Grace Darling Hotel - 30th September 2011. The day before the Pies were due to meet Geelong in the Grand Final. Photo: Alan Hall.
Recap of the meeting held at the Grace Darling Hotel - Mercury and Weekly Courier 27th June 1889.Source: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58465812
114 Smith St, Collingwood Victoria 3066 is the location of the Grace Darling Hotel
and is considered as the birthplace of the Collingwood Football club. It is here that
in the evening of the 21st June, 1889 that the deputation
of the proposed
Collingwood Football Club met with the Britannia committee in the basement of the
Grace Darling Hotel seeking Britannia's support for the new club (Senior Football
for Collinwood, 1889).
The meeting consisted of Mr Anson, president of the Britannia Club, Mr Langridge & Mr W.D Beazley of the Members Legislative Assembly (M.L.A) and Mr E. Ward for Britannia. By the close of the meeting, Britannia had unanimously agreed to assist in the formation of the Collingwood Football Club.
When it comes to finals the hotel has the
black and white flags, and the black and
white balloons flying. It becomes a popular
watering hole for fans of the football club
sitting in the midst of the blue stone walls
that their club was born in, and all the while
being in the heart of the suburb of Collingwood.
Sitting or standing, one can hear the
barrackers
a shouting for their team.
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