01/30 - Training prep. Time and space, even in the corridors of the AIA Centre

AFL CHIEF Photographer Michael Willson was invited into Collingwood's inner sanctum during the week to document the build-up to Scott Pendlebury's 400th match - one of the biggest nights in Magpie history.

No space was off limits as Willson captured Pendlebury's every move in a remarkable fly-on-the-wall look at SP400.

02/30 - Meeting fun with Billy
03/30 - With physio Oleg Markov
04/30 - Warming up on a bitterly cold Melbourne morning
05/30 - The milestone man and coach share a laugh after main training
06/30 - ‘I travelled all the way from Newcastle to watch Scott Pendlebury’s 400th game’
07/30 - Take the Steps
08/30 - Hitting the gym
09/30 - Children Darcy and Jax look on with Dad as video messages are played during a team meeting
10/30 - The 400 Club
11/30 - The press pack has 2 new members
12/30 - Full-time player, part-time coach
13/30 - A hush falls over the team meeting on Friday as a tribute video is played to the players
14/30 - GAME DAY. Scott Pendlebury has a basketball background
15/30 - Collecting boots. A pair of black and a pair of white, of course
16/30 - Walk to the ‘G
17/30 - The coach talks to the occasion
18/30 - Warming up, side by side
19/30 - Suiting up
20/30 - GO time, Darcy having none of it
21/30 - Racking them up
22/30 - Talking tactics at three quarter time
23/30 - VICTORY
24/30 - All too much for dad Bruce
25/30 - 86,000 people salute
26/30 - Relief and joy
27/30 - ‘It missed by this much’
28/30 - A three point victory? Darcy approves
29/30 - Looks familiar
30/30 - Home time. Game 401 awaits…