When was the Collingwood Football Club formed?
Carlton–Collingwood AFL rivalry
In 1864, the Carlton Football Club was established. In 1877, they were one of the founding clubs of the Victorian Football Association. In 1892, the Collingwood Football Club was established and admitted to the Association.
History of the Collingwood Football Club
The team suffered a fright in their encounter with the winless Dockers in round 17 at Subiaco Oval, before a loss to the Tigers under lights, a night which saw the side score only six goals (three to Nick Davis), all but put the kibosh on the team's finals aspirations.
Chris Crewther
Crewther is an avid supporter of the Collingwood Football Club, having a proud family history associated with it. He is related to Tom Sherrin, who developed the modern shape of the ball used in Australian football, and was president of Collingwood, two other Collingwood presidents or vice-presidents, Syd Sherrin and Tom Sherrin Jnr, and two former Collingwood players, Norm Crewther and Bill Proudfoot.
September 1902
Collingwood Football Club are winners of the Victorian Football League Grand Final, defeating Essendon Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, in front of a record crowd of 35,000.
Collingwood Football Club
Collingwood was the most successful club 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 1927 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. Collingwood also had three Brownlow Medallists during the period, with Syd Coventry winning in 1927, Albert Collier in 1929 and Harry Collier in 1930
History of the Collingwood Football Club
The club opted to call time on Matthews’ ten-year stay, Matthews himself said that after being rolled by the Board after chasing and almost signing Tony Lockett he knew his time was up.
Carlton–Collingwood AFL rivalry
Since 1993, both the Carlton and Collingwood Football Clubs have jointly raised awareness about treatment for cancer. Every year since 1993, an annual match between the clubs has helped raise money and awareness in cancer research. The inaugural Peter Mac Cup between the rivals took place in Round 6 of the 1993 AFL season. The trophy is named in honour of Sir Peter MacCallum MC, a Scottish-born Australian oncologist who was the co-founder of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne. Since 2010, Collingwood home matches are played for the Peter Mac Cup.
Collingwood Football Club
"Not awarded since 2013"
Collingwood Football Club
Collingwood was one of the last clubs to abandon its traditional stadium, the famous inner-city Victoria Park. Collingwood now plays home games at the MCG. It now also has its headquarters situated in the former Glasshouse Entertainment Centre. Due to a sponsorship deal, this facility is known as 'The Holden Centre'.
North Ringwood Football Club
The Ringwood Catholic Rovers Football Club was founded in 1962. The club was a founding club of Eastern District Football League.
Collingwood Cup
Four teams – University College Dublin, Queen's University Belfast, Dublin University and University College Galway – entered the first Collingwood Cup tournament which was hosted by UCD in February 1914. In the semi-finals played at Prospect Park in Glasnevin, UCD beat Dublin University 5–2 and QUB beat UCG 3–1. The final of the first tournament was played at Dalymount Park and it ended in a victory for UCD over QUB by 2–1. Due to the First World War and Irish War of Independence, it was not until 1920 that the second Collingwood Cup tournament was played. This competition began in Dublin, with UCD defeating Dublin University 8–1 in a match played in Terenure. Both teams then travelled to Belfast to play QUB who eventually emerged as the second winners of the Collingwood Cup. Between 1920 and 1967 UCD and QUB established themselves as the two strongest teams in the competition, winning nearly every tournament between them.
History of the Collingwood Football Club
The Preliminary Final was one of the most memorable wins in Collingwood history with them kicking 7 goals in the first quarter and leading by 62 points at half-time against a highly talented Geelong side in front of 95,241 fanatical fans, securing a spot in the 2010 Grand Final.
Collingwood Football Club
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Collingwood Magpies Netball
Collingwood Magpies Netball was launched in September 2016 at the headquarters of the Collingwood Football Club, the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre. The new team had a distinct logo, different from the football team. Speaking at the launch, club President Eddie McGuire stated "this team is not an add on to our [football] program by any stretch. It has its own identity, its own high performance unit in its own right and our strategy is to get the best people and best players possible." The Magpies announced that home games would be shared between Melbourne Arena and Margaret Court Arena, though the club did not fixture any matches at the latter venue in 2019. The club has also invested in a Tasmanian partnership, which sees them play one home match a year at the Silverdome in Launceston. In 2019 they added another alternate home game, this time at Bendigo Stadium in regional Victoria.
Collingwood, Victoria
Collingwood Technical School was established in July 1912 as a trades and technical training school. The school closed in 1987 and, forming along with the Preston Technical School, was the basis for the formation of the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE, which continues to have a Collingwood campus in Otter Street.
Collingwood Football Club
In 2001, Collingwood reserves team was dissolved and the club entered into an affiliation with the VFL's Williamstown Football Club, such that Williamstown served as a feeder team and reserves players for Collingwood played senior football for Williamstown. Collingwood ended its affiliation with Williamstown after the 2007 season. The reserves team was re-established, and has competed in the VFL since 2008.
History of the Collingwood Football Club
They backed this up with an 83-point victory against eventual wooden spooners West Coast in round 14 in front of 38,781 fans at Etihad Stadium. Their next win was a 26-point victory against Port Adelaide in Adelaide in Mark Williams' last game as coach of the Power. The fired up power scored 5 goals to none in the first quarter before Collingwood recorded a 58-point turnaround after quarter time. The next performance against St Kilda in round 16 was their most convincing for the season with them recording a 48-point victory in front of 81,386 fans at the MCG with this victory propelling Collingwood to the top of the ladder, a position they would retain for the rest of the year. This was also the start of a controversial 7 game streak for Collingwood at the MCG to finish the home an away season. Their next victory was a convincing 82 point thumping of a lowly Richmond, followed by a 48-point victory over top eight side and bitter rival Carlton in front of 76,980 fans. The subsequent game against Geelong in round 19 was widely anticipated as it was universally regarded as the match between the competitions two best teams with the top spot up for grabs. Despite Geelong performing well for parts of the match Collingwood was too good and won by 22 points in front of a massive crowd of 84,401. This win propelled Collingwood to premiership favouritism, which they would retain for the rest of the year. They reinforced their status as the competitions premier team with a 98-point drubbing of Essendon in the following round 20. Their next match against Adelaide was an unconvincing 3 point victory, with Collingwood's inaccurate kicking again notable with their score of 6 goals and 18 behinds almost costing them the match. They finished the season with a 3-point loss to fellow top eight side Hawthorn with their score of 13 goals and 17 behinds again highlighting their inaccurate kicking. They finished the home-and-away season on top of the ladder with a percentage of over 140 and, despite the loss in round 22, were considered the premiership favourites.
