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Carlton Football Club
2009 season
PresidentStephen Kernahan
CoachBrett Ratten
Captain(s)Chris Judd
Home groundEtihad Stadium
(Training and administrative: Visy Park)
AFL season7th (13–9)
Finals series7th
Best and FairestChris Judd
Leading goalkickerBrendan Fevola (89)
Club membership43,294
← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 Carlton Football Club season was the Carlton Football Club's 146th season, and 113th as a member of the Australian Football League.

Carlton finished 7th out of 16 teams in the 2009 AFL season. The season marked the first time that Carlton had played finals since 2001, ending what at that time was a club record drought of seven consecutive VFL/AFL seasons without a finals appearance. Full forward Brendan Fevola won the Coleman Medal as the league's leading goalkicker.

Club summary[edit]

The 2009 AFL season was the 113th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; and, having competed in every season, it was also the 113th season contested by the Carlton Football Club.

Former club champion Stephen Kernahan continued as club president in the 2009 season, a position he had held since August 2008.[1] Brett Ratten and Chris Judd continued in their respective roles as senior coach and captain of the club, each entering his second season appointed to the job.Note 1 The club's joint major sponsors were car manufacturer Hyundai, unchanged from 2008,[2] and national tourism promoter Tourism Malaysia, newly signed for the 2009 season.[3] As in previous years, the club's primary home ground was Etihad Stadium – which was known until 1 March 2009 as Telstra Dome[4] – with home games expecting to draw larger crowds played at the M.C.G.; the traditional home ground Princes Park was renamed from MC Labour Park to Visy Park in the offseason,[5] and it continued to serve as the training and administrative base. As had been the case every year since 2003, Carlton had a full alignment with the Northern Bullants in the Victorian Football League, allowing Carlton-listed players to play with the Bullants when not selected in AFL matches.[6]

Membership campaign: "They Know We're Coming"[edit]

The club marketed its 2009 membership campaign on what became one of the most well-remembered slogans in league history: "They Know We're Coming". CEO Greg Swann described the slogan as an irreverent way to rebuild the "Carlton arrogance" which the club was known for during its successful period, but which had been missing since the club's first wooden spoon in 2002 and in the aftermath of the salary cap breach that followed.[7] The provocative slogan was immediately successful in generating discussion and interest, drawing scorn from many opposition fans, and notably drawing a response from traditional rivals Essendon, who published a "They Know We're Waiting" poster on its website.[8] Carlton went on to sell 42,408 memberships for the 2009 season, a new record membership for the club, breaking the record of 40,764 set the previous season.[9]

Squad and player statistics for 2009[edit]

Flags represent the state of origin, i.e. the state in which the player played his Under-18s football.

