Collingwood Football Club

Collingwood Football Club, the Magpies, is a club which plays Australian rules football in the AFL. It comes from Collingwood, a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria. In the AFL/VFL, it has won 15 premierships.

Bob Rose, Collingwood player in the 1950s

History

The Collingwood Football Club was formed in February 1892. Collingwood played its first game in the Victorian Football Association on 7 May 1892, against Carlton. In 1902, Collingwood won its first premiership against the Essendon Football Club.[1]

The Victorian Football League (VFL) formed in 1897. Collingwood was one of the original teams (along with Fitzroy, Melbourne, St Kilda, Carlton, Essendon, South Melbourne and Geelong). In the early years of the VFL, Collingwood was the most successful team; it won 11 premierships in the first 40 years. They won the most recent AFL premiership against St Kilda in 2010.[2] The teams had to play a second match after the scores were equal at the end of the first Grand Final game.[3]

Club song

Good old Collingwood forever,
They know how to play the game.
Side by side, they stick together,
To uphold the Magpies name.
See, the barrackers are shouting,
As all barrackers should.
Oh, the premiership's a cakewalk,
For the good old Collingwood.

References
  1. "1902 Premiership: The first year of the Magpie - Official AFL Website of the Collingwood Football Club". collingwoodfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 25 December 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  2. "Mighty Pies bury Saints - Official AFL Website of the Collingwood Football Club". collingwoodfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  3. "Collingwood And St Kilda 2010 AFL Grand Final Ends In Draw | Triple M". triplem.com.au. Retrieved 6 October 2010.

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