Carlton Football Club


John Elliot, hush money and the AFL

It is not John Elliott in this case who has shamed himself, but rather, the entire AFL fraternity.

The day Dick Pratt said he’d be Carlton president

Dick Pratt’s ascent to the Carlton presidency began with a plea for $5 million from his great mate John Elliott in Pratt’s Little Lonsdale St office in February 2007.

Reviled John Elliott: the man who saved Carlton FC

Perhaps the time has come for the Blue Army to raise a glass in Big Jack Elliott’s honour.

Richard Pratt: Corporate villain or friend to the turtles?

In the quiet just before dawn…

Crikey Says: Crikey Says

Richard Pratt has acted commendably in handing back his various Aussie honours … and provoking that sort of generous sentiment is presumably the intention of the gesture.

Memo Carlton: It wasn’t all Pagan’s fault

Former coach Denis Pagan has seemingly been blamed for every problem that has ever bedeviled the Carlton Football Club. But as always, there’s another side to the story, writes Charles Happell.