When my daughter was a baby I would teach her every day to say "Magpies are winners" and now she is 24 and we go to every Melbourne game and some interstate games together . We go to special event nights to meet players together when possible. Thanks to my daughter growing up loving Collingwood as much as me , I am able to enjoy my love of football and the black and white all over again through new eyes.

My first real memory of Collingwood was when we won the 2010 premiership and dad took me to see the Cup at a local butcher. We got to hold the cup and take photos with it that we later recreated after we won the 2023 premiership!

It was 1999 and I'd just undergone my first knee reconstruction thanks to a netball injury. I was 16 years old from a small country town in North Eastern Victoria and my family and I (all die hard Collingwood supporters) had travelled down to tour Victoria Park. We were lead to the gym where we found then current player Lee Walker doing rehab for one of his many knee injuries. He took time out of his program to talk me through and show me different exercises to aid in my recovery. He spent a good half an hour chatting to me and my family. It meant so much to me and we all still talk about what a lovely bloke he was. At 43 years old now I have many a Magpie memory, the highs and the lows, being witness to grand final wins and losses, the last game at Victoria Park, chasing my idol Nathan Buckley around during footy clinics, my mum driving us three hours on a Thursday afternoon to be part of the meat pie and signing nights at Vic Park, and to now watching Darcy Moore, Fly and the boys engage so enthusiastically and positively with my kids at training (both mad Magpies now too). Forever proud to be part of the Magpie family.