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…