Won’t someone think of Mr & Mrs Football and all the Little Footballs? And Chris Scott’s blood pressure? After round 15, The Wrap is on Maggot Watch.
AFL Round 15 – Carlton v Collingwood: Awakening under the stars
July 6, 2013 by 5 Comments
Superb stuff from E. Regnans on last night’s game. [Hard to believe I know, but you’ll enjoy every Collingwood word of it – Ed]
AFL Round 15 – Pre-Wrap: Entering the home straight round
July 5, 2013 by 2 Comments
The Wrap is pondering significant questions, significant absences and smoke signals as he lights the way in a challenging round for punters.
AFL Round 14 – Review: Booing – why?
July 3, 2013 by 1 Comment
The Pharmacology College Cup, Magpies v Magpies and Sheedy goes basic: Paul Thomson suggests that the AFL face reality as he wraps up the week in football.
VFL Round 16 (1968) – Hawthorn v Collngwood
May 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
HAWTHORN v COLLINGWOOD Rd 16 1968 3rd August My parents are whispering. I can only hear muffled parts of the conversation. We are at a cubs footy carnival. We’ve played two games and I am so proud of my 1.1.7 in the first game. The behind is as good as the goal to me. I [Read more]
VFL – Collingwood v Essendon: Return to Vic Park
May 27, 2013 by 3 Comments
Rod Oaten heads off to Victoria Park. What was once an act of bravery is now more like a timeless picnic.
AFL Round 9 – Collingwood v Sydney: Acceptance under the May full moon
May 26, 2013 by 5 Comments
Can Buddhists be competitive asks E. Regnans? Full moon or no full moon?
AFL Round 7 – Fremantle v Collingwood: FIGJAM Footy
May 13, 2013 by 29 Comments
Phil Dimitriadis faces some uncomfortable truths about the Pies in 2013.
AFL Round 6 – St Kilda v Collingwood: Kosi fan Tutte
May 7, 2013 by 2 Comments
Tom Greenaway considers the career of Kosi and shares the frustration we all have – but especially Saints fans. [I suspect this piece will prompt the many theories of Kosi – Ed]
AFL Round 6 – Collingwood v St Kilda: Homebody’s neighbourly duty brings him into the world of the tweet
May 4, 2013 by 4 Comments
“As I ease through the back door,” writes E. Regnans, “I immediately clock that my aforementioned life partner is wearing her flannelette pyjamas and it’s not yet 6.30pm. That’s a solid claim to home base.”
AFL Round 5 – Essendon v Collingwood: When landing a ticket is a dubious windfall
April 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Pies man Luke Reynolds has one win for the day as the Dons give his boys a touch-up.
AFL Round 4 – Richmond v Collingwood: Shaking the loser mentality and the return of the anti-supporter
April 24, 2013 by 7 Comments
Steve Exon sights a classic Richmond anti-supporter and is unimpressed.
AFL Round 4 – Richmond v Collingwood: Burst bubbles at the MCG
April 22, 2013 by 6 Comments
Stainless is bombarded with commercial propaganda at an MCG where the Tiger bubble burst big-time. Too easily forced into mistakes, he reckons.
AFL Round 2: The pre-Wrap
April 5, 2013 by 6 Comments
The Wrap previews the Mick and Eddie Cup Round and makes the Lions a good thing while possibly mozzing The Moggies.
AFL Preliminary Finals – Sydney v Collingwood: Revenge, Redemption and Jetta
September 26, 2012 by 13 Comments
It’s been a huge fortnight. September, surely, is Christmas for footyheads. A whole month of it, longer than we get for holidays. I’ve been to the mainland, watched the game’s oldest, greatest rivals, Port Melbourne and Williamstown slog it out in a VFL Semi, at a ground where you could sit or stand [Read more]
2012 Season Positives for the Pies
September 24, 2012 by 1 Comment
As I start to pick up the pieces and get my life back together after the devastation of the Preliminary final loss to the Swans, I’ve decided to reflect on all of the positives Collingwood had in season 2012. There will be no negatives in this article. Therefore no mention of the four knee reconstructions [Read more]
Haiku Bob: still alive
September 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Haiku Bob on the Pies’ successful evening playing the Eagles
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