Collingwood Football Club

Collingwood Football Club
Names
Full name	Collingwood Football Club
Nickname(s)	Magpies, Pies, Woods, Woodsmen
Motto	Floreat Pica[1]
2016 season
After finals	DNQ
Home-and-away season	12th
Leading goalkicker	Alex Fasolo (25)
Best and fairest	Scott Pendlebury
Club details
Founded	1892
Colours	Black      white
Chairman	Eddie McGuire
CEO	Peter Murphy (interim)
Coach	Nathan Buckley
Captain(s)	Scott Pendlebury
Premierships	VFL/AFL (15): 1902, 1903, 1910, 1917, 1919, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936, 1953, 1958, 1990, 2010 VFA (1): 1896
Ground(s)	Melbourne Cricket Ground (capacity: 100,024)
Former ground(s)	Victoria Park (1897–1999)
Training ground(s)	Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre (indoor)
	Olympic Park (outdoor)
Uniforms
Home Away
Other information
Official website	collingwoodfc.com.au

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or less formally the Pies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). Formed in 1892, the club was named after the inner-Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, and was originally based at Victoria Park in Abbotsford; the club is now based in the nearby Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct in Melbourne, playing its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and with its training and administrative base at Olympic Park Oval and the Holden Centre.

Collingwood is the most supported club in the AFL,^[2][3] and has consistently attracted much higher than average crowds to its home games than other clubs in the league,^[4][5] and had a league record of 71,516 members in the 2011 season. This spike in membership registration can mainly be attributed to the winning of the 2010 AFL Premiership.^[6] This record was again broken in 2013, with club reaching a new high of 80,000 members. Collingwood is regarded as one of Australia's most popular clubs, being the highest attended and most viewed professional sports club in the nation.^[7]

Collingwood's home guernsey consists of black and white stripes, matching the colours of an Australian magpie. Throughout its history, the club has developed rivalries with cross-town Melbourne based clubs Carlton, Richmond, Essendon and the Brisbane Lions despite being based two states away.

Historically one of the most successful clubs in the league, Collingwood has won 15 VFL/AFL premierships, the third-most of any team. Collingwood has played in a record 43 grand finals (including replays), winning 15, drawing two and losing 26 (also a record).

The club fields a seconds team in the Victorian Football League and a women's team in the AFL Women's competition. It also owns and operates a netball team in the National Netball League.

History

Formation and early years

The Collingwood Football Club was established on 12 February 1892.^[8][9]

^[10] Collingwood played its first game in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) against Carlton on 7 May 1892.^[11] The club won the VFA Premiership in 1896.

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 Essendon by 33 points.

1920s and 1930s: Four consecutive premierships

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

1950s: Melbourne rivalry

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.

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.

1959–89: "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".^[12][13][14] Whether this perception is accurate remains a subject of debate;^[15] 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.^[16][17]

1990–present

The 1990 premiership team, coached by Leigh Matthews 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, finishing fifth, but were defeated by the Western Bulldogs by 41 points in its elimination final. A loss to Essendon late in the season was to cost them the double chance.^[18][19] The 2007 season saw them finish sixth 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 Geelong, the Pies challenged the eventual premiers, only to fall short by five points. Nathan Buckley would announce his retirement at season's end after playing just five games in 2007 due to injury.

Collingwood finished eighth in 2008 and were assigned an away final against Adelaide 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 St Kilda. 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 an 73-point loss to the Cats.

In 2010, Collingwood finished as minor premiers, and after wins in the qualifying and preliminary finals, reached the first Grand Final against St Kilda. The match finished as a draw, forcing the first grand final replay in 33 years. Collingwood won the replay by 56 points. The club won a second consecutive minor premiership in 2011, and qualified for the Grand Final after a three-point victory against Hawthorn in the preliminary final. However, Collingwood was then beaten by Geelong by 38 points in the decider, after trailing by seven points at three-quarter time. Star midfielder Dane Swan won the 2011 Brownlow medal with a then record 34 votes.

