Essendon Football Club

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Melbourne Football Club vs Essendon Football Club (12 Apr)

Head Coach

Brad Scott

League Position

Recent League Form ➡

Established
1871 (154 years old)

Sport
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Australian Football

Venue

Docklands Stadium
(56,347 Capacity)

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Archive
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Location
Melbourne

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Competitions
Australian AFL

Last Edit
BryanShadowbuck: 04/Jun/24

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12 Apr	Melbourne Fo	-	Essendon Foo	9:35am
18 Apr	West Coast E	-	Essendon Foo	8:10am
25 Apr	Collingwood	-	Essendon Foo	5:20am
01 May	Essendon Foo	-	North Melbou	9:30am
10 May	Essendon Foo	-	Sydney Swans	6:15am
Results
27 Mar	Essendon Foo	72 - 60	Port Adelaid
22 Mar	Essendon Foo	100 - 161	Adelaide Foo
14 Mar	Hawthorn Foo	111 - 85	Essendon Foo
08 Mar	Gold Coast F	P - P	Essendon Foo
25 Feb	Geelong Foot	83 - 104	Essendon Foo

Description

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is a professional Australian rules football club. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the game's premier competition. The club was formed by the McCracken family in their Ascot Vale home "Alisa", and while the exact date is unknown, it is generally accepted to have been in 1872.

The club's first recorded game took place on 7 June 1873 against a Carlton seconds team. From 1878 until 1896, the club played in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), then joined seven other clubs in October 1896 to form the breakaway Victorian Football League (known as the Australian Football League since 1990). Headquartered at the Essendon Recreation Ground, known as Windy Hill, from 1922 to 2013, the club moved to The Hangar in Tullamarine in late 2013 on land owned by the Melbourne Airport corporation. The club shares its home games between Docklands Stadium and the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Zach Merrett is the current club captain.

Essendon is one of Australia's best-known and most successful football clubs. It has won 16 VFL/AFL premierships, which, along with Carlton and Collingwood, is the most of any club in the competition.