Collingwood Football Club
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The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football
club which plays in the Australian Football League
(AFL). Formed in 1892, the club traditionally represented the inner-Melbourne suburb of Collingwood
; however it has now moved its training and administration base to Gosch's Paddock and the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre, at Olympic Park in Melbourne
. In 2000, Collingwood moved its home games from its traditional suburban home ground, Victoria Park
, to the much larger Melbourne Cricket Ground
.
Collingwood is the most supported club in the AFL and one of the most supported clubs in any sport in Australia. It has consistently attracted much higher than average crowds to its home games than other clubs in the league. In 1970, 121,696 spectators watched Collingwood and contest the Grand Final
, the record attendance for a football game of any code in Australia
. Collingwood currently have the most members of any club in the AFL, with 71,516 as of July 2011. The total home crowd for Collingwood in 2010 was 695,816 at an average of 63,256.
Collingwood's home guernsey
consists of black and white stripes, matching the colours of an Australian magpie
.
Throughout its history, the club has developed a number of rivalries with cross-town and interstate clubs. Traditional Melbourne suburban rivalries with Essendon
, Richmond
and Carlton
remain fierce. Collingwood has gained interstate rivals, particularly Port Adelaide
and Brisbane
, but has retained the reputation in the national competition as the "team everybody loves to hate".
Collingwood have played in a record 43 grand finals (including replays), winning 15, drawing two and losing 26.
The club also currently fields a seconds team
in the Victorian Football League
.
In 1897, Collingwood, along with fellow VFA clubs Fitzroy
, Melbourne
, St Kilda, Carlton
, Essendon
, South Melbourne
and Geelong
split from the VFA and formed the Victorian Football League
(VFL). Collingwood won its first premiership in 1902, defeating by 33 points.
and 1930
, a VFL/AFL record, and two consecutive premierships in 1935
and 1936
. The club's coach during this period was Jock McHale
, who served as coach from 1912 to 1949, a VFL/AFL record. Collingwood also had three Brownlow Medal
lists during the period, with Syd Coventry
winning in 1927
, Albert Collier
in 1929
and Harry Collier
in 1930
enjoyed an era of unprecedented success, winning five premierships in six years (the last coming in 1960, and having been runner up in 1954). Collingwood lost two Grand Finals to Melbourne in this decade, but bounced back to win premierships in 1953 and 1958. Collingwood's 1958 premiership is much cherished by the club as it prevented Melbourne from equalling Collingwood's record four premierships in a row.
The 1958 premiership was however to be Collingwood's last for 32 years, as the club was to suffer a string of Grand Final defeats in coming decades.
and captained by Tony Shaw
, had a one-sided grand final win against Essendon
, the Magpies recording a 48 point victory and ending a 32 year premiership drought which included eight grand final
losses and one draw.
After this, however, the club lapsed into a state of decline; their status as a potential powerhouse at the beginning of the decade was reduced with each passing season and the club ultimately received a second wooden spoon in 1999. Within a few years, with a change of coach, playing list and club president, Collingwood reached and lost consecutive grand finals in a close contest in 2002 and a "blow out" in 2003, both to the Brisbane Lions.
Following those Grand Final losses, Collingwood struggled for the next two years, finishing 13th in 2004 and second-last in 2005; the latter meant Collingwood was eligible for a priority pick which the club used to recruit Dale Thomas
. Collingwood made a return to the finals in 2006, but were defeated by the Western Bulldogs
by over 40 points. 2006 also saw Collingwood become the only Victorian team to lose to Essendon
during its horror 2006 season. The 2007 season saw them finish 6th on the ladder at season's conclusion, and in the finals they knocked out the grand finalists of the past two years, Sydney
, in the elimination final and then West Coast
in an overtime thriller at Subiaco Oval
in the semi-final. Having earned a preliminary final against , the Pies challenged the Cats almost the entire match, only to fall short by less than a kick. Geelong went on to win the premiership that year
, by a record 119 points against Port Adelaide.
Collingwood finished 8th in 2008
and were assigned an away final against at AAMI Stadium. After at one point trailing in the match, the Pies went on to end Adelaide's season and earn a semi-final meeting against . Having defeated the Saints in both their regular season meetings, the Pies lost convincingly, ending their 2008 season. The 2009 season
saw Collingwood finish inside the top four for the first time since 2003, but in the qualifying final were beaten by minor premiers St Kilda convincingly. Having won a second chance, the Pies struggled against Adelaide for the second year in a row before John Anthony kicked the match-winning goal with a minute left to send them into another preliminary final meeting with Geelong. But the season ended abruptly for the Magpies, with a loss of 86 points to the Cats, who went on to win another premiership
at the expense of the Saints.
In 2010, Collingwood's finished as minor premiers, and after wins in the qualifying and preliminary finals, reached the first Grand Final
against . The match finished as a draw, forcing the first Grand Final Replay
in 33 years. Collingwood won the replay by 56 points, a club record.
Collingwood's title defending 2011 season has seen them win the Pre-Season Premiership, another Minor Premiership and 20 home and away games. The most successful Regular season the club has ever had. Star Midfeilder Dane Swan
became the 9th player to win the Brownlow Medal for the club.
Collingwood qualified for its 43rd Grand Final appearance after defeating Hawthorn by 3 points on 23rd September 2011. However, Collingwood were beaten by in the 2011 AFL Grand Final
, losing by 38 points.
Traditionally, Collingwood has worn a mostly white guernsey with black stripes. The club switched to the mostly black guernsey with white stripes in 2001.
, a popular Boer War
and First World War song.
The current version of the song played at the ground was recorded in 1972 by the Fable Singers.
), with Essendon close behind. Rivalries with Richmond
and Melbourne
have faded to a degree in recent years because teams have not enjoyed on-field success at the same time; these rivalries also remain strong however. Collingwood's two opponents in the themed Rivalry Rounds staged to date have been Carlton (2005–2006, 2009) and Richmond (2007–2008). In recent times, rivalries have been sparked with the new interstate clubs, including Port Adelaide
, and the Brisbane Lions
.
The rivalry between Collingwood and Melbourne was at its peak between 1955 and 1964, when the two played off in the grand final on five occasions. This included the 1958 Grand Final where Collingwood’s victory prevented Melbourne from equalling Collingwood’s record of four premierships in succession (1927—1930).
Collingwood's rivalry with Essendon has become more significant since 1995, when the first ANZAC Day clash took place. The clash is often closely fought regardless of the teams’ ladder positions. After the 2011 match, Collingwood have won this contest 9 times and Essendon 7 times, with the first match being drawn.
The rivalry with Port Adelaide stems from the Power being known as the Magpies in their local SANFL
competition before switching to the Power when entering the League in 1997. Feelings were heightened when Port midfielder Kane Cornes
'flipped the bird' at Nick Davis
following the Power's five point victory over the Magpies at AAMI Stadium
in Round 9, 2002, only moments after Anthony Rocca
had missed the opportunity to tie the scores. Jarrod Molloy
and Brodie Holland
remonstrated with Cornes after the match, with a feeling of hostility lingering after the two sides had left the field. Collingwood unexpectedly beat the Power in the Qualifying Final that season, also at AAMI stadium. Collingwood again defeated Port Adelaide in the 2003 Preliminary Final at the MCG. This added to the ‘choking’ phenomenon directed at the Power. The off-field battle over Port's desire to wear black and white stripes which was a major talking point between 2002 and 2007, added to the rivalry. A resolution was reached in favour of Collingwood.
The first signs of a Collingwood/Brisbane rivalry originated in 1999, when Brisbane comprehensively beat the
Magpies in the last ever AFL match at Victoria Park
. In Round 8 2002 Collingwood beat Brisbane by three points in a tense match in front of 46,279 people at Colonial Stadium. This victory over the reigning premier took the Magpies to equal top of the league table
(2nd on percentage) with Brisbane. The rivalry grew with the 2002 Grand Final when Brisbane beat Collingwood by nine points. The rivalry grew again in 2003
when the two clubs clashed on four occasions. The Lions defeated the Magpies at The Gabba in Round 4 before thrashing them in Heritage Round—
Round 19 at the MCG. Collingwood then defeated Brisbane in the Qualifying Final with Alan Didak
ensuring victory late in the final quarter, with two goals
from the boundary line. The rivalry peaked in the 2003 Grand Final with Brisbane easily defeating Collingwood to win the premiership. In 2004's Grand Final,
Brisbane, playing against Port Adelaide, had the chance to equal Collingwood's record of four premierships in a row. This caused many Collingwood fans to
temporarily ignore the Port Adelaide rivalry and hope for a Power victory.
Games between Collingwood and Geelong have become highly anticipated since 2007. In Round 15 Geelong beat Collingwood by 16 points in a high-quality match. In the Preliminary final Collingwood surprised many when they came within 5 points of the eventual premiers. In 2008 Collingwood thrashed Geelong by 86 points—20.14 (134)- 7.6 (48) causing Geelong’s only loss of the year. In 2009, the sides again met in the preliminary final, but despite high hopes the Cats, who would again win the premiership, won by 73 points in front of another massive crowd of 87,258. In 2010, the two sides emerged as the favourites for the flag and twice met in front of blockbuster crowds at the MCG when they were placed 1st and 2nd on the ladder—with the results evenly split. They again met in a Preliminary final, this time a resounding win to Collingwood by 41 points. In 2011, both teams were undefeated going in to their round 8 blockbuster at the 'G. Geelong won by 3 points, after a controversial advantage was not paid to Magpie Scott Pendlebury in the dying minutes. Pendlebury kicked a goal and would have put the Pies in front, but the free kick was contentiously called back and Geelong managed to whisk the ball away. In the round 24 match, Geelong thumped the Magpies by a record margin of 96 points, which was also Collingwood's biggest ever loss at the MCG. The 2011 Grand Final against the Cats concluded with a 38 point loss for the Pies.