John Greening
On 2 July 2007, 35 years after the 'Greening Incident', Collingwood honoured Greening by a tribute prior to their Sunday home game. In 2011, Greening was awarded life membership of the Collingwood Football Club. In March 2011, Greening was inducted into the Collingwood Football Club Hall of Fame.
Fleetwood Town F.C.
The current club was officially established in 1997 but, in two previous incarnations, the club's history dates back to 1908. The original club, Fleetwood F.C., were champions of the Lancashire Combination in 1923–24, and registered a hat-trick of Lancashire Combination Cup wins in 1932, 1933 and 1934. The side's goalkeeper in the first of those victories was Frank Swift, then only eighteen years old. After almost sixty years as a Lancashire Combination club, they were made founder members of the Northern Premier League in 1968. The club finished in 10th place in its first season. As the NPL was one of several leagues immediately below Division Four of the Football League, this was effectively the fifth tier of English football, and the club would not surpass this success until 2010–11. Despite winning the Northern Premier League Cup in 1971, the club languished in the lower half of the table, finishing bottom for two successive seasons (1974–75 and 1975–76) and folded in 1976 because of financial difficulties. Its great players include the late Percy Ronson, after whom one stand is named.
History of the Collingwood Football Club
Their 1958 premiership was to be their last for 32 years. The victory in 1958 was an underdog victory, with Collingwood motivated to prevent their opponent Melbourne winning its fourth successive Grand Final.
2019 Collingwood Football Club season
The 2019 Collingwood Football Club season is the club's 123rd season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club also fielded its reserves team in the VFL and a women's team in the AFL Women's competition.
Williamstown Football Club
In 2001, Williamstown entered into an affiliation with the Australian Football League's Collingwood Football Club, under which Collingwood's reserves players were permitted to play in Williamstown's senior team when they were not selected in AFL matches. Williamstown and Collingwood were affiliated from 2001 until 2007, during which time the club won one premiership, in 2003. The partnership with Collingwood ended after 2007, and a new affiliation was established with the , which lasted from 2008 until 2013; during this time, Williamstown won the inaugural Foxtel Cup competition.
History of the Collingwood Football Club
The decade of 1900–1909, was the decade where the foundations were laid, for a long and successful future. In the 1900s (decade), Collingwood racked up 119 wins from 172 games, and two Grand Final victories from four attempts. The Pies built a huge reputation for being a fearsome side, despite playing in a depression stricken town. During this period of time, the club had eight skippers, with Lardie Tulloch the longest standing captain of the decade, spending three years at the helm. Collingwood also employed their first ever coach in 1904, in club legend Bill Strickland. In 1906, Collingwood's first true icon emerged, Dick Lee. In career at the club, he played 230 games, and after his retirement in 1922, had totaled with 707 goals. The Magpies played off in the Grand Finals of 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1905 – coming out on top in ’02 and ’03. In 1902, Collingwood defeated Essendon by 33 points in front of a crowd of 35,202 at the MCG.
Pat Fricker
Fricker was named the captain of Collingwood in 1944 after Jack Regan left the club after 1943. Fricker captained Collingwood for only one year as his last game was in round 12 of 1944. Alby Pannam took over the captaincy in 1945. Fricker was the twenty third captain of the Collingwood Football Club and played 71 games at VFL level over a span of nine years. He played in the losing Grand Final of 1938.
University College Cork A.F.C.
UCC A.F.C. is affiliated to the Irish Universities Football Union and competes in three annual intervarsity competitions – the Collingwood Cup, the Crowley Cup and the Harding Cup. UCC A.F.C. first won the Collingwood Cup in 1974. However subsequently they only enjoyed sporadic successes. Then during 1990s they won it twice in a row – 1990 and 1991. However, in more recent times they have been far more successful. They won it again in 2000 and then between 2002 and 2005 retained it four times in a row. In 2011, with a team featuring Josh O’Shea and Michael McSweeney and managed by John Caulfield, UCC won the Collingwood Cup again. O’Shea, McSweeney and Caulfield all subsequently joined Cork City F.C.. In 2015 UCC A.F.C. enjoyed one of its most successful intervarsity seasons. In addition to winning the senior Collingwood Cup, they also won the Crowley Cup, the reserve team competition, and the Harding Cup, featuring teams made up of freshers or first year students. UCC A.F.C. actually entered two teams in both the Crowley Cup and the Harding Cup. In February 2015 UCC A.F.C. hosted the Harding Cup. The UCC freshers team defeated teams representing Dublin City University, NUI Galway and University of Limerick over three consecutive days to claim the cup. In the final played at The Mardyke on 8 February, UCC defeated Limerick 1–0. Later in the same month the UCC senior team won the Collingwood Cup. In the quarter finals they defeated defending champions Maynooth University, managed by Ger O’Brien, 7-6 on penalties. In the semi-final they defeated NUI Galway 1–0. The final, which was played at Eamon Deacy Park on 26 February, saw UCC defeat Dublin University 3–1. In March UCC completed an Intervarsity treble when they also won the Crowley Cup.
