Editing Carlton Football Club (section)

===1975–82===
Carlton continued to play finals through the 1970s without premiership success, and went through several coaches in a short period of time: Nicholls (until 1975), [[Ian Thorogood]] (1976–77), [[Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer)|Ian Stewart]] (for only three matches in 1978), and Alex Jesaulenko as playing coach after Stewart's departure.<ref name="fpf3" /> It was not until 1979 that Carlton again reached the [[1979 VFL Grand Final|Grand Final]], defeating {{AFL Col}} by five points in a close match best remembered for the late goal kicked by [[Ken Sheldon]], after [[Wayne Harmes]] tapped the ball into the goalsquare from the boundary line.

After the 1979 season, there was off-field instability at the board level. [[Ian Rice]] replaced George Harris as president,{{Ref|2|N 2}} and many of Harris' supporters left the club, including Jesaulenko, who went to {{AFL Stk}}. Percy Jones replaced Jesaulenko as coach in 1980, before {{AFL Haw}} coach [[David Parkin]] was recruited in 1981, Carlton's sixth coach in eight seasons.<ref name="fpf3" />

Despite the off-field troubles, Carlton continued to thrive on-field, and Parkin led the team to back-to-back premierships in [[1981 VFL Grand Final|1981]] and [[1982 VFL Grand Final|1982]], with victories in the Grand Finals against Collingwood and {{AFL Ric}} respectively. With its fourteenth premiership in 1982, Carlton overtook Collingwood to become the most successful club in the league's history, based on premierships won – a position it has held either outright or jointly with {{AFL Ess}} and {{AFL Col}} since.<ref name="fpf3" />

Starring on-field during this period for Carlton was [[Bruce Doull]], regarded as one of the best half-back flankers in the history of the league. [[Wayne Johnston (footballer)|Wayne Johnston]] was a prominent centreman/forward, and Carlton had great success recruiting high-profile Western Australian footballers to the club, including [[Mike Fitzpatrick (footballer)|Mike Fitzpatrick]], [[Ken Hunter]] and [[Peter Bosustow]].