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AFL Round 13 – Western Bulldogs Vs Collingwood

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:38:44 GMT

Ouch, we go down again by a skinny margin… While I didn’t expect to win this one ( I actually tipped against the boys), It annoys me that we were up by 25 ( again) and then got closed out and lost by 10 points. this could have been one of those unexpected wins that we all love so much. We need them to balance out all those ones that we are expected to win but ending up losing…. We did come close and who knows what might have happened if Anthony hadn’t had to stagger off. Reid and Rocca out again to serious injuries. Any tall forwards anywhere?? This will cause another shuffle and place more Pressure on Travis Cloke. I hope young Trav is up to it now he’s back. At least we stopped the Bulldogs run of 100+ scores

Match Results

Sunday, June 22, 2008 Docklands, 4.40pm AEST; Roof: closed; crowd: 44,885 Conditions: Good Weather: 13C; outside cloudy, chance of a shower
	1/4 time	1/2 time	3/4 time	Final
COL	1.3-9	6.8-44 (10)	11.9-75	13.11-89
WB	2.2-14 (5)	5.4-34	12.5-77 (2)	15.9-99 (10)
Goals: West.B'dogs: Mitch Hahn 3, Robert Murphy 3, Scott Welsh 2, Brad Johnson 2, Lindsay Gilbee, Nathan Eagleton, Ryan Griffen, Jason Akermanis, Will Minson. Collingwood: Paul Medhurst 2, Scott Burns 2, Cameron Wood 2, Dane Swan 2, Scott Pendlebury, Rhyce Shaw, Anthony Rocca, Chris Bryan. Tarkyn Lockyer. Best: West.B'dogs: Adam Cooney, Daniel Cross, Ryan Griffen, Lindsay Gilbee, Dale Morris, Mitch Hahn, Matthew Boyd. Collingwood: Heath Shaw, Ben Johnson, Rhyce Shaw, Tarkyn Lockyer, Dane Swan, Cameron Wood. Umpires: Michael Vozzo, Matt Stevic, Stuart Wenn.

Match Comments

ANTHONY ROCCA in Q3 kicked his 400th goal for Collingwood in his 216th match for the Magpies
The Bulldogs' run of successive 100+ point scores ended at 12 – they kicked only 99 points in this match
100th ADAM COONEY (West.B'dogs, 2004-08)

AFL Round 12 – Collingwood Vs Carlton

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:13:27 GMT

So ends the (all-too-short) winning streak. This was the first loss that i watched on (free-to-air) TV as well. I can’t believe we were up by 25 points mid-way through the third quarter and looked home and ended up 30 points behind at the end.. Brendan Fevola proves how much of a dickhead he is again and looks to have takedn the Top Penalty-Milker award from Matthew Lloyd as well. Carlton had the run of the whistle, that’s for sure.. I’m still wondering how Brad Fisher was pushed in the back in a marking contest in the goal-square without a player touching him. or how Paul Medhurst pushed an opponent in the back when he was facing him, again in the goal-square. these is just two examples of a litany of bungles… and now the perennial cellar-dwellers are in the bloody 8!!

Match Result

Sunday, June 15, 2008 MCG, 2.10pm AEST, crowd: 80,310 Conditions: Fair, following recent rains Weather: 14C, overcast, occasional sunshine
	1/4 time	1/2 time	3/4 time	Final
COL	1.4-10	5.8-38 (10)	9.13-67 (–)	12.17-89
CAR	2.7-19 (9)	3.10-28	9.13-67 (–)	17.17-119 (30)
Goals: Carlton: Brendan Fevola 8.6, Heath Scotland 2, Jarred Waite 2, Dennis Armfield, Brad Fisher, Nick Stevens, Bret Thornton, Simon Wiggins. Collingwood: Paul Medhurst 4, Dane Swan 2, Scott Burns, Travis Cloke, Leon Davis, Tarkyn Lockyer, Shane O'Bree, Dale Thomas. Best: Carlton: Brendan Fevola, Marc Murphy, Andrew Carrazzo, Heath Scotland, Bryce Gibbs, Chris Judd. Collingwood: Dane Swan, Paul Medhurst, Rhyce Shaw, Shane O'Bree, Travis Cloke. Umpires: Jeff Farmer, Hayden Kennedy, Justin Schmitt. Report: Travis Cloke was cited with a Level Two striking offence against Michael Jamison (Car) in Q1. The incident was assessed as reckless conduct (two points), low impact (one point), and high contact (two points), a total of five activation points drawing a Level Two offence, 125 demerit points and a two-match suspension. The MRP early plea offer reduced the penalty by 25 per cent to 164.06 points and a one-match suspension. Cloke admitted guilt and accepted the MRP penalty on a one-match suspension.

Match Comments

at the 237th meeting the Blues beat Collingwood for the 122nd time – they've lost 111 times, and the two have drawn on four occasions in 1914, 1923, 1964 and 1972
Carlton kicked 8.4-52 in the last quarter for the first time since 2001-R21, appropriately against Collingwood in a 68-point win at the MCG – it's the fourth occasion Carlton have kicked 8.4 in Q4 versus the Pies; others in 1971 and 1975
For the first time in 4 years, Carlton have done the double against their old foes, Collingwood, winning both games in the home and away season
It was in fact the 27th time they have completed this feat...
1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1915, 1916 (x3), 1917, 1921, 1932, 1941, 1956, 1961, 1968, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2008
Collingwood on the other hand have done the double over Carlton only 20 times, but did so in the last two seasons.
1897, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1905, 1913, 1924, 1933, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1970, 1977, 1981, 1988, 1990, 2003, 2006, 2007
Carlton are in the top 8 for the first time since Round 1, 2007 (they were 5th). One has to go back to 2001 to the last time that the Blues were in the top section of the ladder in the second half of the season - when they finished 5th.
150th HEATH SCOTLAND, 97 Car 2004-08, 53 Col 1999-2003
SHANE WAKELIN played his 150th with Collingwood (2001-08); also 94 StK (1994-2000)
750th – MICK MALTHOUSE coached his 576th match, 198 Col 2000-08, 243 WCE 1990-99, 135 Fsc 1984-89 and played 174 matches as a St Kilda (53 games 1972-76) and Richmond (121 games 1976-83) player ...

