The South Williamstown Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) for two seasons in the 1880s. The club wore light blue and white on its jumper, similar to Hotham .
73-912: When it joined the VFA, the Williamstown Football Club sought to play its matches at the Williamstown Cricket Ground , but was not granted permission owing to a dispute with the Williamstown Cricket Club, and instead used the unfenced Gardens Reserve as its home ground. On 27 March 1886, players wishing to play on the cricket established a rival senior club, the South Williamstown Football Club . Local newspaper articles in 1885 had referred to another "South Williamstown Football Club" which competed in local competitions as
146-471: A 2–20 record, the worst win–loss record in its VFL/AFL history, followed by an equally weak 1–10 start to the 2019 season. Bolton's replacement, David Teague , helped the club avoid the 2019 wooden spoon, but lasted only two years into a three-year contract without a finals appearance. LoGiudice handed over the presidency to Luke Sayers in August 2021, and Sayers conducted an extensive independent review of
219-662: A Carlton Cricket Club. The earliest records of the club playing were from 1865 out of Princes Park in Carlton. In the early days, Carlton became particularly strong competitively and grew a large supporter base. It became a fierce rival to the Melbourne Football Club in early competitions, including the South Yarra Challenge Cup , and the club is recognised as senior Victorian premiers in 1871, 1873, 1874 and 1875. In 1877 , Carlton
292-718: A Thursday night in round 1 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground , usually as the opening game of the season. Four emergencies were also named: (1) Laurie Kerr , (2) Bob Chitty , (3) Horrie Clover and (4) Rod McGregor . The five players with an asterisk (*) are also members of the AFL Team of the Century – the largest number of any AFL club. The Carlton Football Club established its Hall of Fame in 1987, with nine inaugural inductees. Each year between 1988 and 2001 an additional three to five people were inducted into
365-458: A VFL-level of professionalism to the team, the mid-to-late 1950s became the strongest era in the club's history. Under Carter, the club won three consecutive premierships in 1954, 1955 and 1956, and was unbeaten in the 1957 home-and-away season before losing two semi-finals and finishing third. Carter was replaced as coach in 1958 by club legend Gerry Callahan, who served as captain-coach until 1959, and premierships followed in 1958 and 1959, to give
438-399: A few years thereafter. Despite playing in the lower division, the club remained one of the best-supported and most viable clubs in the VFA; and in 1982 , when the divisional structure was modified such that the top division was selected primarily on off-field merits, Williamstown returned to Division 1 despite having finished only seventh out of ten teams the previous year. Terry Wheeler
511-501: A junior club, prior to the establishment of the senior club. South Williamstown joined the VFA in 1886 and finished its inaugural season with a positive record of 6–3–5 against senior clubs, but achieved it without playing any of the teams ranked in the top five by the Sportsman . In its second (and final) season in 1887 , South Williamstown won only three of its 18 games, finishing the season with two draws and 13 losses. The club
584-679: A month later after threatening legal action). In 2001, Williamstown entered into an affiliation with the Australian Football League 's Collingwood Football Club , under which Collingwood's reserves players were permitted to play in Williamstown's senior team when they were not selected in AFL matches. Williamstown and Collingwood were affiliated from 2001 until 2007, during which time the club won one premiership, in 2003. The partnership with Collingwood ended after 2007, and
657-598: A new affiliation was established with the Western Bulldogs , which lasted from 2008 until 2013. Williamstown and the Western Bulldogs ended their affiliation after the 2013 season, and since 2014, Williamstown has competed as a stand-alone senior club in the VFL, with no AFL affiliation. The club was perennially competitive under both its affiliation with the Western Bulldogs and as a stand-alone team during
730-414: A row, and its win–loss record of 19–1 in the 1908 season (including finals) was a record which stood for more than ninety years. Following these premierships, Carlton went through a tumultuous period off-field. Some players had become frustrated by low payments and hard training standards, and responded by refusing to train or even play matches. The club removed Worrall from the coaching role (he retained
