1977 VFL Season: Essendon

These are the details of the premiership results for Essendon for the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Windy Hill as their home ground, playing ten matches there (ten as hosts). The team finished the regular season in ninth place.

Team Details

Competition: 1977 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Club: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 7-1-14, P%: 82.8)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals

Team Leaders

Captain: Ken Fletcher
Vice-Captain: Ron Andrews

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Andrews, Ron #4 14 5 R01-12, R14-15
Bell, Greg #28 12 0 R01, R03, R05-09, R11, R18-21
Berry, Bill #35 4 1 R03-04, R13-14
Boyd, Colin #17 19 0 R02-04, R06-10, R12-22
Burdett, Geoff #15 4 0 R01-04
Cahill, Terry #20 4 5 R01-03, R06
Clarke, Neil #39 8 1 R01-04, R12-15
Close, Robin #19 17 12 R01-02, R07-19, R21-22
Crow, Max #31 20 38 R01-06, R08-11, R13-22
Early, Phillip #25 10 3 R12-19, R21-22
Ellen, Russell #30 3 1 R01-03
Fields, Neville #1 15 18 R01-07, R10-11, R14, R16-19, R22
Fletcher, Ken #21 18 10 R05-22
Foulds, Garry #38 21 9 R01-05, R07-22
Hartigan, Dean #41 3 0 R05, R08, R10
Heard, Shane #9 10 3 R05-09, R18-22
Hickmott, Peter #23 8 3 R01-02, R04-06, R15, R18, R21
Madden, Simon #27 20 33 R01-12, R15-22
Mansfield, Ken #13 11 7 R01-03, R11-14, R16-17, R20, R22
Marsh, Ian #37 7 0 R03, R16-17, R19-22
Mattson, Don #44 1 0 R07
McDonald, Paul #43 3 2 R18-20
Mihocek, Jack #8 3 1 R01-02, R11
Muir, Russell #42 15 0 R04, R07-09, R12-22
Neagle, Merv #34 7 2 R03, R10-15
Newton, Rob #2 10 0 R04-06, R09-11, R16-17, R21-22
Primmer, Wayne #15 10 11 R07-12, R15, R18, R20-21
Roberts, Ken #6 21 28 R01-20, R22
Robins, Stephen #24 20 11 R01-16, R19-22
Scanlon, Denis #36 22 5 R01-22
Shaw, Robert #26 5 0 R01, R03-06
Taubert, Steven #16 15 9 R05-11, R15-22
Vander Haar, Paul #18 18 19 R05-22
Walsh, Brian #12 16 32 R04-13, R15-17, R20-22
Watson, Larry #22 8 1 R02, R04-06, R13-14, R16-17
Watson, Tim #32 16 16 R07-22
Wilson, Andy #33 17 11 R01-10, R12-14, R17-20
Young, Gary #29 5 1 R01-02, R04, R12-13

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Stephen, Bill 22 7 -1- 14 R01-22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/04/1977 Round 1 St Kilda HOME WIN ESSE by 32 Bill Stephen Ron Andrews
09/04/1977 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SMLB by 77 Bill Stephen Ron Andrews
16/04/1977 Round 3 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COLL by 51 Bill Stephen Ron Andrews
23/04/1977 Round 4 Melbourne HOME WIN ESSE by 4 Bill Stephen Ron Andrews
30/04/1977 Round 5 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NMLB by 20 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
07/05/1977 Round 6 Footscray HOME LOSS FOOT by 100 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
14/05/1977 Round 7 Richmond HOME DRAW drawn Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
21/05/1977 Round 8 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEEL by 7 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
28/05/1977 Round 9 Carlton HOME WIN ESSE by 19 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
04/06/1977 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESSE by 54 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
13/06/1977 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HWTH by 106 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
18/06/1977 Round 12 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESSE by 4 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
25/06/1977 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESSE by 12 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
02/07/1977 Round 14 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MELB by 11 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
09/07/1977 Round 15 Collingwood HOME LOSS COLL by 11 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
16/07/1977 Round 16 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESSE by 39 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
23/07/1977 Round 17 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOOT by 17 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
30/07/1977 Round 18 Richmond AWAY LOSS RICH by 46 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
06/08/1977 Round 19 Geelong HOME LOSS GEEL by 14 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
13/08/1977 Round 20 Carlton AWAY LOSS CARL by 35 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
20/08/1977 Round 21 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FITZ by 64 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher
27/08/1977 Round 22 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HWTH by 38 Bill Stephen Ken Fletcher