As a valued member of the Collingwood Football Club we’d like to inform you that Eddie McGuire has stepped into a press conference to announce his immediate resignation from the club’s presidency.

McGuire has presided over Collingwood for 23 years, the third longest tenure of an AFL club president behind Collingwood’s Harry Curtis (27 years) and Geelong’s Jack Jennings (26 years).

McGuire succeeded Kevin Rose as president on his 34th birthday, on 29 October 1998, and at 56-years of age is the longest serving president in the AFL.

We will update you our members as soon as possible. We wanted and needed to inform you our members immediately on hearing this news.

To follow the press conference please visit the club’s channels.