In 2011 Collingwood reached 70,000 members for the first time creating a new AFL record, beating the previous AFL record of 58,249 set by Collingwood in 2010,.
The club's membership base leads to large crowd pulling power which has caused the AFL to be accused of favouring Collingwood when scheduling to maximise the league's attendance figures. However the AFL states that this is due to other clubs requesting home games at the MCG against Collingwood.
. Collingwood now plays home games at the MCG
. It now also has its headquarters situated in the former Glasshouse Entertainment Centre. This building is also shared with the Victorian Institute of Sport
(VIS). Due to a sponsorship deal, this facility is known as 'The Westpac Centre'.
Collingwood continues to be financially viable through the loyal support of its huge following and numerous sponsors. After finishing 2nd in 2002 and 2003 the team fell to 13th and 15th (out of 16) in 2004 and 2005 respectively. This trend has plagued the club since the glory days of pre-World War II VFL football. Since 1958, the club has won only two VFL/AFL Premiership (the inaugural AFL Premiership in 1990, and in 2010). Despite this, the club still has won more individual games, more finals and made more grand final appearances than any other club.
On 9 March 2007, former Collingwood and Fitzroy defender Gary Pert was appointed the Magpies' CEO, seven weeks after Greg Swann departed for Carlton. In accepting the key Magpie post, Pert quit as a club director and as managing director of Channel 9 in Melbourne. In a press conference, it was stated that Collingwood has budgeted to turnover about $50 million this year. McGuire hopes the new administration will soon double that figure. "A finance administration review has come up with how we are going to turn Collingwood in to its next phase of its life", McGuire said. "What do we do to make ourselves go from a $45 million a year turnover business to a $100 million turnover business? "They sound like big figures but in 1999 we turned over $13 million, so that is where we are heading as a football club."
in the senior grade of the Victorian Football League
. The team currently plays at Victoria Park, and uses the AFL team's clash guernsey as its primary guernsey. Collingwood previously participated in the VFL/AFL reserves and its equivalents from 1919 until the reserves grade was wound up at the end of 1999. In 2000, the club fielded a reserves team in the VFL, and then from 2001-2007 it had a reserves affiliation
with the VFL's Williamstown Football Club
.
Premierships:(16)
. Gavin Brown was added as the 4th interchange player in 2002, as when the team was named in 1997, only three interchange players were permitted on a team.
In
Out
Brownlow Medal
Leigh Matthews Trophy
Coleman Medal
Norm Smith Medal
E.J Whitten Medalists
Mark of the Year
Goal of the Year
^ Awarded retrospectively in 2011
Jason McCartney Medal
List of Collingwood players
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
club which plays in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
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(AFL). Formed in 1892, the club traditionally represented the inner-Melbourne suburb of Collingwood
Collingwood, Victoria
Collingwood is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra...
; however it has now moved its training and administration base to Gosch's Paddock and the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre, at Olympic Park in Melbourne
Melbourne city centre
Melbourne City Centre is an area of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is not to be confused with the larger local government area of the City of Melbourne...
. In 2000, Collingwood moved its home games from its traditional suburban home ground, Victoria Park
Victoria Park, Melbourne
Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....
, to the much larger Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
.
Collingwood is the most supported club in the AFL and one of the most supported clubs in any sport in Australia. It has consistently attracted much higher than average crowds to its home games than other clubs in the league. In 1970, 121,696 spectators watched Collingwood and contest the Grand Final
1970 VFL Grand Final
The 1970 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1970. It was the 74th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
, the record attendance for a football game of any code in Australia
Football in Australia
Football in Australia can refer to several different variations of football as there are regional variations of the use of the word "Football" in Australia....
. Collingwood currently have the most members of any club in the AFL, with 71,516 as of July 2011. The total home crowd for Collingwood in 2010 was 695,816 at an average of 63,256.
Collingwood's home guernsey
Guernsey (clothing)
A guernsey, or gansey, is a seaman's knitted woollen sweater, similar to a jersey, which originated in the Channel Island of the same name.-Origins:...
consists of black and white stripes, matching the colours of an Australian magpie
Australian Magpie
The Australian Magpie is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. A member of the Artamidae, it is closely related to the butcherbirds...
.
Throughout its history, the club has developed a number of rivalries with cross-town and interstate clubs. Traditional Melbourne suburban rivalries with Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
, Richmond
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
and Carlton
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
remain fierce. Collingwood has gained interstate rivals, particularly Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide Football Club
The Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League...
and Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, but has retained the reputation in the national competition as the "team everybody loves to hate".
Collingwood have played in a record 43 grand finals (including replays), winning 15, drawing two and losing 26.
The club also currently fields a seconds team
Reserve team
Large professional sports clubs often have far more players under contract than could possibly play in a match. As a result, many of these clubs create second teams composed of players who need playing time, but have little hope of playing on the first team. The players on this second team are...
in the Victorian Football League
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...
.
Formation and early years
The Collingwood Football Club was established in February 1892. Collingwood played its first game in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) against on 7 May 1892. The club won the VFA Premiership in 1896.In 1897, Collingwood, along with fellow VFA clubs Fitzroy
Fitzroy Football Club
The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...
, Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
, St Kilda, Carlton
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
, Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
, South Melbourne
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
and Geelong
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
split from the VFA and formed the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
(VFL). Collingwood won its first premiership in 1902, defeating by 33 points.
1920s and 1930s: Four consecutive premierships
Collingwood were the most successful of the 1920s and 1930s, appearing in 13 out of a possible 20 Grand Finals during the period. Collingwood were premiers six times during this time, including four consecutive premierships between 19271927 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1927.-Premiership season:In 1927, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume...
and 1930
1930 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1930.-Premiership season:In 1930, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man...
, a VFL/AFL record, and two consecutive premierships in 1935
1935 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1935.-Premiership season:In 1935, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man...
and 1936
1936 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1936.-Premiership season:In 1936, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man...
. The club's coach during this period was Jock McHale
Jock McHale
James Francis "Jock" McHale, was an Australian rules football player and coach for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League in a marathon career that extended from 1903 to 1949....
, who served as coach from 1912 to 1949, a VFL/AFL record. Collingwood also had three Brownlow Medal
Brownlow Medal
The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...
lists during the period, with Syd Coventry
Syd Coventry
-St Kilda:Originally from Diamond Creek, Victoria, Coventry journeyed across the Bass Strait after the First World War to work in the mines at Queenstown, Tasmania, taking with him a reputation as a fine footballer...
winning in 1927
1927 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1927.-Premiership season:In 1927, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume...
, Albert Collier
Albert Collier
Albert "Leeter" Collier was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.-Playing career:...
in 1929
1929 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1929.-Premiership season:In 1929, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume...
and Harry Collier
Harry Collier
Harry Collier was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.-Playing career:Originally from Ivanhoe, Victoria, Collier played for the Collingwood Football Club, debuting in 1926...
in 1930
1930 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1930.-Premiership season:In 1930, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man...
1950s: Melbourne rivalry
In the 1950s, rival club MelbourneMelbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
enjoyed an era of unprecedented success, winning five premierships in six years (the last coming in 1960, and having been runner up in 1954). Collingwood lost two Grand Finals to Melbourne in this decade, but bounced back to win premierships in 1953 and 1958. Collingwood's 1958 premiership is much cherished by the club as it prevented Melbourne from equalling Collingwood's record four premierships in a row.
The 1958 premiership was however to be Collingwood's last for 32 years, as the club was to suffer a string of Grand Final defeats in coming decades.
1960–89: "Colliwobbles"
A string of eight Grand Final losses, often by narrow margins, between 1960 and 1981 gave rise to a perception that the club was prone to "choking", a phenomenon wittily dubbed "Colliwobbles". Whether this perception is accurate remains a subject of debate; however, the club's record in recent years has been much improved, having won two and drawn one of its last six Grand Finals.1990–present
The 1990 Premiership team, coached by Leigh MatthewsLeigh Matthews
Leigh Raymond "Lethal Leigh" Matthews AM is a former player and coach of Australian rules football. He played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League from 1969 to 1985, coached Collingwood from 1986–1995, and coached the Brisbane Lions from 1999 to 2008...
and captained by Tony Shaw
Tony Shaw
Anthony 'Tony' Shaw is a former Australian rules footballer, coach and media personality.-Playing career:Shaw was recruited to Collingwood from Reservoir-Lakeside to make his debut in 1977 alongside brother Ray...
, had a one-sided grand final win against Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
, the Magpies recording a 48 point victory and ending a 32 year premiership drought which included eight grand final
AFL Grand Final
The AFL Grand Final is an annual Australian rules football match, traditionally held on the final Saturday in September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia to determine the Australian Football League premiership champions for that year...
losses and one draw.
