As I prepare to watch my Magpies play, I ponder history and family, football and life | Paul Daley

Win or lose this Saturday, to me and thousands of other fiercely tribal Collingwood fans it will be about so much more than the game

Whenever I glance up from the desk here in Sydney my eye is drawn to two copies of century-plus-old faded and framed photographs on the wall of my study.

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For me the club is both family and social history, a never-ending and intertwined story of elation and victory

On grand final morning I’ll get to hold our new granddaughter

Dear madam,

At the last meeting of my committee, I was directed to convey to you and your family our sincere sympathy on the loss of your husband.

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