Eddie McGuire reveals late-2000s proposal for Collingwood to play on the Gold Coast
Former Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has revealed an ambitious plan he laid before the AFL in the late-2000s that would have seen the Magpies playing multiple games on the Gold Coast every year. In the lead up to the introduction of the AFL’s 17th license, McGuire proposed that Collingwood lay the foundation on the Gold Coast, essentially playing a chunk of their away games in Queensland. It comes after he suggested on Footy Classified that a Victorian team do the same in Tasmania, in the...