After this, however, the club lapsed into a state of decline; their status as a potential powerhouse at the beginning of the decade was reduced with each passing season and the club ultimately received a second wooden spoon in 1999. Within a few years, with a change of coach, playing list and club president, Collingwood reached and lost consecutive grand finals in a close contest in 2002 and a "blow out" in 2003, both to the Brisbane Lions.
Following those Grand Final losses, Collingwood struggled for the next two years, finishing 13th in 2004 and second-last in 2005; the latter meant Collingwood was eligible for a priority pick which the club used to recruit Dale Thomas
Dale Thomas (footballer)
Dale Robert Jordan Thomas is a professional Australian rules football player currently with the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...
. Collingwood made a return to the finals in 2006, but were defeated by the Western Bulldogs
Western Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
by over 40 points. 2006 also saw Collingwood become the only Victorian team to lose to Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
during its horror 2006 season. The 2007 season saw them finish 6th on the ladder at season's conclusion, and in the finals they knocked out the grand finalists of the past two years, Sydney
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
, in the elimination final and then West Coast
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
in an overtime thriller at Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...
in the semi-final. Having earned a preliminary final against , the Pies challenged the Cats almost the entire match, only to fall short by less than a kick. Geelong went on to win the premiership that year
2007 AFL Grand Final
The 2007 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 2007. It was the 111th annual Grand Final of the VFL/AFL, staged to determine the...
, by a record 119 points against Port Adelaide.
Collingwood finished 8th in 2008
2008 AFL season
-Round 1 :-Round 2:-Round 3 :-Round 4:-Round 5:-Round 6 :-Round 7:-AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match:-Round 8:...
and were assigned an away final against at AAMI Stadium. After at one point trailing in the match, the Pies went on to end Adelaide's season and earn a semi-final meeting against . Having defeated the Saints in both their regular season meetings, the Pies lost convincingly, ending their 2008 season. The 2009 season
2009 AFL season
-Round 1 :-Round 2:-Round 3 :-Round 4:-Round 5 :-Round 6:-Round 7:-Round 8:-Round 9 :-Round 10:...
saw Collingwood finish inside the top four for the first time since 2003, but in the qualifying final were beaten by minor premiers St Kilda convincingly. Having won a second chance, the Pies struggled against Adelaide for the second year in a row before John Anthony kicked the match-winning goal with a minute left to send them into another preliminary final meeting with Geelong. But the season ended abruptly for the Magpies, with a loss of 86 points to the Cats, who went on to win another premiership
2009 AFL Grand Final
The 2009 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the St Kilda Football Club and the Geelong Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 26 September 2009...
at the expense of the Saints.
In 2010, Collingwood's finished as minor premiers, and after wins in the qualifying and preliminary finals, reached the first Grand Final
2010 AFL Grand Final
The 2010 AFL Grand Final is either of two Australian rules football contests between the Collingwood Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club. Together they are considered the 114th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, and were staged to determine the...
against . The match finished as a draw, forcing the first Grand Final Replay
Grand Final Replay
A Grand Final Replay is a method of deciding the winner of a competition when a Grand Final is drawn. It is commonly used in football codes, particularly in Australian rules football, and most notably in the Australian Football League, where it has been used three times, most recently in...
in 33 years. Collingwood won the replay by 56 points, a club record.
Collingwood's title defending 2011 season has seen them win the Pre-Season Premiership, another Minor Premiership and 20 home and away games. The most successful Regular season the club has ever had. Star Midfeilder Dane Swan
Dane Swan
Dane Swan is an Australian rules footballer for Collingwood in the Australian Football League.Since 2007 Swan has emerged as one of the AFL's elite midfielders, winner of the prestigious Brownlow Medal in 2011 with a record tally of 34 votes...
became the 9th player to win the Brownlow Medal for the club.
Collingwood qualified for its 43rd Grand Final appearance after defeating Hawthorn by 3 points on 23rd September 2011. However, Collingwood were beaten by in the 2011 AFL Grand Final
2011 AFL Grand Final
The 2011 Australian Football League Grand Final was an Australian rules football match, played to determine the premiers of the 2011 season. It was contested between the Collingwood Football Club and the Geelong Football Club....
, losing by 38 points.
Guernsey
Teams of the Collingwood Football Club have, throughout the club's history, worn guernseys of black and white vertical stripes. The current incarnation of the guernsey is mostly black, with white stripes on the front and lower half of the back, and white numbers. The main clash guernsey is the reverse of this: mostly white, with black stripes and black numbers. A secondary clash guernsey, introduced in 2011 and used only in matches against , is black with only two white stripes on each side instead of three.Traditionally, Collingwood has worn a mostly white guernsey with black stripes. The club switched to the mostly black guernsey with white stripes in 2001.
Song
"Good Old Collingwood Forever" is the team song of the Collingwood Football Club. It is sung to the tune of "Goodbye Dolly Gray"Goodbye, Dolly Gray
"Goodbye, Dolly Gray" is a music hall song by Will D. Cobb and Paul Barnes . Popularised as a Boer War anthem, it was written during the earlier Spanish-American War....
, a popular Boer War
Boer War
The Boer Wars were two wars fought between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics, the Oranje Vrijstaat and the Republiek van Transvaal ....
and First World War song.
The current version of the song played at the ground was recorded in 1972 by the Fable Singers.
Rivalries
Carlton is considered to be the club's most bitter arch-rival (for full details see Carlton–Collingwood AFL rivalryCarlton–Collingwood AFL rivalry
-In The beginning :In 1864, the Carlton Football Club was born. In 1877, they were one of the founding clubs of the Victorian Football Association...
), with Essendon close behind. Rivalries with Richmond
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
and Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
have faded to a degree in recent years because teams have not enjoyed on-field success at the same time; these rivalries also remain strong however. Collingwood's two opponents in the themed Rivalry Rounds staged to date have been Carlton (2005–2006, 2009) and Richmond (2007–2008). In recent times, rivalries have been sparked with the new interstate clubs, including Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide Football Club
The Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League...
, and the Brisbane Lions
Brisbane Lions
The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...
.
The rivalry between Collingwood and Melbourne was at its peak between 1955 and 1964, when the two played off in the grand final on five occasions. This included the 1958 Grand Final where Collingwood’s victory prevented Melbourne from equalling Collingwood’s record of four premierships in succession (1927—1930).
Collingwood's rivalry with Essendon has become more significant since 1995, when the first ANZAC Day clash took place. The clash is often closely fought regardless of the teams’ ladder positions. After the 2011 match, Collingwood have won this contest 9 times and Essendon 7 times, with the first match being drawn.
The rivalry with Port Adelaide stems from the Power being known as the Magpies in their local SANFL
South Australian National Football League
The South Australian National Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia....
competition before switching to the Power when entering the League in 1997. Feelings were heightened when Port midfielder Kane Cornes
Kane Cornes
Kane Graham Cornes in an Australian rules football player who plays for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...
'flipped the bird' at Nick Davis
Nick Davis (footballer)
Nick Davis is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and the Sydney Swans in the AFL.- Collingwood:...
following the Power's five point victory over the Magpies at AAMI Stadium
AAMI Stadium
Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...
in Round 9, 2002, only moments after Anthony Rocca
Anthony Rocca
Anthony Rocca is a former Australian rules footballer who has played with the Sydney Swans and Collingwood in the Australian Football League...
had missed the opportunity to tie the scores. Jarrod Molloy
Jarrod Molloy
Jarrod Molloy was an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.A key position player, Molloy was trialled in both attack and defence as his career wore on, with most success enjoyed near the goalmouth....
and Brodie Holland
Brodie Holland
Brodie Holland is a former professional Australian rules footballer best known for his playing days at the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League....
remonstrated with Cornes after the match, with a feeling of hostility lingering after the two sides had left the field. Collingwood unexpectedly beat the Power in the Qualifying Final that season, also at AAMI stadium. Collingwood again defeated Port Adelaide in the 2003 Preliminary Final at the MCG. This added to the ‘choking’ phenomenon directed at the Power. The off-field battle over Port's desire to wear black and white stripes which was a major talking point between 2002 and 2007, added to the rivalry. A resolution was reached in favour of Collingwood.
The first signs of a Collingwood/Brisbane rivalry originated in 1999, when Brisbane comprehensively beat the
Magpies in the last ever AFL match at Victoria Park
Victoria Park, Melbourne
Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....
. In Round 8 2002 Collingwood beat Brisbane by three points in a tense match in front of 46,279 people at Colonial Stadium. This victory over the reigning premier took the Magpies to equal top of the league table
(2nd on percentage) with Brisbane. The rivalry grew with the 2002 Grand Final when Brisbane beat Collingwood by nine points. The rivalry grew again in 2003
when the two clubs clashed on four occasions. The Lions defeated the Magpies at The Gabba in Round 4 before thrashing them in Heritage Round—
Round 19 at the MCG. Collingwood then defeated Brisbane in the Qualifying Final with Alan Didak
Alan Didak
Alan Didak is a professional Australian rules footballer of Croatian descent playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Early life :...
ensuring victory late in the final quarter, with two goals
from the boundary line. The rivalry peaked in the 2003 Grand Final with Brisbane easily defeating Collingwood to win the premiership. In 2004's Grand Final,
Brisbane, playing against Port Adelaide, had the chance to equal Collingwood's record of four premierships in a row. This caused many Collingwood fans to
temporarily ignore the Port Adelaide rivalry and hope for a Power victory.
