Should they have named one end of the Dome the"McKenna

[Cam]

your kiddin right, Gordon Coventry was the greatest full forward of all-time for 60 years. Not only did his 1299 goals record stand until lockett beat it, but he played in the four flags team of 1927,28,29 & 30. He was in our team of the century at full-forward .Collingwood is all about tradition, and Gordon Coventry is one of our greatest ever.

1930 flag
"THE Collingwood juggernaut thundered on in 1930, with only three defeats - by Fitzroy, Geelong and Carlton - during the home and away season.

The Magpies, with "Nuts" Coventry almost unbeatable at full-forward, played attacking football in every match and finished its finals preparations with a 33-point demolition of Essendon at Windy Hill before pipping Richmond by three points in the second semi-final.

Collingwood them met Geelong in the final and looked anything by invincible when the Cats led by 37 points at half-time.

Geelong eventually won by 26 points but Collingwood, as minor premier, had the right of challenge and therefore faced the Cats again the following week in the grand final.

Incredibly, Collingwood coach Jock McHale did not attend the match as he was bed-ridden by influenza. Surely Collingwood’s run would come to an end, especially as Geelong led by 15 points at half-time?

Veteran Magpie legend Bob Rush addressed the Collingwood players at half-time and reminded them that Geelong’s pace would not be as effective over the second half if the Magpies played it tight and tough.

The Magpies also were blessed by the change in weather conditions, with rain sweeping the ground from late in the second quarter.

Collingwood produced a brilliant eight-goal third quarter and eventually won by 30 points to notch its fourth consecutive flag - a record which still stands and might never be broken.

Best - COLLINGWOOD: Makeham, G. Coventry, F. Murphy, Clayden, Andrew, H. Collier. GEELONG: Troughton, Llewellyn, Evans, Mockridge, Carney, Todd.

Goals - COLLINGWOOD: G. Coventry 7, Makeham 2, Beveridge, H. Collier, Edmonds, Froude, L. Murphy. GEELONG: Troughton 3, Llewellyn 2, L. Hardiman, Kuhlken, Rayson, Williams.

Played at MCG: Crowd - 45,022. Umpire - Scott"

1928 Premiership: Back to Back Magpies (again)
4:02:57 PM Fri 25 January, 2002
Collingwood 2.4 7.8 9.11 13.18 (96)
defeated
Richmond 0.3 4.5 7.7 9.9 (63)

COLLINGWOOD was almost unbackable for the 1928 premiership even before the start of the season.

Then, when the Magpies finished the home and away season on top of the ladder with just three defeats, the premiership was considered to be as good as fluttering over Victoria Park.

But that was before Melbourne came from 30 points down at three-quarter time to force a draw in the second semi-final.

Collingwood scrambled home by four points in the replay to face Richmond in the final. Under the system operating at the time, a Richmond victory would have allowed Collingwood - as minor premier - the right of challenge in a grand final.

Champion Collingwood full-forward Gordon "Nuts" Coventry made sure his teammates did not need the extra match.

Coventry kicked two early goals and, after Richmond hit back early in the second quarter, he booted another three goals to give him five by half-time. The Magpies led by 21 points at the main break and, with Coventry dominating, were never in trouble.

Coventry, brother of Magpie skipper Syd, kicked four second-half goals to give him a tally of nine. He was the star in the Magpies’ 33-point win.

Best
COLLINGWOOD: A. Collier, G. Coventry, Murphy, S. Coventry, H. Collier, Rumney. RICHMOND: O’Halloran, Murdoch, Watson, B. McCormack, Harris, Lilburne.

Goals
COLLINGWOOD: G. Coventry 9, L. Murphy 2, Harris, Makeham.
RICHMOND: Empey, O’Halloran, Titus, Weidner 2, Goding.

Played at MCG. Crowd - 50,026. Umpire - McMurray.

[Rohan]

[Rowdy26]

Magpie Greg V Roh in a celebrity wrestling death match.

you 2 could make good money from people willing to see that.

[ramjet21]

i feel stupid even getting involved in this but im going to anyway - maggie greg must be on the bottle today. your argument holds no water whatsoever. averages mean bugger all and often have no correlation to the way a player was on the day or throughout the year/career. mckenna was a champion but(and i cant believe i agree with rohan on something), coventry is the bloke who deserved to be recognised.

[Cam]

it was also an era where, if you were any good, people could belt the sh!t out of you every weekend when the ball was there, when it wasnt, actually anytime they felt like it and the ump wasnt looking, and stomp on you so you didnt get up. Read Jack Dyers book and find out a bit out how tough football was back then. the '29 grand final was won with a score like 2.13 to 1.5 or something like that. High scoring for the minis maybe. but yeah coventry kicked over 70% of the pie goals in that win - he kicked both of them - 100%. No Collingwood player made the AFL team of the century, we were the only club not represented. What does that tell you?

[Pies Premiers 2003]

who the hell are you talking about....no-one by the name of Gerard coventry played at full forward.....

His name was GORDON COVENTRY

get it right or better yet get a clue

[Rohan]