Is it in the blood?

[Beth]

I can relate to that TuPaC. My Mum's Essendon. We watched the 1990 final together but she ended up leaving the room.

[One Eyed Pie]

[mandy]

[The Prototype]

Family barrack for Collingwood, so I became a Magpie supporter.

[jessa]

Born with Collingwood blood! There are pic's of me with a Collingwood bib as a new-born.

My mum must be proud, her 3 other kids have converted to Eddendon. Richmond and Kangaroos.

[taff wa]

My Grandparents and Mum were Collingwood supporters, my Dad and oldest sister Essendon, the rest of us all Collingwood. I married an Essendon (biggest mistake of my life) (just kidding), I influenced the kids of my sister who is an Essendon supporter to barrack for Collingwood and my kids also are Collingwood supporters. Born with black and white blood.

[Presti35]

Dad's side of the family were from........

..........u guessed it COLLINGWOOD.

Hence... i am a Pie.

[Lazza]

Long story short!
Came to Aust (Melb) from Sri Lanka with my family as a 12 year old kid in early 1972. At school, torn between St Kilda & Collingwood due to peer pressure. Luckily last practice match at Vic park was between St Kilda and Coll. Made promise to follow the winner for life. The rest is history, Coll thrashed the Saints by heaps (for the old timers, the year Georgie Bissett came to the 'pies from Footscray!).
Best decision I have ever made in my life. Dad died in 1981 as a magpie. Now my old mother never misses watching Collingwood on TV and my brother is crazy Collingwood as well.
So now, its definitely in the blood!

Esto Collingwood Perpetua!

Lazza

[willl]

My mum doesn't really take interest in the sport (or any sport for that matter), while her brother (my uncle) who used to live with us when I was younger was a collingwood supporter. So, that's the reason I became a collingwood support

And I'm glad about that too!

[Geoffy Pie]

my father is a non- enthusiastic melbourne supporter, mum and the rest of my family are collingwood, however my uncle had the biggest influence on me and he took me to my first game and from that moment on i have only been able to see in black and white

[molloymagic]

My brother who still lives in tassie is essendon. eldest bro whos in melbourne is richmond(went to my first game with him in 2001,i think and it was vs richmond and they won and so when i met up with him after the game(as i was using my members ticket he didn't sit with me,glad he didn't actually cos the seat was terrible,the pies played bad and was around mostly tiger people.) he was all gloating and singing the tigers song.He's a real pain like that. my parents aren't really into footy,my mum watches it but dosn't have 1 team,first its sydney,then its eagles and now its the lions. She has 3 teams. My dad is carlton not that he's into footy at all. Anyway,i have no idea how or why i am collingwood,the only answer my parents can tell me is that i started wearing only black and white coloured clothing one day when i was 4 or 5 and so i guess i drifted towards the mighty black and white collingwood. I stayed true and even in the dreaded 90's i watched all the games on tv,mostly thru tears of frustration. Ok,i know the 70's etc were bad but i didn't live thru them and so only know 1 bad year and thats the 90's. I guess thats the reason my parents were willing to pay for a trip over to melbourne for the prelim final last year,they know how much i suffered this year,i may not be so lucky but i am still coming to the finals matches.

[Madi]

If I wasnt a pies supporter my grandparents would never have spoken to me, My whole dad's side was pies supporters, same with my mum but somehow she ended up being a BOMBER she doesnt have a team anymore thank god but she has a soft spot for the pies coz of me and my brother.
My dad and his 5 brothers were all named after pies players and if I had have been a boy I would've been called Tony after Tony Shaw!

[Lazza]

Shucks brother Greg! You ARE on the ball, aren't you dude?

You are spot on, it WAS 1973. My memory is fading a bit these days!! In 1972, I attended a few odd games with school mates without actually barracking for anyone. Just due to living only a good drop kick away from the Moorabbin oval, I saw many St Kilda games!! Thank God they didn't impress me too much although a few close mates tried mighty hard to sway me. I now find that supporting & barracking for the mighty 'pies IS the greatest feeling. Always will be.

Esto Collingwood Forever.

Lazza

[mandy]

Just to add that it's not always genetics. It's smarts.

My dad barracks for Collingwood.
His parents barrack for Carlton.

He saw the light.

THANK GOD!!!!

[STOKA35]

it is the way you are brought up my dad barracked for collingwood so it was instilled that you barrack for collingwood there is no other team.If your sibling changes team you are not doing your job right.