In 2012, Collingwood once again finished in the top-four but in their first final they were convincingly defeated by Hawthorn forcing them to play in the next week against West Coast. They started their game against the Eagles trailing but after half-time they powered through to win by 13 points. The next week they were beaten by eventual premiers Sydney at ANZ Stadium, the first time the Swans had defeated the Magpies since 2005. The 2013 season was a mixed one for Collingwood, losing to Gold Coast and suffering a fifth consecutive loss to Hawthorn in Round 21, before being unceremoniously knocked out of the finals series by Port Adelaide at the MCG in the first week. Coach Nathan Buckley delisted several high-profile older players at the end of the season, including Alan Didak, Darren Jolly and Heath Shaw.^[20]

Over the next two seasons, Collingwood would start the years with win-loss records of 8–3, but finished those seasons poorly and missed the finals. 2014 was the first season since 2005 where they did not make finals. In 2016, Collingwood had missed the finals again. After being defeated heavily by Sydney, their season never looked on track.

Club symbols and identity

Jumper

Teams of the Collingwood Football Club have, throughout the club's history, worn guernseys of black and white vertical stripes. The all white jumper, with the three black vertical stripes is the iconic strip that the club is most associated with. 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, worn in away matches against clubs with a predominantly dark guernsey such as Fremantle Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club. A secondary clash guernsey, introduced in 2011 and used only in matches against North Melbourne, 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.^[21]

Song

"Good Old Collingwood Forever" is the team song of the Collingwood Football Club. It is sung to the tune of "Goodbye, Dolly Gray", 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.^[22]

Rivalries

• Carlton – The Carlton Blues are considered to be the club's most bitter arch-rival (for full details see Carlton–Collingwood AFL rivalry), with Richmond, Brisbane and Essendon close behind.^[23] The old rivalry with Melbourne has faded in recent decades because Melbourne have not enjoyed on-field success at the same time; this rivalry also remains strong however and is an annual event on the Queens Birthday public holiday. Collingwood's two opponents in the themed Rivalry Rounds staged to date have been Carlton (2005–2006, 2009) and Richmond (2007–2008).

• Brisbane – 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.^[24] The rivalry cooled off to a degree in the period following Brisbane's loss in the 2004 Grand Final due a sustained period of success at Collingwood and a string of poor seasons at Brisbane, however Dayne Beams recent defection to the Lions has seemingly reignited the rivalry.^[25][26] Despite Brisbane's string of poor seasons, the rivalry remains ignited due to many Collingwood supporters remaining bitter about the two grand final losses and the fact that the Brisbane Lions will forever be the last team to win a VFL/AFL match at Victoria Park.^[27]

• Melbourne – 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).

• Essendon – Collingwood's rivalry with Essendon has become more significant since 1995, when the first ANZAC Day clash took place. After the 2015 match, Collingwood have won this contest 12 times and Essendon 8 times, with the first match being drawn.

• Port Adelaide – 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 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.

• Geelong – 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.^[28] 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.

Supporters

Collingwood is a working class suburb and the Collingwood Football Club supporter base traditionally came from the working class (though its supporter base today goes far beyond). Many of the club's supporters who regularly attend games still come from the working class or from lower socio-economic groups, leading to jokes from supporters of other clubs which typically stereotype their Collingwood counterparts as poor, crude and ignorant.^[29].

