Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club and is part of the Australian Football League. Formed in 1871 as a junior club and as a senior club in 1873, it is headquartered at the Essendon Recreation Reserve, Windy Hill in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon, but match day home games are at Etihad Stadium. Essendon has won 16 VFL/AFL premierships which, along with Carlton, is the most of any club in the AFL.
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