Games between Collingwood and Geelong have become highly anticipated since 2007. In Round 15 Geelong beat Collingwood by 16 points in a high-quality match. In the Preliminary final Collingwood surprised many when they came within 5 points of the eventual premiers. In 2008 Collingwood thrashed Geelong by 86 points—20.14 (134)- 7.6 (48) causing Geelong’s only loss of the year. In 2009, the sides again met in the preliminary final, but despite high hopes the Cats, who would again win the premiership, won by 73 points in front of another massive crowd of 87,258. In 2010, the two sides emerged as the favourites for the flag and twice met in front of blockbuster crowds at the MCG when they were placed 1st and 2nd on the ladder—with the results evenly split. They again met in a Preliminary final, this time a resounding win to Collingwood by 41 points. In 2011, both teams were undefeated going in to their round 8 blockbuster at the 'G. Geelong won by 3 points, after a controversial advantage was not paid to Magpie Scott Pendlebury in the dying minutes. Pendlebury kicked a goal and would have put the Pies in front, but the free kick was contentiously called back and Geelong managed to whisk the ball away. In the round 24 match, Geelong thumped the Magpies by a record margin of 96 points, which was also Collingwood's biggest ever loss at the MCG. The 2011 Grand Final against the Cats concluded with a 38 point loss for the Pies.
Membership
| Year | Members | Ladder Finishing position |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 16,313 | 3rd |
| 1985 | 16,857 | 7th |
| 1986 | 13,971 | 6th |
| 1987 | 9,500 | 12th |
| 1988 | 11,985 | 4th |
| 1989 | 13,620 | 5th |
| 1990 | 14,808 | 1st |
| 1991 | 18,469 | 7th |
| 1992 | 18,921 | 5th |
| 1993 | 21,882 | 8th |
| 1994 | 20,843 | 8th |
| 1995 | 22,543 | 10th |
| 1996 | 20,752 | 11th |
| 1997 | 22,761 | 10th |
| 1998 | 27,099 | 14th |
| 1999 | 32,358 | 16th |
| 2000 | 28,932 | 15th |
| 2001 | 31,455 | 9th |
| 2002 | 32,549 | 2nd |
| 2003 | 40,445 | 2nd |
| 2004 | 41,128 | 13th |
| 2005 | 38,612 | 15th |
| 2006 | 38,038 | 7th |
| 2007 | 38,587 | 4th |
| 2008 | 42,498 | 6th |
| 2009 | 45,972 | 4th |
| 2010 | 57,617 | 1st |
| 2011 | 71,271* | 1st |
In 2011 Collingwood reached 70,000 members for the first time creating a new AFL record, beating the previous AFL record of 58,249 set by Collingwood in 2010,.
The club's membership base leads to large crowd pulling power which has caused the AFL to be accused of favouring Collingwood when scheduling to maximise the league's attendance figures. However the AFL states that this is due to other clubs requesting home games at the MCG against Collingwood.
Off field
Collingwood was one of the last clubs to abandon its traditional stadium, the famous inner-city Victoria ParkVictoria Park, Melbourne
Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....
. Collingwood now plays home games at the MCG
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
. It now also has its headquarters situated in the former Glasshouse Entertainment Centre. This building is also shared with the Victorian Institute of Sport
Victorian Institute of Sport
The Victorian Institute of Sport is the government-funded sporting institute of the Australian state of Victoria. It runs a number of programs for sports training. The headquarters are located in Melbourne. The inaugural executive director of the institute was Frank Pyke....
(VIS). Due to a sponsorship deal, this facility is known as 'The Westpac Centre'.
Collingwood continues to be financially viable through the loyal support of its huge following and numerous sponsors. After finishing 2nd in 2002 and 2003 the team fell to 13th and 15th (out of 16) in 2004 and 2005 respectively. This trend has plagued the club since the glory days of pre-World War II VFL football. Since 1958, the club has won only two VFL/AFL Premiership (the inaugural AFL Premiership in 1990, and in 2010). Despite this, the club still has won more individual games, more finals and made more grand final appearances than any other club.
On 9 March 2007, former Collingwood and Fitzroy defender Gary Pert was appointed the Magpies' CEO, seven weeks after Greg Swann departed for Carlton. In accepting the key Magpie post, Pert quit as a club director and as managing director of Channel 9 in Melbourne. In a press conference, it was stated that Collingwood has budgeted to turnover about $50 million this year. McGuire hopes the new administration will soon double that figure. "A finance administration review has come up with how we are going to turn Collingwood in to its next phase of its life", McGuire said. "What do we do to make ourselves go from a $45 million a year turnover business to a $100 million turnover business? "They sound like big figures but in 1999 we turned over $13 million, so that is where we are heading as a football club."
Sponsorship
The Collingwood guernsey is the most valuable sports sponsorship in Australia. Collingwood has different guernsey sponsors for Home and Away matches, generating an estimated $6.3 Million worth of media exposure for the primary sponsor and $5.7 for the secondary sponsor. These sponsorships are ranked 1 and 2 in Australia.Collingwood VFL team
Since 2008, Collingwood has fielded its own reserves teamReserve team
Large professional sports clubs often have far more players under contract than could possibly play in a match. As a result, many of these clubs create second teams composed of players who need playing time, but have little hope of playing on the first team. The players on this second team are...
in the senior grade of the Victorian Football League
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...
. The team currently plays at Victoria Park, and uses the AFL team's clash guernsey as its primary guernsey. Collingwood previously participated in the VFL/AFL reserves and its equivalents from 1919 until the reserves grade was wound up at the end of 1999. In 2000, the club fielded a reserves team in the VFL, and then from 2001-2007 it had a reserves affiliation
Australian Football League reserves affiliations
The Australian Football League stages the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in the country. However, since the late 1980s, when the former Victorian Football League expanded interstate to become the modern Australian Football League, there has not been a league-wide...
with the VFL's Williamstown Football Club
Williamstown Football Club
The Williamstown Football Club, nicknamed The Seagulls, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne and are currently playing in the Victorian Football League...
.
Club honours
SeniorsPremierships:(16)
- VFA: (1)
- 1896
- VFL/AFL : (15)
- 19021902 VFL Grand FinalThe 1902 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 20 September 1902. It was the 5th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
19031903 VFL Grand FinalThe 1903 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 12 September 1903. It was the 6th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
19101910 VFL Grand FinalThe 1910 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 1 October 1910. It was the 13th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the...
19171917 VFL Grand FinalThe 1917 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 22 September 1917. It was the 20th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
19191919 VFL Grand FinalThe 1919 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 11 October 1919. It was the 22nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
19271927 VFL Grand FinalThe 1927 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 1 October 1927...
19281928 VFL Grand FinalThe 1928 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 1928. It was the 32nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
19291929 VFL Grand FinalThe 1929 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 28 September 1929. It was the 33rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
19301930 VFL Grand FinalThe 1930 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Geelong Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 11 October 1930. It was the 34th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
19351935 VFL Grand FinalThe 1935 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 5 October 1935. It was the 39th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...
19361936 VFL Grand FinalThe 1936 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 2 October 1936. It was the 40th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...
19531953 VFL Grand FinalThe 1953 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 27 September 1953. It was the 57th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers...
19581958 VFL Grand FinalThe 1958 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 20 September 1958. It was the 62nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the...
19901990 AFL Grand FinalThe 1990 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and the Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 6 October 1990. It was the 94th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football...
20102010 AFL Grand FinalThe 2010 AFL Grand Final is either of two Australian rules football contests between the Collingwood Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club. Together they are considered the 114th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, and were staged to determine the...
- Pre-Season/Night Series Premierships: (2)
- 1979 20112011 NAB Cup-Quarter-finals:-Semi-finals:-Grand Final:-NAB Challenge:Teams that are eliminated from the NAB Cup are scheduled to play against each other, mostly at regional venues, to provide all teams warm-up games for the main season and expose regional audiences to AFL level football.On 16 December 2010,...
- Lightning Premierships: (2)
- 1941 1951
- Minor premierships: (19 record)
- 1902 1903 1905 1915 1917 1919 1922 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1966 1969 1970 1973 1977 2010 2011
- McClelland TrophyMcClelland TrophyThe McClelland Trophy is an Australian rules football trophy, currently awarded to the minor premiers in the Australian Football League each year...
: (8)
- McClelland Trophy
- 19591959 VFL seasonResults and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1959.-Premiership season:In 1959, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
19601960 VFL seasonResults and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1960.-Premiership season:In 1960, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
19641964 VFL seasonResults and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1964.-Premiership season:In 1964, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
19651965 VFL seasonResults and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1965.-Premiership season:In 1965, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
19661966 VFL seasonResults and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1966.-Premiership season:In 1966, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
19701970 VFL season-Premiership season:In 1970, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
- Runners-up: (26 record)
- 19011901 VFL Grand FinalThe 1901 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Lake Oval in Melbourne on 7 September 1901. It was the 4th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for...
19051905 VFL Grand FinalThe 1905 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Fitzroy Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 30 September 1905. It was the 8th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
19111911 VFL Grand FinalThe 1911 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 23 September 1911. It was the 14th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
19151915 VFL Grand FinalThe 1915 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 18 September 1915. It was the 18th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
19181918 VFL Grand FinalThe 1918 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the South Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 7 September 1918. It was the 21st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...