Collingwood is traditionally reviled by non-Collingwood supporters ("You either love 'em or you hate 'em"). The dislike of the club by outsiders is said to have originated during the 1920s and 1930s, a period of great success for the club which drew the envy and resentment of other clubs. In this period, Collingwood was also perceived as a Catholic and Irish club, at a time when these groups were looked down upon by the rest of Australian society and subjected to a considerable degree of social exclusion.^[30][31]

Until recent years, racial vilification of opposition players in VFL/AFL games was not uncommon. According to a 2001 study, Collingwood's old home ground of Victoria Park had a reputation as one of the worst venues for such vilification, though it has also been said that the problem was similar at all grounds.^[32] Collingwood has however been involved in several high-profile incidents of this type, such as those involving indigenous players Nicky Winmar in 1993 and Adam Goodes in 2013.^[33] Michael Long's accusation of racial vilification against Collingwood ruckman Damian Monkhorst in 1995 also led directly to the establishment of the AFL's racial vilification regulations.^[34] Collingwood club president Eddie McGuire has been credited for taking a stand against racial vilification by club supporters and for harshly dealing with offenders.^[35]

Corporate

Membership

Collingwood Football Club Membership 1984—2016^[36]

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	4th
2003	40,445	2nd
2004	41,128	13th
2005	38,612	15th
2006	38,038	7th
2007	38,587	4th
2008	26,320	6th
2009	45,972	4th
2010	57,617	1st
2011	71,271[37]	1st
2012	72,688[38]	4th
2013	80,000[39]	6th
2014	80,793[40]	11th
2015	76,497[41]	12th
2016	74,643[42]	12th

• as of 11 September 2015

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,.^[43][44]

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.^[45][46][47] 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 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'.

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 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."

The club made an operating profit of $5.23 million for the 2013 season, revenue increased from $2.6 million to more than $75 million.^[48]

On 24 July 2017, Pert resigned from his position as CEO of the club, with Peter Murphy replacing him as an interim CEO.^[49]

Sponsorship

The Collingwood guernsey is the most valuable sports sponsorship in Australia.^[50] 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 million for the secondary sponsor. These sponsorships are ranked first and second in Australia.^[50] High-profile sponsors include Emirates, Holden, CGU Insurance and Westpac.

Honours

Club

• Australian Football League
  • Premiers (15): 1902 1903 1910 1917 1919 1927 1928 1929 1930 1935 1936 1953 1958 1990 2010
  • Runners-up (26)': 1901 1905 1911 1915 1918 1920 1922 1925 1926 1937 1938 1939 1952 1955 1956 1960 1964 1966 1970 1977 1979 1980 1981 2002 2003 2011
• Victorian Football League (1): 1896
• Championship of Australia (1): 1896
• Pre-Season/Night Series Premierships (2): 1979, 2011
• Lightning Premierships (2): 1941, 1951
• Minor premierships (19): 1902, 1903, 1905, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1977, 2010, 2011
• McClelland Trophy (8): 1959 1960 1964 1965 1966 1970 2010 2011
• Drawn Grand Finals (2): 2010, 1977
• Wooden Spoons (2): 1976, 1999
• Undefeated in the Home and Away season: 1929 *18 Rounds

Records—other levels

Premierships

• Reserves (7): 1919, 1920, 1922, 1925, 1940, 1965, 1976
• Under 19s (4): 1960, 1965, 1974, 1986

Head-to-head results

Played: 2,485 Won: 1,504 Drawn: 26 Lost: 955 (Last updated – End of 2016 Season)

