Carlton Football Club - AFL

Michael Voss has been announced as Carlton’s new coach, joining the Blues on a three-year contract after being appointed on Thursday morning ahead of highly rated Richmond assistant Adam Kingsley.

Carlton coach David Teague has admitted he handled a mid-week press conference poorly when he bristled at questions about an Age story that revealed co-captain Patrick Cripps had played through a fractured back.

A debate is looming about whether the issues at Carlton stem from the coaching, or the talent on their list.

Carlton coach David Teague has lauded co-captain Patrick Cripps’ response to a week of criticism and flagged the imminent announcement of a new contract for the star midfielder.

John Hollingsworth is taking on club president Mark LoGiudice and has slammed the Carlton board for the repeated “hiring and firing” of coaches in a lengthy period of “instability” and “under-performance”. 

Carlton's Charlie Curnow is set for more surgery on his troublesome right knee on Wednesday after sustaining a setback during his rehabilitation program last week.

Eddie Betts, 33, one of football's most popular players, will play for Carlton next year in his 17th season in the AFL

As the AFL's Indigenous Round gets underway in Darwin, Marc Murphy inspires Carlton to a 33-point victory over a fatigued Gold Coast Suns.

The Blues are pressing for their first finals appearance since 2013 and took another step by dismantling the struggling Suns at TIO Stadium on Friday night.

Carlton continued their rollercoaster ride through 2020 with a hard-fought, seven-point win over a brave North Melbourne at a rain-soaked Gabba on Saturday. 

The Blues have been rebuilding for several seasons but coach David Teague, buoyed after toppling Geelong and Essendon, says his side now believes it can beat anyone.

The undefeated Blues have a new coach, a watchable brand of football, a captain in fine fettle and a pretty soft draw ahead

Tom Elliott says his father will be remembered as a strong presence and a loving family man, who could connect with all types of people.

There has been no more universally loved player this century than the Blues’ and Crows’ small forward.

Carlton captain Patrick Cripps has been playing this season with a fracture in his back that has needed weekly injections to help him play, but has not left him at risk of worsening the injury.

The former Blues skipper said the club has served up “20 years of rubbish” and Carlton need to ask themselves what they stand for.

Damningly, for a ninth straight season, they will be playing catch-up football after an 0-2 start to the season. For a club that last made the finals in 2013, and whose off-season activity pointed to a “the time is now” mentality, it is a concerning situation.

In 1910, Carlton footballer Alec Lang was suspended for five years for taking a bribe. 110 years later, his family pleads for a re-think - and get a rebuff.

As he approached Carlton's captain, president and chief executive in the middle of the MCG, the man slated to become the 46th president of the United States, wanted to kick the footy that he held in his hands.

It's been seven long years for the Blues since they last made an AFL finals series, but the signs are promising that a return to the business end of the season is imminent, writes Grandstand's Alister Nicholson.

Carlton's defence has tightened in the past fortnight and back-to-back victories have the Blues a real chance to play in the finals for the first time in seven years.

Jack Newnes claimed his own moment for the ages with an after-the-siren match-winner; Pies drifting off the pace; Demon Weide fires up forward; Bulldogs click into gear.

Carlton are building precisely because it’s not just the usual suspects driving things; Suns v Cats has a match-up we all want; Action versus outcome matters most.

The Blues have beaten Geelong and now Essendon over successive weeks and have supporters believing finals could be within sight.