AFL Round 11 – Melbourne Vs Collingwood

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:02:48 GMT

Woohooo.. a chance to extend the winning streak… We dropped this corresponding game earlier this year so I hoped the boys would be able to get up. for the first three quarters we looked a bit scratchy and couldn’t put them away.. Fortunately, the boys found their accuracy and stopped indiscriminately bomobing onto the Forward 50 and started tohit targets and ended up with the Chocolates.. Now to put Carlton away…

Match Results

Melbourne v Collingwood
Monday, June 9, 2008 MCG, 2.10pm AEST; crowd: 59,548 Conditions: Slippery from morning rain; lights on at half-time Weather: 15C, cloudy, showers forecast
	1/4 time	1/2 time	3/4 time	Final
MEL	4.1-25 (5)	7.4-46	11.9-75	13.17-95
COL	3.2-20	8.5-53 (7)	15.8-98 (23)	17.14-116 (21)
Goals: Collingwood: Tarkyn Lockyer 2, Heath Shaw 2, Alan Didak 2, Leon Davis 2, Paul Medhurst, Harry O'Brien, Shannon Cox, Nathan J Brown, Sharrod Wellingham, Josh Fraser, Ben Johnson, Dane Swan, Dale Thomas. Melbourne: Austin Wonaeamirri 3, Colin Sylvia 3, Adem Yze 2, Brad Green 2, Clint Bartram, Brock McLean, Lynden Dunn. Best: Collingwood: Scott Burns, Tarkyn Lockyer, Heath Shaw, Martin Clarke, Alan Didak, Ben Johnson, Harry O'Brien, Rhyce Shaw, Sharrod Wellingham. Melbourne: Nathan Jones, Brock McLean, Colin Garland, Matthew Warnock, Adem Yze, Austin Wonaeamirri, Cameron Bruce, Brad Green. Umpires: Michael Vozzo, Luke Farmer, Simon Meredith. Reports: l Travis Cloke (Col) was cited for headbutting Matthew Warnock (Mel) in Q2. The level two misconduct charge was assessed as reckless, low impact and high contact. The points were reduced to 93.75 and a reprimand when Cloke was offered an early plea. Cloke admitted guilt and accepted the MRP reprimand. l Three players were cited for engaging in a melee during the second quarter. All accepted guilt and fine determined by the MRP – Travis Cloke (Col) $1,200, Scott Burns (Col) $2,100 (2nd offence), Lynden Dunn (Mel) $1,200. l Paul Medhurst (Col) and Clint Bartram (Mel) were each fined $900 for wrestling other in Q2.

Match Comments

For the third successive week Collingwood had 13 goalkickers for the game
at the 221st meeting of the pair no other new match records were noted
MICK MALTHOUSE coached his 575th match, 197 Col 2000-08, 243 WCE 1990-99, 135 Fsc 1984-89, equalling the record of ALLAN JEANS, 332 StK, 1961-76, 221 Haw 1981-87, 89-90, 22 Rch 1992
150th LEON DAVIS (Collingwood, 2000-08)

AFL - Collingwood Update

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:20:20 GMT

Here are some more facts on Collingwood's progress so far this year

Round 10 Milestones

Highest Score:	27.11-173, COLL'WOOD v West Coast
Biggest Margin:	100pts, COLL'WOOD v West Coast
Best in Goals:	6.2, Daniel BRADSHAW (Bri) v NM 6.7, Jonathan BROWN (Bri) v NM 5.0, Paul MEDHURST (Col) v WCE 5.0, Lance FRANKLIN (Haw) v WB 5.3, Steve JOHNSON (Gee) v Car 5.0, Adam SCHNEIDER (Syd) v Mel 5.1, Daniel MOTLOP (PA) v Fre
Lowest Score:	7.8-50, MELBOURNE v St Kilda
Best Quarters:	1st	6.4-40	SYD v Rch
	2nd	7.3-45	COL v WCE SYD v Rch
	3rd	7.2-44 6.8-44	COL v WCE GEE v Car
	4th	8.1-49	COL v WCE

NAB Rising Star

Round 10 – Nathan Brown (Collingwood)

Collingwood key defender Nathan J Brown has been rewarded for negating some of the best power forwards in the AFL by earning the round 10 nomination for the Rising Star award.
Brown, 19, has been handed the big jobs on Matthew Pavlich, Jonathon Brown, Matthew Richardson, Lance Franklin, Matthew Lloyd and Brendan Fevola this season and handed himself with aplomb.
And last Saturday at the MCG, he kept promising West Coast youngster Josh Kennedy to one goal as the Magpies won by 100 points.
Brown spent all of his debut season in 2007 playing with the Magpies' then-VFL affiliates Williamstown.
He made his senior debut in round one this year.
Brown was an elite junior basketballer, who didn't seriously pursue Australian football until he was 16.
He was taken by Collingwood with pick No.10 in the 2006 national draft.
"Throughout the season Nathan has been getting better and better, he's just been a revelation for us this year," said Magpies coach Mick Malthouse

About bloody time too.. He has played on the creme-de-la-creme of Full-forwards and rendered them mostly ineffective. this is stunning for a first-year player and should be much. It'll be fantastic to see him grow more into the role...

The Month of May

In Round 10 a total of 4 matches were decided by a team which won all 4 quarters

Collingwood won all quarters against West Coast, Western Bulldogs against Hawthorn, Sydney against Richmond and St Kilda against Melbourne. This is the 17 time this has happened including two occasions where 5 teams have won all quarters in a single round.

Most 4-quarter wins in a round

in 1990 – Rnd 4
2000 – Rnd 18

1926 – Rnd 11
1944 – Rnd 11
1971 – Rnd 17
1986 – Rnd 19
1988 – Rnd 9
1992 – Rnd 20
1994 – Rnd 24
1996 – Rnd 7
1996 – Rnd 20
1997 – Rnd 16
2002 – Rnd 6
2004 – Rnd 1
2006 – Rnd 22
2007 – Rnd 16
2008 – Rnd 10*

In doing so Collingwood won their 4th four quarter game of the season (against Fremantle, Essendon, Geelong and West Coast) – matching the performances of 13 other seasons. Only three times have they won five games in a season winning all 4 quarters.

Most 4-quarter games won in a season – Collingwood

5 – 1901, 1971, 1991
4 – 1899, 1902, 1917, 1952, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2008*

Go Pies in 2008!!

AFL Round 10 - Collingwood Vs West Coast

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:05:54 GMT

Wooohooo. 3 wins on the trot.. not only that, the last two have been by a combined tally of 186 points... I watched this game twice. Once on Friday night and caught the replay on Fox ( i was in a Hotel room). Of course this made me late for the day. What a pumping, the boys won every quarter and didn't slack off in the last. This was always a bit of an issue, we'd get 30 odd points ahead but not really build it into a big winning margin. well, we cerainly did that tonight...