19201920 VFL Grand FinalThe 1920 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 2 October 1920. It was the 23rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
19221922 VFL Grand FinalThe 1922 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Fitzroy Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 21 October 1922. It was the 25th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
19251925 VFL Grand FinalThe 1925 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 10 October 1925. It was the 29th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
19261926 VFL Grand FinalThe 1926 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 9 October 1926. It was the 30th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
19371937 VFL Grand FinalThe 1937 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 1937. It was the 41st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
19381938 VFL Grand FinalThe 1938 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1938. It was the 42nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
19391939 VFL Grand FinalThe 1939 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 30 September 1939. It was the 43rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...
19521952 VFL Grand FinalThe 1952 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 27 September 1952. It was the 56th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers...
19551955 VFL Grand FinalThe 1955 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 17 September 1955. It was the 59th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the...
19561956 VFL Grand FinalThe 1956 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 15 September 1956. It was the 60th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the...
19601960 VFL Grand FinalThe 1960 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September of 1960 in extremely wet conditions due to persistent rain during the previous week...
19641964 VFL Grand FinalThe 1964 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 19 September 1964. It was the 68th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...
19661966 VFL Grand FinalThe 1966 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and St Kilda Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1966. It was the 70th annual grand final of the Victorian Football League , staged to...
19701970 VFL Grand FinalThe 1970 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1970. It was the 74th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
19771977 VFL Grand FinalThe 1977 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the North Melbourne Football Club and the Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1977...
19791979 VFL Grand FinalThe 1979 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 1979. It was the 83rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...
19801980 VFL Grand FinalThe 1980 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1980. It was the 84th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...
19811981 VFL Grand FinalThe 1981 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1981. It was the 85th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...
20022002 AFL Grand FinalThe 2002 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Brisbane Lions and the Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 28 September 2002. It was the 106th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football...
20032003 AFL Grand FinalThe 2003 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Brisbane Lions and the Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 2003...
, 20112011 AFL Grand FinalThe 2011 Australian Football League Grand Final was an Australian rules football match, played to determine the premiers of the 2011 season. It was contested between the Collingwood Football Club and the Geelong Football Club....
- Drawn Grand Finals: (2)
- 20102010 AFL Grand FinalThe 2010 AFL Grand Final is either of two Australian rules football contests between the Collingwood Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club. Together they are considered the 114th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, and were staged to determine the...
- 19771977 VFL Grand FinalThe 1977 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the North Melbourne Football Club and the Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1977...
- Undefeated in the Home and Away season:
- 19291929 VFL seasonResults and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1929.-Premiership season:In 1929, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume...
*18 Rounds- Wooden SpoonsWooden spoon (award)A wooden spoon is a mock or real award, usually given to an individual or team which has come last in a competition, but sometimes also to runners-up. Examples range from the academic to sporting and more frivolous events...
: (2)
- Wooden Spoons
- 19761976 VFL seasonResults and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1976.-Premiership season:In 1976, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
1999
Records—other levels
Premierships- Reserves: (7)
- 1919 1920 1922 1925 1940 1965 1976
- Under 19s: (4)
- 1960 1965 1974 1986
Team of the Century
Collingwood announced its team of the century on 14 June 1997, celebrating 100 years since the beginning of the VFLAustralian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
. Gavin Brown was added as the 4th interchange player in 2002, as when the team was named in 1997, only three interchange players were permitted on a team.
Captains
This list comprises every captain of the club. This list doesn't include deputy captains filling in due to an injury to the named captain, but does include captains named after a player retires or steps down during the season.- Bill StricklandBill Strickland (footballer)William 'Bill' Strickland was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the inaugural VFL season.Strickland was a centreman and started his career with Brunswick before joining VFA side Carlton in 1885...
1897 - Bill ProudfootBill ProudfootWilliam 'Bill' Proudfoot was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the VFL.A solidly built fullback, Proudfoot was a member of Collingwood's inaugural VFA side in 1892. He became the first ever Collingwood player to represent Victoria when selected to play against South...
1898–99, 1901 - Dick CondonDick CondonRichard 'Dick' Condon was a highly controversial, exceptionally brilliant champion Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football Association and the Victorian Football League from 1894 to 1909....
1899–1900 - Lardie TullochLardie TullochLawrence Gideon "Lardie" Tulloch was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the early years of the Victorian Football League ....
1902–04 - Charlie H. PannamCharlie H. PannamCharles 'Charlie' Pannam was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football Association between 1894 and 1896 then in the Victorian Football League between 1897 and 1906. He then played for the Richmond Football Club in the VFA in 1907 then...
1905 - Alf DummettAlf DummettAlfred Edward Gay "Rosie" Dummett was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the VFL during the early 1900s.Dummett, a defender, was recruited locally to Collingwood....
1906 - Arthur LeachArthur LeachArthur T. Leach was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Collingwood during the early years of the VFL....
1906–08 - Eddie DrohanEddie DrohanEdward 'Eddie' Drohan was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League before becoming a coach....
1908 - Robert NashRobert Nash (Australian rules footballer)Robert Henry "Bob" Nash was a former leading Australian rules footballer who captained Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League and captain coached Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football Association...
1908–09 - George AngusGeorge AngusGeorge Angus was an Australian rules footballer who played for and coached Collingwood in the VFL during the early 1900s.Angus was a late comer to the game, making his Collingwood debut at the age of 27 in 1902 having previously fought in the Boer War. He was a member of back to back premiership...
1910–11 - Jock McHaleJock McHaleJames Francis "Jock" McHale, was an Australian rules football player and coach for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League in a marathon career that extended from 1903 to 1949....
1912–13 - Dan MinogueDan MinogueDaniel 'Dan' Minogue was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Minogue was considered a courageous, or perhaps reckless, centre half-back as epitomised when he sustained a broken collarbone playing for Collingwood Football Club in the first minute of the 1911 Grand Final...
1914–16 - Percy WilsonPercy WilsonPercy Wilson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the early 1900s....
1917–18 - Con McCarthyCon McCarthyJohn Cornelius McCarthy was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Footscray in the VFL. He was known during his career as Con McCarthy....
1919 - Dick LeeDick Lee (footballer)Walter Henry "Dick" Lee was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League ....
1920–21 - Tom DrummondTom DrummondTom Drummond was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and South Melbourne in the VFL....
1922 - Harry CurtisHarry Curtis (footballer)Harry Curtis was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and Collingwood in the VFL.Curtis started his career as a ruckman at Carlton, the club his older brother Charlie had played for. He could only manage two senior appearances in the 1913 season and the following year debuted for...
1923 - Charlie TysonCharlie TysonCharlie Tyson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and North Melbourne in the VFL during the 1920s....
1924–26 - Syd CoventrySyd Coventry-St Kilda:Originally from Diamond Creek, Victoria, Coventry journeyed across the Bass Strait after the First World War to work in the mines at Queenstown, Tasmania, taking with him a reputation as a fine footballer...
1927–34 - Harry CollierHarry CollierHarry Collier was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.-Playing career:Originally from Ivanhoe, Victoria, Collier played for the Collingwood Football Club, debuting in 1926...
1935–39 - Jack ReganJack ReganJack Regan was an Australian rules footballer, who played 196 games with the Collingwood Football Club.Regan was known as The Prince of Fullbacks. He was regarded by many as the greatest fullback of all time but, controversially, was denied a position in the Australian Football League's Team of...
1940–41, 1943 - Phonse KynePhonse KyneAlphonsius E. "Phonse" Kyne was an Australian rules footballer who played for and coached Collingwood in the Victorian Football League. He is an inductee of the Australian Football Hall of Fame and a member of the official Collingwood Team of the Century...
1942, 1946–49
- Pat FrickerPat FrickerPat Fricker was an Australian rules footballer and former captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....
1944 - Alby PannamAlby PannamAlbert 'Alby' Pannam was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1933 and 1943 and then again in 1945 for the Collingwood Football Club. He then was captain/coach for the Richmond Football Club Seconds side from 1946 to 1952, leading them to the premiership in 1946...
1945 - Gordon HockingGordon HockingGordon Hocking was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the VFL.Hocking was primarily a knock ruckman but could also play most positions around the ground. He made his debut at Collingwood in 1938 and was a losing Grand Finalist in his first two seasons...
1950–51 - Lou RichardsLou RichardsLewis Thomas Charles "Lou" Richards is a retired Australian rules footballer, who played 250 games with the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1941 and 1955...
1952–55 - Neil Mann 1955–56
- Bill Twomey, Jr. 1957
- Frank TuckFrank TuckFrank Tuck is a former Australian rules footballer, who played in the Victorian Football League .After VFL football he coached Corowa Football Club in the Ovens and Murray Football League then he bought a butcher business in Birchip, Victoria.-External links:*-References:*...
1958–59 - Murray WeidemanMurray WeidemanMurray Weideman is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-Playing career:Weideman is probably best remembered today as Collingwood's 'enforcer' of the late 1950s and early 1960s, loved by the club's supporters, and loathed by those of the opposition.He made his VFL...
1960–63 - Ray GabelichRay GabelichRay Gabelich was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League .He came to Collingwood from Western Australia as a centre half-forward in 1954 too late to be listed...
1964–65 - John Henderson 1965
- Des TuddenhamDes TuddenhamDesmond Vincent Tuddenham is a former Australian rules footballer who played during the 1960s and 1970s. He was a half forward flanker....
