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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; Essendon Wheelchair

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
[email protected]

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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2007 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 2007 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 5.18.312.816.9 105 WON Adelaide 3.45.97.1410.14 74 31 FBP Apr 1 (Sun, 12:40) Scores
2 H Essendon 5.28.515.619.8 122 WON Fremantle 2.36.512.817.10 112 10 DOC Apr 8 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
3 A Essendon 7.912.1313.1617.20 122 LOST Carlton 2.18.715.1118.17 125 -3 MCG Apr 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 A Essendon 1.27.311.815.9 99 WON St. Kilda 2.44.67.99.14 68 31 DOC Apr 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 H Essendon 3.46.68.1011.13 79 LOST Collingwood 1.55.129.1612.23 95 -16 MCG Apr 25 (Wed, 2:40) Scores
6 H Essendon 4.28.311.315.6 96 LOST Hawthorn 3.39.515.820.11 131 -35 MCG May 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Essendon 2.95.118.1413.17 95 LOST North Melbourne 4.08.514.818.9 117 -22 DOC May 11 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
8 H Essendon 3.67.1013.1518.19 127 WON Brisbane 2.45.85.108.15 63 64 DOC May 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A Essendon 3.45.97.1412.20 92 WON Richmond 2.36.610.912.12 84 8 MCG May 26 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
10 A Essendon 5.17.27.711.8 74 WON Sydney 3.27.48.411.7 73 1 SCG Jun 2 (Sat, 7:15) Scores
11 H Essendon 1.06.212.415.5 95 WON West Coast 5.510.813.914.10 94 1 DOC Jun 8 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
12 A Essendon 1.35.87.1313.17 95 LOST Port Adelaide 7.413.619.1019.12 126 -31 FBP Jun 17 (Sun, 4:10) Scores
13 H Essendon 8.312.514.819.11 125 WON Melbourne 2.29.416.918.15 123 2 DOC Jun 29 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
14 H Essendon 3.46.911.1012.11 83 LOST Geelong 4.37.912.1419.19 133 -50 DOC Jul 6 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
15 H Essendon 4.55.109.1214.14 98 LOST Western Bulldogs 4.49.812.920.11 131 -33 DOC Jul 14 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
16 A Essendon 1.25.513.814.9 93 LOST Collingwood 5.411.815.1118.14 122 -29 MCG Jul 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Essendon 6.210.414.618.9 117 WON Adelaide 5.310.412.716.9 105 12 DOC Jul 29 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
18 A Essendon 0.63.87.127.14 56 LOST Hawthorn 4.47.911.1117.17 119 -63 MCG Aug 5 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
19 A Essendon 4.77.108.1011.11 77 LOST Fremantle 5.210.414.1021.14 140 -63 SUB Aug 12 (Sun, 2:40) Scores
20 H Essendon 2.15.312.618.10 118 WON Carlton 4.58.811.1116.12 108 10 MCG Aug 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 H Essendon 5.37.59.1113.14 92 LOST Richmond 3.37.910.1517.17 119 -27 MCG Aug 26 (Sun, 5:10) Scores
22 A Essendon 2.35.611.819.10 124 LOST West Coast 5.112.219.421.6 132 -8 SUB Sep 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
