Collingwood Forever

Machine named among world's best ever sporting teams

on May 21, 2017

A rare honour for our legendary teams of the late 1920s

One Hit Wonders: Ian McMullin

on May 18, 2017

By Glenn McFarlane, of the Herald Sun Ian McMullin has been such a mainstay of the Collingwood board for almost 20 years that it is…

One Hit Wonders: Alan Ryan

on May 17, 2017

By Glenn McFarlane, of the Herald Sun IN Collingwood’s long and celebrated history, there have only been two documented cases of Magpie players kicking goals…

One Hit Wonders: Mark McGough

on May 17, 2017

By Glenn McFarlane, of the Herald Sun FEW Collingwood players have been so intrinsically linked to one individual game as Mark McGough will forever be…

One of our most famous relics

on April 20, 2017

The story behind Doc Seddon's horseshoe

One Hit Wonders: Damian Houlihan

on April 17, 2017

by Glenn McFarlane Three goals from his first three kicks. Three Brownlow Medal votes in his fifth game. Suspended for three weeks following his sixth game.…

Magpies come to blows over first captain

on April 14, 2017

Collingwood's first practice match overshadowed by internal dispute

Forever Gets a Reboot

on April 8, 2017

Our history website just got even better

One Hit Wonders: Heath Shephard

on April 7, 2017

A sensational debut gave unfulfilled promise of what was to come

One Hit Wonders: Percy Rowe

on April 7, 2017

A Magpie strongman finds the perfect way to end a career

Birth of the Magpies Pt3

on April 2, 2017

The story of how the Collingwood Football Club came into being

Birth of the Magpies Pt2

on April 2, 2017

The story of how the Collingwood Football Club came into being

Birth of the Magpies Pt1

on April 2, 2017

The story of how the Collingwood Football Club came into being

Collingwood Turns 125!

on March 31, 2017

A landmark milestone for footy's biggest club

Machine Medals Donated

on March 31, 2017

Precious relics from our golden era

Our First Election

on March 31, 2017

The first officials were chosen with universal support

One Hit Wonders: Dale Woodhall

on March 29, 2017

This Queensland goalkicker initially looked the goods.

One Hit Wonders

on March 29, 2017

Collingwood's shooting stars

Team Records

on March 24, 2017

The team stats and records that matter

Games Records

on March 23, 2017

Games record-holders and more

Collingwood Cult Figures

on March 23, 2017

The players the fans loved to love

Goals Records

on March 21, 2017

A quick snapshot of the club's major goal-based records

Reserves Leading Goalkickers

on March 21, 2017

The sharpshooters from our seconds sides.

The Reserves

on March 21, 2017

The sometimes complicated history of our seconds side.

The Coaches

on March 19, 2017

The men who have guided our teams

Under-19s Leading Goalkickers

on March 19, 2017

The sharpshooters from our thirds team

The Under-19s

on March 19, 2017

The history of our thirds team

1965 reserves flag comes home

on March 19, 2017

An important relic returns to Collingwood

The Collingwood Archives

on March 17, 2017

The team that looks after our memorabilia collection

McHale's mighty nephew

on October 7, 2016

A forgotten Copeland winner.

A football enigma

on October 4, 2016

The Wes Fellowes story

Seeds of the future

on September 27, 2016

Reflections on an under 19s flag.

Nuts' lasting record

on September 7, 2016

Good luck topping this

Taylor's ton

on August 17, 2016

Thirty years on

A '20s cult figure

on August 17, 2016

Tough caper, tougher men

The story behind our song

on August 11, 2016

Our famous theme song was actually written in Tasmania.

"I'll spew up"

on August 10, 2016

A narrow win over the 'Scrays made famous by the post-match words uttered by the opposition coach.

Here comes Billy

on August 10, 2016

The ultimate finals performer

A final quarter comeback

on August 3, 2016

A fond memory for those out at Waverley Park in 1987.

Collingwood Cult Figures: Bob Heard

on August 3, 2016

Big Bob, or 'Stretch' or 'Lurch' as he was known, was the second tallest footballer in VFL history when he made his Magpie debut.

One night without stripes

on July 27, 2016

Of all the indignities arising out of 1982, one night out at VFL Park in a meaningless game against an unfamiliar rival and in an unrecognisable jumper summed up Collingwood's plight.

Collingwood Cult Figures: Kevin Worthington

on July 27, 2016

Precisely what Collingwood needed after a disastrous 1976 season – a tough uncompromising defender and a loyal teammate who knew no other way than playing hard on and off the field.

Dethroning the King

on July 20, 2016

The day Collingwood conquered one of the AFL's greats.

Collingwood Cult Figures: Phil Manassa

on July 20, 2016

A man who took thirteen and a half seconds to become a Collingwood cult figure.

From road worriers to road warriors

on July 13, 2016

Collingwood had a plan at the start of the 2001 season - as a team, they had to learn to win on the road or run the risk of being also-rans for the foreseeable future.

