The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is a professional Australian rules football club based in the northern Melbourne suburb of Melbourne Airport that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. Founded in 1872 in the nearby suburb of Essendon, the club participated in the Victorian Football Association from 1878 until 1896, when it joined seven other clubs in forming the breakaway Victorian Football League. Headquartered at Windy Hill for much of the 20th century, the club moved to The Hangar in Melbourne Airport in 2013, and it currently plays its home games at either Docklands Stadium or the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Dyson Heppell is the current club captain; Ben Rutten is the senior coach.
Malcolm Jack Blight AM is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and coached the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Woodville Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He also coached the Geelong Football Club, Adelaide Football Club and St Kilda Football Club.
Allen John Jakovich is a retired Australian rules football player. Jakovich was a prolific full forward and is notable for kicking 208 goals in his 54 Australian Football League matches, an average of 3.85 per game, for Melbourne and Footscray. He and his younger brother, Glen Jakovich, both began their AFL careers in the 1990 AFL Draft.
The 1901 Victorian Football League season was the fifth season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1906 Victorian Football League season was the 10th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1907 Victorian Football League season was the 11th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1999 Australian Football League season was the 103rd season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 10th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989.
The laws of Australian rules football were first created by the Melbourne Football Club in 1859 and have been refined over the years as the sport evolved into its modern form. The laws significantly predate the advent of a governing body for the sport. The first national and international body, the Australasian Football Council (AFC), was formed in 1905 and became responsible for the laws, although individual leagues retained a wide discretion to vary them. Since 1994, after the establishment of a nation-wide Australian Football League (AFL), the rules for the game have been maintained by the AFL Commission through its AFL Competition Committee.
The 1914 Victorian Football League season was the 18th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1992 Australian Football League season was the 96th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 3rd under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989. The grand final was won by the West Coast Eagles, who became the first non-Victorian club to win a premiership.
The 1989 Victorian Football League season was the 93rd season of the elite Australian rules football competition. It was also the last season for the competition under its original name as it was renamed the Australian Football League in 1990.
The 1922 Victorian Football League season was the 26th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1949 Victorian Football League season was the 53rd season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The 1977 Victorian Football League season was the 81st season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
The Dreamtime at the 'G is an annual Australian rules football match between Australian Football League clubs Essendon and Richmond.
AFL SuperCoach is an online fantasy football game for the Australian Football League. It was designed by Vapormedia. Herald Sun own the website, and run the competition. They award a prize of $1,000 each week to the entrant with the highest score for that week, as well as a grand prize of $50,000 to the entrant with the highest cumulative point total at the end of the home and away season.
The 1948 VFL Grand Final and Grand Final Replay were a pair of Australian rules football games contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in October 1948. They were the 50th and 51st Grand Finals of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1948 VFL season.
NRL Supercoach is an online National Rugby League (NRL) fantasy football game in which participants take on the role of coach and selector to choose their ultimate team made up of 25 Australian NRL rugby league players, working within a salary cap of $9.6 million and player trading limits. Each week, participants select a starting squad of 17 players from the team. The real-life performance of the 17 selected determines the participant's tally of points. Participants may also choose to play against other people by creating and joining a private league or by being placed in an international league comp.
The 1972 VFL season was the 76th season in the Victorian Football League to be contested by the Carlton Football Club.
Connor Menadue is a former professional Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for 39 AFL matches over a five-year tenure with the Richmond Football Club. He was drafted by Richmond in the second round of the 2014 national draft and made his debut in round 7 the following season. Menadue played in a premiership with Richmond's reserves side in the VFL side in 2019. After being delisted by Richmond at the end of 2019 and after one year out of the league, he was redrafted by North Melbourne in the 2021 rookie draft.
