Collingwood - Magpies
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). Formed in 1892, the club traditionally represented the inner-Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, and was based at Victoria Park in Abbotsford; the club is now based in the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct in Melbourne, playing its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and with its training and administrative base in Gosch's Paddock and the Westpac Centre.
Collingwood is the most supported club in the AFL, and has consistently attracted much higher than average crowds to its home games than other clubs in the league, and had a league record of 71,516 members in the 2011 season. This spike in membership registration can mainly be attributed to the winning of the 2010 AFL Premiership. This record was again broken in 2013, with club reaching a new high of 80,000 members.
Collingwood's home Guernsey consists of black and white stripes, matching the colours of an Australian magpie. Throughout its history, the club has developed a number of rivalries with cross-town and interstate clubs, including Carlton, Essendon, Richmond and Port Adelaide.
Historically one of the most successful clubs in the league, Collingwood has won fifteen VFL/AFL premierships, the third-most of any team. Collingwood has played in a record 43 grand finals (including replays), winning 15, drawing two and losing 26 (also a record)
GOOD OLD COLLINGWOOD FOR EVER
THEY KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE GAME
SIDE BY SIDE THEY STICK TOGETHER
TO UPHOLD THE MAGPIES NAME
SEE THE BARRACKERS ARE SHOUTING
AS ALL BARRACKERS SHOULD
FOR THE PREMIERSHIPS A CAKEWALK
FOR THE GOOD OLD COLLINGWOOD