1980 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 10-0-12, P%: 105.4%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 42
Brownlow Leader(s): Merv Neagle (20)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Simon Madden (45)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Tim Watson

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Simon Madden

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Andrews, Ron #4 9 R01-R09 0
Bennett, Peter #38 18 R01, R03-R18, R22 6
Besanko, Barry #49 3 R13-R15 3
Besanko, Neil #30 8 R01-R03, R18-R22 0
Burke, David #29 3 R12-R13, R21 6
Carey, Stephen #17 7 R16-R22 0
Carman, Phil #8 4 R01-R04 7
Clarke, Neil #39 7 R01-R02, R06-R09, R14 2
Crow, Max #31 8 R01-R02, R14-R15, R19-R22 8
Daniher, Neale #6 22 R01-R22 2
Daniher, Terry #5 20 R01-R02, R05-R22 22
Davis, Michael #36 1 R17 0
Day, Barry #3 4 R01-R04 8
Dunell, Frank #7 9 R02-R05, R07-R09, R16-R17 8
Eustice, Mark #47 1 R21 1
Flanegan, Greg #28 2 R19-R20 3
Fletcher, Ken #21 11 R01-R02, R05-R06, R13, R16-R19, R21-R22 2
Foreman, Wayne #22 18 R05-R22 25
Foulds, Garry #10 16 R01-R04, R06-R12, R14-R15, R20-R22 1
Fowler, Grant #23 16 R07-R22 15
Hawker, Glenn #33 12 R03-R11, R14-R16 6
Heard, Shane #9 20 R01-R15, R18-R22 3
Keenan, Peter #1 18 R01-R12, R14-R18, R20 9
Light, Peter #19 2 R12, R19 0
Madden, Justin #44 5 R13, R15-R16, R18-R19 1
Madden, Simon #27 21 R01-R14, R16-R22 45
Mansfield, Ken #13 7 R08, R10-R13, R19-R20 11
Marsh, Ian #37 19 R01-R17, R20-R21 12
McAllester, Jim #40 2 R03-R04 0
Merrett, Roger #25 12 R02-R08, R10-R13, R17 2
Muir, Russell #42 14 R03-R16 0
Neagle, Merv #34 22 R01-R22 11
Reid, Alan #2 7 R05-R06, R18-R22 2
Robins, Stephen #24 12 R01, R03-R07, R11-R12, R15-R18 23
Scanlon, Denis #36 4 R18-R20, R22 0
Shaw, Robert #26 5 R10, R16-R17, R21-R22 5
Sheldon, Michael #12 2 R04-R05 0
Stoneham, Alan #11 21 R01-R15, R17-R22 11
Taubert, Steven #16 10 R09-R18 0
Valli, Bill #15 1 R22 0
Vander Haar, Paul #18 15 R01-R02, R09-R11, R13-R22 27
Watson, Tim #32 22 R01-R22 42

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Davis, Barry 22 10 -0- 12 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
29/03/1980 Round 1 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 13 Barry Davis Simon Madden
05/04/1980 Round 2 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 7 Barry Davis Simon Madden
12/04/1980 Round 3 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 55 Barry Davis Simon Madden
19/04/1980 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 3 Barry Davis Simon Madden
26/04/1980 Round 5 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 4 Barry Davis Simon Madden
03/05/1980 Round 6 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 5 Barry Davis Simon Madden
10/05/1980 Round 7 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 14 Barry Davis Simon Madden
17/05/1980 Round 8 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 77 Barry Davis Simon Madden
25/05/1980 Round 9 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 37 Barry Davis Simon Madden
31/05/1980 Round 10 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 44 Barry Davis Simon Madden
07/06/1980 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 18 Barry Davis Simon Madden
14/06/1980 Round 12 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 29 Barry Davis Simon Madden
21/06/1980 Round 13 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 10 Barry Davis Simon Madden
28/06/1980 Round 14 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 5 Barry Davis Simon Madden
12/07/1980 Round 15 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 4 Barry Davis unknown
19/07/1980 Round 16 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 4 Barry Davis Simon Madden
26/07/1980 Round 17 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 6 Barry Davis Simon Madden
02/08/1980 Round 18 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 14 Barry Davis Simon Madden
09/08/1980 Round 19 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 42 Barry Davis Simon Madden
16/08/1980 Round 20 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 61 Barry Davis Simon Madden
23/08/1980 Round 21 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 21 Barry Davis Simon Madden
30/08/1980 Round 22 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 40 Barry Davis Simon Madden