The 1930 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Geelong Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 11 October 1930. It was the 32nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1930 VFL season. The match, attended by 45,022 spectators, was won by Collingwood by a margin of 30 points, marking that club's ninth premiership victory and fourth in succession. As of 2023, Collingwood is the only team in VFL/AFL history to win 4 consecutive premiersips.
Collingwood FC team, premiers
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. Founded in 1892 in the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, the club played in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) before joining seven other teams in 1896 to form the breakaway Victorian Football League (VFL), known today as the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally based at Victoria Park, Collingwood now plays home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and has its headquarters and training facilities at Olympic Park Oval and the AIA Centre.
The Collingwood team that won the VFA premiership in 1896
Jock McHale coached the club to four consecutive Grand Final victories
Nathan Buckley captained Collingwood between 1999 and 2007, and served as the club's senior coach from 2012 to 2021
Collingwood player Tom Nelson wrote the lyrics to "Good Old Collingwood Forever" in 1906.