1980 VFL Season: Essendon
These are the details of the premiership results for Essendon for the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Windy Hill as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in seventh place.
Team Details
Competition:
1980 VFL Season
Team:
Essendon
Club:
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 |