R		GP	W	D	L	GF-BF	For	GA-BA	Agn	%	Win%	100+F	100+A
1	Adelaide	40	25		15	542.481	3733	477.498	3360	111.10	62.50	15	6
2	Brisbane Bears	15	13		2	251.232	1738	170.187	1207	143.99	86.67	12	2
3	Brisbane Lions	28	11		17	345.345	2415	393.362	2720	88.79	39.29	9	11
4	Carlton	253	123	4	126	2906.3078	20514	2857.2962	20104	102.04	49.41	70	64
5	Essendon	233	128	4	101	2724.2860	19204	2598.2786	18374	104.52	55.79	63	58
6	Fitzroy	209	131	3	75	2338.2683	16711	2058.2374	14722	113.51	63.40	66	31
7	Fremantle	27	16		11	392.329	2681	350.286	2386	112.36	59.26	13	7
8	Geelong	229	131	1	97	2619.2867	18581	2447.2701	17383	106.89	57.42	59	42
9	Gold Coast	6	4		2	99.87	681	57.60	402	169.40	66.67	4
10	Greater Western Sydney	5	5			89.65	599	51.51	357	167.79	100.00	4
11	Hawthorn	161	96		65	2180.2319	15399	1996.1961	13937	110.49	59.63	67	55
12	Melbourne	233	146	5	82	2764.3052	19636	2438.2679	17307	113.46	63.73	72	47
13	North Melbourne	157	105	2	50	2217.2328	15630	1781.1924	12610	123.95	67.52	70	38
14	Port Adelaide	27	14		13	367.323	2525	327.322	2284	110.55	51.85	11	5
15	Richmond	205	117	1	87	2461.2680	17446	2300.2494	16294	107.07	57.32	52	45
16	St Kilda	216	157	2	57	2823.3047	19985	2167.2360	15362	130.09	73.15	89	36
17	Sydney	224	140	1	83	2709.2969	19223	2266.2686	16282	118.06	62.72	66	43
18	University	14	13	1		132.199	991	72.110	542	182.84	96.43	2	0
19	West Coast	48	23	1	24	621.535	4261	627.602	4364	97.64	48.96	15	18
20	Western Bulldogs	153	106	1	46	2089.2007	14541	1697.1845	12027	120.90	69.61	59	28

Team of the Century

Collingwood announced its team of the century on 14 June 1997, celebrating 100 years since the beginning of the VFL. Gavin Brown was added as the fourth interchange player in 2002, when the team was named in 1997 only three interchange players were permitted on a team.^[51]

Collingwood Team of the Century
B:	Harold Rumney	Jack Regan	Syd Coventry (Captain)
HB:	Billy Picken	Albert Collier	Nathan Buckley
C:	Thorold Merrett	Bob Rose	Darren Millane
HF:	Des Fothergill	Murray Weideman	Dick Lee
F:	Phonse Kyne	Gordon Coventry	Peter Daicos
Foll:	Len Thompson	Des Tuddenham	Harry Collier
Int:	Tony Shaw	Wayne Richardson	Marcus Whelan
	Gavin Brown
Coach:	James "Jock" McHale

Captains

This list comprises every captain of the club. This list does not 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.

Current playing list

Collingwood Football Club
Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Alex Fasolo  2 Jordan De Goey  3 Daniel Wells  4 Brodie Grundy  5 Jamie Elliott  6 Tyson Goldsack  7 Adam Treloar  8 Tom Langdon  9 Jesse White 10 Scott Pendlebury (c) 11 Jarryd Blair 12 Matthew Scharenberg 13 Taylor Adams (vc) 14 James Aish 15 Lynden Dunn 16 Chris Mayne 17 Callum Brown 18 Travis Varcoe 19 Levi Greenwood 20 Ben Reid		21 Tom Phillips 22 Steele Sidebottom (vc) 23 Lachlan Keeffe 25 Jack Crisp 26 Josh Daicos 27 Kayle Kirby 28 Ben Sinclair 29 Tim Broomhead 30 Darcy Moore 31 Jackson Ramsay 32 Will Hoskin-Elliott 33 Rupert Wills 35 Sam McLarty 36 Brayden Sier 37 Brayden Maynard 38 Jeremy Howe (vc) 39 Ben Crocker 40 Josh Smith 43 Adam Oxley				24 Josh Thomas 34 Mitch McCarthy 41 Henry Schade 44 Liam Mackie 45 Max Lynch 46 Mason Cox (B)		Head coach Nathan Buckley Assistant coaches Robert Harvey (defence) Scott Burns (midfield) Brenton Sanderson (forward) Tarkyn Lockyer (head of academy) Anthony Rocca (academy coach) Brad Gotch (academy coach) Jamie Cassidy-McNamara (academy coach) Shane Joules (opposition analyst) Jared Rivers (VFL coach) Legend: (c) Captain (vc) Vice captain Long-term injury list Upgraded rookie (B) Category B rookie Updated: 6 July 2017 Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff, Injury list

