From Season 2002 to 2020, Carlton would play it's Reserves Football through an affiliation with the Northern Bullants Football Club, becoming the Northern Blues for Season 2012.
Originally the Preston Football Club, the alliance arrangement replaced the traditional Reserves Grade competition of the Victorian based AFL teams that ended after the 1999 season. At the time, most of the Victorian AFL teams chose to align themselves with a VFA team, forming a new league which was later retitled the Victorian Football League. Carlton had their own VFL side between 2000 and 2002 before aligning with the Preston side playing under the Northern Bullants banner.
The Bullants themselves had a proud history in the VFL and VSFL as shown below:
SENIOR PREMIERSHIPS (First Division) 1968 1969 1983 1984
(Second Division) 1963 1965
RESERVE PREMIERSHIPS (First Division) 1957 1978 1983 1984 1985 1987
(Second Division) 1961 1962
THIRDS PREMIERSHIPS (First Division) 1954 1959 1960 1964 1974 1976 1981 1982 1983 1984 1989
(Second Division) 1961 1962
V.S.F.L. UNDER 18 PREMIERSHIP 1996
V.J.F.A. PREMIERSHIPS 1900 1901 1902 1921 1923
More information on the Northern Bullants can be found here.
Originally the Preston Football Club, the alliance arrangement replaced the traditional Reserves Grade competition of the Victorian based AFL teams that ended after the 1999 season. At the time, most of the Victorian AFL teams chose to align themselves with a VFA team, forming a new league which was later retitled the Victorian Football League. Carlton had their own VFL side between 2000 and 2002 before aligning with the Preston side playing under the Northern Bullants banner.
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The Bullants themselves had a proud history in the VFL and VSFL as shown below:
SENIOR PREMIERSHIPS (First Division) 1968 1969 1983 1984
(Second Division) 1963 1965
RESERVE PREMIERSHIPS (First Division) 1957 1978 1983 1984 1985 1987
(Second Division) 1961 1962
THIRDS PREMIERSHIPS (First Division) 1954 1959 1960 1964 1974 1976 1981 1982 1983 1984 1989
(Second Division) 1961 1962
V.S.F.L. UNDER 18 PREMIERSHIP 1996
V.J.F.A. PREMIERSHIPS 1900 1901 1902 1921 1923
More information on the Northern Bullants can be found here.