Damn, I alway's get that one wrong......
but at least I can spell empowerment!

Capatin Kouta, you are too pure of spirit for me.

Paranoid I'm not, but you are entitled to your views,
let's just agree to recall that aspect of those dark days differently

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THEY LIKE TO SEND UP!!!!!!!!

Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.

Pure I most certainly am not. I don't mind if we see things differently. Makes the world go round....

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And so while others miserably pledge themselves to the pursuit of ambition and brief power, I will be stretched out in the shade, singing.

Back when Collingwood joined the VFA, thier was some resistance initially by some others clubs most notably from Fitzroy because Collingwood was to be based on a club called Britannia which had strong links to Fitzroy.
Anyways the way the VFA was run back then was that clubs designed thier own seasons so they played not only other VFA clubs but also country clubs and even interstate clubs. To be eligable for the VFA a club had to play 18 games in a season. Collingwood could only muster 17. Carlton did two things. One we swapped our game against South Ballarat to play Collingwood to make up the 18th game, then we donated the takings from that game to help them financially as they were struggling. The ungrateful whelps then promptly stole one of our best players and then started the brawls in the 1910 Grand final. The rest is history

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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty" -Winston Churchill

L.M 35-06

Hence they have been @#$%&! filth from the get go..

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Excellent!

Thanks Blue Mark