the last grand final collingwood won was in 1958.
the last grand final collingwood won was in 1958.
when was the last grand final collingwood won?
1958
the colliwobbles refers to the collingwood football club's failure to win premierships from the years 1958 to 1990 in which the collingwood football club which had been the most successful team for the first 60 years of the vfl. following their famous upset against melbourne in 1958, collingwood went on to lose the next 8 grand finals, including a hat trick of losses in 1979,1980 and 1981. grand final losses in 1960,1964,1966,1970,1977,1979,1980 and 1981 often in close tight matches where collingwood were leading only to let the opposition club to get back into the game and win it, famously in the 1970 grand final collingwood led by 44 points at half time against carlton, for the blues to steamroll back into the game in the second half to snatch the game by 10 points. the term collywobbles was first coined by lou richards. the curse supposedly was buried in 1990 after collingwood ended there 32 year long drought by defeating essendon, however the collywobbles still curse the collingwood football club during september with both collingwood premierships since 1958 in 1990 and 2010 having been won in october, with collingwood losing 4 of the 6 grand final they have appeared in since 1990, all occurring in september these being 2002,2003,2011 and 2018.
sports-related curses
collingwood entered the 2011 season as the reigning premiers, having defeated in the 2010 afl grand final replay by 56 points. collingwood were the best performed side of the home and away season, winning 14 games in a row in the latter part of the season, to finish with a record of 20–2. collingwood won its second consecutive minor premiership and mcclelland trophy whilst registering the highest overall scoring percentage in over a century. collingwood progressed to the grand final after two hard-fought finals matches; beating by 20 points in a qualifying final, then coming back from a four-goal deficit to defeat by three points in a preliminary final.
2011 afl grand final