2016 Collingwood Football Club season
The 2016 Collingwood Football Club season was the club's 120th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club also fielded its reserves team in the VFL.
History of the Collingwood Football Club
In 1959 Melbourne won again, and Collingwood poor performance against Melbourne in the 1960 Grand Final the Colliwobbles were born. Bob Rose took over as coach in 1962 and he was unlucky to coach three losing Grand Final sides, losing by 4, 1 and 10 points in 1964, 1966 and 1970.
The 1960s and 1970s produced some of Collingwood's greatest ever players, the likes of Len Thompson, Des Tuddenham, Peter McKenna, Wayne Richardson, Barry Price, Ross Dunne, Phil Carman, John Greening, Billy Picken, Ron Wearmouth, Peter Moore and Max Richardson yet none of them achieved the ultimate goal of a Premiership.
Richmond Football Club
Finally, in 1919, Richmond made their first Grand Final appearance, losing to Collingwood. Richmond stoked a rivalry with Collingwood by recruiting their former skipper Dan Minogue as playing coach and gained vengeance by beating Collingwood in the 1920 VFL Grand Final to secure a first flag in the big league. This was followed by an even better performance the next year. The only club that continued to beat Richmond on a regular basis was Carlton. Finishing minor premier with only one loss for the season in 1921, Carlton were the hottest premiership favourite, yet Richmond managed to beat them in two classic finals matches played over successive weeks to go back-to-back.
The rest of the decade saw four more Grand Final appearances, all of which would end in frustration. From 1927 to 1929 Richmond became the first club in the VFL to lose three consecutive Grand Finals, all of which were to neighbouring archrivals, Collingwood.
List of Collingwood Football Club players
This is a list of Collingwood Football Club players who have made one or more appearance in the Australian Football League (AFL), known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990. Collingwood were one of the foundation clubs for the inaugural VFL season in 1897.
Collingwood Football Club
The club was granted a license in June 2016, becoming one of eight teams to compete in the league's first season.
Collingwood Football Club
The rivalry with Port Adelaide stems from them 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 its black and white "prison bar" guernsey has been a major talking point, especially between 2002 and 2007, which added to the rivalry. A resolution was reached in favour of Collingwood.
History of the Collingwood Football Club
Collingwood initially had only been able to schedule 17 games and were short of the required 18 games necessary to join the Victorian Football Association and looked like missing out on being a part of the 1892 season until the Carlton Football Club added a game to its list of matches so that Collingwood would have the required 18 games. Carlton even donated the gate takings from the game to the fledgling club.
Edwin Lionel Wilson
Edwin Lionel Wilson (E. L Wilson) (28 March 186124 November 1951), along with Alan Mansfield was the founder of Collingwood Football Club. Wilson was approached by the newly formed club to be appointed president, which he rejected. He went on to become the first secretary of the Collingwood Football Club and also the first secretary of the Victorian Football League when the VFL was established in 1897. He held the position of secretary of the VFL for thirty-four years from 1897 to 1929.
In 1930, the "E. L. Wilson Shield" was created to be awarded to each year's premiership winning team. It was initially discontinued in 1978, when there was no room remaining on the shield, but expanded and reintroduced as a perpetual trophy in 2016.
History of the Collingwood Football Club
Gordon Coventry led the goal kicking in every season between 1922–1927, whilst brother Syd captained the club for eight seasons, his record of 153 matches as skipper was overtaken by Nathan Buckley in late 2006. Albert Collier won the Brownlow Medal in 1929, paving the way for brother Harry to win it in the following year. The Collingwood side of the late 1920s has been described as one of the greatest football 'dynasties' amongst others including; Melbourne of the 1950s, Hawthorn of the 1980s and arguably, Brisbane of the early 2000s (decade).
2006 Collingwood Football Club season
Nathan Buckley will be the 2006 captain, this being his 7th season as the skipper of the Pies. Collingwood had delisted several players last season, including Brownlow Medallist Shane Woewodin, and traded Richard Cole to Essendon. They had picked up several young players, including priority/first round draftees Dale Thomas and Scott Pendlebury in the 2005 NAB Draft. With the high amount of senior players departed in 2005, both Ben Davies and David Fanning got elevated to the Senior List.
With the 2006 Commonwealth Games being hosted by Melbourne, Australia, The M.C.G. will be the main venue, dis-allowing games for AFL Football. Collingwood plays its first three games at the Telstra Dome, before being playing the traditional ANZAC Day clash against Essendon in what will be the return to the MCG, as the Games will have been concluded. This is fixtured, however, the venue may not be ready for hosting an AFL match in time.
Hillingdon Borough F.C.
The first club was founded as Yiewsley F.C. in 1872, and played on a small area of open ground in Falling Lane, Yiewsley, in Middlesex. The club made its debut in the FA Cup in the 1939–40 season, losing to Maidenhead United in the extra preliminary qualification round. In 1951 they were one of the 14 clubs who founded the Delphian League. Two seasons later at the end of the 1953–54 campaign they moved to the Corinthian League, which they topped in their third season, 1956–57. In 1958 a decision was made to turn semi-professional, and the club joined the South-East zone of the Southern League. Their most noteworthy achievement until that point was holding Third Division Gillingham to a 2–2 draw on their home ground in the first round proper of the 1956–57 FA Cup. Jackie Milburn (formerly of Newcastle and England) also played for the club briefly when he retired from professional football in the early 1960s.