Collingwood Cult Figures: Athas Hrysoulakis

on July 13, 2016

Lou Richards loved him; Jack Dyer wasn't as enamoured for pronunciation reasons, but there was no doubting Athas Hrysoulakis' popularity with Collingwood fans.

A kid to watch

on July 6, 2016

Our first look at Treloar

Collingwood Cult Figures: Phil Carman

on July 6, 2016

The man many were quick to brand the most exciting and talented footballer to wear the Black and White jumper in 20 years

Four of the best

on June 29, 2016

Our greatest quarters

Collingwood Cult Figures: Alan Didak

on June 22, 2016

Footballers who own the clutch moments - those who almost crave it - are so often the ones that resonate the most with the fans. Alan Didak was a perfect case in point.

Dealing with the bye

on June 22, 2016

How does Collingwood fare after the bye? In the lead-up to Friday night's clash with Fremantle at the MCG, we take a look at how the Magpies have dealt with the “dreaded bye” since its return in 2011.

Collingwood Cult Figures: Ray Gabelich

on June 15, 2016

Collingwood has known no bigger – in all senses of the word – or more loved character than the man known as 'the Bear', Ray Gabelich.

Smith Street

on June 15, 2016

The tradition continues

The Mark of the Year that wasn't

on June 8, 2016

When Chris Tarrant launched himself into a pack of players in front of him, which included teammate Mark Richardson, as well as Shane Woewodin and Paul Wheatley, he put a down payment on the Mark of the Year.

Collingwood Cult Figures: Mick Gayfer

on June 8, 2016

No one is safer than Micky Gayfer.

"This is the game right here"

on June 1, 2016

Alan Didak had never experienced a moment like it; even if the thought had crossed his mind since he was a kid.

Collingwood Cult Figures: Stan Magro

on June 1, 2016

Collingwood fans have always loved their hard-as-nails defenders. And in Stan Magro they had one of the best to take to their hearts.

Collingwood Cult Figure: James Manson

on May 25, 2016

Sometimes the thing that makes a footballer vulnerable becomes the very trait that endears him to the fans.

Recognising Robert Rose

on May 25, 2016

So much of the focus on Robert Rose's life centres on the tragic turn of events that followed one night in February 1974, but what should never be lost was what came before it, and what fine young sportsman he was.

Daicos versus Ablett

on May 18, 2016

This match wasn't simply Collingwood versus Geelong; for much of it, this was Daicos versus Ablett.

Collingwood Cult Figures: Kevin Grose

on May 18, 2016

Hard as it is to believe, there was a time when not just about every footballer covered his body with tattoos.

The toughest interstate trip of all

on May 11, 2016

Next time you worry about how the Collingwood players cope with travelling interstate to play footy, spare a thought for Jack Denning.

A night of hellos and goodbyes

on May 11, 2016

It was a match that seemingly had everything, including a victory crafted from adversity, owing to a quartet of injuries, one of which proved career-ending.

Collingwood Cult Figures: Ron Wearmouth

on May 11, 2016

Think Ron Wearmouth, and the Collingwood rover's trademark features immediately spring to mind for those Magpie fans who remember him fondly.

7 May :A date with the Blues

on May 4, 2016

...and a date with destiny.

Collingwood Cult Figures: Micky Bone

on May 4, 2016

There are few footballers Collingwood fans are more likely to take to their hearts than a small, gutsy, hard-at-it rover. While Micky Bone mightn't have enjoyed the stellar career of other teammates, he was almost as popular with Magpie supporters of his time.

The trip that kick-started The Machine

on April 27, 2016

No trip to Perth has ever had the significance of what happened when a group of Magpies players and officials came to town in 1927. It was the trip that kick-started a run of four consecutive premierships.

Collingwood Cult Figures: Dannie Seow

on April 27, 2016

When Leigh Matthews took over as Collingwood coach, of the players he had in mind for a promotion was a teenager from Montmorency. The youngster had originally been recruited to the club as a 14-year-old, and had not only undoubted talent, but also an interesting back story.

ANZAC Day debutants

on April 21, 2016

Collingwood has had a rich tradition of blooding young players in big games, with the likes of Len Thompson, Rene Kink and Ian Cooper among a long list of Magpies to play their first games in September.

The show must go on

on April 20, 2016

It was to be one of the bleakest years in Australia's history, and if it hadn't have been for the Collingwood Football Club, it's doubtful whether there would have been any VFL football played in 1916.

Collingwood Cult Figures: Graeme Jenkin

on April 20, 2016

Every football club needs its characters – those larger-than-life guys with infectious personalities who can lift the change rooms and help make footy fun. That description fits Graeme 'Jerker' Jenkin to a tee.

Crossing over

on April 13, 2016

The one thing that has been a key element of Collingwood's relationship with Melbourne throughout their sometimes tempestuous relationship is the well-worn path from one club to the other.