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Collingwood started slowly against Adelaide the following week, trailing at three-quarter times before kicking 11 goals in a row to win the game by 43 points in a 55-point turnaround after three-quarter times. Collingwood then faced West Coast at the MCG comfortably winning the game by 52 points, with Dale Thomas getting 30 disposals and 2 ...
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The Collingwood Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. Founded in 1892, the club played five seasons in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), winning one premiership in 1896.
Collingwood is a working-class suburb and the Collingwood Football Club supporter base traditionally came from the working class (though its supporter base today goes far beyond). Many of the club's supporters who regularly attend games still come from the working class or from lower socio-economic groups, leading to jokes from supporters of ...
The main period of the Colliwobbles ended in the 1990 AFL Grand Final, when Collingwood defeated Essendon to win their first premiership since 1958. Lou Richards ceremoniously announced the end of the Colliwobbles, and the club marked the occasion with the burial of a memoir of the hitherto trying times in front of a large crowd at Victoria Park .
During the first half of the 20th century Collingwood was very successful, winning the majority of its premierships during this time. However, since winning the 1958 VFL Grand Final, Collingwood had made nine unsuccessful grand final attempts in 32 years (including a draw in the 1977 VFL Grand Final against North Melbourne).
The 1927 VFL grand final was an Australian rules football match contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 1 October 1927. It was the grand final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1927 VFL season.
In the finals series leading up to the Grand Final, Collingwood lost to North Melbourne in the Qualifying Final by 39 points before beating Fitzroy in the First Semi-Final by 22 points to progress to the Preliminary Final. There they faced North Melbourne again, this time winning by 27 points to advance to the Grand Final.