History of football in England
A key issue facing the professional clubs was the lack of competitive matches. This was especially so for teams that had been knocked out of the FA Cup. It was self–evident that crowds for friendly fixtures were much lower and of course this meant a reduction in revenue and consequent struggle to pay wages. Aston Villa’s Scottish director William McGregor sought a solution by asking the other professional clubs to arrange annual home and away fixtures on a competitive basis, with points to be awarded for winning and drawing. Following a conference between club directors on 23 March 1888, the English Football League was founded on 17 April 1888 as one division of 12 clubs: Accrington (founded in 1876; folded in 1896), Aston Villa (founded in 1874), Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley (founded in 1882), Derby County (founded in 1884), Everton (founded in 1878), Notts County, Preston North End (founded in 1880), Stoke F.C. (founded in 1863; became Stoke City in 1925), West Bromwich Albion (founded in 1878) and Wolverhampton Wanderers (founded in 1877; always commonly known as "Wolves"). Six of the clubs were in Lancashire and six in the Midlands so, at this time, there were none from Yorkshire or the north-east or anywhere south of Birmingham. 1888–89 was the Football League’s inaugural season and Preston North End earned the nickname of “Invincibles” by going through the entire 22–match league competition unbeaten. They also won the FA Cup and so recorded the world's first “double”. Preston retained their league title in 1889–90 and Blackburn won the FA Cup.
2015 Collingwood Football Club season
The 2015 Collingwood Football Club season was the club's 119th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club also fielded its reserves team in the VFL.
1953 VFL Grand Final
Collingwood
History of the Collingwood Football Club
In 2002, Collingwood rose from its seven-year hiatus from September action, reaching the finals for the first time since it bowed out by two points at the hands of West Coast in 1994, and the Grand Final for the first time since 1990. The club won 13 matches in the home and away rounds, although its late-season trough, which saw it win only one of its last four matches saw most pundits write off the team's prospects in the month that matters. Despite this, the fourth placed Magpies shook the competition to its foundations with a boilover victory against the top of the table Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium in the Qualifying Final. Victory here bought the team a weeks rest, and booked a ticket with Adelaide in the Preliminary Final at the MCG. They won in emphatic fashion highlighted by a six-goal third term, Anthony Rocca's 75m pearler the stand out, while Betheras and Freeborn's majors were rewarded with roars louder than any other witnessed by the famous stadium. The win took them to the Grand Final, where the young Magpies acquitted themselves brilliantly, only to lose by nine points to the powerful Brisbane.
Phonse Kyne
Alphonsus Edward "Phonse" Kyne (29 October 1915 – 8 April 1985) 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. Along with Allan La Fontaine (Melbourne Football Club), he is widely regarded as one of the two best footballers to graduate from St Kevin's College, Toorak.
Collingwood Football Club
After this, however, the club lapsed into a state of decline. 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 2002 and 2003, both to the Brisbane Lions.
Geelong Football Club
The two sides played against each other in 6 finals between 1951 and 1955, including the 1952 Grand Final when Geelong easily beat Collingwood by 46 points. In 1953, Collingwood ended Geelong's record 23-game winning streak in the home and away season, and later defeated them by 12 points in the grand final, denying the Cats a third successive premiership.
List of Colchester United F.C. players (25–99 appearances)
Colchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Colchester, Essex. Formed in 1937, the club competed in the Southern Football League from their foundation until 1950, when they were elected to the Football League. The club spent eleven years in the Third Division South and Third Division following the league's reorganisation in 1958, with a best finish of third place in 1957, one point behind rivals Ipswich Town and Torquay United. Colchester suffered their first relegation in 1961 as they finished 23rd in the Third Division, but spent just one season in the Fourth Division as they were promoted in second position, behind Millwall by just one point. This trend of relegation followed by promotion continued over the next few decades, before the club were eventually relegated from the Football League to the Conference in 1990.
Colombo Hockey and Football Club
Colombo Hockey and Football Club, as one of the original eight 'constitutional clubs', first competed in the Clifford Cup in 1950 and have won the cup seven times (1957, 1960, 1962, 1982, 1983, 1990 and 1994). The club's first Clifford Cup occurred in 1957 when the team was led by St. John Davies against the Dimbulla - Dickoya, captained by Malcolm Wright. In 1960 they won their second cup, with CH & FC, captained by Jeremy Lloyd defeating Dimbula Athletic & Cricket Club, who were skippered by Mike Warring. In 1962 CH & FC, led by John Evart, won their third Clifford Cup, despite drawing 6-all with Police SC, captained by Jeff Ratnam, in the cup final, on the basis of their unbeaten record in the league that year. In 1972 CH&FC, captained by Y.C Chang, were defeated in the cup final, 12-9, by Police SC, who were led by Anton Benedict. The club's next victory in the Clifford Cup did not occur until 1982 when the team led by N. Karunasena, which was followed by a second consecutive cup the following year, after an unbeaten season. The club's golden years occurred in 1990-94, when in 1990, led by Imran Sally, they defeated Havelock Sports Club 4-0, clinching the triple crown. In 1991 they were unlucky in losing the cup final to Police SC, 13-11. In 1993 they were defeated by Kandy SC in the final, 18-6 before being successful the following year, captained by Nishantha Dias, when they beat the Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club, 15-11. 1994 was the last time the club has held the Clifford Cup. Although they did make the finals in 2003 and 2005, losing both times to the powerful Kandy SC.
