) Well I wish I could pick your Magpies this year but once again I'll go for the Cats, I think they're peaking at the right time whereas your Maggies are on the way down. Sorry about that but that's what my expert eyes tell me.
Collingwood Football Club
...Collingwood is the most supported club in the AFL and one of the most supported clubs in any sport in Australia.[2][3] It has consistently attracted much higher than average crowds to its home games than other clubs in the league.[4][5] In 1970, 121,696 spectators watched Collingwood and Carlton contest the Grand Final, the record attendance for a football game of any code in Australia. Collingwood currently have the most members of any club in the AFL, with 71,516 as of July 2011.[6] The total home crowd for Collingwood in 2010 was 695,816 at an average of 63,256.[7]
Collingwood's home guernsey is black with white stripes, matching the colours of an Australian magpie.
Throughout its history, the club has developed a number of rivalries with cross-town and interstate clubs. Traditional Melbourne suburban rivalries with Essendon,[8] Richmond and Carlton[9] remain fierce. Collingwood has gained interstate rivals, particularly Port Adelaide and Brisbane, but has retained the reputation in the national competition as the "team everybody loves to hate".[10] .....
