Dear Magpie Army,
This week, we celebrate Magpie Army Week, recognising the people who make this football club what it is, our Members.
For the fourth consecutive year, you have broken the all-time VFL/AFL membership record.
Thank you.
Thank you for your commitment. Your passion. Your loyalty. Your dedication to this great football club.
For bringing your children to their first game. For carrying the love of the black and white from one generation to the next. For travelling across the country. For turning up in the rain. For filling the stands. Singing the song. Chanting the chant. For living and breathing Collingwood.
The Magpie Army is unlike any other in Australian sport.
113,362 Collingwood Members and counting.
Truly, our 19th player.
Your support lifts our players, energises our teams and can change the momentum of a match.
As we enter one of the most exciting periods of the year, with our AFL team preparing for our Wildcard Final and our AFLW team embarking on another season, I thank all Members for getting behind both programs.
Whether we're playing at the MCG, Victoria Park or on the road, you turn up in numbers. Whether you’re watching from home, locally or internationally, you make your presence felt. You create an atmosphere that inspires our players and challenges the opposition.
On behalf of everyone at the Pies, thank you for making Collingwood something far greater than a football club.
Floreat Pica. May the Mighty Magpies Flourish.
Barry Carp
President