Match Details

Saturday, May 31, 2008 MCG, 2.10pm AEST; crowd: 52,968 Conditions: Good Weather: 17C, fine and sunny
	1/4 time	1/2 time	3/4 time	Final
COL	5.5-35 (25)	12.8-80 (32)	19.10-124 (68)	27.11-173 (100)
WCE	1.4-10	7.6-48	8.8-56	10.13-73
Goals: Collingwood: Paul Medhurst 5.0, Dale Thomas 4, Leon Davis 3, Alan Didak 3, Dane Swan 2, Travis Cloke 2, Scott Pendlebury 2, Shannon Cox, Nick Maxwell, Shane O'Bree, Rhyce Shaw, Josh Fraser, Tarkyn Lockyer. West Coast: Quinten Lynch 3, Dean Cox 2, Beau Waters, Daniel Kerr, Josh Kennedy, Steven Armstrong, Ben McKinley. Best: Collingwood: Dane Swan, Dale Thomas, Scott Pendlebury, Shane O'Bree, Travis Cloke, Rhyce Shaw, Alan Didak. West Coast: Dean Cox, Daniel Kerr, Brett Jones, Josh Kennedy, Quinten Lynch, Beau Wilkes, Will Schofield. Umpires: Mathew James, Stefan Grun, Stuart Wenn. Report: Beau Waters (WCE) was cited for engaging in rough conduct against Shane O'Bree (Col) in Q4. Water's contact was assessed as negligent, medium impact and high, however his bad recent record increased the level to 270 demerit points and a two-match suspension with an early plea. West Coast sought the adjudication of the Tribunal. On Tuesday night the Tribunal was satisfied with the MRP assessment and Waters was suspended for two matches.

Match Comments

Collingwood equalled its highest score against West Coast to parallel 26.17-173 in 2001-R12 at Docklands
the Magpies posted a new Greatest Winning Margin against the Eagles, topping the 81 points of 2001-R12 (173-92)
West Coast suffered its sixth heaviest defeat of 508 matches since 1987 –
142pts – 1989-R15-WH – 1.12-18 v Ess 25.10-160
130pts – 1987-R16-SCG – 10.11-71 v Syd 30-21-201
119pts – 2001-R10-PP – 3.12-30 v Car 21.23-149
112pts – 2001-R22-FP – 7.9-51 v PA 24.19-163
100pts – 1999-R17-BCG – 9.12-66 v Bri 25.16-166
100pts – 2008-R10-MCG – 10.13-73 v Col 27.11-173
Collingwood for a second week produced 13 goalkickers
Collingwood with 8.1-49 kicked a new Q4 high versus West Coast
Dane Swan was the Pies' best ball-winner with 35 touches while Alan Didak picked up 28 possessions and three goals.
All this was achieved despite the Eagles having the dominant ruckman on the ground – Cox had 15 kicks, 15 handballs and 36 hitouts – and breaking even in the clearances. In anything other than a 100-point loss, the ruckman would have been best afield

AFL Round 9 - Collingwood Vs Geelong

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:57:26 GMT

Booyah.. what a cracker of a game... I had been out ( watching Indiana Jones, no less) and came home to listen to the final quarter streamed via the AFL Website. I was cheering and carrying on. I turned up the sound for the Club song... Not only that, I then rushed upstairs to watch the game... Of course, i had to sit my way through a bloody Benny Hill repeat of a repeat of a repeat episode before the game kicked off... I had to do the silent yealling and cheering and singing the club song as the girls had all gone to bed... and there were plenty of cheering.. Thomo's goal of the year and the tackling, tackling tackling...

Match Details

Friday (n), May 23, 2008 Docklands, 7.40pm AEST; crowd: 78,206 Conditions: Good Weather: 11C, fine and cold, light winds
	1/4 time	1/2 time	3/4 time	Final
COL	6.4-40 (26)	11.6-72 (51)	16.8-104 (63)	20.14-134 (86)
GEE	2.2-14	3.3-21	6.5-41	7.6-48
Goals: Collingwood: Travis Cloke 4, Paul Medhurst 3, Alan Didak 2, Leon Davis 2, Heath Shaw, Ben Johnson, Anthony Rocca, Josh Fraser, Martin Clarke, Tarkyn Lockyer, Scott Pendlebury, Chris Bryan, Dale Thomas. Geelong: Gary Ablett 2, Travis Varcoe, David Wojcinski, Ryan Gamble, Cameron Mooney, Tom Hawkins. Best: Collingwood: Martin Clarke, Dale Thomas, Travis Cloke, Tarkyn Lockyer, Dane Swan, Scott Pendlebury, Anthony Rocca. Geelong: Gary Ablett, Joel Corey. Umpires: Stephen McBurney, Hayden Kennedy, Scott Jeffery.

Match Comments

close to a parallel – at half-time the Pies led the Cats by 51 points – in 2006 in Round 8 at the MCG, it was 59 points difference 12.3 to 2.4, with Collingwood that night (May 20) winning by 102 points
Collingwood's 86-point win is their 4th-best of 214 games versus the Cats; only 102pts in 2006, 97pts in 1945 and 89pts in 1902 are better
also close to a parallel – TIM LANE noted on ABC 774 that in 1953 it was Collingwood who severed the string of Geelong's 23-straight victories – on Friday night it was the end of 12 successive wins by the Cats from last year's R22
The Magpies had 13 goalkickers for the match; an equal best by Collingwood – last time 1990-R16-SCG v Sydney – see Goals-most
50th DALE THOMAS (Collingwood, 2006-08) who in Q4 kicked Collingwood's 19th of the night and a contender for goal of the year
The Magpies amassed a staggering 85 tackles, 56 of which came in the first half as they turned the Cats into a side which bore no semblance at all to the one which had won 27 of its previous 28 matches.

AFL Round 8 - St Kilda Vs Collingwood

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:47:26 GMT

Woohoo another win.. a good hard tough win that might make the difference for the year. Now we ar 4-4 and will be able to build on that. What i wouldn't give for some consecutive wins.

Match Details

Friday (n), May 16, 2008 Docklands, 7.40pm AEST; Roof: closed; crowd: 48,417 Conditions: Good Weather: 16C, chilly, rain developing
	1/4 time	1/2 time	3/4 time	Final
STK	6.3-39 (8)	9.5-59	12.6-78	14.10-94
COL	5.1-31	10.3-63 (4)	14.5-89 (11)	16.7-103 (9)
Goals: Collingwood: Alan Didak 3, Paul Medhurst 2, Scott Burns 2, Leon Davis, Harry O'Brien, Scott Pendlebury, Dale Thomas, Sharrod Wellingham, Anthony Rocca, Tarkyn Lockyer, Ben Johnson, Chris Bryan. St Kilda: Stephen Milne 2, David Armitage 2, Nick Dal Santo 2, Shane Birss 2, Jason Gram, Fraser Gehrig, Leigh Montagna, Brendon Goddard, Jason Koschitzke, Robert Harvey. Best: Collingwood: Scott Burns, Leon Davis, Harry O'Brien, Alan Didak, Scott Pendlebury, Nathan J Brown, Dane Swan, Chris Bryan. St Kilda: Sam Fisher, Luke Ball, Lenny Hayes, Jason Blake, Leigh Montagna, Nick Dal Santo, Max Hudghton. Umpires: Brett Rosebury, Matt Stevic, Shane McInerney.