Senior List
No. State Player Age AFL Debut Recruited from Career (to end 2008) 2009 Player Statistics
Gms Gls Gms Gls B D K HB M T HO
1 Victoria (state) Andrew Walker 22 2004 Bendigo (U18) 81 30 6 2 3 112 63 49 33 7 –
2 South Australia Jordan Russell 22 2005 West Adelaide 50 9 20 6 4 334 160 174 101 77 –
3 Victoria (state) Marc Murphy 21 2006 Oakleigh (U18) 57 32 23 31 17 588 286 302 107 89 –
4 South Australia Bryce Gibbs 19 2007 Glenelg 43 19 23 15 8 615 321 294 141 92 2
5 Victoria (state) Chris Judd (c) 25 2002 Sandringham (U18), West Coast 155 153 23 12 19 609 319 290 54 102 –
6 Victoria (state) Kade Simpson 24 2003 Eastern (U18) 87 47 23 15 12 489 287 202 129 82 –
7 Victoria (state) Adam Bentick 22 2004 Calder (U18) 68 13 – – – – – – – – –
8 Victoria (state) Matthew Kreuzer 19 2008 Northern (U18) 20 13 23 13 11 320 123 197 73 71 394
9 Western Australia Chris Johnson 22 2005 East Fremantle, Melbourne 31 2 10 1 1 145 97 48 40 26 –
10 Western Australia Richard Hadley 25 2001 East Fremantle, Brisbane Lions 47 12 11 3 2 207 79 128 45 45 –
11 Victoria (state) Robert Warnock 21 2007 Sandringham (U18), Fremantle 21 4 – – – – – – – – –
12 Tasmania Mitch Robinson 19 2009 Tasmania (U18/VFL) – – 10 5 5 125 71 54 41 28 2
13 Western Australia Chris Yarran 18 2009 Swan Districts – – 6 4 4 57 37 20 18 17 –
14 Victoria (state) Brad Fisher 24 2003 Eastern Ranges 91 118 7 8 2 91 51 40 46 11 –
15 Western Australia Steven Browne 19 2008 West Perth 13 4 7 1 – 113 51 62 34 19 –
16 Victoria (state) Shaun Grigg 20 2007 North Ballarat (U18) 25 4 10 3 5 196 94 102 32 29 3
17 Republic of Ireland Setanta Ó hAilpín 25 2005 Cork GAA 46 18 12 12 8 129 56 73 39 13 7
18 Western Australia Paul Bower 20 2006 Peel 24 2 21 – – 409 183 226 122 39 –
19 Victoria (state) Eddie Betts 22 2005 Calder (U18) 75 85 22 38 21 265 156 109 55 78 –
20 South Australia Rhys O'Keeffe 18 – North Adelaide – – – – – – – – – – –
21 South Australia Mark Austin 19 2007 Glenelg 5 – 9 1 1 86 34 52 24 20 1
22 Queensland Shaun Hampson 20 2007 Mount Gravatt 12 2 15 3 4 124 35 89 34 31 278
23 South Australia Adam Hartlett 22 2007 West Adelaide 8 2 3 – – 30 18 12 7 7 4
24 Victoria (state) Nick Stevens 28 1998 Northern (U18), Port Adelaide 214 127 17 12 6 387 215 172 73 53 –
25 Victoria (state) Brendan Fevola 27 1999 Dandenong (U18) 164 486 23 89 57 297 251 46 148 50 6
26 Northern Territory Joe Anderson 20 2007 Darwin 9 – 3 – – 40 12 28 5 7 –
27 Western Australia Dennis Armfield 22 2008 Swan Districts 9 2 17 – 1 230 91 139 42 46 –
28 Victoria (state) Cameron Cloke 24 2004 Eastern (U18), Collingwood 47 28 10 8 6 123 78 45 66 20 64
29 Victoria (state) Heath Scotland (lg) 28 1999 Western (U18), Collingwood 159 52 17 5 1 408 185 223 83 50 –
30 Victoria (state) Jarrad Waite 25 2003 Murray (U18) 106 107 9 10 2 178 132 46 66 10 –
31 Victoria (state) Jordan Bannister 26 2001 Calder (U18), Essendon 65 15 2 2 – 19 14 5 6 4 –
32 Victoria (state) Bret Thornton 25 2002 Oakleigh (U18) 128 2 21 2 – 406 244 162 167 25 1
33 Victoria (state) Ryan Houlihan 26 2000 Murray (U18) 162 99 20 13 5 402 206 196 74 51 –
34 Tasmania Simon Wiggins 26 2001 Glenorchy 103 32 13 4 8 194 80 114 76 41 –
35 Victoria (state) Caleb Tiller 17 – Murray (U18) – – – – – – – – – – –
37 Victoria (state) Jake Edwards 20 2008 Western (U18) 5 4 – – – – – – – – –
40 Victoria (state) Michael Jamison 22 2007 North Ballarat (U18, VFL) 21 – 13 – – 113 67 46 49 20 –
44 Victoria (state) Andrew Carrazzo 25 2004 Oakleigh (U18), Geelong 84 20 15 12 8 354 180 174 58 47 –
Rookie List
No. State Player Age AFL Debut Recruited from Career (to end 2008) 2009 Player Statistics
Gms Gls Gms Gls B D K HB M T HO
36 South Australia Darren Pfeiffer 21 2008 Norwood, Adelaide 7 4 – – – – – – – – –
38 Western Australia Jeff Garlett 19 2009 Swan Districts – – 10 12 9 94 72 22 34 23 –
39 South Australia Sam Jacobs 20 2009 Woodville-West Torrens – – 4 1 – 33 9 24 12 4 58
41 Victoria (state) Lachie Hill 19 – Oakleigh (U18) – – – – – – – – – – –
42 Victoria (state) Luke Stanton 18 – Northern (U18) – – – – – – – – – – –
45 Tasmania Aaron Joseph 19 2009 Tasmania (U18) – – 23 3 6 257 117 140 55 92 –
46 Western Australia David Ellard 19 2008 Swan Districts 1 1 – – – – – – – – –
47 Victoria (state) Greg Bentley 21 2006 Dandenong (U18), Port Adelaide 21 6 5 2 0 57 30 27 15 16 –
For players: (c) denotes captain, (vc) denotes vice-captain, (lg) denotes leadership group. Players' ages are given for 31 December 2008. Statistics for AFL matches: Gms – Games played, Gls – Goals, B – Behinds, D – Disposals, K – Kicks, HB – Handballs, M – Marks, T – Tackles, HO – Hitouts. Source for statistics: AFL Tables.[10]

