It’s a magnificent start for the Pies against the reigning Premiers. Stephen Goddard makes his debut here for the Floreat Pica Society, which enters its 19th season.
Round 1 – Geelong v Collingwood: Keeping ’em honest (Floreat Pica Society)
March 18, 2023 by 4 Comments
Finals Week 2 – Collingwood v Fremantle: Ode to joy and common unicorns (Floreat Pica Society)
September 11, 2022 by 9 Comments
Finals footy. David Wilson reports for the Floreat Pica Society on this game – this rambling collective of Common People – who in 2022 have brought unexpected joy (the best kind).
Round 23 – Carlton v Collingwood: The sweetest of sweet victories (Floreat Pica Society)
August 23, 2022 by 2 Comments
It’s a reflective Frank Taylor that writes this week for the Floreat Pica Society on this incredible game. “Who would have thought in March or April even in their wildest dreams we would finish fourth after finishing 17th – second last – last season? Well, we have. What a fantastic season.”
Round 22 – Sydney v Collingwood: Freaks to the front (Floreat Pica Society)
August 14, 2022 by 7 Comments
It’s a big game. After 11-wins-in-a-row, second placed Collingwood visits fourth-placed Sydney for Round 22. David Wilson reports for the Floreat Pica Society from the Builders’ Arms front bar.
Round 21 – Melbourne v Collingwood: Floreat Pica Society match report
August 7, 2022 by 1 Comment
Michael Labiris takes a turn for the Floreat Pica Society, as the Pies win number 11-in-a-row.
Round 20 – Collingwood v Port Adelaide (Floreat Pica Society)
August 1, 2022 by Leave a Comment
The Floreat Pica Society match report returns to the hands of Ziggy and Garry this week after the Pies won a tenth straight game and locked in a finals berth to boot.
Round 19 – Collingwood v Essendon: Miraculous (Floreat Pica Society)
July 25, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Regular Floreat Pica Society correspondent Paul McKay usually sends his match reports from Bangkok. But for this game, for the first time, he writes about a game that he attends. And what a game.
Round 18 – Adelaide v Collingwood: They’ve won me over (Floreat Pica Society)
July 17, 2022 by Leave a Comment
It’s eight-in-a-row for Collingwood, as Damian Balassone reports for the Floreat Pica Society. This team, led on Saturday by Nick Daicos and skipper Scott Pendlebury (‘glorious in his 350th’), has won him over.
Round 15 – Collingwood v GWS: Floreat Pica Society – Report: No Standing
June 28, 2022 by Leave a Comment
In this week’s report for the Floreat Pica Society, Andrew Fithall expresses his disgust at both the AFL’s ‘Stand’ rule and the NRL’s ‘6 Again’ rule.
Round 13 – Collingwood v Melbourne: Floreat Pica Society match report
June 14, 2022 by 1 Comment
Tony Scully presents the Floreat Pica Society’s match report of Collingwood’s inspiring win over the current premiers.
Round 12 – Hawthorn v Collingwood: Floreat Pica Society Report
June 6, 2022 by Leave a Comment
A cold and wet old day in Melbourne, but that didn’t faze Collingwood (winning makes you forget the cold) or Paul McKay (being in Thailand also helps with the cold…) as he wrote his piece for the Floreat Pica Society.
Round 10 – Fremantle v Collingwood: Pies revel in wet weather footy
May 25, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Mark Mullins reports on the Freo v Pies clash for the Floreat Pica Society.
Round 9 – Collingwood v Western Bulldogs: Theory v Practice (Floreat Pica Society)
May 16, 2022 by 1 Comment
After watching the Pies have a ‘shocker’ against the Bulldogs, Shane Cashman has some theories about why Collingwood are where they are and what could click to make the future brighter for the Floreat Pica Society.
Round 8 – Richmond v Collingwood: Glass Half Full (Floreat Pica Society)
May 9, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Guy Fazzino can see the bright side in the Pies loss to an improving Richmond.
Round 3 – Collingwood v Geelong (Floreat Pica Society)
April 4, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Garry Stock takes stock of the first Pies loss of the season after leading Geelong by five goals for the FPS, with a little help from Ziggy and Noee.
Round 1 – St Kilda v Collingwood (Floreat Pica Society)
March 22, 2022 by Leave a Comment
A win is the perfect way to start the season and ring in a new week according to Paul McKay who provides the FPS report for the Pies resolute victory over the Saints.
AFLW Round 2 – Collingwood v St Kilda: Pies too good for Saints
January 16, 2022 by 2 Comments
Linda Ho reports on the AFLW Round 2 Collingwood v St Kilda match for the Floreat Pica Society where the Pies scored a convincing victory.
Round 23 – Essendon v Collingwood: Pies’ annus horribilis ends with a whimper (Floreat Pica Society)
August 23, 2021 by 1 Comment
The good news is that Steve Fahey was reminded of the final round of 1987 while watching this week’s games – often considered the best round of footy in recent history. The bad news is Collingwood have inhabited a similar low rung of the ladder to that of 34 years ago…and in 2021 there were no last hurrahs, only a whimper.
Round 22 – Brisbane v Collingwood: Pies play Lions for a quarter and a half (Floreat Pica Society)
August 16, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Dave Nadel witnessed some fantastic footy on the weekend…unfortunately for him and fellow Pies fans, it was played by Brisbane. Time to look forward to 2022 and a new beginning.
Round 21 – Hawthorn v Collingwood: The view from Bangkok (Floreat Pica Society)
August 9, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Paul McKay corresponds from Thailand for this week’s FPS Report after the Pies were outclassed by the Hawks.
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