Match Comments

at the 202nd meeting no new match records were noted
200th SHANE O'BREE (181 Col 2007-08; 19 Bri 1998-99)
200th career match LENNY HAYES (St Kilda, 1999-2008), 176 premiership games, 22 pre-season, 2 International

AFL Round 7 - Hawthorn Vs Collingwood

Wed, 14 May 2008 11:10:34 GMT

Whoops, almost forgot to post... It was (apparently) a dismal game for us anyway. Of course, i didn't see it. Heaven forbid....

Match Details

Saturday, May 3, 2008 MCG, 2.10pm AEST, crowd: 76,048 Conditions: tba Weather: 16C; morning showers clearing, cloudy
	1/4 time	1/2 time	3/4 time	Final
HAW	5.6-34 (22)	8.6-54 (21)	14.9-93 (25)	24.10-154 (65)
COL	2.0-12	5.3-33	10.8-68	13.11-89
Goals: Hawthorn: Lance Franklin 6.4, Jarryd Roughead 6.3, Williams 5.0, Hodge 2, Stuart Dew, Cyril Rioli, Clinton Young, Robert Campbell, Rick Ladson. Collingwood: Lockyer 4, Davis 2, Clarke, O'Bree, Medhurst, H.Shaw, Johnson, Maxwell, Swan. Best: Hawthorn: Sam Mitchell, Brad Sewell, Lance Franklin, Jarryd Roughead, Luke Hodge, Mark Williams, Grant Birchall. Collingwood: Heath Shaw, Tarkyn Lockyer, Scott Pendlebury, Dane Swan, Martin Clarke. Umpires: Chris Donlon, Stephen McBurney, Shaun Ryan.

Match Comments

The Hawks fell short of their best score of 146 meetings against the Pies – it remains as 25.22-172 in 1976-R3 at Princes Park
Q4 and 10.1-61 produced the biggest score of any quarter against the Pies, greater than 9.5-59 in 2001-R16 at the MCG
It was the first 10-goal term for Hawthorn since 10.0 in Q3 versus St Kilda in 1999-R12 at Waverley – it was the 21st time the Hawks have kicked double-digit goals in the last quarter and overall 41 times in a League match
The last occasion the Magpies had 10 goals kicked against them in a quarter was Carlton's Q3 of 11.3 in 2000-R18 at Princes Park
250th SCOTT BURNS (Collingwood 1995-2008)
no other new match records were noted

AFL Round 6 - Collingwood Vs Essendon

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:00:12 GMT

Woohoo. Anzac Day footy is here and what a day for the Pies... People whinge about how other clubs don't get to play on this special day and that the games are all one-sided... well, as the most-supported club ( from attendance figures of Clubs) Collingwood deserve such a day and it is always good to not only smash Essendon but to rack up a big score in doing so... Fantastic to see Medhurst and Cloke kicking a bag each (6 & 5 respectively) and Pendlebury and Co racking up possessions in the midfield like there is no tomorrow..

C'Mon boys, let's get some back-to-back wins...

Match Details

Friday, April 25, 2008 MCG, 2.40pm AEST; crowd: tba Conditions: Good – lights on Q1 Weather: 24C, midday sunshine turning to cloudy; no rain for the game
	1/4 time	1/2 time	3/4 time	Final
COL	5.3-33 (1)	11.7-73 (31)	15.12-102 (53)	23.16-154 (73)
ESS	5.2-32	6.6-42	7.7-49	12.9-81
Goals: Collingwood: Paul Medhurst 6.2, Travis Cloke 5.4, Tarkyn Lockyer 3, Leon Davis 3, Ben Johnson, Dale Thomas, Tyson Goldsack, Dane Swan, Cameron Wood, Alan Didak. Essendon: Matthew Lloyd 3, Jay Nash, Jason Laycock, Dustin Fletcher, Kyle Reimers, Andrew Welsh, Brent Stanton, Mal Michael, Courtney Johns, Ricky Dyson. Best: Collingwood: Paul Medhurst, Scott Pendlebury, Travis Cloke, Dane Swan, Ben Johnson, Leon Davis, Heath Shaw. Essendon: Dustin Fletcher, Jobe Watson, Henry Slattery, Bachar Houli, Brent Stanton. Anzac Day Medal: Paul Medhurst. Umpires: Michael Vozzo, Brett Rosebury, Shane McInerney. Report: Courtney Johns (Ess) for rough play on Scott Pendlebury (Col) by umpire Brett Rosebury in Q1.

Match Comments

In the 14th Anzac Day clash of the pair the Magpies won by 73 points, bigger than Essendon's 66pt victory in 2003 – the score of 23.16-154 was a new high of April 25th matches – it's now Collingwood 7 wins, Essendon 6, one draw in 1995 ...
Collingwood had its biggest win against Essendon in 37 years, since they won by 147 points in 1971-Round 14 at Victoria Park, 200-53.
Collingwood's 23.16-154 is the equal of Hawthorn's score versus Melbourne in the opening round but trails the Bulldogs' 161 points against the Demons in Round 2 – refer Stats Update ...
94,825 for the 1995 Anzac Day draw remains the highest crowd at the MCG for a Collingwood-Essendon non-finals match – the 88,999 on Friday is the 9th biggest to see a home-and-away game at headquarters ...
The Magpies opened with 5.3 – their best Q1 for the season, thus far ...
A first half of 11.7 by Collingwood was the equal of its R3 performance against Richmond also at the MCG ...
Captain MATTHEW LLOYD kicked three Essendon goals, and there were another nine single goalscorers ...
In the 217th premiership meeting of the pair, the Pies had their third successive win over the Dons but no new match records were noted ...

AFL Round 5 - Collingwood Vs North Melbourne

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:10:42 GMT

Another one that we should have been able to pencil in for a win. Geez, our continued inaccuracy costs us dearly. Not only that, after raising our hopes cruelly in Rnd 1, Rocca continues with his meagre return of possessions, let alone goals. I guess the only good thing to come out of it was that there is no possible way for me to watch this game on free-to-air TV. Certainly not live, not eve a delayed telecast or even a replay telecast at 1am which was the norm last year...

