Guy Fazzino, of the Floreat Pica Society, makes the trip to Adelaide (along with the convoy on the Western Highway) to watch his Pies and is not disappointed.
Finals Week 1 – Adelaide v Collingwood (Floreat Pica Society): The Boys are Back in Town
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Almanac Footy: Mid-season footy club reviews (a bit late, but…) – Part 1
July 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Micky McTigger delivers part one of his (slightly belated) mid-season review, taking us from Adelaide through to Essendon.
Round 17 – Haiku Bob: one by one
July 10, 2025 by 1 Comment
Haiku Bob celebrates Collingwood, a team on fire despite the wintry weather, and their Round 17 win against Carlton.
Round 21 – Collingwood v Carlton (Floreat Pica Society)
August 5, 2024 by 1 Comment
Frank from the Floreat Pica Society recaps Scott Pendlebury’s 400th game and the Magpie’s nail-biting win over Carlton.
AFL Grand Final: Hot tickets for the Hot Pies
October 9, 2023 by 2 Comments
Side by side with family throughout generations, Anna Sublet got to watch a famous Pies victory with her daughter and the spirit of her dad by her side in the MCC. But not without a few speedbumps along the journey.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: AFL 2023 – on the way
February 15, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life has some questions for his followers to ponder on as the Pies gear up for their pre-season preparations for 2023
Round 6 – Collingwood v Hawthorn: The Pies aren’t fully back, but they’re winning (Floreat Pica Society)
July 12, 2020 by 1 Comment
Tony Scully’s FPS report on Collingwood’s Friday night win tells the tale of a solid yet unconvincing return to the victory list.
Round 9 – Collingwood v St Kilda: Yoshi Curse Established?
May 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Yoshi works on developing his footy skills but his Saints are letting him down.
Can Hooke’s Collingwood Life: Round 7 review & Round 8 preview
May 6, 2019 by
Cam Hooke takes a look at Collingwood’s strong win against Port Adelaide in Round 7 and predicts what Round 8 might hold for them when they come up against the old foe Carlton.
Nathan Buckley living la dolce vita
November 20, 2018 by 10 Comments
Nathan Buckley is holidaying in Europe which prompts Jump Ball to make his Almanac debut with his observations of the Pies coach. [Welcome Jump Ball – JTH]
Grand Final – West Coast v Collingwood: The Grand Final Ticket Game
October 4, 2018 by Leave a Comment
After a night of queuing in the cold Andrea Buckland and her group managed to secure the place at the biggest game of the season. Though it was a cracking game, it wasn’t the result he had hoped for as a Pies fan.
Strange Days – A Tiger family’s journey through Season 2018
October 2, 2018 by 4 Comments
‘And as the Tigers brilliant 2018 season built so too did our feeling of discomfort. We were so un-Richmond like. We kept winning, even when we weren’t playing well,’
Scott Reid reminisces the Tigers’ season that was and shares his experience of attending the 2018 Grand Final with his son as neutrals. There’s always next year Tigers fans!
Preliminary Final – Richmond v Collingwood: We’ll always have Paris
September 25, 2018 by 1 Comment
In front of a huge crowd at the MCG, Joe De Petro endured watching his Tigers’ back-to-back premiership dreams deflate in the hands of a dominant Collingwood side. Richmond’s 2018 season might be over but he’ll always have Paris…
Preliminary Final Preview: Richmond v Collingwood – Just beat the Pies
September 18, 2018 by 13 Comments
‘This Preliminary Final weekend, it’s two teams at opposite ends of the streets, two clubs with a history that burns, old rivals whose hatred for one another is everything but fabricated.’ Paddy Grindlay looks towards Friday night’s big crosstown rival clash.
Finals Week 1 – West Coast v Collingwood: Eagles too strong in epic encounter
September 13, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Rory from Perth gives the latetest report from the Floreat Pica society, looking at Collingwood’s qualifying final loss against the Eagles.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood life – Round 19: Still looking at a Top Four finish. Believe!
July 31, 2018 by 1 Comment
‘True Believers, like last week, that AFL game is why we are Collingwood supporters, but different to last week. We can confront adversity, recognise benefits from failure and remain optimistic.’ Cam Hooke is here to reassure Pie fans that Saturday’s loss was no cause for concern. Believe!
Balcony Banter Round 18 – Collingwood v North Melbourne: Out of the Docklands and into the Bullring
July 26, 2018 by Leave a Comment
“Unfortunately the enjoyment of meeting up with my son at the footy was tempered by Collingwood’s complete demolition of our team. North have exceeded my expectations this season, but on this day they are poor, and hopelessly outplayed by their opponents.”
Read Smokie’s latest match report on Saturday’s Collingwood v North Melbourne game on Balcony Banter.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood life – Round 18: Why we are Collingwood supporters
July 24, 2018 by Leave a Comment
‘True Believers, that AFL game is why we are Collingwood supporters.’ Read Cam Hooke’s latest on all things Pies.
Haiku Bob – Round 16 – dusk fills the air
July 12, 2018 by Leave a Comment
It appears to be poetry in motion for Collingwood at the moment. Here’s Haiku Bob’s Round 16 poem.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life – 2018 Round 17: Winners all round
July 10, 2018 by Leave a Comment
It’s a winning feeling all around the Collingwood camp this week and Cam Hooke has wrapped up all the teams’ efforts in his latest review.
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