Colliwobbles

The Colliwobbles is a term used in the Australian Football League (AFL) to describe finals losses by the Collingwood Football Club.

Most specifically, the Colliwobbles refers to the period of time between Collingwood's 1958 and 1990 premierships. During that time, Collingwood reached the Grand Final in eight seasons, and resulting in eight losses, plus one draw (which resulted in a replay, which was lost). This era was dubbed as the Colliwobbles partly because Collingwood sometimes lost by small margins; in this way, "Colliwobbles" is a specific term for choking, when it is done by Collingwood.

The term is a play on the words "Collingwood" and "collywobbles", meaning a state of intestinal disorder, usually accompanied by a rumbling stomach. The term was coined by Lou Richards.^[1]

The main period of the Colliwobbles ended in the 1990 AFL Grand Final, when Collingwood defeated Essendon. Lou Richards ceremoniously announced the end of the Colliwobbles after the club's 1990 premiership, marking the occasion with the burial of a memoir of the hitherto trying times in front of a large crowd at Victoria Park. ^[2]^[3] Nevertheless, the term remains in common usage to describe any upset losses by Collingwood in finals.

Below are the results of Collingwood's Grand Final appearances during the main "Colliwobbles" period:

Season	Premier	Runner-up	Score	Margin	Venue	Attendance
1960	Melbourne	Collingwood	8.14 (62) – 2.2 (14)	48	MCG	97,457
1964	Melbourne	Collingwood	8.16 (64) – 8.12 (60)	4	MCG	102,469
1966	St Kilda	Collingwood	10.14 (74) – 10.13 (73)	1	MCG	101,655
1970	Carlton	Collingwood	17.9 (111) – 14.17 (101)	10	MCG	121,696
1977	North Melbourne	Collingwood	10.16 (76) – 9.22 (76)	0	MCG	108,244
1977	North Melbourne	Collingwood	21.25 (151) – 19.10 (124)	27	MCG	98,366
1979	Carlton	Collingwood	11.16 (82) – 11.11 (77)	5	MCG	113,545
1980	Richmond	Collingwood	23.21 (159) – 9.24 (78)	81	MCG	113,461
1981	Carlton	Collingwood	12.20 (92) – 10.12 (72)	20	MCG	112,964

Trivia and statistics

Three Grand Finals were lost by single-figure margins. This included a one-point loss in the 1966 VFL Grand Final to St Kilda, which to date remains the Saints' only premiership.
Collingwood suffered its worst Grand Final loss in history in 1980, losing to Richmond, which, at the time, was the worst of all time.
The highest attendance was 121,696 in the famous 1970 VFL Grand Final against Carlton. The lowest was 97,457 for the 1960 VFL Grand Final against Melbourne.
Collingwood's highest score was 19.10 (124) in the replay of the 1977 VFL Grand Final against North Melbourne. Its lowest was 2.2 (14) against Melbourne in 1960.
The lowest score conceded by Collingwood was 8.14 (62) in the 1960 VFL Grand Final against Melbourne. The highest score conceded was 23.21 (159) in the 1980 VFL Grand Final against Richmond.

References

Collingwood Football Club

History Records Current squad Players Captains Coaches Awards Copeland Trophy Leading goalkickers Captain: Scott Pendlebury Coach: Nathan Buckley Nickname: Magpies

Home grounds	Melbourne Cricket Ground (1992–present) Etihad Stadium (2000–present) Victoria Park (1897–1999)

Premierships (15)	1902 1903 1910 1917 1919 1927 1928 1929 1930 1935 1936 1953 1958 1990 2010

Seasons (121)	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Awards	Copeland Trophy

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