2011 Collingwood Football Club season

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Collingwood Football Club
2011 season
President Eddie Maguire
Coach Mick Malthouse
(12th season)
Captain(s) Nick Maxwell
(3rd season)
Home ground Melbourne Cricket Ground
Pre-season competition Premiers
Regular season 1st
Finals series Runners Up
Best and Fairest Scott Pendlebury
Leading goalkicker Travis Cloke (69 goals)
Highest home attendance88,181 (Round 3, vs Carlton)
Lowest home attendance35,773 (Round 1, vs Port Adelaide)
Average home attendance61,488 [1]
Club membership≈70,000

The 2011 AFL season was the Collingwood Magpies' 115th season in the Australian Football League.

Contents

Despite winning the McClelland Trophy and the 2011 pre-season cup, Collingwood lost the Grand Final to premiers Geelong.

Collingwood played 22 home and away matches across 24 rounds, with byes in Rounds 7 and 13. The club played Carlton, Essendon, Geelong, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide and St Kilda twice and all other teams once throughout the home and away season. The Magpies travelled only four times during the season; one each to Western Australia (to play Fremantle), South Australia (to play Port Adelaide again), New South Wales (to play Sydney) and Queensland (to play Gold Coast). Their matches against inter-state teams West Coast, Adelaide and the Brisbane Lions were played at the MCG.

Squad

Players are listed by guernsey number, and 2011 statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches during the 2011 AFL season only. Career statistics include a player's complete AFL career, which, as a result, means that a player's debut and part or whole of their career statistics may be for another club. Statistics are correct as of the 2011 Grand Final (1 October 2011) and are taken from AFL Tables.
No.Name AFL debutGames (2012)Goals (2012)Games (CFC)Goals (CFC)Games (AFL career)Goals (AFL career)
1 Leon Davis 2000217225270225270
2 Chris Tarrant 1998232184301256361
3 John McCarthy 20088618101810
4 Alan Didak 2001209202260202260
5 Nick Maxwell (c)20041901592615926
6 Tyson Goldsack 2007131697697
7 Andrew Krakouer 2001 (Richmond)23352335125137
8 Harry O'Brien 20052411351513515
10 Scott Pendlebury (vc)200625241278712787
11 Jarryd Blair 2010242636333633
12 Luke Ball 2003 (St Kilda)2418482519083
13 Dale Thomas 200621131329913299
14 Luke Rounds 2011515151
15 Leigh Brown 2000 (Fremantle)23236554246138
16 Nathan Brown 200800506506
17 Dayne Beams 2009162159615961
18 Darren Jolly 2001 (Melbourne)16124236208106
19 Cameron Wood 2005 (Brisbane Lions)12542185818
20 Ben Reid 2007241534534
21 Sharrod Wellingham 2008201772427242
22 Steele Sidebottom 2009252561526152
23 Lachlan Keeffe 2011545454
24 Josh Thomas ****000000
25 Tom Young 2011222222
26 Ben Johnson 20001672246922469
27 Simon Buckley 2007 (Melbourne)135135348
28 Ben Sinclair 2011424242
29 Jonathon Ceglar ****000000
30 Brent Macaffer 20094130213021
31 Chris Dawes 2008182748674867
32 Travis Cloke 20052569149224149224
33 Brad Dick 20073127322732
34 Alan Toovey 2007200878878
35 Alex Fasolo 2011131613161316
36 Dane Swan 20032432175133175133
37 Kirk Ugle ****000000
39 Heath Shaw 20051721322713227
40 Paul Seedsman ****000000
41 Daniel Farmer ****000000
43 Trent Stubbs ****000000
44 Tom Gordon ****000000
45 Tom Hunter ****000000
46 Declan Reilly ****000000
47 Jack Perham ****000000
48 Jye Bolton ****000000
49 Paul Cribbin ****000000
50 Shae McNamara ****000000

Season Summary

Pre-Season

RoundDate and local timeOpponentScores(Collingwood's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendance
HomeAwayResult
Pool matches
1 Saturday, 12 February (8:20 pm) Richmond 0.1.1 (7)0.7.8 (50)Won by 43 points Etihad Stadium 40,300 (approx.)
Saturday, 12 February (9:25 pm) Carlton 0.3.8 (26)0.5.3 (33)Won by 11 points
Finals
QF Friday, 25 February (7:40 pm) Sydney 1.12.12 (93)1.10.10 (79)Won by 14 points Etihad Stadium 10,773
SF Saturday, 5 March (5:40 pm) West Coast 0.8.8 (56)1.9.17 (80)Won by 24 points Patersons Stadium 15,360
GF Friday, 11 March (7:45 pm) Essendon 0.13.8 (86)1.15.9 (108)Won by 22 points Etihad Stadium 45,304
NAB Cup Premiers

