Blueseum: Withstanding our third longest Premiership Drought

The Blueseum · **Joined:** Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:02 am **Posts:** 1623

Whilst the focus has been on finals droughts both in the press and in the Blueseum, the little fact around this being our third longest Premiership Drought, ever, may have been ignored:

http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php? ... p+Droughts

Third longest ever - only after the 1915-1938 and the 1947-1968 "cataclysms".

So that horrible, empty, frustrating experience caused by losing our first final since 2001 may have actually had a deeper cause in your psyche.

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Adam Chatfield · **Posted:** Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:10 pm

Hmm, logic says the gaps will get longer with more teams and salary caps and drafts (stupid clubs like Freo and Richmond not withstanding)

blueman · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 6:28 pm **Posts:** 2220

To be expected. but it wont be worse than 47 to 68.

blueycarlton · **Posted:** Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:28 am

The Blueseum wrote:

Whilst the focus has been on finals droughts both in the press and in the Blueseum, the little fact around this being our third longest Premiership Drought, ever, may have been ignored:

http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php? ... p+Droughts

Third longest ever - only after the 1915-1938 and the 1947-1968 "cataclysms".

So that horrible, empty, frustrating experience caused by losing our first final since 2001 may have actually had a deeper cause in your psyche.

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What about the 19 year premiership drought 1887-1906, has that been ignored?

Ads · **Joined:** Sun Jul 24, 2005 10:24 pm **Posts:** 420

blueycarlton wrote:

The Blueseum wrote:

Whilst the focus has been on finals droughts both in the press and in the Blueseum, the little fact around this being our third longest Premiership Drought, ever, may have been ignored:

http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php? ... p+Droughts

Third longest ever - only after the 1915-1938 and the 1947-1968 "cataclysms".

So that horrible, empty, frustrating experience caused by losing our first final since 2001 may have actually had a deeper cause in your psyche.

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What about the 19 year premiership drought 1887-1906, has that been ignored?

Think he is only talking about AFL/VFL?

The Blueseum · **Joined:** Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:02 am **Posts:** 1623

http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php? ... 20Droughts

Good point blueycarlton, as always - there's a focus on VFL and AFL but tying it back also to 1887-1906 is an interesting piece of information also to the appointment of Worrall at that time.

I've updated the page with a footnote.

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camel · **Posted:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:45 am

Droughts suck. :sad:

The Blueseum · **Joined:** Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:02 am **Posts:** 1623

Synbad · **Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2015 2:33 pm

will end up our biggest by the time its over

cecil89 · **Joined:** Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:54 pm **Posts:** 2519

Who says it's ever going to be over?

Synbad · **Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2015 6:22 pm

thats why biggest

The Blueseum · **Joined:** Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:02 am **Posts:** 1623

So 20 full seasons.....

http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php? ... p+Droughts

Most is the 22 seasons between 1915 and 1938....

(post VFL)

Already the most games played by us before the Flag...

http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php? ... ween+Flags

Just rounding out what you already all know and feel...

FtB

famousblueraincoat · **Posted:** Sun Oct 25, 2015 8:18 am

blueman wrote:

To be expected. but it wont be worse than 47 to 68.

It's all going to be ok! :smoking:

Most people expected success between 2009 and 2015. But unfortunately the "We're Carlton flower The Rest!" plan didn't work out for us this time...

Chitty's Finger · **Posted:** Mon Oct 26, 2015 7:44 pm

I still remember 1995 well..... looks like I'll need to remember them for a long while yet as we smash this horrible record!

kezza · **Joined:** Thu May 11, 2006 6:11 pm **Posts:** 14698

Ando the Wonderkid wrote:

I still remember 1995 well..... looks like I'll need to remember them for a long while yet as we smash this horrible record!

I wished I had celebrated it harder.
It might be the last one I see.

camel · **Posted:** Mon Oct 26, 2015 10:10 pm

Same.

dane · **Joined:** Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:14 am **Posts:** 22356

Me too. I've given up.

The Blueseum · **Joined:** Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:02 am **Posts:** 1623

http://www.blueseum.org/Premiership+Droughts

Equal longest if we don't win the flag this year?

GreatEx · **Posted:** Fri Apr 14, 2017 10:56 am

Between Carlton and Liverpool FC I've learned to be patient. I'm practically a @#$%&! zen master these days.

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