Can you answer this question???

[I LOVE THE CFC]

If our spiritual home is Princess Park which is located in the suburb of North Carlton, How come we have never been called the North Carlton Football Club (or vice versa Carlton Nth) instead of just the Carlton Football Club???

For what's if worth I much prefer just Carlton but it does make you wonder...

Can anyone shed some light on my question?

Cheers

 

[HBF]

Who knows, it might have something to do with the fact that is was originally known as Carlton, and then it may have been re-zoned as North Carlton after the club had been formed.

If I was a betting man, I would think that Blueseum might know the answer to this one.

 

[blue gunslinger]

Princes Park to start with

 

[I LOVE THE CFC]

Princes Park to start with

Oh my god!!!

Look at my location...it's the heat SORRY!!!!

 

[Alpha1]

Because we live near the zoo.

 

[FevolasFox]

Because we're CARLTON, **** the rest..




































Im so sorry!!

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

We didn't want to alienate the people of South Carlton and start a civil war.

 

[1981]

I don't know the answer.

Wiki says the club originally represented the inner city area of Carlton

 

[AlecDuncan]

Probably because North Carlton was just one neighborhood within the City of Carlton in those days, and Princes Park was the only place in the whole city where you could put a ground. It used to be the municipal rubbish tip BTW.

It's all been subsumed by the MCC now I think.

 

[Azul]

As I recall, the original playing ground was located near the Southern end of Princes Park, which is closer to central Carlton.

It turns out we erected the current stadium upon joining the VFL - more info here.

 

[Gezza125]

As I recall, the original playing ground was located near the Southern end of Princes Park, which is closer to central Carlton.

It turns out we erected the current stadium upon joining the VFL - more info here.

Agree... just came down to available land in and around Princes Park, north of the university and around the general cemetery - the current location was not the original and I doubt that in the late 19th century that "north" Carlton existed. Either way it has been home for over 100 years, even if it is now technically north carlton.

 

[THE AISSASSIN]

Agree... just came down to available land in and around Princes Park, north of the university and around the general cemetery - the current location was not the original and I doubt that in the late 19th century that "north" Carlton existed. Either way it has been home for over 100 years, even if it is now technically north carlton.

Also the club is so old, the number of football clubs at the time would have been minimnal, so it would probably have not been competing with other clubs operation within the overall Carlton Area.

 

[Murph_The_Smurf]

seriously north carlton , carlton . Off season really getting boring now

 

[BlueBelle]

seriously north carlton , carlton . Off season really getting boring now

 

[Doza]

seriously north carlton , carlton . Off season really getting boring now

Here's a new one...why do chickens lay eggs, but eggs don't lay chickens?

 

[THE AISSASSIN]

seriously north carlton , carlton . Off season really getting boring now

Only now?.....has been for months MTS

 

[Blue_Ninja]

I think that the ground itself is in Princess Hill.

 

[NWTYRX]

The club originally represented the inner city Melbourne area of Carlton