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**Carlton**

Full name	Carlton Football Club
Nickname	The Blues
Strip	Navy blue guernsey with white monogram, navy blue shorts and socks
Founded	1864
Sport	Australian rules football
League	Australian Football League
Ground	Telstra Dome/MCG
Club song	We Are The Navy Blues
President/Chair	Graham Smorgon
Coach	Denis Pagan
Captain	Unknown!
2005	16th of 16

The Carlton Football Club is one of the oldest and most successful Australian rules football clubs. It is nicknamed The Blues for their navy blue playing colours, and has an insignia of the club consisting of three alphabetical letters - CFC superimposed on each other.

[edit] Club history

[edit] Early history

Formed in 1864, it originally played in the Victorian Football Association competition, and was one of the formation members of the breakaway Victorian Football League in 1897. It became part of the Australian Football League in the 1980s.

After winning its first premiership in the VFL in 1906, Carlton went on to become the first team in the VFL/AFL to win three consecutive premierships in 1906-08. It is also the only team in the competition to come so close to winning four-in-a-row, as it was narrowly beaten by just 2 points to South Melbourne (now Sydney Swans) in 1909. Had it not been for the political trouble that plagued the club early in the season, the result could well have been different. However, this remarkable feat was subsequently surpassed during the 1920's Depression by the club's greatest rival - Collingwood (which became famous as 'The Machine') in 1927-30.

[edit] Recent history

Former Carlton Logo

The club underwent both off-field and on-field turmoil in 2002. The club finished last for the first time in its history, and mounting losses and accounting irregularities finally caught up with club president John Elliott. Elliott was then voted off the board by club members. The new administration discovered that the club had been making extra, secret payments to certain players, breaching the AFL salary cap. The club was heavily fined and stripped of top picks in the annual player draft, hampering attempts to rebuild the club's player group.

In 2003, Denis Pagan was appointed Coach in an attempt to turn the club around. The following year, Carlton won ten games, more than the previous two years combined. At the beginning of 2005, the turn around seemed a reality after their success in the pre-season Wizard Cup but the club failed to maintain its form for the home-and-away season. Finishing on the bottom of the ladder for just the second time in its proud history it became the second club to win the pre-season competition and the wooden spoon in the same year, with Footscray (now the Western Bulldogs) having done so in 1967.

The club became the last of the former VFL clubs to move away from its original home ground when it played its last match at Optus Oval against Melbourne in Round 9 of the 2005 season. Carlton had played at Princes Park for 108 years.

[edit] Present day

The club is based at Princes Park oval (officially known now as MC Labour Park in a sponsorship deal) in northern Carlton. The suburb combines the academic air of the nearby University of Melbourne with a large quotient of immigrants from Southern Europe, and both groups still leave their mark on the Carlton supporter base. In 2004, Carlton President Ian Collins began the process with Vice-President (now president) Graham Smorgon of reviewing Carlton's continued presence at MC Labour Park. It was decided that six home games be played at Telstra Dome (Docklands Stadium) and five at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. A "farewell" game was played at Princes Park on Saturday 21 May in 2005. Despite an overwhelming majority of members voting for the home ground move, it was not altogether popular with all club supporters. Despite this the club achieved record membership levels in 2005. Training and social club facilities at Princes Park remain. There are proposals to redevelop the ground to make it into an elite training facility for the players. Carlton has traditionally been the most powerful on-field club (until recently), boasting winning records over virtually every other club in the competition, including notable rivals such as Collingwood and Essendon. The club currently has the second youngest list in the league behind Hawthorn.

[edit] Rivalry

Carlton players during pre-game warmup

Carlton's fiercest rivals include the other members of the inner-suburban "big four" - Essendon, Richmond, and especially Collingwood. Collingwood's working-class supporter base, close geographic proximity, and many historic on-field (and occasional off-field) tussles mark the rivalry as the strongest in the game.

[edit] Corporate

[edit] Membership base

In 2005, the Carlton Football Club had a record membership of 33,534.

Year	Members	Ladder after Round 22	Final Position
1998	25,402	11th	11th
1999	25,719	6th	2nd
2000	27,571	2nd	3rd
2001	27,735	5th	5th
2002	26,385	16th	16th
2003	33,525	15th	15th
2004	32,445	11th	11th
2005	33,534	16th	16th
2006	28,756*	16th	16th

(*as of 30 June, 2006)

[edit] Presidents

John Elliott (1982-2002)
Ian Collins (2002-2006)
Graham Smorgon (2006-)

[edit] Records

[edit] Club records

[edit] Premierships

VFA: 1877, 1887 (2)
VFL/AFL: 1906, 1907, 1908, 1914, 1915, 1938, 1945, 1947, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1995 (16)

Further information: Carlton Football Club Premiership teams

[edit] Pre-Season Premierships

1983, 1997, 2005 (3)

[edit] Wooden Spoons

2002, 2005, 2006 (3)

[edit] Year end standings

Bold = finals

1897 - 7
1898 - 7
1899 - 7
1900 - 7
1901 - 7
1902 - 6
1903 - 3
1904 - 2
1905 - 3
1906 - 1
1907 - 1
1908 - 1
1909 - 2
1910 - 2
1911 - 4
1912 - 3
1913 - 6
1914 - 1
1915 - 1

