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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 ...
Crowds of 72,157 and 88,180 were recorded between both home-and-away games, with Richmond winning both times, until Collingwood unexpectedly pulled off a massive upset in their finals game, smashing Richmond in the preliminary final in front of a crowd of 94,959, which caused the rivalry to reach its highest point since 1980.
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 suffered its worst Grand Final loss in history in 1980, losing to Richmond by 81 points, which, at the time, was also the worst in VFL history, and also lost by 50 points to Brisbane in 2003. The highest Collingwood grand final attendance was 121,696 in 1970 against Carlton (which also remains a league record for any VFL/AFL game ...
The rivalry is regarded by some as one of the most historic and significant in Australian sport. [1] [2] [3]To date, Carlton and Collingwood have played each other 266 times in the VFL/AFL, with the ledger currently in Collingwood's favour (133 wins to Carlton's 129) and 4 draws. [4]
1: ^ Bob Rush stood in to perform the match day coaching duties in the 1930 Grand Final, including delivering the half time address, because regular coach Jock McHale was absent on the day of the game, having fallen ill with influenza days before the game. For many years, Rush was credited with having coached the game; but after a decision in ...
Despite the Tigers reducing their opponent's lead to 16 points at 3-quarter time, the Magpies banged on 2 quick goals early in the final quarter to effectively seal the game. Collingwood won by 33 points, and Coventry finished with 9 goals, a Grand Final record that stood for 61 years, until equaled by Gary Ablett in the 1989 VFL Grand Final .
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.