If membership is the life-blood of an AFL club then the Bombers have 60 of the most important supporters in the country.
 
Recently, 60 fans who have been members for 60 consecutive years or more joined Mark McVeigh, Andrew Welsh and Jason Winderlich for a function to recognise the special group's unwavering committment to Essendon.
 
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Club CEO Ian Robson, chairman David Evans and football operations manager and past player Paul Hamilton were also present to meet with these most one-eyed of supporters.
 
The event included speeches from past players Barry Capuano and Jack Jones who spoke of their life-time involvement with the club (Jones is a 60-plus consecutive year member as well as a Life Member) and the 60-plus consecutive year members were given certificates to recognise their incredible support.
 
60 Year Members for Season 2010

Robert Ballantyne
Valerie Ballantyne
Joan Clarke
Brenda Coughlan
Emil Eugene
Roger Harkin
Joy King
Harold Lambert
Helen McIlroy
Robert Muir
Lorraine Purcell
Tricia Styles
David Thompson
David Wilms
Noel Allanson
Walter Appleby
Margaret Barmby
Dorothy Bayman
Joan Blewett
June Bonuda
Alfred Brogan
Barbara Bruce
Fred Carter
Patricia Carty
Ron Clarke
Trevor Cookson
Phillip Devereux
Kevin Dooley
Judith Edwards
Les Gardiner
Donald Gray
Beryl Harbour
Raymond Heckley
Charles Herridge
Ron Hooper
Helen Hosking
Jack Jones
Francis Kearney
Paul Kinnear
Irene Laurie
Leo Linehan
Thomas Loughnan
Ray Lumsden
Max Marshall
Donald Matheson
Joyce Milne
Mary Murphy
Robert Murray
Patrick O'Dowd
Freda Pavlou
Joyce Richards
John Robertson Snr
Merna Slattery
Allan Sleebs
Patrica Souter
Allen Stanford
Rae Waters
Raymond Wickham
Robert Woods