Collingwood’s long-term former president Eddie McGuire said he felt just as invested and emotional watching his beloved Magpies win a flag this year as he had been when the club won a premiership in 2010 during his reign.
“I always say, right from when I was a little boy when I was barracking over the fence that I was invested in the club and if it rained when I was there with my beanie on and it was running down my neck I felt even more invested,” McGuire told this masthead.“It’s just been wonderful. I said when I was president in 2010 that it was as much about Syd Coventry and WE Beasley and everybody else [as the current generation] and this feels the same.
“My old mate Jeff Browne and I were together when I took over the place [as president in 1999], it’s just a wonderful thing.”McGuire and Mark Korda, the two most recent past presidents, were both at the club’s celebration at Centrepiece function centre on Saturday night along with former coach and champion player Nathan Buckley and ex-players Anthony Rocca, Luke Ball and Sharrod Wellingham.
“We are one big club. We are Collingwood ... this club has got a rich history, and days like this celebrate that history and salute the people that have gone before. We should never forget that,” Browne said.Collingwood had played in finals in all but one of the last six years, including four preliminary finals, a semi-final and two grand finals. That period had included three different presidents, two football managers, two list managers and two coaches.
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