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===1990–99: Long-awaited premiership and struggles===
{{See also|1990 AFL Grand Final}}
[[File:Nathan Buckley 2017.jpg|thumb|170px|Nathan Buckley captained Collingwood between 1999 and 2007, and served as the club's senior coach from 2012 to 2021]]
The [[1990 AFL Grand Final|1990 premiership team]], coached by [[Leigh Matthews]] and captained by [[Tony Shaw (Australian rules footballer)|Tony Shaw]], had a one-sided grand final win against [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]], the Magpies recording a 48-point victory and ending a 32-year premiership drought which included eight [[AFL Grand Final|grand final]] losses and one draw. The sight of club great [[Darren Millane]], who died in a car-crash one year later, holding the ball aloft in triumph at the final siren is one of the indelible images of the match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/2015-07-29/1990-premiership-exhibition|title=Re-live the triumph – 1990 Premiership exhibition|work=Collingwood Football Club|date=29 July 2015}}</ref>

After the drought-breaking premiership, the club lapsed into a state of decline for the remainder of the decade, culminating with the club's second [[wooden spoon]] in 1999. The Magpies returned to finals, though were quickly eliminated, in the [[1992 AFL season|1992 season]] against [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] and in the [[1994 AFL season]] against [[West Coast Eagles|West Coast]]. Matthews left as head coach at the end of the [[1995 AFL season|1995 season]] and was replaced at the start of the following year by 1990 premiership captain Tony Shaw, who had only retired from football 18 months earlier. Mid-table finishes under Shaw were achieved for the next two seasons, before poor results in 1998 and 1999 saw Shaw announce his resignation.