Articles
Carlton in NSW, 1890
By Michael Olsen An Early Expansion? Carlton in New South Wales, 1890 IF YOU KNOW ANY DETAILS OF ANY PLAYER OR PERSON LISTED IN THIS ARTICLE, PLEASE CONTACT THE BLUESEUM! Expansion of the Victorian Football League has been a relatively…
Carlton’s Top Tenners
By Michael Olsen First published May 2006; Updated intermittently since that date For many of the early years of the draft, the Carlton Football Club was synonymous with success. With success, generally comes later picks in the draft, but…
1983: Delisted for a bad kitchen
By Michael Olsen First published: December 2009 A Memorable Game...with Greg Sharp Greg Sharp was a Blue for 11 senior and 93 reserve matches in the glorious phase that delivered the 1979, 1981 and 1982 Premiership Flags. In that time…
2015: The Re-Collapse
By Michael Olsen Published October 2018 How the hell did we get back here? Whilst the Blues missed out on a Preliminary Final in 2011 by a whisker, we were not despondent. Sure, a missed opportunity... but the Blues were back. We had an…
50 Years in Navy Blue - the Chris Pavlou Story
By Michael Olsen First published: July 2008 In over 50 years of service to the Carlton Football Club from 1958, Chris Pavlou has represented the Blues in a wide variety of ways. From player, to runner, to Under 19’s Coach, to Life…
A Memorable Game... with Chris Pavlou
By Michael Olsen First published: July 2008 In any sporting career there will be events that stick in the memory. They need not be glorious premiership wins – although as Carlton fans we’ve sure had some of those – or Best on Grounds, they…
Fevola's 2008: A Big Year
By Michael Olsen First published: August 2008. Table edited in 2009 to reflect Fevola's 2009. Brendan Fevola ’s 7 goals for our last match of Season 2008 moved him to 99 goals for the year from just 22 games, a wonderful achievement in…
1908: Triple Champs - 100 Years On
By Michael Olsen First published: September 2008 A century ago, a powerful Carlton outfit - still bearing numerous legends from our 1906 and 1907 flag teams - tore through the VFL season with skill and gusto, losing only a single match…
The Max Dixon Story - Welcome to Carlton (circa 1971)
By Michael Olsen and Max Dixon First published: November 2008 Please note the subject of this article has provided an outstanding variety of letters and Carlton memorabilia, all accessible to readers through his Image Gallery (link below)…
Glory with your first steps
By Michael Olsen and Stephen Williamson First published: January 2009 Let's face it... you don’t have to be a great player to win a Premiership. Time and time again, history will demonstrate that factors like team selection, balance and…
Barren Blues
By Michael Olsen and Stephen Williamson Article published: July 2009 The surprise moves of Bret Thornton to the forward line in our Round 9 loss to the Crows and Michael Jamison in our Round 15 win over the Tigers brought to bear the…
Could Dorra have made the difference in 1993?
By Michael Olsen Article published: August, 2009 1993 – a year famous for a very even season, and Carlton’s first Grand Final appearance since 1987 - but also infamous for a cruel loss at the hands of the ‘Baby Bombers’ on that One Day in…