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The '''Collingwood Football Club''' (nicknamed '''The Magpies''' because of the black and white jerseys worn by the players) is an ] club, playing in the elite ]. The '''Collingwood Football Club''' (nicknamed '''The Magpies''' because of the black and white jerseys worn by the players) is an ] club, playing in the elite ].


The Magpies are known for its passinoate supporting base, and have traditionally been the team other fans "love to hate", due perhaps to their on-field successes combined with a "rough and ready" attitude in line with its working-class roots. The national league may have diluted this feeling somewhat, but rivalries with fellow Victorian clubs ] and ] remain fierce.

Collingwood is notable for holding the greatest run of successive premierships - four in a row from 1927-1930. But equally renowned has been their tendency to lose grand finals in recent times. Their 1958 victory was to be their last for 32 years. During this drought, fans remarkably had to endure no less than nine fruitless grand finals (1960, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1977 (draw, then loss), 1979, 1980, 1981), inspiring the term "Colly-wobbles" to signify a choking phenomenon. The 1990 team coached by Leigh Matthews brought relief in a one-way affair against Essendon.

The team then fell into a state of decline, before benig rejuvenated by its new president, ], who led an on-field and off-field modernisation mission which helped the team to reach the grand final in 2002 and 2003. Ironically, it was Leigh Matthews who coached the ] to victory on both occasions.


AFL/VFL Premierships: AFL/VFL Premierships:

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The Collingwood Football Club (nicknamed The Magpies because of the black and white jerseys worn by the players) is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League.

The Magpies are known for its passinoate supporting base, and have traditionally been the team other fans "love to hate", due perhaps to their on-field successes combined with a "rough and ready" attitude in line with its working-class roots. The national league may have diluted this feeling somewhat, but rivalries with fellow Victorian clubs Carlton Football Club and Essendon Football Club remain fierce.

Collingwood is notable for holding the greatest run of successive premierships - four in a row from 1927-1930. But equally renowned has been their tendency to lose grand finals in recent times. Their 1958 victory was to be their last for 32 years. During this drought, fans remarkably had to endure no less than nine fruitless grand finals (1960, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1977 (draw, then loss), 1979, 1980, 1981), inspiring the term "Colly-wobbles" to signify a choking phenomenon. The 1990 team coached by Leigh Matthews brought relief in a one-way affair against Essendon.

The team then fell into a state of decline, before benig rejuvenated by its new president, Eddie McGuire, who led an on-field and off-field modernisation mission which helped the team to reach the grand final in 2002 and 2003. Ironically, it was Leigh Matthews who coached the Brisbane Lions to victory on both occasions.

AFL/VFL Premierships:

1902, 1903, 1910, 1917, 1919, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936, 1953, 1958, 1990.

Brownlow Medal winners: