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  Home - Official AFL Website of the Collingwood Football Club
New Magpie John McCarthy is ecstatic to have been selected by Collingwood in Saturday’s AFL...
Martin Clarke has made a smooth transition to AFL life as clubs learn from the "horrendous"...
Be there for the first ever AFL game in the Middle East when Collingwood takes on Adelaide in...
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  Collingwood
Collingwood's main strength in 1896 was the remarkable fitness of its players, which was a testimony to the efforts of head trainer Wal Lee, a former Britannia player whose almost obsessive devotion to Collingwood provided a template that many others would later come to copy.
Collingwood ultimately won the minor premiership with a 15-2 record, thereby securing the right of challenge should the side lose at any stage during the finals.
Collingwood's triumphs in 1902 and 1903 were attributable to professionalism, not of a pecuniary kind, but of overall approach and method, as evidenced for example in the fact that, under the stringent supervision of Wal Lee, the team was almost universally acknowledged as being by some measure the fittest in the League.
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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Collingwood Magpies
The Collingwood Football Club (nicknamed The Magpies because of the fl and white striped jerseys worn by the players) is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League.
Collingwood approached Saturday's Grand Final like it approached the first half of their season - they somehow thought they had it won and all they had to do was play it out - to merely go through the motions.
Collingwood lifted their work-rate as the third quarter came to a close, but the Bombers - with superb leadership coming from Hird - are only one goal down with a quarter left to play where the Dons will have the benefit of the wind.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Collingwood-Magpies   (509 words)

  
  Collingwood Football Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The club was traditionally known in Melbourne as the "Catholic" club, possibly due to support in the 1920s from the wealthy businessman John Wren, and also due to the support of Irish descendants living in the Collingwood slums in the early years of the 20th century.
In 1897, Collingwood with fellow VFA clubs Fitzroy, Melbourne, St Kilda, Carlton, Essendon, South Melbourne and Geelong split from the VFA and formed the VFL (Victoria Football League).
Collingwood is notable for holding the greatest run of successive premierships - four in a row from 1927-1930.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club   (1317 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Nathan Buckley
Collingwood (1994-) The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the fl and white striped guernseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League.
The Carlton Football Club is the sixth oldest Australian rules football club and the third oldest club in the Australian Football League.
Collingwood Football Club The Norm Smith Medal is the award given in AFL grand final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match.
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 History of Collingwood Warriors   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This marriage between an Australian Rules football club (Collingwood) and a former national league soccer club (Melbourne Warriors) was an unthinkable proposition until very recently.
When AFL chief Ross Oakley heard of Collingwood's soccer proposal he told the Collingwood board that the club would be in breach of its AFL licence if they proceeded with the venture.
Collingwood entered the inaugural 1897 VFL season as champions of the predecessor competition - the VFA.
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 Collingwood Football Club - Definition, explanation
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the fl and white striped jerseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League.
They club was traditionally known in Melbourne as the "Catholic" club, possibly due to support in the 1920s from the wealthy businessman John Wren, and also due to the support of Irish descendants living in the Collingwood slums in the early years of the 20th century.
Collingwood was one of the leading group of wealthy, popular and powerful clubs that was moving away from the lower VFA clubs, so Collingwood was a founding member of the breakaway Victorian Football League, founded in 1897.
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 Richmond Football Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League.
The Richmond Football Club was officially formed at the Royal Hotel Richmond, on the 20th of February 1885.
One of the most important features of a nineteenth century footballer's uniform was his headgear, and when Richmond wore yellow and fl striped caps the Tiger nickname quickly followed (although the team was also referred to as the Wasps for a time).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richmond_Football_Club   (1440 words)

  
 Collingwood Football Club : Magpies - A.F.L Clubs of Melbourne - Australian Rules Football - Sport & Recreation - Only ...
The Magpies were the youngest of the clubs that formed the Victorian Football League in 1897, but have made a huge impact on the competition and the game in general.
Collingwood was generally considered to be the child of the Brittania Football club- a local junior team that played on Victoria Park as early as 1882.
Collingwood was not an overnight success in its first two seasons, but by 1894 lifted to eighth position on the ladder and under the wise guidance of skipper Bill Strickland began to loom as an emerging force.
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 He just wanted to come home - smh.com.au
Davis is the first to say he was happy at the Magpies, the football club treated him well and he returned the faith with some dashing performances.
In his third season with the club, in 2001, he slipped 36 goals through the white posts, 22 in the second half of the year, and showed game-breaking qualities.
Collingwood president Eddie McGuire said Collingwood players who were not "100 per cent committed" were not wanted at the club.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/01/24/1042911550595.html   (1462 words)

  
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 Collingwood Football Club (Vic)
Collingwood are known as the Magpies, and wear guernseys of fl and white vertical stripes.
Though the VJFA had not yet commenced, Collingwood finished roughly 11th among junior teams.
This was Collingwood's final season in the VFA.
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 Claremont Football Club - COLLINGWOOD SIGN TOOVEY   (Site not responding. Last check: )
After the draft Collingwood invited Toovey to Melbourne to take part in early pre-season training, and after his impressive form on the track he was signed as a rookie by the Magpies.
Claremont is currently represented at Collingwood by Mick Malthouse’s assistant coach Guy McKenna, a champion defender in his 50 games with Claremont and in his 267 AFL matches with the West Coast Eagles.
In 2004 Toovey was chosen in the all-Australian under-18 side, and this year he again shone for WA in the national under-18 carnival in Melbourne and was chosen as vice-captain of the WAFL colts team of the year.
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 Sportal.com.au - AFL Football   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Collingwood Football Club, Yarra City Council and the AFL have reached agreement for the future of Victoria Park.
The Mayor of Yarra City Council, Cr Jackie Fristacky, said the council had resolved all outstanding issues with the Collingwood Football Club and was pleased that all parties had reached settlement.
Collingwood President, Eddie McGuire, said it had always been Collingwood's hope that McHale Stadium at Victoria Park should remain a fixture in the local football landscape.
www.sportal.com.au /football.asp?i=news&id=76593   (447 words)