1966–69, 1976 - Terry WatersTerry WatersTerry Waters is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the VFL.Waters was a versatile player who was originally used as a forward before moving into defense later on in his career...
1970–71 - Wayne RichardsonWayne RichardsonWayne Richardson is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Collingwood Football Club snared Wayne Richardson from South Fremantle Football Club in 1965 before he had made his senior debut and, not surprisingly, the West Australian side was extremely reluctant to...
1971–75 - Max RichardsonMax RichardsonMax Richardson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club during the 1970s before finishing his career at Fitzroy Football Club....
1977 - Len ThompsonLen ThompsonLen Thompson was an Australian rules footballer, who played for most of his career at Collingwood.-Collingwood:...
1978 - Ray Shaw 1979–80
- Peter Moore 1981–82
- Mark WilliamsMark M. WilliamsMark "Choco" Williams is a former Australian rules footballer who coached the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League from 1999 to 2010...
1983–86 - Tony ShawTony ShawAnthony 'Tony' Shaw is a former Australian rules footballer, coach and media personality.-Playing career:Shaw was recruited to Collingwood from Reservoir-Lakeside to make his debut in 1977 alongside brother Ray...
1987–93 - Gavin Brown 1994–98
- Nathan BuckleyNathan BuckleyNathan Charles Buckley is a former professional Australian rules football player, commentator and coach, best known for his time as captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
1999–2007 - Scott BurnsScott BurnsScott Burns is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Football career:Originally from Norwood Football Club in the South Australian National Football League, Burns was drafted by the Collingwood Football Club with the 90th selection in the 1992 National Draft...
2008 - Nick MaxwellNick MaxwellNick Maxwell is an Australian rules football player and current captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Early life :...
2009–
Current playing list
Squad changes for 2012In
- Peter Yagmoor (traded from Gold Coast Suns)
- Jamie Elliott (traded from Greater Western Syndey Giants)
- Martin Clarke (traded from Greater Western Syndey Giants)
- Jarrod Witts (elevated from NSW scholarship program)
- Caolan Mooney (International Rookie - from Ireland)
- Michael Hartley (put onto rookie list from NSW scholarship program)
Out
- Brad Dick (delisted)
- Daniel Farmer (delisted)
- Leon Davis (retired)
- Leigh Brown (retired)
- John McCarthyJohn McCarthy (Australian footballer)John McCarthy is an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club in the AFL between 2008 and 2011.Drafted with the 31st selection in the 2007 National Draft, McCarthy is a midfielder....
(delisted) - Trent Stubbs (delisted)
- Tom Hunter (retired)
- Declan Reilly (delisted)
- Tom Gordon (delisted)
- Jack Perham (delisted)
- Jye Bolton (delisted)
- Scott Reed (delisted)
Current coaching staff
- Senior coach: Nathan BuckleyNathan BuckleyNathan Charles Buckley is a former professional Australian rules football player, commentator and coach, best known for his time as captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
- Assistant coaches:
- Robert HarveyRobert Harvey (footballer)Robert Jeffrey Harvey is a former Australian rules football player for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League...
- Matthew LappinMatthew LappinMatthew Lappin is a retired Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League . He was an assistant coach with the Carlton Football Club from 2007–2010, deciding not to renew his contract for 2011....
- Max HudghtonMax HudghtonMax Kenneth Hudghton is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League....
- Ben HartBen HartBenjamin "Ben" Hart is a retired Australian rules footballer, who played with the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League...
- Robert Harvey
- Development coach: Craig McRaeCraig McRaeCraig McRae is a former Australian rules footballer.Originally from South Australian National Football League club Glenelg, McRae was drafted by AFL club Brisbane as the 22nd pick in the 1994 draft and had an immediate impact, kicking two goals in his first game in 1995, and played every game of...
- Football/Coaching strategist: Rodney EadeRodney EadeRodney "Rocket" Eade is a former Australian rules footballer and the former coach of the Sydney Swans and Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League...
- VFL coach: Tarkyn LockyerTarkyn LockyerTarkyn Lockyer is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Early life :...
Brownlow MedalBrownlow MedalThe Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...
winners
- Syd CoventrySyd Coventry-St Kilda:Originally from Diamond Creek, Victoria, Coventry journeyed across the Bass Strait after the First World War to work in the mines at Queenstown, Tasmania, taking with him a reputation as a fine footballer...
(19271927 VFL seasonResults and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1927.-Premiership season:In 1927, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume...
) - Albert CollierAlbert CollierAlbert "Leeter" Collier was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.-Playing career:...
(19291929 VFL seasonResults and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1929.-Premiership season:In 1929, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume...
) - Harry CollierHarry CollierHarry Collier was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.-Playing career:Originally from Ivanhoe, Victoria, Collier played for the Collingwood Football Club, debuting in 1926...
(19301930 VFL seasonResults and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1930.-Premiership season:In 1930, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man...
tied) - Marcus WhelanMarcus WhelanMarcus Whelan was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club during the 1930s and 1940s....
(19391939 VFL seasonResults and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1939.-Premiership season:In 1939, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man...
) - Des FothergillDes FothergillDesmond Hugh Fothergill was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League , and briefly in the Victorian Football Association ....
(19401940 VFL seasonResults and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1940.-Premiership season:In 1940, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man...
tied) - Len ThompsonLen ThompsonLen Thompson was an Australian rules footballer, who played for most of his career at Collingwood.-Collingwood:...
(19721972 VFL seasonResults and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1972.-Premiership season:In 1972, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
) - Peter Moore (19791979 VFL seasonResults and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1979.-Grand final:Carlton defeated Collingwood 11.16 to 11.11 , in front of a crowd of 112845 people...
) - Nathan BuckleyNathan BuckleyNathan Charles Buckley is a former professional Australian rules football player, commentator and coach, best known for his time as captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
(20032003 AFL seasonResults and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2003.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-National Cup:...
tied) - Dane SwanDane SwanDane Swan is an Australian rules footballer for Collingwood in the Australian Football League.Since 2007 Swan has emerged as one of the AFL's elite midfielders, winner of the prestigious Brownlow Medal in 2011 with a record tally of 34 votes...
(20112011 AFL seasonThe 2011 Australian Football League season was the 115th season of the Australian rules football competition. It was the debut year for , and was scheduled to be the only season to be played with 17 teams...
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Champions of the colony
- Bill StricklandBill Strickland (footballer)William 'Bill' Strickland was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the inaugural VFL season.Strickland was a centreman and started his career with Brunswick before joining VFA side Carlton in 1885...
(1896) - Dick CondonDick CondonRichard 'Dick' Condon was a highly controversial, exceptionally brilliant champion Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football Association and the Victorian Football League from 1894 to 1909....
(1898) - Fred LeachFred LeachFred Leach was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the VFL.Leach was a centreman in the losing Grand Final side of 1901, but played at centre half-back in the 1902 premiership team....
(1900) - Ted Rowell (1902)
- Dick LeeDick Lee (footballer)Walter Henry "Dick" Lee was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League ....
(1910, 1915) - Syd CoventrySyd Coventry-St Kilda:Originally from Diamond Creek, Victoria, Coventry journeyed across the Bass Strait after the First World War to work in the mines at Queenstown, Tasmania, taking with him a reputation as a fine footballer...
(1927, 1929) - Gordon CoventryGordon CoventryGordon "Nuts" Coventry was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League . With 1,299 goals over 18 seasons, Coventry remains one of the greatest full forwards the game has ever seen...
(1933) - Harry CollierHarry CollierHarry Collier was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.-Playing career:Originally from Ivanhoe, Victoria, Collier played for the Collingwood Football Club, debuting in 1926...
(1936) - Jack ReganJack ReganJack Regan was an Australian rules footballer, who played 196 games with the Collingwood Football Club.Regan was known as The Prince of Fullbacks. He was regarded by many as the greatest fullback of all time but, controversially, was denied a position in the Australian Football League's Team of...
(1938)
Leigh Matthews TrophyLeigh Matthews TrophyThe Leigh Matthews Trophy is an annual award given by the AFL Players Association to the Most Valuable Player in the Australian Football League. It is named in honour of Leigh Matthews, who won the first MVP award in 1982, when the league was still known as the Victorian Football League...
winners
- Darren MillaneDarren MillaneDarren "Pants" Millane was an Australian rules football player in the VFL/AFL for the Collingwood Football Club between 1984 and 1991.-AFL career:...
(19901990 AFL seasonResults and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1990.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-Ladder:All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 154...
) - Dane SwanDane SwanDane Swan is an Australian rules footballer for Collingwood in the Australian Football League.Since 2007 Swan has emerged as one of the AFL's elite midfielders, winner of the prestigious Brownlow Medal in 2011 with a record tally of 34 votes...
(20102010 AFL season-Premiership season:The draw for the 2010 AFL Premiership Season is not a random selection of matches, but rather is planned by the AFL. It is intended to produce a balanced draw while also providing the fans and television networks with blockbuster games. In a competition with 16 teams and 22...
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Coleman MedalColeman MedalThe Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year...
winners
- Ian BrewerIan BrewerIan Brewer was an Australian rules footballer with a distinguished career between 1956 and 1970, in the three major leagues of his era: the Victorian Football League , West Australian National Football League and South Australian National Football League...
(1958) - Peter McKennaPeter McKennaPeter McKenna is a former Australian rules footballer, who played 180 games and kicked 838 goals with the Collingwood Football Club between 1965 and 1975, where he spent the majority of his career...
