What made us 'Collingwood people'? from '01 - Add your story

[joffa corfe]

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How small are you talking here?

[fan4collingwood]

I have got something to add that brings back soooooooooo many memories''''''''''''''''''''..............



"Peanuts, shilling a bag Peanuts!"

[leelee]

Totally agreeing with you there colin_wood
And i'm from the working class background too... Well partially... My dad grew up in housing comission all over the state... Then ended up in hastings (if you know west park... yeah... enough said) And he was the usual story... left skool at 15 to work on a farm and then when they moved down here he went along to BHP with the rest of the family... Blue collars all the way haha

[stui magpie]

I have no family history. My parents were wierd. Mum had a thing for barassi and followed him from melbourne to Carlton to eventually North. Dad had a thing for the underdog and was St kilda until they won a flag then he migrated to North with Mum.

I grew up in country NSW. Footy on the radio on a saturday afternoon and watching 'the winners" on the ABC saturday evening.

When I was a kid, Mum ran a milk bar/cafe. At 10 years old, I was making hamburgers, cooking fish and chips serving behind the counter and back answering adults who treated me like a kid

Mum hired a chick to work for her in the mlk bar. Bit of a wild thing, in her late teens (maybe early 20's, I was 10 FFS). I had a crush on her. She tried to cure me from smoking ( I started real early) by making me smoke viscount after viscount, doing the drawback etc. it didn't work. What did work was her passion for Collingwood. She was mad. Absolutely nuts. I allowed myself to be corrupted. In a world of ambivilence, I discovered something to be passionate about and was converted forever.

The funny thing was, she left shortly after. Moved on. But I stayed faithful to the pies despite both parents being North (but not passionate then) and a grandfather who was mad Fitzroy and hated Collingwood with a passion. Funny thing was, I think he respected me standing up to him and arguing when he had the rest of the family totally cowed on everything. (Except dad cos him and Dad barely spoke)

So I started as a magpie in 1976. Great start.

Then came '77 when I tried to be gracious to mum as a North supporter and failed miserably.

She barracked for Carlton in 79, I used language she'd never hear before and stormed out of the house and didn't come back for hours when we lost. The next few years are blurry. I'm told that people struggle to recall pain.

I watched the 1990 grandfinal on TV with my 9 month old son on my knee and an essendon supporter on my right hand.
My kids, boy and girl are both magpies, but not passionate about it. They don't know what's happening except for when they hear me yelling. When my daughter was 4, she threatened to barrack for geelong. I told her that i could live with that, but if she was going to barrack for Carlton, get the phuk out of my house and start walking. She wisely chose to stay.

I don't go to games, maybe 1 per 3 years. I grew up listening on the radio and watching the replay and that's my passion. Going to games is a time bandit for me that I can't justify. As a single parent, I can be doing the gardening, the washing or other domestic duties with a beer in one hand and the magpies in both ears

For me, It's not about being there cos I rarely am. It's about supporting the club. it's about remembering blokes like Craig Stewart and Derek Shaw. Wally Amadio and Danny Seow. Billy Picken, Peter Daicos, Darren Milane Tony Shaw.

300 games or none, legend or non entity, they form part of the complicated fabric that is the Collingwood football club and I love it. I am a magpie thru and thru.

[raymond35]

OK, i'm game....who on earth is Wally Amadio?

[stui magpie]

[raymond35]

Well youve got me there Stui. Maybe someone like magpiegreg or joffa knows this one, i certainly dont remember that.

[MK]

It all started for me back in about 1960. We were poor barstards back then...I was 5 & my Bro was part of the cheer squad floggers. He never took me to the games because I was too small and got in the way.
My Step Grand Father, Frank, lived with us at the time...he was a good hearted Warfie who only had two things on his mind Grog...the the Pies..in that order.. He used myself & Sister as an excuse to "...I'll take the kids to the footy love.." we'd always end up in a pub after the half time Pass Out" and then WE would take him home. (sometimes on a Scooter Living in Carrum at the time, I remember Frank was to take us to the Geelong V Collingwood game at Kardinia Park. Frank would take us up the the Carrum Station...not to catch the bloody train...but to wait for the Clock Lights to turn Red so he could tap on a car window to hitch a ride to the city..So he could save Money for more grog...but the passion for the club seemed to grow over those unusual times..Vic Park was like a shrine to me. The Club was like a barometer to measure happiness or otherwise..whatever shit happened away from footy, the Club provided the escapism that we all need......and we did'nt lose too many home and away games in those days... MOVING forward to 2006 nothing has changed. Still a barometer to determine how the following week will go and still an emotional rollercoaster...................

[Johnson#26]

Fair enough to rebump this thread? One of the alltime greats.

[joffa corfe]

LOL Luke this topic wont die...my god its years old, but still a beauty i guess.

[joffa corfe]

[stonedpies]

I like these threads, no bitching..

Anyway my story isnt that exciting, Mum was a pie supporter so i guess/maybe thats where it came from..

I remember watching one of the first games i ever saw live on telly here in Tas n Kanga's were playing in the granny (75/76?) and for a little while there i remember having faint allegiance to the kangaroos, i was a fairly young tacker at this stage...But it didnt feel right i suppose because I remember in 77 i was a full on Maggie.

I remember bawling my eyes when we lost the 77 replay, i remember me and my mate having a punch up on Grand final day 79 because he kept hassling me because we lost (he was a cats supporter).. Back then Billy Picken was my hero and i had number 25 on my jumper

These are my earliest memories and ever since i have been a full on Magpie and i wouldnt have it any other way!

[Cannibal]

[Johnson#26]

Honestly can't find it. http://www.magpies.net/nick/nickster/nicksters.php