 47 2.1 18 21 5 0.2 4 34
Slattery, Henry 20 105 5.3 118 5.9 223 11.2 59 3.0 0 0.0 74 3.7 17 35 3 0.2 2 20
Stanton, Brent 22 321 14.6 165 7.5 486 22.1 122 5.5 0 0.0 72 3.3 35 18 18 0.8 13 121
Watson, Jobe 19 194 10.2 265 13.9 459 24.2 53 2.8 3 0.2 68 3.6 25 20 4 0.2 8 32
Welsh, Andrew 17 165 9.7 129 7.6 294 17.3 70 4.1 3 0.2 75 4.4 20 14 9 0.5 0 54
Williams, Jon 1 3 3.0 2 2.0 5 5.0 2 2.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Winderlich, Jason 9 81 9.0 74 8.2 155 17.2 44 4.9 0 0.0 20 2.2 6 6 5 0.6 2 32
 

Footnotes

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