Current coaching staff

• Senior coach: Nathan Buckley
• Assistant coaches:
  • Robert Harvey
  • Scott Burns
  • Brenton Sanderson
• Development coaches:
  • Tarkyn Lockyer
  • Anthony Rocca
• VFL coach: Jared Rivers

Reserves team

The VFL/AFL operated a reserves competition from 1919–1991, and a de facto AFL reserves competition was run by the Victorian State Football League from 1992–1999. Collingwood fielded a reserves team in both of these competitions, allowing players who were not selected for the senior team to play for Collingwood in the lower grade. After the AFL reserves competition was disbanded at the end of 1999, the club fielded its reserves team in the new Victorian Football League during the 2000 season.^[52]

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.^[53][52]

The reserves team currently splits home games between Olympic Park Oval and Victoria Park, although they do occasionally play at the MCG as a curtain raiser to Collingwood home matches, and uses the AFL team's clash guernsey as its primary guernsey. The Collingwood VFL team is composed of both reserves players from the club's primary and rookie AFL lists, and a separately maintained list of players eligible only for VFL matches.

Season summaries

Season	Win-Loss	Ladder position	Finals result	Best & Fairest	Leading goal kicker
2000	9–10	11th	DNQ	Shane Watson	Brad Obourne (20)
2008	5–11	12th	DNQ	Justin Crow & Brent Macaffer	Brent Macaffer (38)
2009	10–8	7th	Preliminary Final	Ryan Cook	Chris Bryan (34)
2010	10–8	7th	Elimination Final	Tom Young	Scott Reed (38)
2011	4–14	12th	DNQ	Tom Sundberg	Brett Eddy (21)
2012	4–14	12th	DNQ	Kris Pendlebury	Caolan Mooney & Jackson Paine (17)
2013	10–8	6th	Elimination Final	Kyle Martin	Jackson Paine (45)
2014	12–6	5th	Elimination Final	Kyle Martin	Patrick Karnezis (31)
2015	12–6	6th	Semi Final	Ben Moloney	Patrick Karnezis (30)
2016	14–4	2nd	Preliminary Final	Brent Macaffer	Travis Cloke & Jordan Collopy (18)

Source for coaches, captains and summaries: Collingwood Football Club VFL Honour Roll

AFL Women's team

In April 2016, the club launched a bid to enter a team in the inaugural AFL Women's season in 2017. Meg Hutchins was appointed Women’s Football Operations Manager some weeks prior, and given the responsibility of crafting the bid.^[54]

The club was granted a license in June 2016, becoming one of eight teams to compete in the league's first season.^[55]

In addition to her role off-field, Hutchins would become one of the club's first players, along with marquees Moana Hope and Emma King.^[56] Collingwood selected a further 19 players in October's inaugural draft as well as three non-drafted players and two first time footballing rookies. ^[54]

Dandenong Stingrays assistant and Victorian Metro Youth Girls head coach Wayne Siekman was appointed the team's inaugural head coach in July 2016.

The team operates its training and administration base within the existing Collingwood home at Olympic Park.^[54]

Current squad

Collingwood Football Club (AFL Women's)
Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Caitlyn Edwards 4 Sarah D'Arcy 5 Emma Grant 6 Christina Bernardi 7 Lauren Tesoriero 8 Brittany Bonnici 9 Melissa Kuys 12 Stacey Livingstone 17 Steph Chiocci (c) 18 Ruby Schleicher 20 Cecilia McIntosh		22 Sophie Casey 23 Moana Hope 25 Meg Hutchins 26 Tara Morgan 27 Jess Cameron 33 Bree White 38 Amelia Barden 43 Jasmine Garner 60 Emma King Jaimee Lambert				Eliza Hynes Georgie Parker		Head coach Wayne Siekman Assistant coaches Daniel Harford Lynden Dunn Chloe McMillan Matthew Jones Legend: (c) Captain (vc) Vice captain Updated: 7 August 2017 Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