Match Details

Saturday (n), April 19, 2008 MCG, 7.10pm AEST, crowd: 51,990 Conditions: Good Weather: 20C, fine and clear
	1/4 time	1/2 time	3/4 time	Final
COL	2.4-16	8.6-54 (17)	10.11-71 (5)	15.15-105
NM	3.4-22 (6)	5.9-39	9.12-66	16.16-112 (7)
Goals: North Melb: Lindsay Thomas 3, Matt Campbell 3, Shannon Grant 3, Nathan Thompson 2, Ed Lower 2, Adam Simpson, Corey Jones, David Hale. Collingwood: Paul Medhurst 5.2, Josh Fraser 4, Leon Davis 2, Scott Pendlebury, Alan Didak, Anthony Rocca, Rhyce Shaw Best: North Melb: Brent Harvey, Shannon Grant, Leigh Harding, Sam Power, Hamish McIntosh, Jesse Smith. Collingwood: Tarkyn Lockyer, Paul Medhurst, Rhyce Shaw, Josh Fraser, Scott Pendlebury, Alan Didak. Umpires: Chris Donlon, Hayden Kennedy, Damien Sully. Report: Daniel Pratt (NM) for charging Josh Fraser (Col) in Q1.

Match Comments

North's 47th victory over Collingwood matches the single digits that have peppered recent Kanga wins over eight seasons – 2pts 2001-R7-Dok, 5pts 2005-R4-MCG, 6pts 2006-R3-Dok ...
The Kangas kicked themselves to a victory by winning a last quarter for the first time this season –

7.4-46 R5-MCG v Col 5.4-34
5.4-34 R4-MCG v Mel 6.3-39
2.4-16 R1-Dok v Ess 4.3-27
2.2-14 R2-MCG v Rch 3.1-19
1.0-6 R3-Dok v Haw 6.3-39

50th game NATHAN THOMPSON with North Melb (2005-08); also 119 Haw 1998-2004) ...
no new match records were observed ...

AFL Round 4 - Carlton Vs Collingwood

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:07:44 GMT

Damn, Damn, Damn... we had a chance to put Carlton in the record books as the longest losing streak in AFL history as well as increase their streak of having 100 points kicked against them. of course, in true Collingwood style, we choked...

Every few weeks, we have one of these games, umpiring decisions appear to go against us, the players forget that man-on-man defence will stop tempo footy and that kicking to a one-on-three contest in the forward fifty is not a direct avenue to goal...

One thing i noticed, it still doesn't look like Judd is playing too much team footy. He still tends to deliver the ball to where players "should be", not where they are going to be... there were a lot of kicks that were just out of reach or over the head of the leading players. Maybe I'm just dirty because he didn't come to Collingwood...

Match Details

Sunday, April 13, 2008 MCG, 2.10pm AEST, crowd: near 77,873 Conditions: Good Weather: 18C, overcast
	1/4 time	1/2 time	3/4 time	Final
CAR	6.0-36 (14)	10.2-62 (20)	12.6-78 (27)	17.9-111 (23)
COL	3.4-22	6.6-42	7.9-51	13.10-88
Goals: Carlton: Brendan Fevola 7.2, Brad Fisher 2, Bryce Gibbs, Richard Hadley, Setanta O'hAilpin, Eddie Betts, Nick Stevens, Darren Pfeiffer, Shaun Grigg, Kade Simpson. Collingwood: Nathan Brown 2, L Davis 2, Thomas 2, Didak, Medhurst, Pendlebury, Cloke, Swan, Clarke, Rocca. Best: Carlton: Brendan Fevola, Marc Murphy, Bryce Gibbs, Jarrad Waite, Chris Judd, Heath Scotland, Nick Stevens, Bret Thornton. Collingwood: Ben Johnson, Dane Swan, Shane Wakelin, Martin Clarke, Rhyce Shaw. Umpires: Stephen McBurney, Damien Sully, Scott Jeffery. Reports: Nick Stevens (Car) reported by umpire Scott Jeffery for striking Alan Didak (Col) in Q3. The charge was withdrawn. Nick Maxwell (Col) was cited for intentionally striking Marc Murphy (Car) in Q1. The incident drew a three-match suspension, reduced to two by the 25 per cent good behaviour discount and ending as one game with an early plea. The player accepted guilt and the MRP suspension of one match.

Match Comments

The Blues ended the horror stretch of 14 successive losses to register their first success in a premiership match since the win versus Port last June in R11 ...
Carlton's BRENDAN FEVOLA passed 400 career goals in game 146 ...
The Blues with six goals kicked their best opening of the season ...
JORDAN BANNISTER had his 50th for Carlton 2004-08; also 14 Ess 2001-03 ...
in the 236th contest no new match records were noted ...

AFL Round 3 - Richmond Vs Collingwood

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:13:57 GMT

What a brilliant Game! and i got to watch it on TV live!! Collingwood kicked 11 of the first 13 goals to jump out of the blocks. Richmond finally got started an provided a contest but the game was gone... Go Pies!

Match Details

2008 — ROUND 3 — GAME 7
Richmond v Collingwood
Sunday, April 5, 2008 MCG, 2.10pm AEDT, crowd: 70,832 Conditions: Good; blustery wind conditions Weather: 19C; mainly sunny
	1/4 time	1/2 time	3/4 time	Final
RCH	1.1-7	4.5-29	9.10-64	11.12-78
COL	5.2-32 (25)	11.7-73 (44)	15.9-99 (35)	18.14-122 (44)
Goals: Collingwood: Paul Medhurst 3, Dale Thomas 3, Anthony Rocca 3, Travis Cloke 2, John Anthony 2, Leon Davis, Nick Maxwell, Josh Fraser, Ben Johnson, Cameron Wood. Richmond: Kayne Pettifer 2, Adam Pattison 2, Matthew Richardson, Chris Newman, Graham Polak, Nathan G Brown, Mitch Morton, Richard Tambling, Jake King. Best: Collingwood: Heath Shaw, Paul Medhurst, Tarkyn Lockyer, Rhyce Shaw, Shane Wakelin, Nick Maxwell, Dale Thomas, Ben Johnson, Scott Pendlebury. Richmond: Jake King, Nathan Foley, Will Thursfield, Shane Tuck, Chris Newman. Umpires: Dean Margetts, Matthew Nicholls, Shane McInerney. Report: Kayne Pettifer (Rch) reported by umpire Matthew Nicholls for striking Nick Maxwell (Col) in Q2.

