Collingwood Forever

Pre-game brawl in '94

on August 4, 2014

It's not every game that players are caught pushing and shoving even before the captains had tossed the coin to see which way the teams were kicking.

"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's Rising Stars

on September 2, 2018

A history of our Rising Star nominations

Collingwood's AAMI Stadium Record

on August 3, 2014

No other non-South Australian team has won as many matches at AAMI Stadium (nee Football Park) as the Magpies, who hold the ledger with 15 wins.

One Shot at Glory

on August 23, 2014

Ask anyone who has ever been lucky enough to play at least one senior game in Black and White, and they will tell their life has been changed by the experience.

Smith Street

on June 15, 2016

The tradition continues

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.

Four of the best

on June 29, 2016

Our greatest quarters

Pies and Tigers create template for ANZAC Day football

on August 3, 2014

Tom Hafey, four-time Richmond premiership coach, had transferred to Collingwood during the off-season and had been charged with trying to get the Magpies off the bottom of the ladder for the first time in the club's history.

Collingwood's perfect 10 against Sydney

on August 3, 2014

Collingwood knocked off Sydney across 10 success matches from 2006 to 2011.

Daicos versus Ablett

on May 18, 2016

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

The day Diana died

on August 4, 2014

It was August 31, 1997 and what started out as a casual Sunday in which the Magpies were about to farewell a season that had been solid - but not good enough - ended up being a date no one would ever forget.

Tuddy's super seven

on April 6, 2016

It's one of the greatest individual finals performances in Collingwood's history, but for too long it has been overshadowed by what happened in a match a fortnight later.

Banks robbed of Mark of the Year

on August 1, 2014

Collingwood was playing Footscray at the Western Oval in a game that transformed from an ordinary mid-season home-and-away match into a dramatic conclusion few would forget.

September success against the Blues

on August 3, 2014

It was 1984, and Australian football's two biggest rivals, Collingwood and Carlton, were squaring off in yet another finals match - this time a semi-final at the ground formerly known as VFL Park, Waverley.

7 May :A date with the Blues

on May 4, 2016

...and a date with destiny.

Taylor's ton

on August 17, 2016

Thirty years on

Dethroning the King

on July 20, 2016

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

Collingwood's first win against Sydney

on August 1, 2014

Collingwood’s first win against the Swans in Sydney was a memorable match played out in controversial circumstances.

An ANZAC Day thriller - against Carlton

on August 1, 2014

Collingwood has played on 11 other occasions on that date - one before it became a part of the Australian psyche and another 10 times after an act of parliament in 1960 permitted sporting events on ANZAC Day.

One Hit Wonders: Jaxson Barham

on July 20, 2017

By Glenn McFarlane, of the Herald Sun AS far as league debuts go, it’s difficult to think of a better father-son first-up double-act than that…

Mayhem at Victoria Park

on August 3, 2014

The Magpie Army took things too far when Collingwood lost to Sydney at Victoria Park in 1986.

Murray Weideman

Sometimes it’s easy to forget just what a good footballer Murray Weideman was. Today he is remembered for so many other things. As ‘The Enforcer’ who roughed up opponents and protected teammates. As the acting captain who took on and upstaged Ron Barassi and the seemingly unbeatable Demons in the Grand Final that came to be known as ‘The Miracle…

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 and Geelong played out a rare draw in 1934

on August 1, 2014

Gordon Coventry became the first man to kick 1000 goals in VFL/AFL history in Collingwood's draw with Geelong.

Tony Shaw brings up 300 matches

on August 1, 2014

Tony Shaw became the second Collingwood footballer to play 300 games, when he ran out onto the MCG against North Melbourne on May 20, 1994.

Pies v Cats: a finals favourite

on August 30, 2019

By Glenn McFarlane WHO is Collingwood’s greatest finals rival? Plenty would instantly nominate Carlton and more than a few would settle on Melbourne given the…

Daicos helps the Pies draw with Roos

on August 4, 2014

At the last moment, it diverted towards the nearest goalpost, and slammed into the woodwork.

