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The 30-year Blues
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The 30-year Blues

Thirty years on from Carlton’s last premiership, our three-part investigation examines how they turned from a power club into one that won wooden spoons rather than finals.

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Former Carlton coaches Mick Malthouse and Denis Pagan.
The 30-year Blues

‘An absolute nightmare’: Sacked Carlton coaches reveal the depth of turmoil during dark era

Carlton’s 30-year premiership drought is second only to St Kilda among clubs that joined the competition before 1995. This is the first of a three-part investigation into why one of the AFL’s biggest clubs has been starved of success.

  • by Jake Niall
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Former Carlton powerbrokers John Elliott, Bruce Mathieson and Richard Pratt.
The 30-year Blues

Politics, pokies and power: The secret meetings and messy exits among Carlton’s elite

It’s 30 years since Carlton’s most recent flag. In the second part of an in-depth investigation, we reveal a secret approach to a master coach from the house of Raheen.

  • by Jake Niall
Carlton great Stephen Silvagni.
30-year Blues

‘Without fear or favour’: Ex-Carlton bosses disagree on Silvagni exit

In a year in which the Blues celebrate the 30th anniversary of their 1995 premiership, SOS – the full-back of the century who eclipsed both Wayne Carey and Gary Ablett snr in the ’95 finals – remains in exile from the club that is synonymous with his family.

  • by Jake Niall
Denis Pagan explains the turmoil at Carlton during his time there as coach.
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‘An absolute nightmare’

Denis Pagan explains the turmoil at Carlton during his time there as coach.

Mick Malthouse on when he knew his time was up as Carlton coach.
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‘That was the end’

Mick Malthouse on when he knew his time was up as Carlton coach.

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