Match Comments

JOHN ANTHONY on debut for Collingwood kicked two goals with his first two kicks ...
100th KANE JOHNSON (Richmond 2003-08) adding to the 104 games with Adelaide 1996-2002 ...

AFL Round 2 - Brisbane vs Collingwood

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:37:09 GMT

Damn.. That one got away.. 2 points on a wet muddy day! damn those soft free kicks in front of goal

Match Details

2008 — ROUND 2 — GAME 1
Brisbane Lions v Collingwood
Friday (n), March 28, 2008 BCG (Gabba), 8.40pm AEDT; crowd: 44,867 Conditions: Fair; muddy in the centre after 6mm of rain during the day Weather: 17C, rain eased before the match; rain in Q3
	1/4 time	1/2 time	3/4 time	Final
BRI	3.5-23 (2)	8.10-58 (11)	9.14-68	13.18-96 (2)
COL	3.3-21	7.5-47	12.12-84 (16)	13.16-94
Goals: Brisbane: Daniel Bradshaw 3, Jamie Charman 2, Anthony Corrie 2, Jonathan Brown 2, Josh Drummond, Simon Black, Luke Power, Jed Adcock. Collingwood: Travis Cloke 2, Anthony Rocca 2, Alan Didak 2, Leon Davis, Shane O’Bree, Dale Thomas, Chris Egan, Dane Swan, Josh Fraser, Paul Medhurst. Best: Brisbane: Luke Power, Travis Johnstone, Jed Adcock, Luke Brennan, Jamie Charman. Collingwood: Dane Swan, Scott Burns, Josh Fraser, Alan Didak, Leon Davis, Ben Johnson. Umpires: Michael Vozzo, Dean Meredith, Scott Jeffery.

Match Comments

At the 13th Gabba meeting, the Lions beat the Magpies for the 10th time ...
no new match records were noted ...

AFL Round 1 - Collingwood vs Fremantle

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:22:52 GMT

How could i forget... AFL has finally kicked off. of course, i was up on the Sunshine coast which showed a couple of 1960 -era movies instead of delighting us all with the Rocca's bag of goals.. bloody typical!!

Match Details

Collingwood v Fremantle
Saturday, March 22, 2008 MCG, 2.10pm AEDT, crowd: 45,383 Conditions: Very good Weather: 22C, fine, warm, blue skies
	1/4 time	1/2 time	3/4 time	Final
COL	3.3-21 (2)	7.6-48 (4)	10.10-70 (6)	16.15-111 (26)
FRE	3.1-19	7.2-44	10.4-64	13.7-85
Goals: Collingwood: Anthony Rocca 6.1, Alan Didak 3, Dale Thomas 2, Leon Davis 2, Paul Medhurst, Travis Cloke, Tarkyn Lockyer. Fremantle: Luke McPharlin 3, Shaun McManus 2, Matthew Pavlich, Peter Bell, Mark Johnson, Matthew Carr, David Mundy, Ryan Crowley, Jeff Farmer, Des Headland. Best: Collingwood: Anthony Rocca, Rhyce Shaw, Leon Davis, Chris Egan, Dane Swan, Alan Didak, Scott Pendlebury. Fremantle: David Mundy, Peter Bell, Roger Hayden, Luke McPharlin, Byron Schammer, Des Headland, Steven Dodd, Jeff Farmer. Umpires: Scott McLaren, Ray Chamberlain, Chris Kamolins. Report: l Dean Solomon (Fre) was cited with a Level One rough conduct offence against Shane Wakelin (Col) during Q??. The MRP found the offence was classified as 125 points but because of Solomon's past record his tally was increased to 232.81 points which means that even by pleading guilty he will still have a tally of 174.61 points – well over the 100 point cut-off for a one match suspension. Fremantle sought the adjudication of the Tribunal. The Tribunal found Solomon guilty and suspended him for two matches.

Match Comments

the crowd of 45,383 was the biggest to watch the pair – previous highest was 44,480 at the MCG last June ...

ROHAN CONNOLLY noted in The Age – "no fewer than 10 of the Pies' 22 were aged 21 or less" – Nathan J Brown, Marty Clarke, Travis Cloke, Chris Egan, Tyson Goldsack, Harry O'Brien, Scott Pendlebury, Sean Rusling, Dale Thomas and Cameron Wood ...

ANTHONY ROCCA passed 400 career goals in game 231 ...

no new match records were noted ...

Aussies halted at 16 wins again...

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:13:14 GMT

Well, it's happened again, Australia has been beaten by Insia to be stranded on 16 wins again. The Indians did pay well but one wonders what the result would have been if not for the Decisions against Hussey and Symonds in the second Innings. Seems the Indians got the result they wanted. Their whinging and veiled (and not-so-veiled) threatsd have resulted in the 50-50 calls going their way and also toned down the Aussie aggressions which is what they cannot handle.

I think calls about the end of an Aussie dominance is a bit far-fetched. One upset win does not make a great test side. Will Ishant Sharma follow the rest of his predessecors and get all hyped up and with pockets full of sponsorship cash forget to do all the things that got him there and spend time as another medoicre palyer living off the memoris of that performance... just ask Yuvraj Singh...

A few factors didn't help, Hayden's 11th hour omission, Tait's performance, the inability to bowl fast men for any lentgh of time due to over rates.... As i said, one win or a drawn series does not make champions.

Paper Tiger caves again...

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:53:19 GMT

It looks like the ICC is nothing but a paper tiger and is as useless as ever... They have caved in to the Indian Cricket teams petulant sulking and essentially killed Steve Bucknor's career just like the did with Darrell Hair. .Has no-one the balls to stand up to the BCCI?

Imagine if the situation was reversed. yeah, sure there would have been a lot of stuff printed about the umpiring decisions (and rightly so) but then the tour would have moved on without tit-for-tat suspensions, threats to call off the tour, the mass burning of effigies and all the ridiculous carry-on. What has been hidden was the fact that India could not last 70 overs despite the bad decisions... Had they held on for a draw, would all of this been so much of an issue. These are supposed to be professional players, yet an under-9's team would have handled that better.

The whole thing with the racism slur is just ridiculous. If "monkey" is not a racial slur, how come the only player ever, in both past and present players, called a monkey just happens to be the only player in the side that is black? I am of the opinion that Ponting has done the right thing by exposing it. Just as it was exposed and dealt with in the AFL, so now it should not be swept under the carpet but be dealt with in cricket.