803-478: Is Princes Park (currently known as Ikon Park), located in North Carlton . After struggling to find a permanent home venue during its time in the VFA, Carlton established Princes Park as its home venue when it joined the VFL in 1897. The club played most of its home matches at Princes Park every year between 1897 and 2004 (except for 2002, when it played only four home games there), and a single farewell game
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#1732782714625876-615: Is "Stand and Deliver", was written and performed by Mike Brady since 2009. The Williamstown Football Club's guernsey consists of a royal blue background with a diagonal yellow sash. Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club , nicknamed the Blues , is a professional Australian rules football club based at Princes Park in Carlton North , an inner suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia . The club competes in
949-401: Is now recognised as one of the greatest fullbacks of all-time, and secured the league's star player Greg Williams in a trade in 1992. David Parkin returned to coach the club from 1991 until 2000, and Carlton was a mainstay of the finals throughout most of this time. In 1995, Carlton became the first team to win twenty matches in a home-and-away season (finishing with a record of 20–2), and won
1022-482: The 1909 and 1910 Grand Finals, but losing both. Carlton fell out of the finals in 1913, but returned in 1914 under coach Norm Clark , and with many inexperienced players, to win back-to-back premierships in 1914 and 1915 VFL seasons . Most football around the country was suspended during the height of World War I, but Carlton continued to compete in a VFL which featured, at its fewest, only four clubs. Altogether, between Jack Worrall's first Grand Final in 1904 and
1095-488: The Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. Founded in the 1860s, the club began playing out of parklands historically part of Carlton not far from its current base. It quickly became one of the major football clubs in the city. It was a foundation member of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), winning the inaugural premiership in 1877 . In 1896, Carlton joined
1168-592: The Foxtel Cup competition twice. Since the 2018 season, the club has fielded a senior women's team in the VFL Women's competition. Year Captains Coaches Gerry Callahan Medalists Williamstown also holds the record for the highest ever score in Australian rules football, in any league and at any grade, with a 675 point win over Geelong West in a 1983 thirds division match . The club song
1241-616: The Grand Final against Geelong to claim its sixteenth premiership. Carlton reached two other Grand Finals during the 1990s, losing to Essendon in 1993 and to the Kangaroos in 1999 ; in 1999, Carlton had come from sixth on the home-and-away ladder to qualify for the Grand Final, famously beating its rival Essendon (the minor premiers ) by one point in the preliminary final . In 2002, Carlton swiftly fell from being one of
1314-714: The Melbourne Cricket Ground . Princes Park is the its traditional home ground of the club and is home to its women's team. Carlton also has reserves sides in the Victorian Football League and VFL Women's . During a meeting on 17 May 1865 at the University Hotel in Grattan Street Carlton the Carlton Football Club nominated secretary Ben James and president James Linacre respectively. The club formally adopted
1387-401: The Melbourne Football Club rules. This is the earliest record of incorporation however the club believes it was formed earlier based on numerous indirect accounts and officially celebrates anniversaries based on a foundation date of 1864. It also continues to investigate evidence of an earlier foundation, including the proposed formation of a Carlton Football Club on 21 May 1861 connected to
1460-467: The SANFL 's Sturt Football Club in both seasons. Carlton missed the finals in 1971, and Barassi left the club at the end of the season, but Carlton returned to prominence the following year, and contested back-to-back Grand Finals. Both matches were against Richmond , with Carlton recording a high-scoring victory in 1972 , and losing a rough, physical encounter in 1973 . Of the legendary players from
1533-409: The finals for the first time. Carlton built a strong reputation and financial position, and was able to convince many great players to shift to the club from other clubs, or even (in the case of Mick Grace ) out of retirement. Worrall led the club to its first three VFL premierships, won consecutively, in 1906 , 1907 and 1908 . Carlton became the first club in the VFL to win three premierships in
