Dons overtake Pies as the team to have won the most finals matches

[Dan26]

An unknown stat to come out of the Grand Final, is that it was Essendon's 64th finals win.

At the end of 1999, the finals wins were as follows :

Collingwood - 63 finals wins
Carlton - 61 finals wins
Essendon - 61 finals wins

We now have 64 finals wins, ahead of Collingwood 63, while the Blues have 62

So historically we have :

* Most premierships
* Most supporters
* Most finals wins
* Most consecutive wins DURING a season (20)
* Most wins in the Home and away (21)
* Most wins in a season total (24)
* Most pre-season premierships (6)
* Highest score in a finals match (198)
* Best winning ratio for a season (24-1 equals 96%)

GO BOMBERS !!!!!!

 

[sainter]

More posts like that and you are seriously challenging Carlton as having the most "Arrogant" supporters too.

But your team has just won the Grand Final so I suppose I should give you a bit of leeway.

 

[Troop]

You also have the greatest margins in the history of the game against you of any grand final played. And are the only team to have been down by over a hundred points in a grand final.

 

[Bloodstained Angel]

Could I also remind Bombers supporters of the 36.20 we kicked against you in Round 17, 1987.

The second highest score of all time and Essendon's worst ever defeat. And this was barely two years after being called 'The Greateest Ever'

How the mighty fell - and it can happen again.

 

[walshy1993]

dont see collingwood breaking that one in a hurry

 

[Jaffa]

I think you've jumped the gun there Dan.

I see it as Essendon had 60 finals wins prior to this season.

They now have 63 so they are level.

You'll have to wait until next September to go ahead.

 

[Joel]

Certainly not in a hurry but in time we will.

 

[Dan26]

Troop,

Melbourne were down by over 100 points in 1988 during the last quarter before losing by 96. Get your facts right.

And my Collingwood friends, I have a book that says, we have won 64 finals, and I have another one which says 63. Which one is correct ?

Well, Essendon share the record at the very least.

 

[jod23]

Dan its all very nice your stats and everything but to me being a West Coast Eagles supporter is more than that, yeah its great to have success but when it comes down to it its just great to be proud of your team with stats aside and all the rest of it.
I just love the game and love my club and i think thats better than any stats you could ever come up with.

 

[Troop]

Funny how ive watched that game of the 88 grand final so many times and the biggest margin ive seen was 97 points.
Maybe your tapes different to mine?

Show me when it happened and i will admit to being wrong. As is i stand by what i said.


Bombers, the only team in history to be over a hundred points down in the big one.

 

[Shed]

Historically, Dan 24, Essendon also has:

* Team fined the most for salary cap breaches
* Team most often over the salary cap since moratorium
* Team to most exceed the salary cap in a given year
* Team that drafted/recruited the most players while over the salary cap since moratorium

 

[Rooboy _And _Roogirl]

The competition is sooo lopsided we might as well knock the bombers out of the competition. At least that way, the other teams have a chance.

 

[Dan26]

Shed,

Just have a look at the scoreboard you jealous dweeb.

Funny how Essendon, along with Melbourne were the only clubs actualy penalised for their indiscretions, while Carlton, Collingwood and others got away scot free.

You do the crime, you do the time, and once you have done the time, you are back at square one. Essendon is back at square one, because we have DONE THE TIME.

A lot of clubs didn't do the time. Essendon did. I suppose every Essendon premiership for the next 30 years will be a "cheated" one because of a salary cap breach that occured 6 years ago. We were penalised a few hundred thousand doallras, AND we lost drarf picks.

Anyway, we've got the 2000 flag now, so you can read tyhe result of that game in the history books. Suffer.

Troop,

It doesn't really matter if Melbourne was down by 100 during the last quarter or not. I still believe they were. The end result is the only thing that matters. Essendon lost the 1983 GF by 83 points. The final margin is the only thing that matters. Melbourne hold the record losing margin. Geelong were down by 90 in the 1995 GF, but they lost by 60. When looking at a game, you have to look at the WHOLE game.

Anyway, to lose a Grand Final by a record margin, you actually have to make a GF, something which 10 other clubs in 1983 would have wanted to do.