Gordon Coventry
Originally from Diamond Creek, Victoria, Coventry played his early football for the Diamond Creek Football Club in the Heidelberg District Football League (HDFL). He debuted for Collingwood in 1920, and was joined by his brother, Syd Coventry, at the club two years later. Playing almost exclusively at full-forward, Coventry first led Collingwood's goalkicking in 1922, and would go on to lead the club's goalkicking for 16 consecutive seasons, until his retirement in 1937. He also led the VFL's goalkicking on six occasions: each year from 1926 to 1930, and then again in his final season. In 1929, Coventry kicked 124 goals for the season, becoming the first player in the league to kick over 100 goals in a season, a feat which he would replicate in 1930, 1933, and 1934. Considered the leading forward in the competition in the late 1920s and early 1930s, Coventry played a key part in Collingwood's four consecutive premierships from 1927 to 1930, each captained by his brother. He also went on to win the Copeland Trophy as Collingwood's best and fairest player in 1933. At his retirement at the end of the 1937 season, Coventry held the records for the most career games played and the most career goals kicked, finishing with 1299 goals from 306 games, and thus also becoming the first player to play 300 games. An inaugural inductee into the Australian Football Hall of Fame, and a member of Collingwood's Team of the Century, his career goalkicking record was not broken until 1999, when it was surpassed by Tony Lockett. He is often considered by fans and journalists to be amongst the greatest forward-line players of all time.
History of the Collingwood Football Club
Collingwood became a powerhouse club during the 1920s and 1930s, an era that included the greatest run of successive premierships, four in a row from 1927–1930, the only VFL/AFL undefeated season (1929), and the longest serving coach in the history of the VFL/AFL, Jock McHale who coached Collingwood for 37 years from 1912–1949 after playing for the Magpies from 1902–1921. The record of four flags in succession has never once been matched nor topped, with the Melbourne of 1955–1957 and the Brisbane Lions of 2001–2003 both reaching the following season's Grand Final, only to be thwarted by Collingwood and Port Adelaide respectively. This period produced a total of six premierships, and some of the club's greatest ever servants. Names such as Syd Coventry, brother Gordon Coventry, Harry Collier and Albert Collier were among the preeminent players of their time, helping establish the Magpies as a club based upon a strong family history.
History of the Collingwood Football Club
The true bottoming out of the football club occurred after what was dubbed an insipid performance against oldest and most hated rival Carlton in round 21 at the MCG. Scoring a dismal 8.15 for the match, it is remembered by many as the very day the Collingwood Football Club's nose dive from premiers in 1990 to easybeats was completed. Players struggled for direction as their opponents blew them out of the water.
Blackwood F.C.
Blackwood Football Club was formed in 1964 and played Sunday league football until the club joined the Midland Football Combination Division Three in 2009–10. The club won the league in its first season and was promoted to Division Two. The following year, Blackwood again won the league and gained promotion to Division One. In 2011–12, the club secured its third successive title and was promoted to the Premier Division for 2012–13, the club's first season at level 10 of the English football league system. The club was initially allocated a place in the newly formed Midland Football League in 2014, but subsequently withdrew.
Collingwood, Liverpool
When E. J. Ashcroft died 80 hectares (200 acres) of the Collingwood property were leased to Mr Frank Crowe to create the Liverpool Golf Course. Golf was becoming increasingly popular after the First World War. The course designed by Tommy Howard was opened in 1931. A club was formed and Dr R. A. Lovejoy was elected the first president. The club started with a membership of less than 20, but by 1939, there were 92 members and 36 associates. Many prominent Liverpool families became foundation members including the Marsden, Buckland, Clink, Wych, Hamer, Prince, Cornes, Fitzpatrick, Kershler and Webb families. Women were admitted to the course from its inception. Collingwood House was used as the club house. In the mid 1930s, the course was extended from 9 to 18 holes.
Collingwood Cup
Since 1980 Ulster University at Jordanstown have replaced QUB as the main challengers from Northern Ireland. In 1979, when they were still known as Ulster Polytechnic, UUJ won their first senior trophy when they won the Collingwood Plate. In 1980, when the Collingwood Cup was held in Belfast as part of the Irish Football Association's centenary celebrations, Ulster Polytechnic won the tournament for the first time. In the final, played in Jordanstown, they defeated UCG 3–1. Ulster Polytechnic were finalists again in 1987 but lost to QUB. UUJ had a particularly good run in the cup during the 1990s. They were runners–up in 1992, 1994 and 1995, before going on to win the cup twice in a row in 1996 and 1997. In 2001 UUJ won the Collingwood Cup for a fourth time and in 2006 they defeated the hosts, UCC, in the final on penalties.
UUJ won the cup for a sixth time in 2008 after defeating the University of Limerick 2–1 in the final.
History of the Collingwood Football Club
Being the VFA's newest team, Collingwood improved quickly and won its first and only VFA premiership in 1896.
Collingwood Football Club
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 into their round eight 'blockbuster' at the 'G. Geelong won by three 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.
2009 Carlton Football Club season
Following Pratt's death, the Carlton and Collingwood Football Clubs established the Richard Pratt Cup, a new trophy to presented in perpetuity to the winner of Carlton's annual home match against Collingwood, accompanying an event to raise money for the Pratt Foundation. The trophy was first contested in Round 17, and was won by Collingwood. The Richard Pratt Cup became a companion to the Peter Mac Cup, which had been contested annually between Carlton and Collingwood since 1993, and accompanied an event to raise money for the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. The teams had previously shared hosting duties, but with the establishment of the Richard Pratt Cup, Collingwood became the host of all Peter Mac Cup matches.
List of Collingwood Football Club captains
This is a list of all captains of the Collingwood Football Club, an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and AFL Women's.
Inglewood Football Club
Due the depression and high travelling costs in 1936 Inglewood formed two teams, the 'Stars' and the 'Rovers', competing against Serpentine and Rheola in the Inglewood Football Association. By 1937, the club was back to one team in the Korong League, returning to the Loddon Valley Football League in 1938. The club was very strong between 1946 and 1958, taking out six premierships in that period.
Collingwood Football Club
In the 1950s, rival club Melbourne 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.
Collingwood Football Club
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).
Colchester United F.C.
Founded in 1937, the club spent its early years playing in the Southern Football League until they were elected to the Football League in 1950. Between 1950 and 1990, Colchester spent their time between the Third Division and Fourth Division, during which time they produced one of their most memorable results, a 3–2 victory in the fifth round of the FA Cup over Don Revie's Leeds United in 1971.