(1972, 1973) - Brian Taylor (1986)
Norm Smith MedalNorm Smith MedalThe Norm Smith Medal is the award given in the AFL Grand Final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match.-History:The Norm Smith Medal is named after former Melbourne player and coach, Norm Smith...
winners
- Tony ShawTony ShawAnthony 'Tony' Shaw is a former Australian rules footballer, coach and media personality.-Playing career:Shaw was recruited to Collingwood from Reservoir-Lakeside to make his debut in 1977 alongside brother Ray...
(1990) - Nathan BuckleyNathan BuckleyNathan Charles Buckley is a former professional Australian rules football player, commentator and coach, best known for his time as captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
(2002) - Scott PendleburyScott PendleburyScott Pendlebury is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Early life :...
(2010)
E.J Whitten MedalistsE. J. Whitten MedalThe E.J. Whitten Medal is awarded to the best Victorian player in a VFL/AFL State of Origin football match. The award is named after the late and great Ted Whitten, also known as Mr. Football, who played for and coached Footscray and known for his role in Victorian football...
- Gavin Brown (1989,1997)
Mark of the YearMark of the YearThe annual Mark of the Year competition is a sporting award that celebrates each season's best mark...
winners
- Billy PickenBilly PickenBilly Picken is a former Australian Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and the Sydney Swans. Picken arrived at Collingwood in 1974 from Macarthur as a forward but developed into one of the games finest centre-half backs...
(1976) - Peter DaicosPeter DaicosPeter Daicos is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played his entire 250 game career with the Collingwood Football Club in the VFL/AFL....
(1980) - Chris TarrantChris Tarrant (footballer)Chris Tarrant is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Collingwood Football Club, and has also played for the Fremantle Football Club. He announced at the end of the 2010 AFL season that he would return to Melbourne for personal reasons and would not extend his contract with Fremantle...
(2003) - Andrew Krakouer (2011)
Goal of the YearGoal of the Year (Australia)The Goal of the Year is a competition for the best goals kicked in the VFL/AFL during that season. It is run in conjunction with the Mark of the Year competition and is currently sponsored by Panasonic. The award is also known as the Phil Manassa Medal....
winners
- Peter DaicosPeter DaicosPeter Daicos is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played his entire 250 game career with the Collingwood Football Club in the VFL/AFL....
(1990) - Mick McGuane (1994)
- Leon DavisLeon Davis (footballer)Leon Davis is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Drafted to Collingwood in 1999 as a small forward, Davis is of Aboriginal heritage. Davis made an early impression at the Pies and played Round 1 in his debut season. He showed that he was capable of turning a match but...
(2008)
Anzac Day Medal winners
- Saverio RoccaSaverio RoccaSaverio "Sav" Giovanni Rocca is a punter for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League and former Australian rules footballer for both and in the Australian Football League. He has also played for the Philadelphia Eagles.He is one of a few players who have converted from...
(1995, 1998) ^ - Scott RussellScott Russell (footballer)Scott Russell is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood and Sydney in the Australian Football League. He played all possible 26 games in his debut season in 1990, winning a premiership medalion at the end of the year....
(1996) ^ - Damien Monkhorst (1997) ^
- Chris TarrantChris Tarrant (footballer)Chris Tarrant is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Collingwood Football Club, and has also played for the Fremantle Football Club. He announced at the end of the 2010 AFL season that he would return to Melbourne for personal reasons and would not extend his contract with Fremantle...
(2001) - Mark McGoughMark McGoughMark McGough is an Australian rules football player who played with the Collingwood and St Kilda football clubs in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:He was selected by Collingwood in the third round of the 2001 AFL Draft...
(2002) - Ben Johnson (2006)
- Heath ShawHeath ShawHeath Shaw is an Australian rules footballer playing for Collingwood in the Australian Football League-AFL career:...
(2007) - Paul MedhurstPaul MedhurstPaul Medhurst is a former professional Australian rules football who played for the Fremantle Football Club and the Collingwood Football Club....
(2008) - Scott PendleburyScott PendleburyScott Pendlebury is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Early life :...
(2010, 2011)
^ Awarded retrospectively in 2011
Jason McCartney MedalJason McCartney Medal The Jason McCartney Medal is a perpetual medal honouring Bali bombing survivor and former Australian Rules Football star Jason McCartney.Since 2003 the Jason McCartney Medal has been presented to the player voted the most courageous performer during clashes between the North Melbourne and...
winners
- Anthony RoccaAnthony RoccaAnthony Rocca is a former Australian rules footballer who has played with the Sydney Swans and Collingwood in the Australian Football League...
2003 - Ben Johnson 2004
- Chris TarrantChris Tarrant (footballer)Chris Tarrant is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Collingwood Football Club, and has also played for the Fremantle Football Club. He announced at the end of the 2010 AFL season that he would return to Melbourne for personal reasons and would not extend his contract with Fremantle...
(2006) - James ClementJames ClementJames Clement is a former professional Australian rules footballer for Collingwood and Fremantle in the Australian Football League...
(2007) - Tarkyn LockyerTarkyn LockyerTarkyn Lockyer is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Early life :...
(2009)
Bob Rose-Charlie Sutton Medal winners
- Ben Johnson (2008)
- Dane SwanDane SwanDane Swan is an Australian rules footballer for Collingwood in the Australian Football League.Since 2007 Swan has emerged as one of the AFL's elite midfielders, winner of the prestigious Brownlow Medal in 2011 with a record tally of 34 votes...
(2009)
All Australians
- Gavin Brown (1991, 1994)
- Nathan BuckleyNathan BuckleyNathan Charles Buckley is a former professional Australian rules football player, commentator and coach, best known for his time as captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
(1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003) - James ClementJames ClementJames Clement is a former professional Australian rules footballer for Collingwood and Fremantle in the Australian Football League...
(2004, 2005) - Travis ClokeTravis ClokeTravis Cloke is a professional Australian rules footballer playing in the Australian Football League. Cloke was drafted under the father-son rule by Collingwood in the 3rd round of the 2004 AFL Draft...
(2011) - Leon DavisLeon Davis (footballer)Leon Davis is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Drafted to Collingwood in 1999 as a small forward, Davis is of Aboriginal heritage. Davis made an early impression at the Pies and played Round 1 in his debut season. He showed that he was capable of turning a match but...
(2009, 2011) - Alan DidakAlan DidakAlan Didak is a professional Australian rules footballer of Croatian descent playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Early life :...
(2006, 2010) - Tony FrancisTony FrancisAnthony "Tony" Francis is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Francis attended Campbelltown High School and first played senior football in the SANFL with the Norwood Football Club, debuting in 1988...
(1991) - Des HealeyDes HealeyDes Healey was an Australian rules footballer, who played in the VFL/AFL with the Collingwood Football Club.After spending 3 years in the reserves team, Healey finally broke into the senior side in 1948...
(1953) - Nick MaxwellNick MaxwellNick Maxwell is an Australian rules football player and current captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Early life :...
(2009) - Mick McGuane (1992)
- Peter McKennaPeter McKennaPeter McKenna is a former Australian rules footballer, who played 180 games and kicked 838 goals with the Collingwood Football Club between 1965 and 1975, where he spent the majority of his career...
(1972) - Paul MedhurstPaul MedhurstPaul Medhurst is a former professional Australian rules football who played for the Fremantle Football Club and the Collingwood Football Club....
(2008) - Peter Moore (1979)
- Harry O'Brien (2010)
- Scott PendleburyScott PendleburyScott Pendlebury is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Early life :...
(2010, 2011) - Geoff RainesGeoff RainesGeoff Raines was a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1976 and 1982 for the Richmond Football Club, between 1983 and 1985 for the Collingwood Football Club, in 1986 for the Essendon Football Club and between 1987 and 1989 for the Brisbane Bears Football Club.-...
(1985) - Ben ReidBen ReidBen Reid is an Australian rules footballer for Collingwood in the Australian Football League .- Early life :He is the son of former Footscray and Carlton player, Bruce Reid. His younger brother Sam Reid also plays AFL football for the Sydney Swans.- AFL career :He was taken with Collingwood's...
(2011) - Michael Richardson (1983)
- Bob RoseBob Rose (footballer)Robert "Bob" Rose was an Australian rules footballer and coach in the VFL. He is widely regarded as the greatest player ever to play for Collingwood.-Playing career:...
(1953) - Dane SwanDane SwanDane Swan is an Australian rules footballer for Collingwood in the Australian Football League.Since 2007 Swan has emerged as one of the AFL's elite midfielders, winner of the prestigious Brownlow Medal in 2011 with a record tally of 34 votes...
(2009, 2010, 2011) - Chris TarrantChris Tarrant (footballer)Chris Tarrant is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Collingwood Football Club, and has also played for the Fremantle Football Club. He announced at the end of the 2010 AFL season that he would return to Melbourne for personal reasons and would not extend his contract with Fremantle...
(2003) - Dale ThomasDale Thomas (footballer)Dale Robert Jordan Thomas is a professional Australian rules football player currently with the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...
(2011) - Len ThompsonLen ThompsonLen Thompson was an Australian rules footballer, who played for most of his career at Collingwood.-Collingwood:...
(1972) - Terry WatersTerry WatersTerry Waters is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the VFL.Waters was a versatile player who was originally used as a forward before moving into defense later on in his career...
