My brother and I grew up avid Pies supporters from early childhood, thanks to our Dad's adoring love of the Collingwood Football Club. Some of my earliest memories are of us sitting on the steel benches at Vic Park (90s). The three of us joined as members about a decade ago and continued our shared love of the Club as proud members of the Magpie Army. In 2020, we suddenly lost our darling Dad and heartbreakingly had to learn how to navigate life without him. At first, going to the games without the man responsible for our love of the club left a feeling of an impossible void. Nowadays, however, it just brings me comfort. Being amongst the Black & White makes me feel more tethered to my Dad than any other time. He lives on through every cheer, every chant and most definitely through every "Good Old Collingwood Forever". Thank you for giving us that, Magpie Army.

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.

I did the Jamie Elliott celebration in Round 24 2023 against Essendon and ended up on the TV. Collingwood Twitter socials put me up and called it the "visual depiction of our 19th player". Pretty stoked to be a depiction of the 19th man!