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2007 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Bolton, Mark 7 29 4.1 21 3.0 50 7.1 24 3.4 5 0.7 18 2.6 5 7 4 0.6 0 24
Bradley, Kepler 4 23 5.8 28 7.0 51 12.8 18 4.5 1 0.3 0 0.0 0 2 1 0.3 1 7
Camporeale, Scott 7 75 10.7 51 7.3 126 18.0 20 2.9 0 0.0 9 1.3 6 4 2 0.3 2 14
Cole, Richard 3 15 5.0 15 5.0 30 10.0 6 2.0 0 0.0 5 1.7 1 2 0 0.0 1 1
Davey Snr, Alwyn 14 94 6.7 67 4.8 161 11.5 46 3.3 0 0.0 55 3.9 17 5 15 1.1 10 100
Dempsey, Courtenay 1 7 7.0 5 5.0 12 12.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 2 1 1 1.0 1 7
Dyson, Ricky 11 70 6.4 69 6.3 139 12.6 29 2.6 0 0.0 16 1.5 4 4 3 0.3 2 20
Fletcher, Dustin 19 309 16.3 85 4.5 394 20.7 144 7.6 1 0.1 30 1.6 9 27 3 0.2 2 20
Gumbleton, Scott 5 19 3.8 22 4.4 41 8.2 26 5.2 1 0.2 4 0.8 2 3 3 0.6 1 19
Heffernan, Chris 7 42 6.0 42 6.0 84 12.0 16 2.3 0 0.0 26 3.7 6 6 2 0.3 0 12
Hille, David 18 113 6.3 115 6.4 228 12.7 70 3.9 292 16.2 33 1.8 23 13 7 0.4 8 50
Hird, James 17 278 16.4 94 5.5 372 21.9 109 6.4 0 0.0 38 2.2 27 8 8 0.5 6 54
Hislop, Tom 3 12 4.0 21 7.0 33 11.0 11 3.7 0 0.0 13 4.3 0 3 1 0.3 1 7
Hocking, Heath 1 4 4.0 8 8.0 12 12.0 4 4.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Houli, Bachar 4 20 5.0 24 6.0 44 11.0 17 4.3 0 0.0 5 1.3 2 1 3 0.8 5 23
Jetta, Leroy 4 16 4.0 10 2.5 26 6.5 9 2.3 0 0.0 7 1.8 2 2 3 0.8 1 19
Johns, Courtney 6 36 6.0 12 2.0 48 8.0 24 4.0 0 0.0 5 0.8 3 2 5 0.8 1 31
Johnson, Mark 20 180 9.0 131 6.6 311 15.6 98 4.9 6 0.3 49 2.5 22 15 7 0.4 3 45
Johnson, Jason 10 119 11.9 88 8.8 207 20.7 64 6.4 0 0.0 30 3.0 5 8 3 0.3 6 24
Laycock, Jason 19 96 5.1 73 3.8 169 8.9 65 3.4 174 9.2 22 1.2 12 12 9 0.5 10 64
Lloyd, Matthew 19 214 11.3 59 3.1 273 14.4 124 6.5 0 0.0 33 1.7 27 32 62 3.3 31 403
Lovett, Andrew 16 182 11.4 91 5.7 273 17.1 86 5.4 0 0.0 35 2.2 14 12 16 1.0 11 107
Lovett-Murray, Nathan 9 89 9.9 55 6.1 144 16.0 41 4.6 3 0.3 17 1.9 5 11 3 0.3 1 19
Lucas, Scott 22 292 13.3 66 3.0 358 16.3 159 7.2 1 0.0 31 1.4 26 28 61 2.8 28 394
McPhee, Adam 22 279 12.7 166 7.5 445 20.2 180 8.2 14 0.6 68 3.1 17 31 7 0.3 4 46
McVeigh, Mark 21 270 12.9 116 5.5 386 18.4 103 4.9 0 0.0 60 2.9 23 25 20 1.0 16 136
Michael, Mal 22 111 5.0 142 6.5 253 11.5 82 3.7 11 0.5 31 1.4 17 13 2 0.1 1 13
Monfries, Angus 20 180 9.0 115 5.8 295 14.8 92 4.6 0 0.0 49 2.5 31 15 16 0.8 12 108
Nash, Jay 11 119 10.8 61 5.5 180 16.4 51 4.6 1 0.1 28 2.5 6 4 3 0.3 2 20
Neagle, Jay 1 3 3.0 3 3.0 6 6.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 2 1 1.0 0 6
Peverill, Damien 19 225 11.8 249 13.1 474 24.9 121 6.4 0 0.0 45 2.4 14 18 6 0.3 5 41
Ramanauskas, Adam 5 36 7.2 24 4.8 60 12.0 19 3.8 1 0.2 6 1.2 2 2 3 0.6 2 20
Reimers, Kyle 3 15 5.0 9 3.0 24 8.0 11 3.7 0 0.0 4 1.3 0 4 1 0.3 1 7
Ryder, Paddy 21 114 5.4 106 5.0 220 10.5 99 4.7 57 2.7 49 2.3 14 23 3 0.1 1 19
Slattery, Henry 20 91 4.6 96 4.8 187 9.4 55 2.8 0 0.0 78 3.9 15 22 4 0.2 3 27
Stanton, Brent 20 322 16.1 147 7.4 469 23.5 139 7.0 0 0.0 30 1.5 20 13 11 0.6 5 71
Watson, Jobe 19 193 10.2 249 13.1 442 23.3 85 4.5 1 0.1 62 3.3 13 11 6 0.3 5 41
Welsh, Andrew 17 180 10.6 108 6.4 288 16.9 101 5.9 7 0.4 39 2.3 20 7 9 0.5 5 59
Winderlich, Jason 17 190 11.2 130 7.6 320 18.8 132 7.8 0 0.0 40 2.4 12 14 6 0.4 6 42
 

Footnotes

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