Season summaries

Season	Win-Loss	Ladder position	Finals result	Best & Fairest	Leading goal kicker
2017	3–4	5th	DNQ	Nicola Stevens[57]	Moana Hope (7)
2018	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC	TBC

Individual awards

Best and Fairest

Brownlow Medal winners

• Syd Coventry (1927)
• Albert Collier (1929)
• Harry Collier (1930 tied)
• Marcus Whelan (1939)
• Des Fothergill (1940 tied)
• Len Thompson (1972)
• Peter Moore (1979)
• Nathan Buckley (2003 tied)
• Dane Swan (2011)

Leigh Matthews Trophy winners

• Darren Millane (1990)
• Dane Swan (2010)

Coleman Medal winners

Instituted in 1981, retrospective awards were dated back to 1955; prior to that, the League awarded the Leading Goalkicker Medal

• Ian Brewer (1958)
• Peter McKenna (1972, 1973)
• Brian Taylor (1986)

Leading Goal Kicker Medal Winners

• Archie Smith 1898
• Teddy Lockwood 1900 (tied), 1903
• Charlie Pannam 1905
• Dick Lee 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 (tied), 1914, 1916, 1917, 1919
• Gordon Coventry 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1933
• Ron Todd 1938, 1939
• Des Fothergill 1946

Norm Smith Medal winners

• Tony Shaw (1990)
• Nathan Buckley (2002)
• Scott Pendlebury (2010)

E.J Whitten Medalists

• Gavin Brown (1989, 1997)

Mark of the Year winners

• Billy Picken (1976)
• Peter Daicos (1980)
• Chris Tarrant (2003)
• Andrew Krakouer (2011)
• Jamie Elliott (2013)

Goal of the Year winners

• Peter Daicos (1991)
• Mick McGuane (1994)
• Leon Davis (2008)

Anzac Day Medal winners

• Saverio Rocca (1995, 1998) ^
• Scott Russell (1996) ^
• Damien Monkhorst (1997) ^
• Chris Tarrant (2001)
• Mark McGough (2002)
• Ben Johnson (2006)
• Heath Shaw (2007)
• Paul Medhurst (2008)
• Scott Pendlebury (2010, 2011)
• Dane Swan (2012, 2014)
• Paul Seedsman (2015)
• Steele Sidebottom (2016)

^ Awarded retrospectively in 2011

Jason McCartney Medal winners

• Anthony Rocca (2003)
• Ben Johnson (2004)
• Chris Tarrant (2006)
• James Clement (2007)
• Tarkyn Lockyer (2009)
• Scott Pendlebury (2013)

Bob Rose-Charlie Sutton Medal winners

• Ben Johnson (2008)
• Dane Swan (2009)
• Scott Pendlebury (2010, 2012)
• Heath Shaw (2011, 2013)

All Australian Team

• Dayne Beams (2012)
• Gavin Brown (1991, 1994)
• Nathan Buckley (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003)
• James Clement (2004, 2005)
• Travis Cloke (2011, 2013)
• Leon Davis (2009, 2011)
• Alan Didak (2006, 2010)
• Tony Francis (1991)
• Des Healey (1953)
• Nick Maxwell (2009)
• Mick McGuane (1992)
• Peter McKenna (1972)
• Paul Medhurst (2008)
• Peter Moore (1979)
• Harry O'Brien (2010)
• Scott Pendlebury (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
• Geoff Raines (1985)
• Ben Reid (2011)
• Michael Richardson (1983)
• Bob Rose (1953)
• Dane Swan (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
• Chris Tarrant (2003)
• Dale Thomas (2011)
• Len Thompson (1972)
• Terry Waters (1969)
• Ricky Watt (1969)

