Editing Carlton Football Club (section)

==Club symbols==
===Guernsey===
The current Carlton guernsey is navy blue, emblazoned with a white CFC [[monogram]] (which stands for "Carlton Football Club") on the front, and white numbers on the back. This guernsey design is specified in the club's constitution.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://resources.carltonfc.com.au/aflc-carl/document/2022/01/27/59fe6711-f75b-4d75-b948-d4d338132823/Annexure-A-Carlton-Football-Club-Constitution-Replacement-Feb-22-1-.pdf|title=Constitution Of Carlton Football Club Ltd|date=22 February 2022|accessdate=22 April 2025|publisher=Carlton Football Club}}</ref> Other than changes to the [[font]] of the monogram, this has been Carlton's guernsey continually since 1909.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.footyjumpers.com/|title=Carlton Home Jumpers|access-date=24 October 2011|publisher=Footyjumpers.com}}</ref> The club has worn navy blue in its uniform since 1871, when colour of the team's caps was changed from orange/yellow.<ref name="nicknames">{{cite web|url=http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Other+Club+Nicknames|title=Other Club Nicknames|publisher=Blueseum|access-date=24 October 2011}}</ref> The club's on-and-off field apparel was manufactured by [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] from 1998<ref>[http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2013-05-22/the-president-pays-a-visit-to-nike The President pays a visit to Nike], ''CARLTONFC.com.au'', 22 May 2013</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2008-09-11/carlton-and-nike-announce-longterm-partnership|title=Carlton and Nike Announce Long-Term Partnership|date=11 September 2008|access-date=28 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030150328/http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2008-09-11/carlton-and-nike-announce-longterm-partnership|archive-date=30 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> until 2019,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2019-10-25/media-release-nike-partnership|title=Media release: Nike partnership|website=carltonfc.com.au|date=25 October 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref> and by [[Puma (brand)|Puma]] from 2020 until at least 2029.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/306554/blues-partner-with-puma-in-landmark-deal|title=Blues partner with PUMA in landmark deal|website=carltonfc.com.au|date=31 October 2019 |language=en|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref>

The team wears navy blue shorts in home games, and white shorts in away games. Since the introduction of clash guernseys in 2007, Carlton has had several clash designs which have been mostly white, with navy blue monogram, numbers, trimmings and minor panels in a variety of combinations. Designs in predominantly sky blue (2011–2012) and silver (2018) have also been used.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.footyjumpers.com/carltonaway.htm|title=Carlton Away Jumpers|accessdate=6 July 2024 |publisher=Footyjumpers.com}}</ref>

===Nickname===
Carlton's official nickname is the 'Blues'. Since the addition of navy blue to the playing uniform in 1871, the club has been known almost universally in print media as the Blues, Dark Blues or Navy Blues. Other colloquial nicknames include Bluebaggers or 'Baggers.<ref name="nicknames" /> Prior to 1871, when the uniform was predominantly chamois, the club was known informally as the Butchers.

For a time after World War II, the club briefly considered changing its nickname to the Cockatoos, but this never formally eventuated;<ref name="nicknames" /> even so, the association with the nickname was strong enough that newspaper cartoons depicting a Carlton cockatoo were common.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|publication-place=Melbourne|page=18|date=20 August 1956|title=They're out for the season}}</ref> The cockatoo connection derived from the talking cockatoo brought to home matches by club member Bob St. Marr for more than 30 years; intelligent enough to squawk its support for Carlton and loud enough to be heard over the crowd, 'Cocky Marr' had become an unofficial live [[mascot]] for the club until the bird's death in 1939.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Border Morning Mail|publication-place=Albury, NSW|title=Famous cockatoo dead|date=29 November 1939|page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Herald|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|title=Carlton's mascot dead|page=3|date=28 November 1939}}</ref>

===Club song===
Carlton's club song is ''We Are the Navy Blues''. The lyrics are believed to have been written in around 1930 by cousins Irene McEldrew and Agnes Wright, who ran a boarding house for several club players and the latter of whom was the niece of then-coach [[Dan Minogue]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/562881/albys-book-sheds-further-light-on-songs-origins|title=Alby's book sheds further light on song's origins|date=12 February 2020|access-date=12 April 2021|author=Tony de Bolfo|publisher=Carlton Football Club}}</ref> It is sung to the tune of ''[[Lily of Laguna]]''.<ref>{{cite news |author=Benedict Brook |title=Campaigner who fought to get Coon cheese renamed calls on Carlton to change "racist" theme song |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/carlton/campaigner-who-fought-to-get-coon-cheese-renamed-calls-on-carlton-to-change-racist-theme-song/news-story/8b114119539dff6bb94161fe228416d4 |access-date=29 December 2022 |work=[[Herald Sun]] |date=11 April 2021}}</ref>

===Home grounds, headquarters, training and administrative base===
[[File:Princes park from air.jpg|thumb|Princes Park]]
The club's traditional home ground is [[Princes Park (stadium)|Princes Park]] (currently known as Ikon Park), located in [[North Carlton, Victoria|North Carlton]]. After struggling to find a permanent home venue during its time in the VFA, Carlton established Princes Park as its home venue when it joined the VFL in 1897.<ref name="fpf1" /> The club played most of its home matches at Princes Park every year between 1897 and 2004 (except for 2002, when it played only four home games there), and a single farewell game was staged at the venue in 2005. It was the last of the suburban home grounds{{Ref|3|N 3}} to be used in AFL competition. The venue remains Carlton's training and administrative base, and the club's current 40-year lease on the venue with the [[City of Melbourne]] runs until 2035.<ref name="financial report" />

Since 2005, Carlton has split its home games between [[Docklands Stadium]] and the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], with six matches at the former and five at latter in most years. The matches expected to draw the highest crowds are usually scheduled for the Melbourne Cricket Ground.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Herald Sun|publication-place=Melbourne|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/carlton-will-play-six-home-games-at-the-mcg-in-2015-despite-campaign-for-more/story-fni5f5nx-1227062429807|author=Sam Edmund|date=18 September 2014|access-date=31 October 2014|title=Carlton will play six home games at the MCG in 2015 despite campaign for more}}</ref>