Harbajan denies he said it but he has history which undermines his credibility. Indians are calling Ponting, Symonds and Hayden a liar but Harbajan, despite being caught before for saying it and warned no to say it again, must be believed. Everyone must learn that racism is not just white people calling other people of colour offensive names but refers to all people of any race, creed or colour. I myself, lost count of the times I was called "a white c**t" when I played football yet it was only my coach that was banned (and again, rightly so) for yelling a racist term. There is no place for racism anywhere, let alone on the field.

While the on-field action was regrettable, the mess afterwards was inexcusable, showing that the state of cricket is in a terrible state and I do not see it improving until the self-serving asian bloc of cricket boards are willing to put the game ahead of themselves.

That's why I am not interested in anything that the Indian Cricket team is involved in.....

Another Porkie...

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:18:58 GMT

Pig's Bum he didn't

Collingwood Magpies in 2007

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:46:09 GMT

Most pundits had all but written them off before the start of the season and certainly after key injuries to top players. But attitude and discipline will get you everywhere and they finished essentially third in the race for the AFL premiership.

Along the way they set all sorts of records and amazing stats...

Round 6 saw Collingwood hit the post an extraordinary SEVEN times – the last occasion seven was recorded was by Richmond against Fitzroy in the 1924-R4 match at Punt Road.
Round 7 saw Shane Wakelin kick his first goal for Collingwood in during his 125 games to that round
Collingwood won at the Gabba for the first time since 1995 (and i missed it)
Round 10 saw a crowd of 44,480, being the second-best home-and-away crowd to watch the Dockers
Round 11 at Stadium Australia saw a crowd of 64,222 being the 3rd-highest, behind the two best posted in 2003, 72,393 then 71,019
Round 18 saw the meeting closely bearing parallel with that played on May 12 at the MCG –
R07-MCG – Collingwood 17.17-119 v Carlton 14.11-95 – 24pts
R18-MCG – Collingwood 18.12-120 v Carlton 14.12-96 – 24pts
In round 18, he Magpies kicked 8.2-50, their best Q4 of this season and beat Carlton in four successive matches for the first time for more than 50 years, since 1953-55
Round 20 saw the Pies with 6.4 produced their best opening quarter of the season – it carried Collingwood to their 12th win of the year over Melbourne. Melbourne was goalless against the Pies in Q2 for the first time since 1990 at Waverley when Collingwood kicked 5.3 to the Demons 0.4 – the Magpies won that day as well
Round 21 saw the Magpies beat the Swans at the MCG for the first time since 1936
The Elimination Final against Sydney saw the best 1^st quarter of the year kicking 6.5
The Semi-Final saw scores tied at the siren requiring extra-time to be played for only the second time in a League final under rules introduced following the draw between Collingwood and West Coast in the 1990 Qualifying Final at Waverley and the subsequent replay a week later. Collingwood beat West Coast at Subiaco for only the third time – last time was in 1992-R13, the other in 1989-R11
West Coast, in their 201st game at Subiaco, was held goalless in Q1 for the first time.
Collingwood is only the second side from the group finishing fifth-eighth to make it to a Preliminary Final.
We beat both Grand-Finalists from the last 2 years in the Finals.
3 AFL mark of the Year Weekly winners – Leon Davis, Josh Fraser and Anthony Rocca
2 AFL Goal of the Year Weekly Winners – Leon Davis twice ( although Dale Thomas was robbed only by a Boundary Umpire that was 20 metres away..)
All-time season crowd record -

Total

Games

Average

Rank

Home

603,881

11

54,898.3

1

Away

622,703

11

56,609.4

1

Total

1,226,604

22

55,754.73

1
Had Crowd numbers in the top three at every ground this year, including 3 of the top 4 at the MCG.

Ground/Round	Crowd	Teams
MCG
1PF	98,002	Geelong-Collingwood
R5	90,508	Essendon - Collingwood
R15	85,468	Geelong-Collingwood
Docklands
R13	50,248	Collingwood-Hawthorn
Football Park
R6	43,915	Adelaide-Collingwood
Subiaco
2SF	43,627	West Coast –Collingwood
Gabba
R9	32,225	Brisbane-Collingwood
SCG
R12	64,222	Sydney -Collingwood

Senior Magpie retires...

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:45:32 GMT

James Clement has announced his retirement...

I always like Jimmy, his confidence and run from the backline set up many forays into the forward 50. he had amazing accuracy for licking over 50m to hit a guy on the chest. It'll be a shame to see him go... Now that our Vice Captain has retired, lets see the Skipper go around one more time..

THE JAMES CLEMENT FILE
Brownlow Medal
2006 votes 4; career votes 14
Previous AFL club
Fremantle (1996-2000: 84 games, 38 goals)
Draft history
1995 AFL Draft zone selection (Fremantle); 2000 AFL Draft traded by Fremantle to Collingwood for No. 39 (Adam McPhee)
Debut
Round 11, 1996 v Essendon @ MCG
Collingwood debut: Round 3, 2001 v Western Bulldogs @ Telstra Dome
Awards/Honours
Collingwood
EW Copeland Trophy (Best and Fairest) 2004, 2005
RT Rush Trophy (2nd Best and Fairest) 2006 (equal)
JJ Joyce Trophy (3rd Best and Fairest) 2002
Bob Rose Award (best player in finals) 2002, 2006
AFL
2 state of origin games, 3 goals for Western Australia
International Rules Series 2002
All-Australian 2004, 2005

Gallant Pies fall 5pts short

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:20:22 GMT

So my boys gave the most dominating side of the entire season a big scare and came within 5 points of the biggest upset of the year. It makes me proud to see my boys never giving in and battling it out until the final siren. Cheers to them all... you are winners in my book.

It was a game I loved to watch as i wasn't expecting them to win but had that glimmer of hope that they could... and they nearly did.

Go the Pies in 2008!! hopefully still with Bucks and maybe Judd

Super Pies cruise through to the semis

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:32:52 GMT

COLLINGWOOD has set up an interstate semi-final showdown with West Coast after demolishing Sydney by 38 points on Saturday night in the second elimination final at the MCG. It was the third time the Pies have beaten the Swans this year, although this result presents as the most significant as it ensures the 2005 premiers and last year's Grand Finalists will not progress beyond the first week of finals for the first time since 2002.

After getting off to a commanding start, the game ebbed and flowed with the Swans mounting periodic challenges, and threatening to claim the momentum and steamroll the home side. But the Pies finished off in the same sterling fashion they started in, and with a five-goal final term sent the Swans packing 18.17 (125) to 13.9 (87) to move beyond the opening week of finals for the first time since 2003.

It was a stunning result for the side that was bundled out of last year's race by the Western Bulldogs in the opening week. With Nathan Buckley back and clearly enjoying his football, the Pies were a team-oriented and switched-on unit that systematically dismantled the formerly suffocating Swans.