Playing list changes[edit]

The following summarises all player changes between the conclusion of the 2008 season and the conclusion of the 2009 season.

In[edit]

Player Previous Club League via
Victoria (state) Robert Warnock[11] Fremantle AFL AFL Trade Week, with pick No. 69, in exchange for picks No. 24, 56 and 72.
Western Australia Chris Yarran[12] Swan Districts WAFL AFL National Draft, first round (pick No. 6)
Tasmania Mitch Robinson[12] Tasmanian Devils VFL AFL National Draft, third round (pick No. 40)
South Australia Rhys O'Keeffe[12] North Adelaide SANFL AFL National Draft, fifth round (pick No. 65)
Victoria (state) Caleb Tiller[12] Murray Bushrangers TAC Cup AFL National Draft, sixth round (pick No. 80)
Western Australia Chris Johnson[13] Melbourne AFL AFL Pre-season Draft, first round (pick No. 4)
Western Australia Jeff Garlett[13] Swan Districts WAFL AFL Rookie Draft, first round (pick No. 6)
Victoria (state) Luke Stanton[13] Northern Knights TAC Cup AFL Rookie Draft, second round (pick No. 22)
Victoria (state) Greg Bentley[13] Port Adelaide AFL AFL Rookie Draft, third round (pick No. 37)

Out[edit]

Player New Club League via
Victoria (state) Jason Saddington[14] Northern Bullants[15] VFL Retired from the AFL
South Australia Cain Ackland[14] North Adelaide[16] SANFL Delisted
Western Australia Clinton Benjamin[14] North Ballarat[17] VFL Delisted
Western Australia Luke Blackwell[14] Claremont[18] WAFL Delisted
Victoria (state) Ryan Jackson[14] Claremont[19] WAFL Delisted
Republic of Ireland Aisake Ó hAilpín[14] Cork GAA[20] GAA Delisted

List management[edit]

Player Change
Victoria (state) Michael Jamison Promoted from the rookie list to the senior list for the 2009 season.[14]
South Australia Darren Pfeiffer[13] Delisted, then redrafted as a rookie during the AFL Rookie Draft, fourth round (pick No. 51)
Victoria (state) Lachie Hill[13] Delisted from the rookie list, then redrafted as a rookie during the AFL Rookie Draft, fifth round (pick No. 65)
South Australia Sam Jacobs[13] Delisted from the rookie list, then redrafted as a rookie during the AFL Rookie Draft, sixth round (pick No. 76)