International rules representatives

• Gavin Brown (1990)
• Nathan Buckley (1998), (1999 – captain)
• James Clement (2002)
• Alan Didak (2004)
• Scott Pendlebury (2008)
• Dale Thomas (2008)
• Dane Swan (2010)
• Tyson Goldsack (2010)

Michael Tuck Medal winners

• Heath Shaw (2011)

Jim Stynes Medal winners

• Dane Swan (2010)

Match records

• Highest score: R17, 1980 – Collingwood 32.19 (211) v St Kilda 16.11 (107) – Waverley Park
• Lowest score: R6, 1897 (VP) – Collingwood 0.8 (8) v South Melbourne 2.15 (27) – Victoria Park (VP)
• Lowest score since 1919: Grand Final, 1960 – 2.2 (14) v Melbourne 8.14 (62) – Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
• Highest losing score: R16, 1937 – Collingwood 21.16 (142) v Melbourne 22.21 (153) – VP
• Lowest winning score: R9, 1899 (VP) – Collingwood 3.3 (21) v Melbourne 1.7 (13) – VP
• Lowest winning score since 1919: Grand Final, 1927 – 2.13 (25) v Richmond 1.7 (13) – MCG
• Biggest winning margin: 178 points; R4, 1979 – Collingwood 31.21 (207) v St Kilda 3.11 (29) – VP
• Biggest losing margin: 138 points; R3, 1942 – Collingwood 5.7 (37) v Richmond 25.25 (175) – Punt Road Oval
• Record attendance (home and away game): R10, 1959 – 99,346 v Melbourne – MCG
• Record attendance (finals match): Grand Final, 1970 – 121,696 v Carlton – MCG

Records set by players

• Most matches: Tony Shaw – 313 (1978–1994)
• Most consecutive matches: Jock McHale – 191 (1906–1917) – VFL record until 1943
• Most goals kicked in a match: Gordon Coventry – 17 goals 4 behinds (R12, 1930, VP) – VFL record until 1947
• Most Best & Fairests: Nathan Buckley – 6 (1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003)
• Most matches as coach: Jock McHale – 713 (1912–1949) – VFL/AFL record until 2015
• Most matches as captain/acting captain: Nathan Buckley – 162 (1999–2006)
• Most goals in a season: Peter McKenna – 143 (1970)
• Most career goals: Gordon Coventry – 1299 (1920–1937) – VFL/AFL record until 1999

In popular culture

• David Williamson's 1977 stage play, The Club, 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 Beresford and starring John Howard, Jack Thompson, Graham Kennedy and Frank Wilson^[58] – 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.^[59]
• Judd Apatow's 2009 film, Funny People, starring Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen, featured a scene with Australian actor Eric Bana trying to explain the rules of Australian rules football.^[60] During this scene Bana's character, a St Kilda supporter, voices his dislike for Collingwood while watching a televised game.
• Adam Elliot's 2009 clay-animated film, Mary and Max, 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.^[61]
• In the 2010 independent Australian film Joffa: The Movie, Joffa Corfe and Shane McRae star as a couple of knockabout handymen with a passion for the Collingwood Football Club.
• John Brack's 1953 painting Three of the Players' depicts three Collingwood players. The players are thought by some to be Lou Richards, Jack Regan and Phonse Kyne.^[62]

See also

• History of the Collingwood Football Club
• List of Collingwood players
• List of Collingwood Football Club coaches
• Sport in Australia
• Sport in Victoria

Footnotes

Notes

1.^ Including standing room.

References

Bibliography

• Lovett, Michael (Chief editor) (2010). AFL Record Season Guide. Geoff Slattery Media Group. ISBN 978-0-9806274-5-9. 
• Victorian Government Hansard of November 1990, pp.2208–2218: Victorian Legislative Assembly's debate on the Collingwood (Victoria Park) Land Bill on 21 November 1990: features an informative interchange between Murray Weideman's older brother, Graeme Weideman, and former South Melbourne footballer, Bill McGrath, both of whom were MLAs at the time.

External links

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