The Pies midfielder shown the door decades before Adam Treloar
Legendary centreman Geoff Raines has described his departure from Collingwood in 1986, calling to mind the Pies’ messy off-season just past. Raines won three best and fairest awards and a premiership with Richmond before signing with the Magpies for the 1983 season, amid a poaching war between the two titans. He made just eight appearances in his first season, plagued by persistent injuries. “It took me two years to get the body right,” Raines recalled on SEN Breakfast. “I could see all the supporters...