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#17327827146251606-517: The 1890s, the club went from one of the strongest clubs in the Association to one of the weaker, both on-field and off-field. In spite of this, the club was invited to join the breakaway Victorian Football League competition in 1897 . The club continued to struggle in early seasons of the new competition, and finished seventh out of eight teams in each of its first five seasons. Carlton's fortunes improved significantly in 1902. The Board elected
1679-509: The 1930s, Carlton maintained a strong on-field presence. The club was a frequent finalist, contesting fourteen finals series between the wars. However, premiership success did not follow, and the club contested only three Grand Finals for just one premiership during this period, and endured the second longest premiership drought (23 years) in the club's history. The drought was broken with the club's sixth VFL premiership in 1938 , when former Subiaco and South Melbourne champion Brighton Diggins
1752-523: The 1990 premiership under captain-coach Barry Round . Despite this finals success, the club's best home-and-away finish in those six years was second, achieved only in 1989. During the middle 1990s Williamstown slipped, and at its nadir in 1995, the club failed to win a game in either the firsts or seconds. At the end of the 1995 season, the club's survival was threatened when the Victorian State Football League sought to align
1825-410: The 2008 season, Carlton was able to secure a trade for West Coast 's Chris Judd , one of the league's best midfielders, to join the club as captain. The time spent at the bottom of the ladder also allowed Carlton to secure three No. 1 draft picks – Marc Murphy , Bryce Gibbs and Matthew Kreuzer – who helped the club's on-field position. Brett Ratten led Carlton to the finals from 2009 until 2011, but
1898-461: The 2010s, and between 2006 and 2019 did not finished lower than fifth in the competition. These sustained strong performances yielded thirteen preliminary final appearances in fourteen years and three grand final appearances, for a premiership victory in 2015 and finishing second behind an unbeaten Port Melbourne in 2011 and behind the Richmond reserves in 2019. During this time, Williamstown also won
1971-494: The Barassi era, and in 1970, Alex Jesaulenko became the first (and to date, only) Carlton forward to kick 100 goals in a season. Carlton continued to play finals through the 1970s without premiership success, and went through several coaches in a short period of time: Nicholls (until 1975), Ian Thorogood (1976–77), Ian Stewart (for only three matches in 1978), and Alex Jesaulenko as playing coach after Stewart's departure. It
2044-569: The Barassi era, none was more important than John Nicholls , who captained all three premierships and took over as captain-coach upon Barassi's departure. Nicholls, a ruckman and forward, had played at Carlton since 1957, and he and Graham Farmer (who played with Geelong and in the WAFL during the same era) are regarded as the greatest ruckmen in the league's history. Midfielders Sergio Silvagni and Adrian Gallagher , half-forward Robert Walls , and ruckman Percy Jones were also prominent throughout
2117-752: The VFA (which at that time renamed the VFL) with the TAC Cup , and needed only one western suburban team to align with the Western Jets ; as such, it ordered Williamstown to merge with Werribee . After the clubs could not agree to terms, the VSFL decided to grant the remaining licence and the affiliation with the Jets to Williamstown, resulting in Werribee's temporary expulsion from the VFL. (Werribee regained its licence
2190-638: The age of 28 was still one of the biggest names in the game. His shift to Carlton remains one of the biggest player transfers in the game's history. Also contributing to Carlton's success was the strength of the Bendigo Football League , to which Carlton gained recruitment access through the VFL's country zoning arrangements. Under Barassi, Carlton reached three consecutive Grand Finals between 1968 and 1970, resulting in two premierships: 1968 against Essendon and 1970 against traditional rivals Collingwood. The 1970 Grand Final remains one of
2263-510: The breakaway Victorian Football League (since renamed the AFL), and alongside rivals Collingwood , Essendon , and Richmond . It is regarded as one of the league's historical "Big Four" clubs, having won sixteen VFL/AFL premierships, equal with Collingwood and Essendon as the most of any AFL club. The club's AFL Women's team had competed since in the league's inaugural 2017 AFLW season . It currently plays its home matches at Docklands Stadium and
