Collingwood Football Club Reserves

The Collingwood Reserves are the reserves team of the Collingwood Football Club, whom play in the Australian Football League (AFL) since 1897. The Collingwood Reserves where created in 2000, and are yet to win a Victorian Football League (VFL) premiership.

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Collingwood Reserves
Names
Full nameCollingwood Reserves
Nickname(s)Magpies, Pies, Woods, Woodsmen, Colliwobbles
MottoFloreat Pica
2019 season
Home-and-away season11th
Leading goalkickerAndrew Gallucci (18)
Club details
Founded2000 (2000)
Colours     Black      White
CompetitionVictorian Football League (VFL) (2000–present)
PresidentMarcus Wagner
CoachGarry Hocking
Captain(s)Jack Hellier, Alex Woodward
PremiershipsVFL: (0)
VFL (Reserves): (7); (1919, 1920, 1922, 1925, 1940, 1965, 1976)
Ground(s)Victoria Park
(capacity: 15,000)
 Olympic Park Oval
(capacity: 3,000)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Other information
Official websiteCollingwood VFL

History

The VFL/AFL operated a reserves competition from 1919–1991, and a de facto AFL reserves competition was run by the Victorian State Football League from 1992–1999. Collingwood fielded a reserves team in both of these competitions, allowing players who were not selected for the senior team to play for Collingwood in the lower grade. After the AFL reserves competition was disbanded at the end of 1999, the club fielded its reserves team in the new Victorian Football League during the 2000 season.[1]

In 2001, Collingwood reserves team was dissolved and the club entered into an affiliation with the VFL's Williamstown Football Club, such that Williamstown served as a feeder team and reserves players for Collingwood played senior football for Williamstown. Collingwood ended its affiliation with Williamstown after the 2007 season. The reserves team was re-established, and has competed in the VFL since 2008.[2][1]

The reserves team currently splits home games between Olympic Park Oval and Victoria Park, although they do occasionally play at the MCG as a curtain raiser to Collingwood home matches, and uses the AFL team's clash guernsey as its primary guernsey. The Collingwood VFL team is composed of both reserves players from the club's primary and rookie AFL lists, and a separately maintained list of players eligible only for VFL matches.

Football club

Honours

References
  1. "History of the Collingwood Football Club in the VFL". collingwoodfc.com.au. 1 January 2017. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  2. "VFL: Season 2008". collingwoodfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
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