Having consistently labelled themselves as ‘the team everybody loves to hate’, the Collingwood Magpies are also known for their passionate fan base which makes them arguably the most supported club in the AFL. With 14 VFL/AFL Premierships since their introduction in 1892, the Pies are the second most successful club in AFL history in terms of flags won.
See the 2010 Collingwood Magpies fixtures.
Collingwood are cautiously confident as they move into the second year of their self-proclaimed AFL premiership window. Off the field, the Magpies have reaffirmed their status as one of the league’s top clubs with a five-year, multi-million dollar sponsorship renewal.
On-field, they are desperate to break a 20-year premiership drought and will be one of the [...] Read article
Less than two years after Collingwood suspended Heath Shaw for the AFL finals, he is being hailed as their potential captain.
The Magpies have added the 24-year-old defender to their leadership group, with the August, 2008 off-field disaster now just a bad memory.
Then, Collingwood suspended Shaw and Alan Didak for the rest of the season because [...] Read article
Collingwood flattened Port Adelaide by 81 points in their AFL practice match at Mt Gambier on Saturday.
The Power had appeared in decent fettle on their way to the semi-finals of the pre-season cup, but were made to look decidedly inadequate by the Magpies’ superior combination of grit and class, which ultimately delivered a 27.16 (178) [...] Read article
At this time last year, the name Patrick McGinnity was big news in the AFL. It wasn’t for a spectacular mark or a string of standout performances, but rather for the broken jaw he copped after being on the receiving end of a bruising bump from Collingwood’s Nick Maxwell.
Maxwell was initially suspended but controversially later [...] Read article
Richmond tagger Jake King could miss the start of the AFL season after being charged with striking Collingwood forward Travis Cloke during last Friday’s practice game at Princes Park.
The league’s match review panel investigated the incident and interviewed Cloke because the video footage was inconclusive, and charged King with a level-three strike.
King’s poor record, which [...] Read article
Collingwood booted a bizarre 13 successive behinds in the final quarter, but still cruised to a comfortable 28-point AFL practice match win over Richmond at Princes Park on Friday.
John McCarthy, John Anthony and Anthony Corrie kicked two goals each in the Magpies’ 11.24 (90) to 9.8 (62) victory.
The Magpies would have won by much further [...] Read article
Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse has warned the AFL risks a return to the pre-draft days of poor clubs being stuck near the foot of the ladder when free agency is introduced.
While the league’s most experienced coach acknowledged the new transfer system, to begin in 2012, had been inevitable, he said the cost could be a [...] Read article
Collingwood’s coaching future beyond Mick Malthouse will be on show on Friday when his soon-to-be successor Nathan Buckley tests himself as a senior AFL coach for the first time.
Buckley will coach the Magpies during the pre-season practice match against Adelaide in Alice Springs as part of Malthouse’s policy of rotating pre-season head coaching among his [...] Read article
The AFL’s GWS expansion team could use the Sydney Showground as their home, choosing the venue over Blacktown.
A Fairfax report said under the proposal, the ground would undergo a redevelopment that would double its crowd capacity to 25,000.
Sydney and Carlton attracted a capacity crowd of 10,000 to Blacktown Olympic Park last month when the ground [...]
Fremantle captain Matthew Pavlich says there is no urgency for him to sign with the AFL club beyond this season.
The contracts of the Dockers’ two key figures – five-time best and fairest Pavlich and coach Mark Harvey – are both entering their final seasons.
Harvey, who has presided over bottom-three finishes in his first two full [...]
Carlton coach Brett Ratten has warned his team to brace for an ultra-aggressive Richmond when the two clubs clash in Thursday night’s AFL season-opener at the MCG.
Ratten said new Tigers coach Damien Hardwick’s combativeness had been his hallmark as a player and that would be mirrored in his team.
“They’ll be coming out swinging, I know [...]
Adam McPhee has set his sights on a leadership role at Fremantle and has urged Dockers fans not to read anything into his poor form during the AFL pre-season.
McPhee returned to Fremantle at the end of last year after seven seasons at Essendon, where he won the club’s best and fairest award and All-Australian honours [...]
For the first time in three seasons, no AFL player earnt more than $1 million last year. The $1 million barrier was first cracked in 2007, with two players earning seven-digit sums in 2008, but AFL figures show no player’s income reached those heights in 2009.
But the salary divide between an elite few and the [...]
The AFL wants television networks to show matches live when the next broadcast rights deal is brokered for the 2012 season and beyond.
The next five-year agreement is expected to be worth more than $1 billion and AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou said the league would also seek a commitment to screen games live.
Currently, the four [...]
With a number of second-year players, including Nick Naitanui, retaining their eligibility, the race for this year’s Rising Star award is already looking like it will be the one of the most hotly-contested since the award began.
Contesting the award alongside the second-year players will be a number of 2009 draftees that look set to make [...]
A Malaysian billionaire is apparently in the mix to bid as a partner for the next round of the AFL TV rights for 2012-2016.
As reported in this article in The Age:
“T. Ananda Krishnan, who has extensive satellite television interests in Asia through his Astro network Fetch, has put the idea of a joint bid for [...]
AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou has warned that the league will not take a back step to soccer if Australia hosts the World Cup.
In a speech at Thursday night’s official season launch, Demetriou has made it clear that the AFL will not let soccer dictate terms if the bid to host the cup is successful.
Earlier [...]
Geelong’s aura is fading, with rival captains rating St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs as more likely AFL grand finalists than the reigning premiers.
The Cats have won two of the past three flags, with a grand final loss in between.
But in the league’s annual pre-season poll, they received only three of a possible 15 votes [...]