2013 Collingwood Football Club season
The 2013 Collingwood Football Club season is the club's 117th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club also fielded its reserves team in the VFL.
Collingwood Football Club
Collingwood finished eighth in 2008 and were assigned an away final against at AAMI Stadium. After at one point trailing in the match, Collingwood went on to end Adelaide's season and earn a semi-final meeting against . Having defeated the Saints in both their regular season meetings, Collingwood 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, Collingwood 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 73-point loss to Geelong.
Allenwood G.F.C.
As the tower of the peat station which dominated the landscape was destroyed in June 1997, Allenwood re-emerged once more but lost a one-sided county final to Sarsfields in 1999.
Ken Doyle and John Doyle inspired Allenwood to their first county title in 2004, defeating St. Laurence's by 11-0 to 7-0 with a strong second half performance. John Doyle was Kildare footballer of the year in 2004 and 2005. They lost by one point to Skryne in the quarter final of the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship.Allenwood camogie club was organized by Paud and Miriam Malone from 1980-94. The club was defeated in the 1984 and 1987 junior finals, and the 1990 league and championship finals.
Collingwood Magpies Netball
Collingwood Magpies Netball is an Australian netball team in Melbourne which competes in the premier Australian league, Suncorp Super Netball. The team was founded in 2016, during the disbanding of the ANZ Championship. The Magpies are wholly owned by the elite Australian Football League entity, the Collingwood Football Club. Home games are usually played at Melbourne Arena.
History of the Collingwood Football Club
Minus a breezy win over eventual spooners St Kilda, there was not much to like about the Magpies until the closing stages of the season, when Nick Davis led the side to a rousing victory over the Kangaroos at Colonial Stadium. In the final round of the season, the club bid adieu to two of its finest products in Gavin Brown and Gavin Crosisca against a premiership bound Essendon at the MCG in round 22.
History of the Collingwood Football Club
Jock McHale retired from coaching at the end of 1949, Phonse Kyne former ruckman would coach for the next 14 years. After losing the 1952 Grand final to Geelong, Collingwood finally tasted premiership success in 1953 with a two-goal victory over reigning premier Geelong, led by Lou Richards. This premiership team was a unique one as it consisted of three sets of brothers – Ron & Lou Richards, Bob & William Rose and Bill, Pat & Mick Twomey. Coincidentally it was the first and last time Collingwood legend Bob Rose was to taste premiership success as a player or coach.
Collingwood Park Australian Football Club
Collingwood Park Power was established in the mid 1980s as the Moreton-Ipswich Gazelles JAFC Inc, and boasts a proud history of several finals appearances, grand finals wins and several local and state representative players.
During 1999, the club became formally known as registered under its new name Collingwood Park Power JAFC and gained permission to wear the Port Adelaide pre season Competition jumper.
In 2007 the club changed its name to Collingwood Park Power Australian Football Club. And in 2010 "The Power" had kicked off their inaugural senior's campaign.
Collingwood College, Durham
Plans for Collingwood began in 1960, as part of a program of expansion that included both Van Mildert College and Trevelyan College. By 1962 it was determined that the new college was to be built on the site of Oswald House, with Richard Shepherd (architect of Churchill College, Cambridge) being appointed the following year . The remnants of the Oswald House estate can be seen in the landscaped grounds and mature trees that surround the college. Over the following years a series of funding issues and debates over the student composition of the new college meant that building on the site did not begin until August 1971. It was determined that the new college should be called Collingwood College, a name chosen from a shortlist of three (the others being Cromwell College and Lumley College). With building not being complete until 1973, Collingwood's first cohort of 66 freshers were housed in Van Mildert from October 1972.
University College Cork A.F.C.
University College Cork Association Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Cork. It was founded in 1952 by students at University College Cork. Its senior men's team currently play in the Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division. They also regularly compete in the Munster Senior Cup and the Collingwood Cup. They have also played in the FAI Cup and the FAI Intermediate Cup. In 2013–14 they were Munster Senior League champions and as a result were invited to play in the 2015 League of Ireland Cup. In 2015 they completed an Intervarsity treble – winning the Collingwood Cup, the Crowley Cup and the Harding Cup. UCC A.F.C. currently fields teams in the Munster Senior League, the Cork Athletic Union League, the College & Universities Football League and the Women's Soccer Colleges Association of Ireland League.
Harry Collier
Originally from Ivanhoe, Victoria, Collier played for the Collingwood Football Club, debuting in 1926. Collier was a player in Collingwood's legendary premiership sides from 1927–1930, the only side to have won four premierships in a row in the entire history of the VFL/AFL.
History of the Australian Football League
Between the years of 1927 and 1930, Collingwood became the first and so far, the only, team to win four successive Premierships. The club also finished the 1929 home-and-away season without losing a game, a feat yet to be repeated. This team became known as "the Machine" because of the organised and consistent way it played. With Premiership victories in 1935 and 1936, the Collingwood Football Club had already won 11 Premierships, four more than the next most successful club, Fitzroy (7).
History of the Collingwood Football Club
The finals series began well with Collingwood recording a convincing 62 point win against a disappointing Bulldogs side.
Collingwood, Liverpool
James Henry Atkinson purchased Collingwood Estate in 1853. Atkinson was a wool and produce agent with a stores at Circular Quay, an entrepreneur and politician. He was a significant figure in the formation of the Cumberland Agricultural Society, which was later to become the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales. The first meeting called with the object of forming this Society was held at the Terminus Hotel in Liverpool and chaired by Atkinson. Organisers included leading settlers and political figures of the County of Cumberland. The first agricultural show organised by this Society took place at Collingwood in 1858. It attracted a range of cattle, imported as well as colonial-bred, horses, pigs, sheep, poultry, wool and farm produce. In addition, farm implements of "sterling utility" were displayed. Many "were well adapted" to local circumstances and "demonstrated the care with which ingenuity had been applied to this important branch of science".
