2010 season | |||
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President | Eddie McGuire | ||
Coach | Mick Malthouse | ||
Captain(s) | Nick Maxwell | ||
Home ground | MCG | ||
Pre-season competition | First round | ||
AFL season | 1st | ||
Finals series | Premiers | ||
Best and Fairest | Dane Swan | ||
Leading goalkicker | Alan Didak (41) | ||
Highest home attendance | 100,016 vs. St Kilda (25 September 2010) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 38,781 vs. West Coast (3 July 2010) | ||
Average home attendance | 62,356 [1] | ||
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The 2010 AFL season was the Collingwood Football Club's, (The Magpies), 114th season playing Australian rules football in the Victorian or Australian Football League. It was the club's most successful season since 1930 and the club's most successful season in AFL era. The Magpies won the premiership after defeating St Kilda by 56 points in the Grand Final Replay. Collingwood also won the McClelland Trophy for finishing first at the end of the home and away season. 2010 marked the first time that Collingwood won 20 matches in the same season, their first McClelland Trophy since 1970 [2] and ended a 19-season premiership drought dating back to 1990.
Round | Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Score (Collingwood's score is in bold) | Result (includes margin) | Venue |
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1 | Friday, 19 February 7:40pm | St Kilda | Away | 2.13.4 (100) - 1.13.12 (99) | Lost by 1 point | Etihad Stadium |
Week | Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Score (Collingwood's score is in bold) | Result (includes margin) | Venue |
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1 | Friday, 26 February 7:00pm | Adelaide | Home | 11.8 (74) - 8.6 (54) | Won by 20 points | Traeger Park |
2 | Friday, 5 March 4:00pm | Richmond | Away | 9.8 (62) - 11.24 (90) | Won by 28 points | Visy Park |
3 | Saturday, 13 March 3:00pm | Port Adelaide | Away | 15.7 (97) - 27.16 (178) | Won by 81 points | Malseed Park, Mt Gambier, South Australia |
Round | Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Score (Collingwood's score is in bold) | Result (includes margin) | Venue | Position on Ladder |
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1 | Sunday, 28 March 2:10pm | Western Bulldogs | Away | 13.15 (93) - 19.15 (129) | Won by 36 points | Etihad Stadium | 5th |
2 | Saturday, 4 April 2:10pm | Melbourne | Home | 12.14 (86) - 12.13 (85) | Won by 1 point | MCG | 5th |
3 | Friday, 10 April 7:40pm | St Kilda | Away | 10.9 (69) - 4.17 (41) | Lost by 28 points | Etihad Stadium | 7th |
4 | Saturday, 18 April 7:10pm | Hawthorn | Home | 17.21 (123) - 8.11 (59) | Won by 64 points | MCG | 6th |
5 | Sunday, 25 April 2:40pm | Essendon | Home | 18.12 (120) - 8.7 (55) | Won by 65 points | MCG | 3rd |
6 | Sunday, 2 May 2:10pm | Carlton | Away | 16.6 (102) - 24.11 (155) | Won by 53 points | MCG | 2nd |
7 | Saturday, 8 May 7:10pm | North Melbourne | Home | 23.19 (157) - 14.7 (91) | Won by 66 points | MCG | 1st |
8 | Friday, 14 May 8:40pm | Fremantle | Away | 15.7 (97) - 20.13 (133) | Won by 36 points | Subiaco Oval | 1st |
9 | Friday, 21 May 7:40pm | Geelong | Home | 6.14 (50) - 12.14 (86) | Lost by 36 points | MCG | 2nd |
10 | Saturday, 29 May 7:10pm | Brisbane Lions | Away | 13.10 (88) - 11.14 (80) | Lost by 8 points | Gabba | 3rd |
11 | Sunday, 6 June 4:40pm | Western Bulldogs | Home | 17.11 (113) - 16.7 (103) | Won by 10 points | Etihad Stadium | 2nd |
12 | Monday, 14 June 2:10pm | Melbourne | Away | 11.10 (76) - 9.22 (76) | Draw | MCG | 3rd |
13 | Saturday, 26 June 7:10pm | Sydney | Away | 10.11 (71) - 13.18 (96) | Won by 26 points | ANZ Stadium | 3rd |
14 | Saturday, 3 July 7:10pm | West Coast | Home | 20.15 (135) - 7.10 (52) | Won by 83 points | Etihad Stadium | 3rd |
15 | Friday, 9 July 8:10pm | Port Adelaide | Away | 12.7 (79) - 16.9 (105) | Won by 26 points | AAMI Stadium | 3rd |
16 | Saturday, 17 July 2:10pm | St Kilda | Home | 15.10 (100) - 6.16 (52) | Won by 48 points | MCG | 1st |
17 | Saturday, 24 July 2:10pm | Richmond | Home | 19.13 (127) - 6.9 (45) | Won by 82 points | MCG | 1st |
18 | Saturday, 31 July 2:10pm | Carlton | Home | 15.15 (105) - 9.3 (57) | Won by 48 points | MCG | 1st |
19 | Saturday, 7 August 7:10pm | Geelong | Away | 12.13 (85) - 14.23 (107) | Won by 22 points | MCG | 1st |
20 | Friday, 13 August 7:40pm | Essendon | Away | 10.4 (64) - 24.18 (162) | Won by 98 points | MCG | 1st |
21 | Saturday, 21 August 7:10pm | Adelaide | Home | 6.18 (54) - 7.9 (51) | Won by 3 points | MCG | 1st |
22 | Saturday, 28 August 2:10pm | Hawthorn | Away | 15.8 (98) - 13.17 (95) | Lost by 3 points | MCG | 1st |
Final | Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Score (Collingwood's score is in bold) | Result (includes margin) | Venue |
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Qualifying Final | Saturday, 4 September 7:20pm | Western Bulldogs | Home | 17.22 (124) - 8.14 (62) | Won by 62 points | MCG |
Preliminary Final | Friday, 17 September 7:40pm | Geelong | Home | 18.12 (120) - 11.13 (79) | Won by 41 points | MCG |
Grand Final | Saturday, 25 September 2:30pm | St Kilda | Home | 9.14 (68) - 10.8 (68) | Draw | MCG |
Grand Final Replay | Saturday, 2 October 2:30pm | St Kilda | Home | 16.12 (108) - 7.10 (52) | Won by 56 points | MCG |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
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1 | Collingwood (P) | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2349 | 1658 | 141.7 | 70 | Finals series |
2 | Geelong | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2518 | 1702 | 147.9 | 68 | |
3 | St Kilda | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1935 | 1591 | 121.6 | 62 | |
4 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2174 | 1734 | 125.4 | 56 | |
5 | Sydney | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2017 | 1863 | 108.3 | 52 | |
6 | Fremantle | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2168 | 2087 | 103.9 | 52 | |
7 | Hawthorn | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2044 | 1847 | 110.7 | 50 | |
8 | Carlton | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2143 | 1983 | 108.1 | 44 | |
9 | North Melbourne | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1930 | 2208 | 87.4 | 44 | |
10 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1749 | 2123 | 82.4 | 40 | |
11 | Adelaide | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1763 | 1870 | 94.3 | 36 | |
12 | Melbourne | 22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1863 | 1971 | 94.5 | 34 | |
13 | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1775 | 2158 | 82.3 | 28 | |
14 | Essendon | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1930 | 2402 | 80.3 | 28 | |
15 | Richmond | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1714 | 2348 | 73.0 | 24 | |
16 | West Coast | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1773 | 2300 | 77.1 | 16 |
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