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Minor Premiers

As the histories of some Football Clubs will attest, success is not about finishing the year on top of the ladder – it’s about winning Premierships. Notwithstanding this point, Carlton has achieved the ‘Minor Premiership’ (i.e. finishing first on the ladder) 17 times in our VFL / AFL history. Below we track these performances against our Premiership success:


YearUltimate Premier
1906 Carlton
1907 Carlton
1908 Carlton
1910 Collingwood
1914 Carlton
1916 Fitzroy
1921 Richmond
1932 Richmond
1938 Carlton
1941 Melbourne
1947 Carlton
1972 Carlton
1976 Hawthorn
1979 Carlton
1981 Carlton
1987 Carlton
1995 Carlton



Overall, from 17 ‘Minor Premierships’ Carlton has converted 11 into Premierships, with 6 ‘chokes’ in 1910, 1916, 1921, 1932, 1941 and 1976. Interestingly, Carlton would contest the Grand Finals in the first four of these occasions - 1910, 1916, 1921 and 1932 - but would miss out on the big day in both 1941 and 1976.

On the other hand, Carlton has won 5 Premierships without being minor premiers – 1915, 1945, 1968, 1970 and 1982.


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