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2336-413: The club as president, general manager of football operations, and CEO respectively; although Pratt's presidency lasted only sixteen months, after which he was replaced by Stephen Kernahan , the new personnel stabilised the club's off-field position. Pagan was sacked as coach mid-season after a string of heavy defeats, and was replaced by former club captain and assistant coach Brett Ratten . Then, prior to
2409-508: The club five flags in six years. Williamstown's form slumped in the 1960s and 1970s, and it finished last in Division 1 in 1967, resulting in relegation to Division 2. It won the Division 2 premiership in 1969 under captain-coach Max Papley to return to Division 1. The club was relegated again in 1975, won the Division 2 premiership in 1976 under the coaching of Mal Allen, but was relegated again after 1977 and remained in Division 2 for
2482-565: The club has been known almost universally in print media as the Blues, Dark Blues or Navy Blues. Other colloquial nicknames include Bluebaggers or 'Baggers. Prior to 1871, when the uniform was predominantly chamois, the club was known informally as the Butchers. After World War II, the club briefly considered changing its nickname to the Cockatoos, but this never formally eventuated; even so,
2555-406: The club's first dual Brownlow Medallist and full forward Charlie Curnow becoming the club's first back-to-back Coleman Medallist. The current Carlton guernsey is navy blue, emblazoned with a white CFC monogram (which stands for "Carlton Football Club") on the front, and white numbers on the back. This guernsey design is specified in the club's constitution. Other than changes to the font of
2628-399: The club's quickly and publicly deteriorated; and in early 2015, after giving a radio interview critical of the board, Malthouse was sacked the club going on to finish last. Former Hawthorn assistant coach Brendon Bolton took over as coach from the 2016 season, leading only into his fourth season before he too was sacked after overseeing the team's decline to another wooden spoon in 2018 with
2701-439: The club, including Mike Fitzpatrick , Ken Hunter and Peter Bosustow . In 1983, John Elliott took over the presidency from Ian Rice . On-field, the club endured three consecutive unsuccessful finals campaigns under Parkin before he was replaced by Robert Walls in 1986. Also in 1986, Carlton lured three of South Australia's top young players to the club: Stephen Kernahan , Craig Bradley and Peter Motley . The club reached
2774-580: The club, including Jesaulenko, who went to St Kilda . Percy Jones replaced Jesaulenko as coach in 1980, before Hawthorn coach David Parkin was recruited in 1981, Carlton's sixth coach in eight seasons. Despite the off-field troubles, Carlton continued to thrive on-field, and Parkin led the team to back-to-back premierships in 1981 and 1982 , with victories in the Grand Finals against Collingwood and Richmond respectively. With its fourteenth premiership in 1982, Carlton overtook Collingwood to become
2847-601: The clubs never played a match against each other. Williamstown Football Club The Williamstown Football Club , nicknamed the Seagulls , is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne . The club currently competes in the men's Victorian Football League and VFL Women's competitions. The Williamstown Football Club was formed in 1864, making it one of the oldest football clubs in Australia. The club
2920-452: The final match played at Princes Park in 2005. Additionally, coach Wayne Brittain was sacked, and replaced with Kangaroos coach Denis Pagan . On-field performances did not improve under Pagan, and overall the club won three wooden spoons and finished in the bottom two five times between 2002 and 2007. Carlton's overall position began to improve in 2007, when businessman Richard Pratt , Steven Icke and Collingwood's Greg Swann came to
2993-410: The finals only three times, contested ten Grand Finals, and won seven premierships. The period of success began when George Harris replaced Lew Holmes as president of the club, after the 1964 season. Harris then signed Melbourne legend Ron Barassi serve as coach from 1965. Barassi was a six-time premiership player and two-time premiership captain at Melbourne during its most successful era, and at
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3066-421: The first post-war premiership in 1945. Following the end of the throw-pass era in 1950, many Association clubs began to struggle through the following decade as the prestige of the VFA declined. However, Williamstown's strong support through the local community meant that it was still able to recruit a strong calibre of player; and, with the recruitment of former North Melbourne coach Wally Carter , who brought