(1969) - Ricky WattRicky WattRicky Watt is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the VFL during the 1960s.Watt started at Collingwood when he was aged just 16 but due to injuries managed just 17 games in his first four years at the club, including missing all of the 1965 season...
(1969)
Australian International Rules Representatives
- Gavin Brown (1990)
- Nathan BuckleyNathan BuckleyNathan Charles Buckley is a former professional Australian rules football player, commentator and coach, best known for his time as captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
(1998), (1999 – captain) - James ClementJames ClementJames Clement is a former professional Australian rules footballer for Collingwood and Fremantle in the Australian Football League...
(2002) - Alan DidakAlan DidakAlan Didak is a professional Australian rules footballer of Croatian descent playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Early life :...
(2004) - Scott PendleburyScott PendleburyScott Pendlebury is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Early life :...
(2008) - Dale ThomasDale Thomas (footballer)Dale Robert Jordan Thomas is a professional Australian rules football player currently with the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...
(2008) - Dane SwanDane SwanDane Swan is an Australian rules footballer for Collingwood in the Australian Football League.Since 2007 Swan has emerged as one of the AFL's elite midfielders, winner of the prestigious Brownlow Medal in 2011 with a record tally of 34 votes...
(2010) - Tyson GoldsackTyson GoldsackTyson Goldsack is a professional Australian rules football player currently playing with the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Early life :...
(2010)
Match records
- Highest score: R17, 1980 (WP) – Collingwood 32.11 (211) v St Kilda 16.11 (107)
- Lowest score: R6, 1897 (VP) – Collingwood 0.8 (8) v South MelbourneSydney SwansThe Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
2.15 (27) - Lowest score since 1919: Grand Final1960 VFL Grand FinalThe 1960 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September of 1960 in extremely wet conditions due to persistent rain during the previous week...
, 1960 (MCG) 2.2 (14) v MelbourneMelbourne Football ClubThe Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
8.14 (62) - Highest losing score: R16, 1937 (VP) – Collingwood 21.16 (142) v MelbourneMelbourne Football ClubThe Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
22.21 (153) - Lowest winning score: R9, 1899 (VP) – Collingwood 3.3 (21) v MelbourneMelbourne Football ClubThe Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
1.7 (13) - Lowest winning score since 1919: Grand Final1927 VFL Grand FinalThe 1927 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 1 October 1927...
, 1927 (MCG) – 2.13 (25) v RichmondRichmond Football ClubThe Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
1.7 (13) - Biggest winning margin: 178 points; R4, 1979 (VP) – Collingwood 31.21 (207) v St Kilda 3.11 (29)
- Biggest losing margin: 138 points; R3, 1942 (PR) – Collingwood 5.7 (37) v RichmondRichmond Football ClubThe Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
25.25 (175) - Record attendance (home and away game): R10, 1959 (MCG) – 99,346 v MelbourneMelbourne Football ClubThe Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
- Record attendance (finals match): Grand Final1970 VFL Grand FinalThe 1970 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1970. It was the 74th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...
, 1970 (MCG) – 121,696 v CarltonCarlton Football ClubThe Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
Records set by players
- Most matches: Tony ShawTony ShawAnthony 'Tony' Shaw is a former Australian rules footballer, coach and media personality.-Playing career:Shaw was recruited to Collingwood from Reservoir-Lakeside to make his debut in 1977 alongside brother Ray...
– 313 (1977–1994) - Most consecutive matches: Jock McHaleJock McHaleJames Francis "Jock" McHale, was an Australian rules football player and coach for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League in a marathon career that extended from 1903 to 1949....
– 191 (1906–1917) – VFL record until 1943 - Most goals kicked in a match: Gordon CoventryGordon CoventryGordon "Nuts" Coventry was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League . With 1,299 goals over 18 seasons, Coventry remains one of the greatest full forwards the game has ever seen...
– 17 goals 4 behinds (R12, 1930, VP) - Most Best & Fairests: Nathan BuckleyNathan BuckleyNathan Charles Buckley is a former professional Australian rules football player, commentator and coach, best known for his time as captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
– 6 (1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003) - Most matches as coach: Jock McHale – 714 (1912–1949)
- Most matches as captain/acting captain: Nathan BuckleyNathan BuckleyNathan Charles Buckley is a former professional Australian rules football player, commentator and coach, best known for his time as captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
– 162 (1999–2006) - Most goals in a season: Peter McKennaPeter McKennaPeter McKenna is a former Australian rules footballer, who played 180 games and kicked 838 goals with the Collingwood Football Club between 1965 and 1975, where he spent the majority of his career...
– 143 (1970) - Most goals by a single person: Gordon Coventry – 1299 (1920–1937) – VFL/AFL record until 1999
In popular culture
- David WilliamsonDavid WilliamsonDavid Keith Williamson AO is one of Australia's best-known playwrights. He has also written screenplays and teleplays.-Biography:...
's 1977 stage play, The ClubThe Club (play)The Club is a satirical play by Australian playwright David Williamson, that follows the fortunes of a football club over the course of a season. It explores the clashes between "human loyalty versus materialistic gain". It was inspired by the backroom dealings and antics of the Victorian Football...
, was inspired by the backroom dealings and antics of the Collingwood Football Club; although Collingwood is never mentioned by name. The 1980 film version of the play – directed by Bruce BeresfordBruce BeresfordBruce Beresford is an Australian film director who has made more than 30 feature films over a 40-year career.-Early life:...
and starring John HowardJohn Howard (Australian actor)John Howard is an Australian stage and screen actor. Howard is best known for his appearances in the film The Club, and the television series SeaChange, Always Greener, All Saints and Packed To The Rafters.-Film:Howard's first role was in 1978's My Boys Are Good Boys, in a minor role...
, Jack ThompsonJack Thompson (actor)Jack Thompson, AM is an Australian actor and one of the major figures of Australian cinema. He was educated at University of Queensland, before embarking on his acting career. In 2002, he was made an honorary member of the Australian Cinematographers Society...
, Graham KennedyGraham KennedyGraham Cyril Kennedy, AO was an Australian radio, television and film performer, often called Gra Gra and The King of Australian television.-Childhood:...
and Frank WilsonFrank Wilson (Australian actor)Frank Edward Wilson was an Australian film, stage and television actor; musical comedy singer and director; and television game show and variety host.-Early life:...
– is set at Collingwood and featured Collingwood players in speaking and non-speaking roles. The film was almost entirely shot on location at Victoria Park, both inside and on the actual oval.
- Judd ApatowJudd ApatowJudd Apatow is an American film producer, director, and screenwriter. He is well known for his work in comedy films, especially for films he has been involved with throughout the latter half of the 2000s. He is the founder of Apatow Productions, a film production company that also developed the...
's 2009 film, Funny PeopleFunny PeopleFunny People is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written, co-produced and directed by Judd Apatow, and starring Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, and Leslie Mann. The film was released on 31 July 2009 in North America, and on 28 August 2009 in the United Kingdom. Funny People uses considerably more...
, starring Adam SandlerAdam SandlerAdam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, musician, and film producer.After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, Sandler went on to star in several Hollywood feature films that grossed over $100 million at the box office...
and Seth RogenSeth RogenSeth Rogen is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, producer, screenwriter, and voice artist. Rogen began his career doing stand-up comedy during his teen years, winning the Vancouver Amateur Comedy Contest in 1998. While still living in his native Vancouver, he landed a small part in Freaks and...
, featured a scene with Australian actor Eric BanaEric BanaEric Bana is an Australian film and television actor. He began his career as a comedian in the sketch comedy series Full Frontal before gaining critical recognition in the biopic Chopper...
trying to explain the rules of Australian rules football. During this scene Bana's character, a St Kilda supporter, voices his dislike for Collingwood while watching a televised game.
- Adam ElliotAdam ElliotAdam Elliot is an independent stop-motion animation writer and director based in Melbourne, Australia. His five films have collectively participated in over six-hundred film festivals and have received over one hundred awards, including an Oscar for Harvie Krumpet and the Annecy Cristal for Mary...
's 2009 clay-animated film, Mary and MaxMary and MaxMary and Max is a 2009 Australian clay-animated black comedy-drama film written and directed by Adam Elliot and produced by Melanie Coombs. The voice cast included Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette, Eric Bana, Bethany Whitmore, with narration by Barry Humphries. The film premiered on the...
, features a scene with a school-yard bully, named Bernie Clifford, who wears a 1970s VFL style Collingwood guernsey. A Collingwood garden gnome can also be seen in the film.
See also
- History of the Collingwood Football ClubHistory of the Collingwood Football ClubThe Collingwood Football Club is an Australian rules football club involved, and playing in the Australian Football League.Like many Victorian AFL clubs, Collingwood has an extensive and detailed history extending back 117 years, it initially represented the inner Melbourne suburb of Collingwood,...
List of Collingwood players
- List of Collingwood Football Club coaches
- Sport in AustraliaSport in AustraliaAustralia has a long sporting history dating back to the mid 1800s. By the 1920s, a number of sports were being played by both men and women, including cricket, badminton, judo, swimming, tennis, netball, lacrosse, golf, hockey and various codes of football....
- Sport in VictoriaSport in VictoriaThe state of Victoria, Australia, is known for its sporting culture. The Victorian capital, Melbourne is often referred to as the sporting capital of the world....
External links
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