 

[Troop]

If your going to be coming at people with facts then you get them right too
"Troop,
Melbourne were down by over 100 points in 1988 during the last quarter before losing by 96. Get your facts right."

My facts are right. Melbourne were 97 points behind at the biggest margin of that match.

Heres a stat for you, the only team to have ever been over a hundred points down in a grand final is Essendon. Get used to it bunky. ;-)

 

[Pessimistic]

Completely meaningless statistics

Here's another one. Hawthorn - the most premierships you can watch on video.

 

[Hirdhasbigears]

Who cares? Here's another unknown stat to come out of season 2000 - tallied up, I spent an approximate $1,442 on membership, reserving seats during the season, finals tickets, b & f and other function tickets, a ridiculously expensive hat I bought on Round one when it was 45 degrees, alcohol, and bottles of Mt.Franklin water, and ordering a salad roll from my fave deli which they have nicknamed "the Julia" to take with me to eat every week. And the gorgeous coat I just had to have to rug up in! So hows that for a stupid stat!

Julia

 

[sandie]

Julia
I think made up stat would be more correct. What is it with you, delusiions of grandeur.

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Mantis

 

[Bloodstained Angel]

quite the little wannabe aren't we julia ?

 

[KOUTAISABIGPOOF]

Going by that crap Julia the hat must have been bloody big to fit your head.

 

[Arch]

BSA- that game you mentioned in 87.

I was there i think.
Was it at the SCG, with Capper playing, and after every (damned) goal they played that song :
"show 'em your from sydney, show 'em your the swans- give it to 'em sydney- get up were you belong" ????? (its etched onto my memory forever since that day)

I was so devastated that day

I distraught 10 yr old kid wondering how life could be so cruel.

Its where I got my first bombers scarf, the one I still take with me to the footy today.
Its seen a premiership now- so its been cleansed of the horror i guess.

A.

 

[Bloodstained Angel]

Arch

Isn't that funny - every single Bombers person I have discussed that game with (and you all remember it almost as well as a Swans fan!) has said the one thing that they cleary remember from that game was that silly little song they played after every goal !

That and the Swanettes and all the other American-style razzamatazz, they were certainly interesting days !

Its no wonder that song is forever burned into your memory - they played it 36 times in total, a staggering 14 times in the last quarter alone.

Stevie Wright, Paul Hawke, Gerard Healey and a young Mark Bayes were stars that day, Capper kicked 6.1 in an unusually accurate display, he also took a couple of his most famous marks in that game too

All in all - a most treasured memory for any fan of the Red & White

cheers

 

[RICE80SF]

I was up in Sin City in '90 when Vanders went sick (must have had a good night at the Cross the night before), took about 100 marks and we ended up thumping a "rebuilding Swans". Very funny when an in-frequent goal was scored by the Swans on the day, you'd hear "show 'em Sydney show 'em, show 'em your the one." My mates and I were in full voice by the last quarter, joining in the little number with more than a hint of sarcasm.

It was good to get a bit back after that huge embarrassment in '87. A great day

.

Cheers.




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RED & BLACK BACK to BACK 2001!

 

[sandie]

Hey Arch I was there too, I was also there in 86, I vowed to never go to the SCG again because I think I jinxed them.

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Mantis

 

[Arch]

I also vividly remember the point capper kicked. I was right near the boundary on the wing, and I hung over the fence and shouted "CAPPER YOU BIG ****" -I really thought id done my bit for the team when he missed.
i think i also jinxed the swans by barracking for them in 98, when they played the crows in a semi final in driving rain at the SCG.

boy did that suck.

[This message has been edited by Arch (edited 08 September 2000).]

 

[Bloodstained Angel]

I'll look out for you next time I get the video out Arch.

That '98 semi-final - god we sucked but hardly surprising really, we faded pretty badly over the last bit of the season and only limped into the finals.

Very very lucky to squeeze past St Kilda in the Qualifier (Winmar missed with the last kick of the game. I thought we were gonners and didn't even get a ticket, although I sneaked in during the last quarter to cheer off Paul Roos in his last game.

We had most certainly reached the end of line by that point and the Crows looked just so much fitter and faster.

Their fitness coach Neil Craig had those boys really pumped at that critical time of the season and looking back, its little wonder they ran all over everyone else in that finals series - they had much more fuel in the tank than anybody else.