  
 The Club - Official AFL Website of the Collingwood Football Club
Established in 1892, the Collingwood Football Club is the biggest and most famous sporting club in Australia.
Here you will find information on the rich and proud history of the Collingwood Football Club, player profiles, coach profiles, an overview of the board, career opportunities at the club, contact details and where the club plays its football.
Details of every Collingwood captain, coach, president, chief exectuive and best-and-fairest, as well as Hall of Fame, Team of the Century, club records and other Magpie history.
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 Sportal.com.au - AFL Football   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Collingwood Football Club has announced that it will provide funding of more than $1.5 million to the Shire of Melton over the next 10 years.
Collingwood chief executive Greg Swann said the club was pleased to be active at grass roots community level.
The first stage of Collingwood's community funding program was completed in late October when the club provided $407,000.00 to the Shire Melton.
sportal.com.au /football.asp?i=news&id=92259   (308 words)

  
 Nick's Collingwood Page - Collingwood Football Club Fansite
Collingwood went into the game as underdogs with doubts over fitness levels and doubts about their ability to recover from a bruising encounter against Port Adelaide just 4 days ago.
Collingwood showed all the guts and determination you would expect on Anzac Day to pressure Essendon into submission.
Collingwood’s round 4 clash with heritage rivals Port Adelaide took place on a wet and miserable Saturday afternoon at the MCG.
www.magpies.net /nick   (760 words)

  
 Official AFL Website of the Collingwood Football Club
Neil Mann is the latest great of Collingwood to be honoured as Crazy John's blast from the past.
Collingwood, Australia's most famous sporting club, has seen many famous players don the fl & white jumper over the years.
There is no greater honour in football than earning life membership of the Collingwood Football Club.
www.begacup.com.au /?pg=history   (179 words)

  
 Eddie McGuire Information
McGuire served as a football radio caller at Triple M, a station that had previously concentrated on wall-to-wall rock music, and wrote a football column for The Herald's successor the Herald Sun, as well as becoming involved in a variety of sports and media-related business ventures.
His activities continued to spread in the mid-1990s when he took on the presidency of Collingwood Football Club, a club that was then in financial and on-field difficulties.
He is traditionally hated by Brisbane Lions supporters for his criticisms of concessions and media attention given to the team, as well as the Lions' rivalry with the Collingwood Football Club.
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 Burnie Football Club Official Website
Luke was drafted to the Collingwood Football Club at the end of the 2002 season.
Unfortunately at the end of the season Luke was de-listed by Collingwood and is currently training with the Melbourne Football Club seeking another opportunity to play at AFL level.
Brendon was recruited by the Richmond Football Club at the end of season 1987 after playing the 1 st year of the Burnie Hawks in State-wide football.
www.burniedockers.com.au /AFLplayers.htm   (1024 words)

  
 MCG - Article
In these formative years, Melbourne was the dominant force of the competition and was known as the 'invincible whites' playing many of their games on the MCG until 1873, when the MCC banned football from the arena because of damage caused.
The club's next success in 1939 also came at the expense of the Magpies, and was followed by two more victories in '40 and '41.
This victory was a precursor of the enormous success the club was to have in the 1950s and early 1960s.
www.mcg.org.au /default.asp?pg=footballdisplay&articleid=533   (623 words)

  
 Mick Malthouse Information
Michael "Mick" Malthouse (born 17 September 1953) is a legendary Australian rules footballer and coach.
He guided the club into the finals in just his second season, and during his time at the Bulldogs he was known for his tough stance on many players, including Doug Hawkins.
In 2000 he started coaching the Collingwood Football Club, bringing a team that had just won the wooden spoon in 1999 to the 2002 and 2003 Grand Finals, both which they lost to the Brisbane Lions.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Mick_Malthouse   (238 words)

  
 Ally Blake - Collingwood Football Club
From the depths of the Grand Canyon to the heights of pre-game hypnosis the Collingwood of 2006 is something to behold.
Once upon a time there was a movie called Dead Poets Society, and in that movie the lead character, a teacher by the name of John Keating, encouraged his students to stand on their desks in an exercise to encourage them to view the world around them in a different way.
The crowd argued about whether the jerseys clashed or not, Buckley got an interesting penalty in front of goal, and the lack of a time clock on the Telstra Dome big screen was infuriating as it has been on any number of similar occasions.
home.iprimus.com.au /allyblake/collingwood.htm   (1696 words)

  
 DVD.net : AFL Collingwood - Wall to Wall - DVD Review
For some strange reason, the supporters of other AFL clubs seem to have an inbred hatred of the mighty Magpies; I have no idea why, but would assume it is simply a case of pure jealousy.
Apart from a few clubs like Hawthorn in the ‘80s, Essendon in the ‘90s and Brisbane in recent times, this lack of dominance by one club for many years is testament to the evenness of the AFL competition.
The club has produced many star players over the years and owning some of their highlights on DVD is a must for members of the fl and white army.
www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=3100   (1161 words)

  
 The Club (1980)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In the year the film was made, the real Collingwood came from the bottom of the ladder early in the season to make the grand final...
Even truer today than when the play was written, it paints a picture of a club having to face the fact that loyalty and honour don't mean much in the modern game, either to players or their employers.
The scene of Collingwood training with a total of about six guys kicking a couple of footballs around encapsulates the refusal of the producers to just go the extra few yards to make this film a little realistic.
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