Much has changed since the final siren sounded on Collingwood’s 2014 campaign following its loss to Hawthorn on Friday 29 August.

There’s been plenty happening at the Westpac Centre in recent months, so view the timeline below to make sure you’re across every news item as we head into the new year.

August

Friday 29 August
Collingwood loses to Hawthorn by 65 points in the final round of the home and away season. Full story.

Luke Ball plays the last of his 223 senior games. Full story.

September

Monday 1 September
Collingwood hosts a post-season information night for its members at the MCG. Full story.

Kyle Martin polls a club-high nine votes in the VFL’s J.J. Liston Trophy. Full story.

Tuesday 2 September
Star onballers Scott Pendlebury and Dayne Beams are named in the 40-man All-Australian squad. Full story.

Wednesday 3 September
Collingwood announces a record membership of 80,793 for season 2014. Full story.

Tom Langdon polls five votes in the AFL Rising Star Award. Full story.

Thursday 4 September
Marty Clarke retires, while rookies Caolan Mooney and Peter Yagmoor are delisted. Full story.

Monday 8 September
Jamie Elliott’s screamer against Geelong nominated as one of the AFL’s top three Marks of the Year. Full story.

Tuesday 9 September
Tom Langdon, Jarrod Witts and Jamie Elliott named in the AFLPA’s 22under22 team of 2014. Full story.

Ben Kennedy, Tim Broomhead and Jonathon Marsh sign new contracts. Full story.

Thursday 11 September
Tyson Goldsack ignores his status as an unrestricted free agent to sign a new three-year contract. Full story.

Tuesday 16 September
Scott Pendlebury is named in the All-Australian team for the fifth time in as many years. Full story.

Monday 22 September
Scott Pendlebury and Dayne Beams poll 16 Brownlow votes each. Full story.

Steve Grace is promoted to the role of assistant coach for season 2015. Grace will oversee the team’s forward line. Matthew Lappin leaves the club and later joins Gold Coast. Full story.

Tuesday 23 September
Dane Swan has a new tattoo added to his vast array of body work. This time, it’s Sam Newman’s face. Full story.

Wednesday 24 September
Dayne Beams requests that he be traded back to his home state, Queensland. Full story.

Saturday 27 September
Ben Kennedy represents Collingwood in the 2014 AFL Grand Final Sprint. Full story.

October

Thursday 2 October
Collingwood, in partnership with the Salvation Army Project 614 Team, and with the backing of the City of Melbourne and the Victorian Government, announces a three-year sponsorship agreement to support a cafe servicing homelessness and disadvantaged people in Melbourne. Full story.

Friday 3 October
Scott Pendlebury wins his third E.W. Copeland Trophy in his first year as captain. Other award winners on the night are Tom Langdon (Best First Year Player), Travis Cloke (Leading Goal Kicker), Quinten Lynch (Best Clubman), Kyle Martin (VFL best and fairest), Colin Arnell (Services to the Club) and Pendlebury again (Leading Desire Indicators and Magpie Army Player of the Year). Full story.

Collingwood officially nominates Darcy Moore as a potential father-son selection. Full story.

Saturday 4 October
Rookie Kyle Martin announces his retirement from the AFL after six senior games in two years at the Westpac Centre. Full story.

Monday 6 October
Collingwood officially acquires the services of Darcy Moore during the AFL’s father-son bidding meeting. Full story.

Tuesday 7 October
North Melbourne’s Levi Greenwood announces his intention to join Collingwood during the October trade period. Full story.

Darcy Moore fronts the media for the first time as a Collingwood footballer. Full story.

Thursday 9 October
Coach Nathan Buckley meets with Geelong’s Travis Varcoe while holidaying in Bali as the two-time premiership Cat seeks to find a new home. Full story.

Monday 13 October
Brisbane youngster Jack Crisp enters the frame as a potential circuit-breaker in the stalled negotiations to get Collingwood midfielder Dayne Beams to the Lions. Full story.

Wednesday 15 October
Collingwood completes a five-way trade that sees Levi Greenwood (North Melbourne), Travis Varcoe (Geelong) and Jack Crisp (Brisbane) plus a top five draft selection arrive at the Westpac Centre in exchange for Dayne Beams (Brisbane) and Heritier Lumumba (Melbourne). Full story.

Wednesday 22 October
The AFL announces Collingwood will open the 2015 season against Brisbane and its star recruit Dayne Beams at the Gabba on 2 April. Full story.

New Magpies Levi Greenwood, Travis Varcoe and Jack Crisp arrive at the Westpac Centre and face the media for the first time. Full story.

Tuesday 28 October
The 2015 NAB Challenge fixture is released, with Collingwood scheduled to meet Hawthorn in Tasmania on 26 February. Full story.

Wednesday 29 October
Collingwood President Eddie McGuire celebrates his 50th birthday. Full story.

Thursday 30 October
The fixture for the 2015 home and away season is released. Collingwood will play 14 games at the MCG, 10 of which will be against Carlton, Essendon, Geelong, Melbourne and Richmond. Full story.

Director of Football Rodney Eade accepts an offer to coach the Gold Coast Suns in season 2015. Full story.

Friday 31 October
Tony Armstrong is delisted, but the Magpies declare they will re-draft the hard running defender in the December Rookie Draft. Full story.

November

Wednesday 5 November
Nathan Freeman steals the show as the first-to-fifth year players return for the pre-season, winning the two-kilometre time trial. Full story.

Friday 7 November
It is announced Josh Thomas will not partake in any ball work until the players return from Christmas after sustaining an injury during a post-season holiday. Full story.

Monday 10 November
The first-to-fourth year players head to Falls Creek for a pre-season training camp. Full story.

Collingwood appoints Neil Balme as its new Director of Football. Balme oversaw three premierships in eight years in the same role at Geelong. Full story.

Monday 17 November
The senior players return for their first day of the pre-season, with Steele Sidebottom again taking out the two-kilometre time trial. Full story.

Tuesday 18 November
It is announced that Collingwood will travel to Bendigo for its annual Community Camp next February. Full story.

Monday 24 November
Collingwood announces a net profit of $2,017,992 for the financial year ending October 31, 2014. Full story.

Wednesday 26 November
Blackmores commits to a further three years as one of Collingwood’s major partners. Full story.

Thursday 27 November
Four youngsters – Jordan De Goey (Oakleigh U18), Darcy Moore (Oakleigh U18), Brayden Maynard (Sandringham U18) and Matthew Goodyear (Calder U18) – become Magpies at the 2014 National Draft on the Gold Coast. Full story.

December

Monday 1 December
Collingwood’s four new draftees arrive at the club for their first day. Full story.

Wednesday 3 December
Collingwood finalises its list for the 2015 season, adding Michael Manteit (Sandringham U18) and Brenden Abbott (Claremont) to its rookie list alongside the redrafted Tony Armstrong and US rookie Mason Cox. Full story.

Monday 8 December
Collingwood’s new draftees join coach Nathan Buckley in facing the media for the first time. Full story.

Steele Sidebottom takes out the two-kilometre time trial, beating Nathan Freeman and Tony Armstrong to the line. Full story.

Thursday 11 December
A selection of Collingwood players take on the grade five and six students of Christian College Highton and St Marys Primary Schools in the annual Westpac Cup at Olympic Park. Full story.

Friday 12 December
Collingwood holds an open training session in front of a large crowd at Olympic Park. Full story.

Tuesday 16 December
Ben Reid sustains a calf injury that will sideline him until the new year. Full story.

Thursday 18 December
The VFL announces its fixture for season 2015. Full story.

Friday 19 December
Collingwood trains for the final time before the players take their Christmas break. Full story.