20 Worst Essendon Wins since 2000 (countdown)

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Another dismal season (2026, for anyone reading in the far future) is in the books, which means it’s off-season list time.

I plan to revisit the 50 Worst Essendon Losses since 2000 and 50 Best Essendon Wins since 2000 lists at some point, but I thought I’d let them breathe for a bit longer. It’s sad that 12 has months brought so many new contenders to one of those lists.

This thread will be a much more bite-sized effort, as I’ll only be listing the top 20 worst wins since 2000.

I’m still drafting my final list, so I thought I’d start the thread early and see which wins come to mind when Blitzers think of the club’s “worst wins”. It’s the anecdotes that make these threads fun after all.

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This may seem strange as this game made it to Number 2 on the list of 50 best wins since 2000 but I’m going to put it out there that this was also one of our worst wins as (imo) it was the beginning of the end.

The Comeback Win versus North Melbourne, Rd 16, 2001.

It truly was a magnificent win…but we were never as good after that game.

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Early in 2015 vs St.Kilda.

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The Essington rot started after that game. That game is the point in time we can look back on and say “yep, the club was different after that day.”

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We were pretty lacklustre against Fark Carlton a few weeks earlier too.

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I think it is more the “ugly wins” where you walk away thinking that we are just so bad.
Like the games against West Coast and I think North Melbourne in 2023? We beat both teams by less than a kick but both of those teams were complete junk and we were aiming for finals.

It the crap where the coach says “you need to win ugly sometimes, shows the team can fight” when really, it just shows how ■■■■ we actually are.

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That’s why I included (imo) in my post.

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So many North games to choose from in last 10 years.

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Port Adelaide final round 2011.

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I agree with you about it being one of the worst wins. I disagree with you about it being the beginning of the end. The end began on Grand Final night 2000. Markers along the way included a dismal pre-season where we lost 3 matches out of 4 and a loss to a not very good Carlton in round 3.

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Probably most wins in the last twenty years that gave us false belief and ruined our draft picks

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Good shout. They were getting pumped by 120+ for a few weeks beforehand, and this game was win-and-in for us. Should have been a perfunctory home victory.

Instead we needed to come back from 6 goals down to win. It was a sign of things to come vs Fark Carlton a week later.

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A Trav Colyer cameo is the only reason we won that game, from memory.

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Dreamtime 2007 …

Just awful

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We made john butcher look good that day

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Round 23, 2017.

We were 7th on the ladder and up against a 14th placed Freo at Marvel. They’d just come off back to back 104 point losses.

Beat them by 15.

Great stuff. Held us in good stead for the elimination final against Sydney a week later.

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All 3 of the recent wins over richmond should make the list

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That 1 point win over the Eagles at marvel in 2023

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That game at Docklands vs the Bin Chickens where Cess kicked the winner with a mongrel punt. Early 2000s. We were ■■■■■ that day until the end.

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Some of the wins on the GC against the Suns between 2017-2019 were an absolute slog.

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