Regular season

RoundDate and local timeOpponentScores(Collingwood's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendanceLadder
position
HomeAwayResult
1 Saturday, 26 March (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 24.11 (155)12.8 (80)Won by 75 points Report Etihad Stadium [H] 35,7732nd
2 Saturday, 2 April (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 7.14 (56)21.17 (143)Won by 87 points Report Etihad Stadium [A] 40,5781st
3 Friday, 8 April (7:40 pm) Carlton 15.12 (102)11.8 (74)Won by 28 points Report MCG [H] 88,1811st
4 Friday, 15 April (7:40 pm) Richmond 13.12 (90)24.17 (161)Won by 71 points Report MCG [A] 58,0501st
5 Monday, 25 April (2:40 pm) Essendon 11.11 (77)16.11 (107)Won by 30 points Report MCG [A] 89,6261st
6 Sunday, 1 May (4:40 pm) Western Bulldogs 15.15 (105)8.9 (57)Won by 48 points Report MCG [H] 53,7761st
7 Bye1st
8 Friday, 13 May (7:40 pm) Geelong 8.17 (65)9.8 (62)Lost by 3 points Report MCG [A] 81,6912nd
9 Sunday, 22 May (1:10 pm) Adelaide 20.15 (135)14.8 (92)Won by 43 points Report Etihad Stadium [H] 38,4892nd
10 Sunday, 29 May (2:10 pm) West Coast 16.9 (105)7.11 (53)Won by 52 points Report MCG [H] 52,5602nd
11 Saturday, 4 June (7:10 pm) St Kilda 16.12 (108)7.9 (51)Won by 57 points Report MCG [H] 62,9912nd
12 Monday, 13 June (2:10 pm) Melbourne 6.5 (41)19.15 (129)Won by 88 points Report MCG [A] 75,9982nd
13 Bye2nd
14 Saturday, 25 June (7:10 pm) Sydney 14.9 (93)13.21 (99)Won by 6 points Report ANZ Stadium [A] 38,0532nd
15 Sunday, 3 July (2:10 pm) Hawthorn 15.16 (106)9.11 (65)Won by 41 points Report MCG [H] 83,9852nd
16 Sunday, 10 July (1:10 pm) North Melbourne 22.15 (147)3.12 (30)Won by 117 points Report MCG [H] 53,6011st
17 Saturday, 16 July (2:10 pm) Carlton 11.13 (79)13.20 (98)Won by 19 points Report MCG [A] 85,9361st
18 Saturday, 23 July (7:10 pm) Gold Coast 11.9 (75)19.15 (129)Won by 54 points Report Metricon Stadium [A] 23,3021st
19 Sunday, 31 July (7:40 pm) Essendon 25.16 (166)14.8 (92)Won by 74 points Report MCG [H] 73,1631st
20 Saturday, 6 August (7:10 pm) Port Adelaide 3.3 (21)23.21 (159)Won by 138 points Report AAMI Stadium [A] 21,8631st
21 Friday, 12 August (7:40 pm) St Kilda 10.10 (70)14.5 (89)Won by 19 points Report Etihad Stadium [A] 46,5051st
22 Saturday, 20 August (7:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 14.18 (102)13.6 (84)Won by 18 points Report MCG [H] 47,7881st
23 Friday, 26 August (6:40 pm) Fremantle 8.4 (52)20.12 (132)Won by 80 points Report Patersons Stadium [A] 31,9851st
24 Friday, 2 September (7:40 pm) Geelong 8.5 (53)22.17 (149)Lost by 96 points MCG [H] 85,7051st

Finals

RoundDate and local timeOpponentScores(Collingwood's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendance
HomeAwayResult
1QF Saturday, 10 September (2:30 pm) West Coast 12.10 (82)9.8 (62)Won by 20 points MCG [H] 67,679
Progressed directly to preliminary final week
1PF Friday, 23 September (7:45 pm) Hawthorn 10.8 (68)9.11 (65)Won by 3 points MCG [H] 87,112
GF Saturday, 1 October (2:30 pm) Geelong 12.9 (81)18.11 (119)Lost by 38 points MCG [H] 99,537
  • H ^ Home match.
  • A ^ Away match.

Ladder

2011 AFL ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPA%Pts
1 Collingwood 22202025921546167.780 Finals series
2 Geelong (P)22193025481619157.476
3 Hawthorn 22184023551634144.172
4 West Coast 22175022351715130.368
5 Carlton 22147122251700130.958
6 St Kilda 22129118911677112.850
7 Sydney 22129118971735109.350
8 Essendon 221110122172217100.046
9 North Melbourne 221012021062082101.240
10 Western Bulldogs 2291302060215595.636
11 Fremantle 2291301791215583.136
12 Richmond 2281312069239686.434
13 Melbourne 2281311974231585.334
14 Adelaide 2271501742219379.428
15 Brisbane Lions 2241801814224081.016
16 Port Adelaide 2231901718266364.512
17 Gold Coast 2231901534272656.312
Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers.

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