Collingwood and the 1956 Olympic Games

on August 23, 2014

Melbourne was chosen to host the 1956 Games in April 1949, beating Buenos Aires by one vote, with other cities Mexico City, Montreal, Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Philadelphia and San Francisco also missing out.

A kid to watch

on July 6, 2016

Our first look at Treloar

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.

Ian McMullin

Ian McMullin’s service to the Collingwood board has been so extensive that it is easy to forget what came before his long term role as one of Eddie McGuire’s loyal lieutenants. Doubtlessly, there is a generation of young Magpie supporters blissfully unaware that this successful businessman was once a fresh-faced half-forward who produced one of the most dynamic second-game performances in…

Nathan Buckley's Collingwood debut

on August 1, 2014

On March 26, 1994 Buckley played his first match in Black and White after a much-publicised move to Collingwood following a brilliant debut season with the Brisbane Bears in 1993.

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…

Jack Monohan

“Jumping for marks is dangerous, I pray you avoid it.” This stern warning regarding the hazardous business of high marking was included in a series of hints to players in an 1876 edition of The Footballer annual. Luckily, that was advice which Jack Monohan never heeded. For Jack Monohan had a gift. In his hands, high marking was not only…

Tranquilli's moment in the sun

on August 1, 2014

Andrew Tranquilli played the football match of his life to help steer Collingwood to a remarkable win over the eventual premiers West Coast.

Ricky Barham

First impressions can be deceptive. Take Ian McOrist. He burst on to the football scene in round seven of 1972, kicking six goals for Collingwood from a half-forward flank against Fitzroy in his first full senior game and immediately being hailed as a new goalkicking sensation. But McOrist disappeared from view almost as quickly as he had arrived, and his…

Mark McGough

FEW Collingwood players have been so intrinsically linked to one individual game as Mark McGough will forever be to his 2002 Anzac Day performance. McGough may have played 37 games for the Magpies across three seasons – and a further 12 for St Kilda – but when anyone thinks of the chunky young footballer with the shuffling gait and uncanny…

Dermott's year in Black and White

on August 3, 2014

It is hard to think of a bigger transformation than the one Dermott Brereton underwent in his association with Collingwood and its army of fans.

Terry Waters

It is a minor miracle that Terry Waters ever played for Collingwood. There were four other clubs chasing him, his brother had played for Hawthorn, he neither supported nor even liked Collingwood, and his VFA club wanted to block his path to the VFL. The major stumbling block, however, was much simpler: his mother hated the Magpies! The Waters clan’s…

Bob Rush

Only three men had stands named after them at Victoria Park. Only a handful have official club trophies that bear their names. And only one man has both – Bob Rush. Those dual honours speak volumes for the contribution Bob Rush made to the Collingwood Football Club in a remarkable career that stretched more than 50 years. But Rush’s impact…

"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.

One Hit Wonders: Jim McAllester

on August 10, 2017

By Glenn McFarlane, of the Herald Sun Jim McAllester was considered a football journeyman when he had his “moment in the sun” for Collingwood midway…

The day the Pies cut the Power

on August 3, 2014

Then Victorian premier Steve Bracks, a Geelong supporter, called on all Victorians to cheer for the black and white in late September 2003. Some did; others found that task too tough.

One Hit Wonders: Jim Bradford

on August 10, 2017

By Glenn McFarlane, of the Herald Sun Jim Bradford cut an interesting figure as he ran out for his first game for Collingwood in the…

Peter Daicos' first match

on August 4, 2014

A 17-year-old student from the northern suburbs played his first match for Collingwood in 1979 and as far as debut games go, they don't come much more memorable or any more lop-sided.

John Greening

The Collingwood teams of the late 1960s and early 1970s were some of the most exhilarating the football club has ever put on the park, featuring stellar names such as Len Thompson, Peter McKenna, Des Tuddenham, Wayne and Max Richardson, and Barry Price. But the best of them all, at least in terms of pure talent, might just have been…

One Hit Wonders: David King

on June 30, 2017

By Glenn McFarlane, of the Herald Sun Collingwood’s David King had a much shorter league career than his North Melbourne namesake, yet his brief strut…

Daicos' baker's dozen

on August 3, 2014

Arguably Peter Daicos' greatest game was when he kicked 13 goals against the Brisbane Bears on a dewy night on the Gold Coast in Round 20, 1981.

