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Article can be seen here:Collingwood Forever
By Miss Magpie
Date: 16/10/2001
From those famous black and white stripes to the not-so-recent success of the club, we were all, for one reason or another, drawn to the luxurious life of a Collingwood Supporter.
Whether it was inherited from one family member to another, or just purely instinctive, we all have our own reasons for choosing to be a part of this clubs proud supporter base.
For me, I just couldn't surpass the bond formed between Collingwood supporters. Being a Collingwood supporter is similar to having a second family. The atmosphere at a Collingwood home game when the Magpies still called Victoria Park home, made that blindingly obvious.
At a young age I was tragically brainwashed by a Richmond supporter .. these were tough times, but, before long, I came into the light when I was sat down in front of a television screen with my Grandad, who i worshipped at the time, and made to watch one of the greatest football games in my lifetime, the 1990 Grand final.
Now at the time I didn't understand more than one or two of the rules, and to me, kicking a ball through two big sticks was pointless, but seeing the crowd so emotional and united, was enough for me to know..from that moment onwards, I saw nothing but black and white.
The gladiators that walked the field that day had once more recruited a young magpie fan, their strength and courage was just amazing to me. If only I knew how rare seeing a premiership was.
Between then and now, however, the success of the club isn't all too attractive as we all know, with the short-lived finals series in the mid-early nineties, we lacked the spirit and determination that surrounds the magpie name, but, as loyal Collingwood supporters, we've managed to keep our large supporter base and stick to our club through the rough times.
Coming from a family with little to no interest in football, I didn't have much chance to go to football matches up until the end of the 90's when I was taken to Collingwood Vs North Melbourne at the MCG.
Now, when trying to promote more supporters to the club, I highly recommend that the Collingwood football club take their young recruits to a North Melbourne game, just seeing the difference between the amount of support for one team than the other was enough to convince me that choosing the Mighty Magpies was the right way to go.
For what seemed like a lifetime in the slums, this season the pies after recruiting well and training hard in the pre-season, have finally shown us that they are still, the Collingwood we all know and love.
With a few close loss's that for some reason we couldn't turn into wins (but perhaps should have) many miraculous wins when others thought impossible, and a few strong defeats, our young boys have dragged themselves, kicking and screaming through the hard times to make a name for themselves, and shake the bad reputation we sadly have had in the past, as the pretenders of the AFL.
Now a new season is just around the corner - so to speak, and again, we have missed out on the finals series; but for the first year in a long time we gave the top teams a run for their money and without a doubt in my mind I feel that next year will be our year to grace the final 8 with our presence. lucky them.
We're finally a tough, courageous, un-predictable football side, with experience we will add conquering to that list and I can see good things coming for all Collingwood supporters.
This year may not be the greatest but there are many good years to come and just getting as far as we have this year is a privilege, who would have thought this time last year we would be so high on the ladder after finishing so low. Next year will be the proving one for us, lets hope it's for the better.
It's been a good season, many great games and fun trips, it's been a great ride, and it's no-where near over yet..
GO PIES
Miss Magpie
By Miss Magpie
Date: 16/10/2001
From those famous black and white stripes to the not-so-recent success of the club, we were all, for one reason or another, drawn to the luxurious life of a Collingwood Supporter.
Whether it was inherited from one family member to another, or just purely instinctive, we all have our own reasons for choosing to be a part of this clubs proud supporter base.
For me, I just couldn't surpass the bond formed between Collingwood supporters. Being a Collingwood supporter is similar to having a second family. The atmosphere at a Collingwood home game when the Magpies still called Victoria Park home, made that blindingly obvious.
At a young age I was tragically brainwashed by a Richmond supporter .. these were tough times, but, before long, I came into the light when I was sat down in front of a television screen with my Grandad, who i worshipped at the time, and made to watch one of the greatest football games in my lifetime, the 1990 Grand final.
Now at the time I didn't understand more than one or two of the rules, and to me, kicking a ball through two big sticks was pointless, but seeing the crowd so emotional and united, was enough for me to know..from that moment onwards, I saw nothing but black and white.
The gladiators that walked the field that day had once more recruited a young magpie fan, their strength and courage was just amazing to me. If only I knew how rare seeing a premiership was.
Between then and now, however, the success of the club isn't all too attractive as we all know, with the short-lived finals series in the mid-early nineties, we lacked the spirit and determination that surrounds the magpie name, but, as loyal Collingwood supporters, we've managed to keep our large supporter base and stick to our club through the rough times.
Coming from a family with little to no interest in football, I didn't have much chance to go to football matches up until the end of the 90's when I was taken to Collingwood Vs North Melbourne at the MCG.
Now, when trying to promote more supporters to the club, I highly recommend that the Collingwood football club take their young recruits to a North Melbourne game, just seeing the difference between the amount of support for one team than the other was enough to convince me that choosing the Mighty Magpies was the right way to go.
For what seemed like a lifetime in the slums, this season the pies after recruiting well and training hard in the pre-season, have finally shown us that they are still, the Collingwood we all know and love.
With a few close loss's that for some reason we couldn't turn into wins (but perhaps should have) many miraculous wins when others thought impossible, and a few strong defeats, our young boys have dragged themselves, kicking and screaming through the hard times to make a name for themselves, and shake the bad reputation we sadly have had in the past, as the pretenders of the AFL.
Now a new season is just around the corner - so to speak, and again, we have missed out on the finals series; but for the first year in a long time we gave the top teams a run for their money and without a doubt in my mind I feel that next year will be our year to grace the final 8 with our presence. lucky them.
We're finally a tough, courageous, un-predictable football side, with experience we will add conquering to that list and I can see good things coming for all Collingwood supporters.
This year may not be the greatest but there are many good years to come and just getting as far as we have this year is a privilege, who would have thought this time last year we would be so high on the ladder after finishing so low. Next year will be the proving one for us, lets hope it's for the better.
It's been a good season, many great games and fun trips, it's been a great ride, and it's no-where near over yet..
GO PIES
Miss Magpie