3139-403: The first semi-final, overcame a 28-point deficit in the final quarter to beat Collingwood in the preliminary final, then beat South Melbourne in the notoriously brutal and violent Bloodbath Grand Final . Carlton contested two more Grand Finals in the 1940s, both against Essendon , winning the 1947 Grand Final by a single point, and being comfortably beaten in 1949 . Thereafter followed what
3212-783: The first. Carlton home matches between the club contest the Richard Pratt Cup, and Collingwood home matches are designated as the Peter Mac Cup . They also share the same amount of premierships, at 16. Carlton also has rivalry with Essendon . With 16 premierships apiece, the two teams, along with Collingwood, are the joint most successful teams in the VFL/AFL history. Carlton has a rivalry with Richmond , with this rivalry based on geographical proximity and large supporter bases. The two teams contested four grand finals between 1969 and 1982, and since 2008 have met annually on
3285-503: The football department during the second half of that season; Teague was sacked, and Michael Voss was appointed senior coach. Voss led the club to finals in his second and third seasons, ending what had become a club-record nine year VFL/AFL finals drought, with a best result of a preliminary final defeat in 2023. During this time, Carlton achieved two of its greatest individual successes, with captain Patrick Cripps becoming
3358-639: The former and five at latter in most years. The matches expected to draw the highest crowds are usually scheduled for the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Carlton possesses a long and bitter rivalry with Collingwood , with the rivalry considered to be one of the most historic and significant in Australian sport , dating back to their spiteful 1910 Grand Final. They have met six times in Grand Finals , with Carlton successful in all bar
3431-541: The highly respected former Fitzroy footballer and Australian test cricketer Jack Worrall , then the secretary of the Carlton Cricket Club , to the same position at the football club. As secretary, Worrall slowly took over the managing of the players, in what is now recognised as the first official coaching role in the VFL. Under Worrall's guidance in the latter part of the 1902 season, Carlton's on-field performances improved, and in 1903 he led Carlton to
3504-399: The introduction of clash guernseys in 2007, Carlton has had several clash designs which have been mostly white, with navy blue monogram, numbers, trimmings and minor panels in a variety of combinations. Designs in predominantly sky blue (2011–2012) and silver (2018) have also been used. Carlton's official nickname is the 'Blues'. Since the addition of navy blue to the playing uniform in 1871,
3577-454: The last of the twelve Victorian clubs to win the wooden spoon. At the same time, the club was starting to struggle financially, due to unwise investments under John Elliott – most significantly, building a new grandstand at Princes Park during the 1990s, at a time when other clubs were finding it more profitable to play at the higher-capacity central venues. Then, at the end of 2002, it was revealed that Carlton had been systematically cheating
3650-465: The late 1930s, Larry Floyd and Bill Dooley decided to adopt a more modern nickname, and the club became formally known as "the Seagulls". Throughout its history, the club has also been colloquially known by the abbreviated name ' ‘Town . Williamstown won its first VFA premiership in 1907, and its second in 1921. Following three unsuccessful finals appearances between 1922 and 1924, the club was weak for
3723-431: The league salary cap during the early 2000s. The scandal resulted in the loss of draft picks and a fine of $ 930,000, which exacerbated the club's poor on-field and off-field positions. In the immediate fall-out from 2002, president John Elliott was voted out by the members, and was replaced with Docklands Stadium CEO Ian Collins . Under Collins, the club shifted its home stadium from Princes Park to Docklands, with
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#17327827146253796-411: The monogram, this has been Carlton's guernsey continually since 1909. The club has worn navy blue in its uniform since 1871, when colour of the team's caps was changed from orange/yellow. The club's on-and-off field apparel was manufactured by Nike from 1998 until 2019, and by Puma from 2020 until at least 2029. The team wears navy blue shorts in home games, and white shorts in away games. Since