Babes for the Woods

on March 23, 2016

How a group of new faces and the worst Round 1 loss in Collingwood’s history played a role in changing the course of the club’s future.

One Hit Wonders: Dale Woodhall

on March 29, 2017

This Queensland goalkicker initially looked the goods.

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…

Nuts' lasting record

on September 7, 2016

Good luck topping this

Jack Pimm

It’s always tempting when looking at a football career disrupted by war to think about what might have been. But in the case of Collingwood forward Jack Pimm, we should be grateful for what was rather than dwell on the fact that his 58 game-112 goal career was so rudely interrupted. For what kept him away from the club throughout…

Paul Hawke

PAUL Hawke appeared to have the football world at his feet when he was runner-up to Gavin Brown – by a solitary vote – in the 1989 Copeland Trophy. Wearing a bow-tie and a beaming smile on the night of the count, the one-time Sydney ruck-rover had reeled off the most consistent season of his career, and looked to have…

Norm Le Brun

A utility player who is one of the few men to play with four clubs, after initially playing for Richmond seconds. He was killed in action as a commando in New Guinea in World War II. The last Magpie to die at war was Norm Le Brun, who played 19 games for Collingwood in the latter years of the depression…

Collingwood and South Melbourne take a trip

on August 4, 2014

In late July and early August 1935 Collingwood and South Melbourne went "on tour" together due to a break in the fixture to foster the game in foreign markets.

Ross Brewer

If you’ve never seen the game before, you owe it to yourself to track down a copy of the 1981 first semi-final between Collingwood and Fitzroy. It is a staggeringly brilliant game of end-to-end footy that finishes with the Pies winning by a solitary point, 133-132. The winning goal that day came from the boot of a player with a…

The last Magpie to die at war

on August 23, 2014

Norm Le Brun should be remembered as a brave Australian who did not let his country down.

Winning in the dark at Waverley Park

on August 3, 2014

Of all the moments and matches of a frustrating 1998 season, one stands out in the memory of Magpie fans - the 86-point win over Hawthorn at Waverley Park in Round 16.

Vic Park 9: The Last Goodbye

on August 23, 2014

Collingwood said its goodbyes to Victoria Park

Brownlow Medallists: Albert Collier

on August 7, 2014

Syd Coventry, Collingwood's first Brownlow Medal winner, described Albert Collier's 1929 season as being "in championship class" and the men in white did not disagree.

Peter McKenna

In the early 1970s, Peter McKenna was the biggest name in football – and probably the most popular the game had ever seen. This was true pop-star hysteria hitting the Victorian Football League. Young girls would run onto the ground to kiss him before the start of matches. The club was so heavily inundated with requests for photos that they…

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.

Marcus Whelan

Marcus Whelan was a famously cool, calm and polished performer. But as he was preparing for a game against Carlton in 1936, his poise momentarily deserted him. He’d lost his boots. As panic began to set in he thought of where he’d been that morning – and realised that he’d left his footwear at a barber shop run by the…

Brian Taylor

When Brian Taylor was a kid, if you’d told him he was going to be a star in one sport, it almost certainly wouldn’t have been football. In Taylor’s early days at Mandurah, a coastal town about 100km south of Perth, football hardly got a look-in. He represented his home State, Western Australia, in basketball at under-16 level and played…

Ron Reeves

The day a young Ron Reeves stood his ground and marked in the path of a runaway draught-horse was the day destiny reserved a senior black and white guernsey for his back. It was during one of those rugged games of street footy that kids used to play in the back blocks of Collingwood. One day, having flown for a…

Magpie Faithful Newsletter #2

on June 12, 2019

Hello again Magpie Faithful members – and welcome to our mid-season newsletter. We hope you find something interesting in what follows. Remember to stay in…

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.

Kevin Flint

When you kick the best part of 200 goals in a single season as an 18-year-old, VFL club scouts are going to take notice. And that’s what happened with Kevin Flint back in 1951. The son of a brilliant local footballer called Nat Flint, who played in and around Burnie in Tasmania during and after the First World War, Kevin…

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.