The Collingwood Football Club began in 1892 from humble beginnings and are a foundation club of the VFL in 1897. Nicknamed the 'Magpies', they are the most popular club in the land who play their home matches at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and club colours are the famous black and white.
Collingwood has won 14 premierships throughout the years and sit third behind Essendon and Carlton who have won 16 each. Collingwood are the only team in the VFL/AFL to win four premierships in a row, with four wins from 1927 to 1930, and the Pies are still the only club to go through a full home and away season undefeated which they did in 1929.
The Pies are the most supported club in the AFL and attract more fans to their games than any other club in the league, with 50,000+ fans on average, and upwards of 90,000+ to showpiece games such as the Anzac Day clash with Essendon or clashes with arch rivals Carlton.
Collingwood performed admirably in season 2009 and finished in the top 4 after playing some attractive football at times during the year. They were thrashed by Geelong in the Preliminary Final and showed they still have a long way to go before being a major force again.