3869-459: The most famous matches in football history. Played in front of an enduring record crowd of 121,696, Collingwood dominated early to lead by 44 points at half time, but Carlton kicked seven goals in fifteen minutes after half time to narrow the margin to only three points; after a close final quarter, Carlton won its tenth VFL premiership with a ten-point victory. Carlton won its first and second Championship of Australia titles in 1968 and 1970, beating
3942-438: The most successful club in the league's history, based on premierships won – a position it has held either outright or jointly with Essendon since. Starring on-field during this period for Carlton was Bruce Doull , regarded as one of the best half-back flankers in the history of the league. Wayne Johnston was a prominent centreman/forward, and Carlton had great success recruiting high-profile Western Australian footballers to
4015-456: The most successful clubs, both on-field and off-field, to one of the least successful. The club had been much slower than others to embrace the AFL Draft as a means for recruitment, so when its champion players from the 1990s began to retire in the early 2000s, on-field performances fell away quickly, and in 2002, the club won the wooden spoon for the first time in its VFL/AFL history; it was
4088-546: The next fourteen seasons, winning just 77 of 255 matches and playing just one final – losing to Oakleigh in 1930 . Owing to severe local employment problems during the Great Depression , the club was consistently short of money, despite a number of notable individual successes with several players winning Recorder Cups and VFA Medals. As a result of skilful management by such officials as secretary Larry Floyd, president Bill Dooley and treasurer Jim McConville, plus
4161-421: The next two Grand Finals, losing in 1986 and winning in 1987 , both times against Hawthorn . Kernahan went on to become the club's longest serving captain and leading career goalkicker (738 goals), and Bradley became the club games record holder (375 games); Motley's career was unfortunately cut short by a non-fatal car accident in 1987. Carlton had also recruited Stephen Silvagni (son of Sergio ) in 1985, who
4234-483: The peak of World War I in 1916, Carlton won five premierships and contested nine Grand Finals for one of the most successful times in the club's history. The only success which eluded the club was the Championship of Australia ; Carlton contested the championship three times (1907, 1908 and 1914), with its South Australian opponents victorious on all three occasions. Through the 1920s and the Great Depression of
4307-526: The push was serious enough that newspaper cartoons depicting a Carlton cockatoo were printed around that time. Carlton's club song is We Are the Navy Blues . The lyrics are believed to have been written in around 1930 by cousins Irene McEldrew and Agnes Wright, who ran a boarding house for several club players and the latter of whom was the niece of then-coach Dan Minogue . It is sung to the tune of Lily of Laguna . The club's traditional home ground
4380-465: The role of secretary), and after significant changes at board level after the 1909 season, Worrall left the club altogether. Many players who had supported Worrall left the club at the end of the season. Then, in 1910, several players were suspected of having taken bribes to fix matches, with two players ( Alex Lang and Doug Fraser ) both found guilty and suspended for 99 matches. Despite this backdrop, Carlton continued its strong on-field form, reaching
4453-465: The services of former Richmond coach Percy Bentley , who coached the club for fifteen seasons. Carlton continued to finish in or near the finals without premiership success through the war, before winning the premiership in 1945, one month after peace. In a remarkable season, Carlton languished with a record of 3–6 after nine weeks, but won ten of the remaining eleven home-and-away matches to finish fourth; Carlton then comfortably beat North Melbourne in
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#17327827146254526-471: The termination of contract agreements with the VFL, Williamstown recruited Harry Vallence , a star goal-kicker from Carlton , plus Gordon Ogden and Eric Glass from Melbourne for the 1939 season . Williamstown finished fourth on the ladder but, despite not having won a final since 1924 won three close finals for its third VFA premiership. The Seagulls continued their recruiting raid on the VFL, recruiting star players Ron Todd and Des Fothergill , and won