History of the Collingwood Football Club
The season petered out, the team lacking the polish to crack it for September action, the Jekyll and Hyde nature of the side on show in the final two weeks, with a narrow defeat at the hands of Adelaide snuffing out any finals hopes before ending the year on a high note, a strong win over perennial powerhouse North Melbourne. At least the club had something to work with in the future.
Abbotsford, Victoria
Victoria Park was the home ground of the Collingwood Football Club from its inception in 1892 until 2005. AFL matches are no longer played there, but Collingwood's reserves team are scheduled to play in nine matches per season in the VFL competition from 2010 onwards.
John Greening
Greening attended Montello Primary School and Parklands High as he grew up in the industrial town of Burnie in northern Tasmania. Recruited by Collingwood Football Club, Greening moved to Victoria in 1967 aged 16, and attended Northcote High School. He made his senior debut for the club the following year in a game against Hawthorn and became a regular in the side, playing as a ruck rover, half forward, centreman and wingman. He played 94 consecutive games with the club until a major injury on 8 July 1972 during a game against St Kilda. His next game with Collingwood was to be two years later, a match against Richmond.
History of the Collingwood Football Club
The 2000s (decade) saw the rebuilding of the club with a new president, new coach and new list of players. Within 2 years Collingwood had made it to a grand final ultimately making two appearances in 2002 and 2003, defeated both times by Brisbane who would ultimately win three in a row. The club's performance waned in the 2004–2005 seasons only to return to form again making the finals in the 2006 and 2007 seasons.
Collingwood Football 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 turn over 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."
Dublin University A.F.C.
Dublin University A.F.C. is affiliated to the Irish Universities Football Union and regularly competes in annual intervarsity competitions such as the Collingwood Cup, the Farquhar Cup, the Crowley Cup and the Harding Cup. In 1914, together with University College Dublin, Queen's University Belfast and University College Galway, Dublin University entered the inaugural Collingwood Cup tournament. 
However during the First World War/Irish War of Independence era, the club ceased to exist and despite several attempts at a relaunch, it was not until 1939 that the club was reformed. In 1947 and 1949 Dublin University shared the Collingwood Cup with QUB and UCD respectively. However the club would have to wait until 1967 before it won the Collingwood Cup outright for the first time. In the final at College Park they defeated QUB 1–0 with a penalty scored five minutes from the end. In 1979 with a team featuring Hugo MacNeill and coached by Liam Tuohy, Dublin University won the Collingwood Cup outright for a second time. MacNeill scored twice in the final as Dublin University defeated Maynooth University 2–0.
2006 Collingwood Football Club season
This article covers the 2006 season of the Collingwood Football Club AFL team.
Fleetwood
A previous incarnation of Fleetwood Town F.C. enjoyed a brief history from 1977, reaching the final of the FA Vase in 1985, before being wound up because of financial difficulties in 1996. The same fate also befell the two previous town clubs. Fleetwood F.C. was founded in 1908 and wound up in 1976, having been several times Lancashire Combination cup champions in the 1930s, and founder members of the Northern Premier League in 1968. Fleetwood Rangers, the town's first club, spent ten seasons in the Lancashire League and Lancashire Combination from 1889 to 1899. Since 1939, home games have been played at Highbury Stadium. Blackpool Reserves also use the stadium for their home matches.
1990 AFL Grand Final
The 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 Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 1990 AFL season. The match, attended by 98,944 spectators, was won by Collingwood by a margin of 48 points, marking that club's 14th premiership victory.
List of Fleetwood Town F.C. seasons
The current club was officially established in 1997 but, in two previous incarnations, the club's history dates back to 1908. The original club, Fleetwood F.C., were champions of the Lancashire Combination in 1923–24. After almost sixty years as a Lancashire Combination club, they were made founder members of the Northern Premier League in 1968. After winning the Northern Premier League Cup in 1971, the club languished in the lower half of the table, finishing bottom for two successive seasons and folded in 1976 because of financial difficulties.
Collingwood Football Club
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.
Collingwood Football Club
Collingwood's rivalry with Essendon has become more significant since 1995, when the first ANZAC Day clash took place. After the 2018 match, Collingwood have won this contest 14 times and Essendon 9 times, with the first match being drawn.
Tony Francis
Francis attended Campbelltown High School and first played senior football in the SANFL with the Norwood Football Club, debuting in 1988. After two seasons with the club, he was recruited by AFL side Collingwood, where he made his debut in 1990.
Archie Smith (footballer, born 1872)
Smith, who was recruited from Richmond Football Club, was Collingwood's main target up forward during his career. Smith made his VFL debut in Collingwood's inaugural VFL game, against St Kilda Football Club in round one, 1897, and went on to top their goal-kicking in each of his first four seasons. Smith's tally of 31 goals in 1898 was enough to win the VFL Leading Goalkicker Medal. Although he wasn't the most prolific forward for Collingwood in 1901, his 30 goals helped his club reach the 1901 VFL Grand Final, where they lost to Essendon.
Collingwood, Ontario
The first hockey rink in Collingwood was located on the west side of Pine Street in 1883, with public skates every Tuesday night. Interest in hockey peaked in the 1890s with the first recognized hockey game played in 1894 against a team from Barrie. Collingwood joined Barrie and Bradford in a Simcoe County league in 1894 and was granted a team in the newly formed Ontario Hockey Association in 1895.
