Articles
Back to the Future
By FootyGeek (Jamie Sanderson) Published April 2007 On the 17th of March 2007 the Blues won the NAB cup grand final and on the 20th of March 1993 Essendon won the pre season premiership. On the 17th of March 2007 the Blues won the NAB cup…
10 Years of the Blueseum
By Jamie Sanderson Article published: August 2015 This July the Blueseum reaches a fantastic milestone, 10 years of operation. The idea for the Blueseum was born on the day of the very last game of football at Princes Park in 2005. On that…
Birth of the WOOF
By Jamie Sanderson Published January 2014 Paul Kelly once wrote that "from little things big things grow", a sentiment that duly applies to the evolution of the "Woof" at the Carlton Football Club. Frank Andreula was one of the original…
Mutch Ado About Nothing
By Jamie Sanderson Article first published: November 2014 On the Collingwood Forever website, (which is part of the official Collingwood Football Club website) there is a player…
Ultimate Carlton Premiership Party Mix Tape
By Jamie Sanderson Published November 2019 Ultimate Carlton Premiership Party Mix Tape Now for something completely different. The ultimate Carlton premiership party mix consisting of every ARIA number one hit single during each Carlton…
Archive of Rod McGregor Articles
By Jamie Sanderson Published June 2020 In 1936 Rod McGregor , a four time premiership winning champion of Carlton wrote a series of articles for the Sporting Globe, courtesy of Trove. Superior To Teams Of Today…
Cheersquad History Captured by the Camera of Kev
By Jamie Sanderson Published November 2020 Unknown treasures still exist and can still be discovered hiding in the suburbs of Melbourne awaiting to be discovered. Recently, the Blueseum was alerted to the existence of what could be…
When Carlton Conquered Canberra
By Jamie Sanderson Published 2023 Every now and then you stumble across a story so crazy you wonder how it could have been hidden for so long. Like many of these discoveries it started innocently enough, a conversation with Rod Austin lead…
20 Years of the Blueseum
By Jamie Sanderson Jul 13, 2025 The Blueseum has reached a fantastic milestone; 20 years of operation. The idea for the Blueseum was born on the day of the very last game of football at Princes Park in 2005. On that day at half time I was…
Every Picture Tells a Story (or Twenty Two)
By Jamie Sanderson First published: 2008 We are blessed at the Blueseum to receive digital copies of memorabilia from private collections. Some of these pieces have never seen the light of day for decades but we now get the opportunity to…
Hello Bluebird
By Jamie Sanderson First published: May 2008 The Blue Birds were a cheerleading/dance troupe and a Carlton institution in the 1970s and 1980s, entertaining young and old alike on matchdays. You can be sure that the subject of the Blue…
The Old Blues
By Jamie Sanderson First published: August 2008 The origins of the Carlton team song are shrouded in mystery, at the moment it is believed the tune was first penned around the 1929-1931 period. That is why the latest addition to the…