4599-481: The unfenced Gardens Reserve as its home ground. In 1886, players wishing to play on the cricket ground ultimately established a rival senior club, the South Williamstown Football Club , which also contested the VFA for two seasons. In 1888, the dispute was settled and two football clubs amalgamated; and, through an organisational affiliation with the cricket club the Williamstown Cricket Ground
4672-504: Was appointed captain-coach in 1984, and he and president Tony Hannebery were critical in gathering a strong group of players, including Barry Round and Tony Pastore , to make Williamstown one of the strongest clubs in the late 1980s. The club reached five grand finals between 1985 and 1990: it lost the 1985 decider by one goal to Sandringham , won the 1986 premiership against Coburg under Wheeler, lost consecutive grand finals against Coburg in 1988 and 1989, then defeated Springvale to win
4745-488: Was established as the football club's permanent home ground. The Williamstown and South Williamstown clubs were off-field rivals, but they never played a match against each other. The suburb of Williamstown was named after King William IV in 1837 and was often referred to as "the village" or "the fishing village" in nineteenth-century Melbourne; the club was thus known by the nickname "the Villagers" in its early years. In
4818-605: Was initially considered a junior club, before being granted senior status in 1884. Starting in 1884 , the club competed in the Victorian Football Association. Williamstown's original colours were black and yellow. When it joined the VFA, the Williamstown Football Club sought to play its matches at the Williamstown Cricket Ground , but was not granted permission owing to a dispute with the Williamstown Cricket Club, and instead used
4891-422: Was not until 1979 that Carlton again reached the Grand Final , defeating Collingwood by five points in a close match best remembered for the late goal kicked by Ken Sheldon , after Wayne Harmes tapped the ball into the goalsquare from the boundary line. After the 1979 season, there was off-field instability at the board level. Ian Rice replaced George Harris as president, and many of Harris' supporters left
4964-532: Was one of the foundation clubs of the Victorian Football Association , and was a comfortable winner of the premiership in the competition's inaugural season. Carlton was one of the first clubs to have a player worthy of the superstar tag: champion player George Coulthard , who played for Carlton between 1876 and 1882, and was noted by The Australasian as 'The grandest player of the day'. He died of tuberculosis in 1883 , aged 27. The club won one more VFA premiership, in 1887 , but after that, particularly during
5037-415: Was ranked third-last by the Sportsman , only above South Ballarat and Footscray . On 8 February 1888, the dispute was settled and South Williamstown amalgamated with Williamstown; and, through an organisational affiliation with the cricket club the Williamstown Cricket Ground was established as the football club's permanent home ground. Although South Williamstown and Williamstown were off-field rivals,
5110-424: Was recruited by the club to serve as captain-coach. On-field, Carlton's inter-war period was highlighted by two of its greatest goalkickers: in the 1920s, Horrie Clover (396 goals in 147 games), and in the 1930s, Harry "Soapy" Vallence (722 goals in 204 games), both of which were Carlton career records at the time. The VFL continued to operate through World War II. With the retirement of Diggins, Carlton secured
5183-445: Was sacked with a year remaining on his contract after the club missed the finals in 2012, and was replaced by former West Coast and Collingwood premiership coach Mick Malthouse . Under Malthouse, the club returned to the finals in 2013, but fell to thirteenth in 2014. Kernahan stepped aside in mid-2014, and was replaced by Mark LoGiudice, who presided over a period of mediocre onfield results. The relationship between Malthouse and
5256-449: Was staged at the venue in 2005. It was the last of the suburban home grounds to be used in AFL competition. The venue remains Carlton's training and administrative base, and the club's current 40-year lease on the venue with the City of Melbourne runs until 2035. Since 2005, Carlton has split its home games between Docklands Stadium and the Melbourne Cricket Ground , with six matches at
5329-437: Was then Carlton's weakest on-field period since Worrall's appointment in 1902, with the club reaching the finals only four times between 1950 and 1964. Finishing tenth out of twelve and winning only five matches, 1964 was Carlton's worst VFL season to that point in its history. A change of president at the end of 1964 heralded the most successful period in the Carlton Football Club's history. Between 1967 and 1988, Carlton missed
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