Collingwood Cup
UCD and QUB dominated the Collingwood Cup between 1943 and 1966. In the mid-1940s University College Galway rejoined the competition and University College Cork made their debut in 1954. In 1955 UCG – with a team featuring nine players from County Galway – caused a major shock by beating UCD in the final. However UCD and QUB quickly reasserted control and they shared all victories between them until Dublin University broke their run with a their win in 1967. From then until 1985, UCD and QUB won the competition more times than anyone else, but the cup was more widely shared than previously. Between 1950 and 1954 UCD won the Collingwood Cup five times in a row. With teams that included Willie Browne and his two brothers, Harold and Raymond, UCD added further titles in 1956 ?, 1958 and 1959. In 1976 Kevin Moran was a member the UCD winning team and 
Having played in the inaugural tournament in 1914, University College Galway rejoined the competition in the mid-1940s. In 1955, with a team featuring nine players from County Galway, UCG caused a major shock when they defeated UCD in the final. UCG were winners again three times in four years between 1968 and 1971.
Collingwood, Liverpool
Samuel Deane Gordon purchased Collingwood in 1845 for 17,000 pounds. Gordon was a wealthy merchant who owned large stores in Sydney and Liverpool. He was successful in his mercantile and pastoral activities despite the economic decline that followed the end of the convict system in NSW. Gordon was a founding Councillor of St Andrews College in the 1870s at the University of Sydney, and was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1856 and to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1861. Gordon did not live at Collingwood. He rented the house and grounds from 1845. Gordon sold his Liverpool store in 1848 and later sold Collingwood in 1853.
Norwood Football Club
The Norwood Football Club was formed at a meeting held at the Norfolk Arms Hotel in Rundle Street, Adelaide on 28 February 1878.
History of the Collingwood Football Club
Carlton decided the hand the club a walloping in round 21, before the team, minus Lonie for the first time that season, a remarkable effort for a debutant, cruised to victory over the Kangaroos at Manuka Oval, Canberra, a win trumpeted as the changing of the guard by many, with the Roos on the slide, and the Magpies on the rise. It proved the final match for Brent Tuckey and Andrew Ukovic, while Heath Scotland saved his career with a 21 possession afternoon.
History of the Collingwood Football Club
Collingwood would have their first bye in round 7 and would then go to face an also undefeated Geelong team in round 8. Despite Collingwood again playing without skipper Nick Maxwell they were still the overwhelming favourites. Despite this they lost by 3 points in controversial circumstances with Scott Pendlebury taking advantage after a Cameron Wood free kick and kicking a goals to put Collingwood in front. The umpire deemed that the advantage was not there and called the ball back meaning the goal didn't count. This was made more controversial by the fact that the umpiring department was very hasty to defend the decision without apparent review, which was compounded by the fact that the AFL disagreed and announced the decision to be a mistake. Hence many experts accused the umpiring department of being too defensive of wrong decisions. Despite this Geelong won the inside 50s by 20 and probably were the better team on the day anyway. Collingwood started slowly against Adelaide the following week, trailing at three quarter time before kicking 11 goals in a row to go on to win the game by 43 points in a 55-point turnaround after three quarter time.
History of the Australian Football League
Collingwood won the AFL Premiership in 1990, ending a 32-year premiership drought, which featured a string of near misses known as the Colliwobbles that had seen the club lose eight grand finals.
History of the Collingwood Football Club
Brown and Crosisca were at the forefront of the club's quasi-glory days of the late 1980s and early, early 1990s and were bastions of hope in the dark days of the later decade. They received a stunning goodbye from the crowd and a sentimental and terrifically sporting gesture from Essendon and their coach Kevin Sheedy, who stood nearby and clapped the two Gavins from the ground for one last time on the shoulders of their teammates. Brown would remain to this very day at the club in the capacity of an assistant coach, while Crosisca traveled the state in the same guise, albeit with stints at Hawthorn, North Ballarat, the Kangaroos and now Carlton.
Bob Rose (footballer)
Rose returned to the VFL in a coaching capacity, taking over from Phonse Kyne in 1964 as Collingwood Football Club coach. He led the side to the Grand Final in 1964, 1966 and 1970, losing each time by a handful of points. He continued to coach Collingwood until 1971 (apart from one game in 1967 when Neil Mann, who later became his successor as coach, took the reins), before coaching Footscray Football Club between 1972 and 1975. His final stint as coach of Collingwood was in 1985 and 1986, where he held the reins for a brief period before Collingwood's severe financial crisis and poor form on the field led to his resignation in favour of Leigh Matthews. He continued to remain around the club behind the scenes right up until his death.
Bill Proudfoot
Following the formation of the Victorian Football League in 1897, Proudfoot was Collingwood captain in 1898 and also had the role for the latter half of 1899 and in 1901. Proudfoot played in Collingwood's first two VFL premiership winning sides; in 1902 and 1903.
2013 Collingwood Football Club season
The club signed a total of 80,456 members for the 2013 season, setting a new VFL/AFL record for total club membership in a season.
History of the Collingwood Football Club
Like many Victorian AFL clubs, Collingwood has an extensive and detailed history extending back 125 years, it initially represented the inner Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, Victoria, however its supporter base, while rooted in the city of Melbourne, extends throughout Australia. It has won 15 VFL/AFL premierships, second to Essendon and Carlton with 16. They hold the record for most premierships in a row with 4 (1927–1930) and remain the only VFL club to have gone through a full home and away season undefeated (1929).
Collingwood Football Club
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. Lou Richards ceremoniously buried the Colliwobbles at Victoria Park after the club's 1990 premiership.
History of the Collingwood Football Club
Hafey was sensationally sacked during the 1982 season after guiding the club to 5 Grand Finals. He was replaced by Mick Erwin,then John Cahill & Bob Rose between 1982 & 1986. Leigh Matthews took over after Bob Rose stepped aside and developed a team that would lead to the drought-breaking premiership of 1990. Ironically he would later coach against the Magpies in two more Grand Finals.
Collingwood Blues
SOJHL Years