1916 - 2
1917 - 3
1918 - 3
1919 - 4
1920 - 3
1921 - 2
1922 - 4
1923 - 7
1924 - 7
1925 - 9
1926 - 6
1927 - 4
1928 - 4
1929 - 3
1930 - 3
1931 - 3
1932 - 3
1933 - 4
1934 - 5

1935 - 4
1936 - 4
1937 - 5
1938 - 1
1939 - 5
1940 - 5
1941 - 3
1942 - 5
1943 - 4
1944 - 5
1945 - 1
1946 - 6
1947 - 1
1948 - 6
1949 - 2
1950 - 8
1951 - 7
1952 - 4
1953 - 5

1954 - 8
1955 - 7
1956 - 5
1957 - 4
1958 - 7
1959 - 3
1960 - 7
1961 - 8
1962 - 2
1963 - 6
1964 - 10
1965 - 6
1966 - 6
1967 - 3
1968 - 1
1969 - 2
1970 - 1
1971 - 5
1972 - 1

1973 - 2
1974 - 7
1975 - 4
1976 - 3
1977 - 6
1978 - 4
1979 - 1
1980 - 4
1981 - 1
1982 - 1
1983 - 5
1984 - 4
1985 - 5
1986 - 2
1987 - 1
1988 - 3
1989 - 8
1990 - 8
1991 - 11

1992 - 7
1993 - 2
1994 - 5
1995 - 1
1996 - 6
1997 - 11
1998 - 11
1999 - 2
2000 - 3
2001 - 6
2002 - 16
2003 - 15
2004 - 11
2005 - 16
2006 - 16

[edit] Individual records

[edit] Most career goals

[edit] Most career games

[edit] Individual awards

[edit] Best and Fairest

See John Nicholls Medal

[edit] Brownlow Medal winners

1947 - Bert Deacon
1961 - John James
1964 - Gordon Collis
1994 - Greg Williams

[edit] Leigh Matthews Trophy winners

1994 - Greg Williams
2000 - Anthony Koutoufides

[edit] Norm Smith Medal winners

1979 - Wayne Harmes
1982 - Bruce Doull
1987 - David Rhys-Jones
1995 - Greg Williams

[edit] Michael Tuck Medal

1997 - Craig Bradley
2005 - Brendan Fevola

[edit] Coleman Medal winners

1961 - Tom Carroll
2006 - Brendan Fevola

[edit] Mark of the Year winners

[edit] National team representatives (since 2005)

Matthew Lappin (2005)

[edit] Current playing list

As of September 05, 2006:

No.	Position	Player
1	MF	Andrew Walker
2	MF	Jordan Russell
3	MF	Marc Murphy
4	DF	Luke Livingston
5	FW	Josh Kennedy
6	MF	Kade Simpson
7	FW	Justin Davies
8	MF	Lance Whitnall (vice captain)
9	DF	Jason Saddington
10	MF	Dylan McLaren
11	MF	Barnaby French (Retired)
12	DF	Matthew Lappin
13	MF	Luke Blackwell
14	FW	Brad Fisher
15	DF	David Teague
17	DF	Setanta O'hAilpin
18	MF	Paul Bower
19	FW	Eddie Betts
20	MF	Cory McGrath
21	FW	Troy Longmuir
22	FW	Callum Chambers
23	DF	Adam Hartlett

No.	Position	Player
24	MF	Nick Stevens
25	FW	Brendan Fevola
26	FW	Adrian Deluca
27	DF	Chris Bryan
28	FW	Ian Prendergast
29	MF	Heath Scotland
30	FW	Jarrad Waite
31	FW	Jordan Bannister
32	DF	Bret Thornton
33	DF	Ryan Houlihan
34	MF	Simon Wiggins
35	DF	Anthony Raso
36	DF	Trent Sporn
37	FW	Jake Edwards
38	MF	Ryan Jackson
39	FW	Daniel Batson
40	MF	Adam Bentick
41	MF	Jesse D. Smith
42	DF	Craig Flint
43	MF	Anthony Koutoufides (captain)
44	MF	Andrew Carrazzo
45	DF	Aisake O'hAilpin

[edit] Team of the Century

Carlton Team of the Century
B:	Bruce Comben	Stephen Silvagni	Geoff Southby
HB:	John James	Bert Deacon	Bruce Doull
C:	Garry Crane	Greg Williams	Craig Bradley
HF:	Wayne Johnston	Stephen Kernahan (Captain)	Alex Jesaulenko
F:	Ken Hands	Harry Vallence	Rod Ashman
Foll:	John Nicholls	Sergio Silvagni	Adrian Gallagher
Int:	Robert Walls	Mike Fitzpatrick	Ken Hunter
	Trevor Keogh
Coach:	David Parkin

Four emergencies were also named: Laurie Kerr, Bob Chitty, Horrie Clover and Rod McGregor.

[edit] Club jumper

The home jumper is navy blue with a white CFC logo in the middle.

The current jumper design consists of a navy blue backing, CFC monogram and AFL logo on front, and bold white numbers on back. The club's current major sponsors are Optus, Dan Murphy's and Nike. For home games, the Optus sponsoring is displayed on the front, while Dan Murphy's sponsoring is beneath the player numbers on the back. The sponsors change positions when the club is playing away.

In April 2006, the club announced a "clash" jumper in accordance to the AFL's request that each club have an alternative jumper to be worn against other clubs in similar design. The jumper, although not yet deemed official, consists of inverted colours from the regular home season outfit, complimented by blue stripes on the sides.