While they didn't have a player worthy of criticism, it was midfielders Dane Swan and Scott Pendlebury who helped instigate the Pies' drive into attack, while forwards Anthony Rocca (six goals), Sean Rusling and Travis Cloke (three each) dominated the game. They set up with an impressive forward structure, with Rusling starting deep, Rocca midway up the 50 and Cloke at centre-half forward, while either Paul Medhurst or Leon Davis roamed dangerously.

It was a structure that worked, and their start was consequently set at a cracking pace. They held their biggest lead of the opening term – 31 points – as the quarter-time siren sounded. Rocca's performance was nothing short of heroic after the spearhead went off late in the second term with what appeared to be a serious knee complaint. But he reappeared with the team after the main break and went on to be the Pies' leading goalscorer. He had perhaps his best first term for the season with seven touches, five marks and two goals, while Alan Didak was explosive coming off the bench to pick up seven possessions and one goal.

With a convincing lead and an opposition that appeared out of sorts, the Pies entered the second term brimming with confidence, but the experienced finalists in the Swans again displayed their never-say-die attitude. The Swans lifted, and by scoring the first two goals of the term had culled the Pies' lead to under four straight kicks. But, the home side rose to their challenge and regained their ascendancy through Davis and Rusling. As the quarter see-sawed score-wise, the Swans became more convincing regarding their pressure. They kept the Pies honest in the midfield and drew themselves closer with inside 50s, and the result had them within 16 points as the term wore down.

A pair of unfortunate events had the Pies' lead reduced to just 10 at half time. Just before Jude Bolton popped through the goal that settled the half, Rocca sent a scare through the Pies' camp when he hyper-extended his knee. The game seemed set to continue to go Sydney's way when O'Loughlin opened the scoring with a goal just after the re-start in the third quarter but the Pies' defensive pressure stepped up and forced the Swans into costly turnovers. This eventually paid dividends as Collingwood put together five goals to one for the remainder of the term.

With Rocca clearly forgetting his sore knee, he again stood up and made the third quarter his, while Rusling continued to present and Swan started to find plenty of the ball. The difference was 28 points with a term to go, and with the sun soon to set on one team's 2007 seasons, the respective huddles consisted of plenty of intense discussion. Whatever Buckley said to his troops worked a treat, as they refused to concede any ground to the Swans in the deciding term, and consequently won a trip to Perth to meet the wounded Eagles.

COLLINGWOOD: 6.5, 8.9, 13.12, 18.17 (125)
SYDNEY: 1.4, 7.5, 9.8, 13.9 (87)

GOALS - Collingwood: Rocca 6, Rusling 3, Cloke 3, Didak, Pendlebury, Davis, Swan, Buckley, Medhurst
Sydney: O'Loughlin 4, Davis 2, Malceski 2, Kirk, Fosdike, Schneider, J. Bolton, Hall

BEST - Collingwood: Rocca, Buckley, Rusling, Cloke, Swan, Pendlebury, Davis, Didak, H. Shaw
Sydney: O'Loughlin, Goodes, Kirk, J. Bolton, Malceski

INJURIES - Collingwood: TBA
Sydney: TBA

Reports: TBA

Umpires: McBurney, Stevic, McInerney

Official crowd: 64,645 at the MCG

Tipping for NRL 2007

Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:19:13 GMT

OMG, I won!

This is the first time i have triumphed... Fortunately, i managed to stay strong in the last few weeks, forcing others to play catch-up.

Now to go and claim my winnings...

Collingwood smashes club attendance record

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:51:24 GMT

Collingwood is proud to announce it has broken the all-time annual VFL/AFL home and away attendance record, with 1,178,689 having already watch the Magpies in season 2007. The all time VFL/AFL club attendance record previously stood at 1,169,551, set by Essendon in 1998.
The fact Collingwood has broken the record with one round still remaining is testament to Collingwood being the most popular club in the AFL, with the most loyal and passionate fans.

The Equation for Finals Position

Collingwood, now sixth, is currently on the same number of wins as fourth-placed Hawthorn and fifth-placed Kangaroos.
Overtaking the Hawks (118.32%) on percentage won’t happen, while the Kangaroos (106.35%) currently have a ‘points for’ versus ‘points against’ ratio of +121, while the Magpies’ (102.00%) ratio is +38. So, if both the Kangaroos and Collingwood win, the Magpies’ winning margin would need to be at least 84 points greater than the Kangaroos’ for the Magpies to slip ahead of the team from Arden Street on the ladder.
In terms of the round 22 fixture, Hawthorn faces a tough trip to Sydney to take on the Swans on Sunday, while the Kangaroos will clash with the Western Bulldogs at the Telstra Dome, also on Sunday. So, provided Collingwood wins on Friday night, Magpie fans will no doubt be barracking hard for both Sydney and the Bulldogs on Sunday.

Below are the possible scenarios for Collingwood:

Will finish 4th if…

Collingwood beats Adelaide
Sydney beats Hawthorn
Western Bulldogs beat Kangaroos

Sydney beats Hawthorn
Kangaroos beat Western Bulldogs
Collingwood beats Adelaide and its winning margin is at least 84 points more than the Kangaroos’ winning margin over the Western Bulldogs.

Will finish 5th if…

Collingwood beats Adelaide
Hawthorn beats Sydney
Western Bulldogs beat Kangaroos

Sydney beats Hawthorn
Kangaroos beat Western Bulldogs
Collingwood beats Adelaide but does not exceed the Kangaroos’ winning margin over the Western Bulldogs by at least 84 points.

Will finish 6th if…

Hawthorn beats Sydney
Kangaroos beat Western Bulldogs
Collingwood beats Adelaide but does not exceed the Kangaroos’ winning margin over the Western Bulldogs by at least 84 points.

Adelaide beats Collingwood

So much for predicting Collingwood in the bottom four this year!!

He's Back!

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:26:36 GMT

Buckley is set to take the field this week for the Pies.

Big game against the Swan's coming up. The Lads need to get at least 1 win from the Swans or the Crows to cement their spot in the finals... let's hope the return of Buckley and Fraser can provide a spark and get the team playing for the whole four quarters..

7.4-46	R5-MCG	v Col 5.4-34
5.4-34	R4-MCG	v Mel 6.3-39
2.4-16	R1-Dok	v Ess 4.3-27
2.2-14	R2-MCG	v Rch 3.1-19
1.0-6	R3-Dok	v Haw 6.3-39

	Total	Games	Average	Rank
Home	603,881	11	54,898.3	1
Away	622,703	11	56,609.4	1
Total	1,226,604	22	55,754.73	1