1980 VFL Season: Essendon
These are the details of the premiership results of Essendon for the 1980 VFL season. The team finished the regular season in seventh place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
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
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews, Ron | #4 | 9 | 0 | R01-09 |
| Bennett, Peter | #38 | 18 | 6 | R01, R03-18, R22 |
| Besanko, Barry | #49 | 3 | 3 | R13-15 |
| Besanko, Neil | #30 | 8 | 0 | R01-03, R18-22 |
| Burke, David | #29 | 3 | 6 | R12-13, R21 |
| Carey, Stephen | #17 | 7 | 0 | R16-22 |
| Carman, Phil | #8 | 4 | 7 | R01-04 |
| Clarke, Neil | #39 | 7 | 2 | R01-02, R06-09, R14 |
| Crow, Max | #31 | 8 | 8 | R01-02, R14-15, R19-22 |
| Daniher, Neale | #6 | 22 | 2 | R01-22 |
| Daniher, Terry | #5 | 20 | 22 | R01-02, R05-22 |
| Davis, Michael | #36 | 1 | 0 | R17 |
| Day, Barry | #3 | 4 | 8 | R01-04 |
| Dunell, Frank | #7 | 9 | 8 | R02-05, R07-09, R16-17 |
| Eustice, Mark | #47 | 1 | 1 | R21 |
| Flanegan, Greg | #28 | 2 | 3 | R19-20 |
| Fletcher, Ken | #21 | 11 | 2 | R01-02, R05-06, R13, R16-19, R21-22 |
| Foreman, Wayne | #22 | 18 | 25 | R05-22 |
| Foulds, Garry | #10 | 16 | 1 | R01-04, R06-12, R14-15, R20-22 |
| Fowler, Grant | #23 | 16 | 15 | R07-22 |
| Hawker, Glenn | #33 | 12 | 6 | R03-11, R14-16 |
| Heard, Shane | #9 | 20 | 3 | R01-15, R18-22 |
| Keenan, Peter | #1 | 18 | 9 | R01-12, R14-18, R20 |
| Light, Peter | #19 | 2 | 0 | R12, R19 |
| Madden, Justin | #44 | 5 | 1 | R13, R15-16, R18-19 |
| Madden, Simon | #27 | 21 | 45 | R01-14, R16-22 |
| Mansfield, Ken | #13 | 7 | 11 | R08, R10-13, R19-20 |
| Marsh, Ian | #37 | 19 | 12 | R01-17, R20-21 |
| McAllester, Jim | #40 | 2 | 0 | R03-04 |
| Merrett, Roger | #25 | 12 | 2 | R02-08, R10-13, R17 |
| Muir, Russell | #42 | 14 | 0 | R03-16 |
| Neagle, Merv | #34 | 22 | 11 | R01-22 |
| Reid, Alan | #2 | 7 | 2 | R05-06, R18-22 |
| Robins, Stephen | #24 | 12 | 23 | R01, R03-07, R11-12, R15-18 |
| Scanlon, Denis | #36 | 4 | 0 | R18-20, R22 |
| Shaw, Robert | #26 | 5 | 5 | R10, R16-17, R21-22 |
| Sheldon, Michael | #12 | 2 | 0 | R04-05 |
| Stoneham, Alan | #11 | 21 | 11 | R01-15, R17-22 |
| Taubert, Steven | #16 | 10 | 0 | R09-18 |
| Valli, Bill | #15 | 1 | 0 | R22 |
| Vander Haar, Paul | #18 | 15 | 27 | R01-02, R09-11, R13-22 |
| Watson, Tim | #32 | 22 | 42 | R01-22 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis, Barry | 22 | 10 | -0- | 12 | R01-22 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29/03/1980 | Round 1 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 13 | Barry Davis | Simon Madden |
| 05/04/1980 | Round 2 | Richmond | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 7 | Barry Davis | Simon Madden |
| 12/04/1980 | Round 3 | South Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 55 | Barry Davis | Simon Madden |
| 19/04/1980 | Round 4 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 3 | Barry Davis | Simon Madden |
| 26/04/1980 | Round 5 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 4 | Barry Davis | Simon Madden |
| 03/05/1980 | Round 6 | Fitzroy | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 5 | Barry Davis | Simon Madden |
| 10/05/1980 | Round 7 | Geelong | HOME | LOSS | GEEL by 14 | Barry Davis | Simon Madden |
| 17/05/1980 | Round 8 | Footscray | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 77 | Barry Davis | Simon Madden |
| 25/05/1980 | Round 9 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 37 | Barry Davis | Simon Madden |
| 31/05/1980 | Round 10 | Melbourne | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 44 | Barry Davis | Simon Madden |
| 07/06/1980 | Round 11 | Hawthorn | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 18 | Barry Davis | Simon Madden |
| 14/06/1980 | Round 12 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 29 | Barry Davis | Simon Madden |
| 21/06/1980 | Round 13 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RICH by 10 | Barry Davis | Simon Madden |
| 28/06/1980 | Round 14 | St Kilda | HOME | LOSS | STKL by 5 | Barry Davis | Simon Madden |
| 12/07/1980 | Round 15 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 4 | Barry Davis | unknown |
| 19/07/1980 | Round 16 | South Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | SMLB by 4 | Barry Davis | Simon Madden |
| 26/07/1980 | Round 17 | Fitzroy | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 6 | Barry Davis | Simon Madden |
| 02/08/1980 | Round 18 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 14 | Barry Davis | Simon Madden |
| 09/08/1980 | Round 19 | Footscray | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 42 | Barry Davis | Simon Madden |
| 16/08/1980 | Round 20 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 61 | Barry Davis | Simon Madden |
| 23/08/1980 | Round 21 | Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 21 | Barry Davis | Simon Madden |
| 30/08/1980 | Round 22 | Hawthorn | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 40 | Barry Davis | Simon Madden |
Ladder Chart
This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.