Collingwood Football Club 2012

The Collingwood Football Club began in 1892 from humble beginnings and were 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 stripe.

Collingwood has won 15 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 in 2011
After winning the premiership the previous year Collingwood backed it up with another quality year where they made the Grand Final and were beaten by Geelong. The Magpies lost only three games for the season, all to Geelong, and late season injuries to key players and a long term suspension to Heath Shaw resulted in a lack of continuity in the latter half of the season that proved costly.

Six players made all Australian for Collingwood, including Travis Cloke, Ben Reid, Dale Thomas, Dane Swan, Scott Pendlebury and Leon Davis.

Midfielder Dane Swan capped off another consistent season winning the 2011 Brownlow Medal, after finishing third the previous year.

Collingwood 2011 Best and Fairest winner: Scott Pendlebury

Finishing 4th in the Brownlow Medal with 24 votes, Scott Pendlebury had a sensational year for the Magpies amassing 742 disposals, 24 goals and an average of 6 tackles a game.