Season summary[edit]

Pre-season matches[edit]

NAB Cup[edit]

Round Date and local time Opponent Scores (Carlton's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
1 Friday, 20 February (7:40 pm) North Melbourne 1.17.12 (123) 0.11.4 (70) Won by 53 points Report Telstra Dome (H) 24,711
2 Sunday, 1 March (4:40 pm) Hawthorn 2.13.16 (112) 2.10.10 (88) Won by 24 points Report Etihad Stadium (H) 19,111
3 Saturday, 7 March (7:10 pm) Geelong 2.9.12 (84) 0.9.13 (67) Lost by 17 points Report Etihad Stadium (A) 15,305

NAB Challenge[edit]

Week Date and local time Opponent Scores (Carlton's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
4 Saturday, 14 March Fremantle 20.6 (126) 12.11 (83) Lost by 43 points Report[permanent dead link] Hands Oval, Bunbury (A) 10,000 (approx.)

Home-and-away season[edit]

Carlton had a strong season. Although its win–loss record was only 6–6 after twelve rounds, four of its six losses came by less than ten points. After falling to eighth place with a 69-point loss to Essendon in Round 13, Carlton won seven of its following eight games to cement a place in the finals for the first time since 2001. In the final round match against Adelaide, both teams were fighting for 5th place and a home elimination final; the result was Carlton's heaviest loss of the season, 72 points, which saw Carlton finish 7th, and required them to travel to Brisbane for the first week of the finals.

Carlton's full season win–loss record was 13–9, a notable improvement on its record of 10–12 from the 2008 season. The club's form throughout the season unpredictable; Carlton returned a 3–2 record against the top four teams, including an impressive Round 19 upset victory against eventual premiers Geelong, but only 2–4 against the next four teams on the ladder; Carlton's record against the bottom eight was 8–3, with all three of those losses coming inside the first seven rounds of the season.

Round Date and local time Opponent Scores (Carlton's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ladder
position
Home Away Result
1 Thursday, 26 March (7:40 pm) Richmond 9.13 (67) 23.12 (150) Won by 83 points Report M.C.G. (A) 87,043 1st
2 Saturday, 4 April (7:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 18.11 (119) 15.10 (100) Won by 19 points Report Etihad Stadium (H) 42,496 1st
3 Saturday, 11 April (7:10 pm) Essendon 16.16 (112) 17.14 (116) Lost by 4 points Report M.C.G. (H) 70,370 4th
4 Saturday, 18 April (2:10 pm) Sydney 12.12 (84) 9.13 (67) Lost by 17 points Report S.C.G. (A) 30,824 5th
5 Sunday, 26 April (2:10 pm) Western Bulldogs 13.12 (90) 21.7 (133) Won by 43 points Report Etihad Stadium (A) 44,268 3rd
6 Saturday, 2 May (2:10 pm) Hawthorn 16.10 (106) 15.12 (102) Lost by 4 points Report M.C.G. (A) 69,814 4th
7 Saturday, 9 May (7:10 pm) Fremantle 11.15 (81) 13.10 (88) Lost by 7 points Report[dead link] Gold Coast Stadium (H) 10,294 7th
8 Sunday, 17 May (2:10 pm) Collingwood 7.11 (53) 16.8 (104) Won by 51 points Report M.C.G. (A) 82,834 6th
9 Saturday, 23 May (2:40 pm) Adelaide 15.14 (104) 8.12 (60) Lost by 44 points Report AAMI Stadium (A) 41,107 9th
10 Friday, 29 May (7:40 pm) West Coast 16.15 (111) 10.10 (70) Won by 41 points Report Etihad Stadium (H) 39,611 5th
11 Saturday, 6 June (7:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 16.10 (106) 16.16 (112) Won by 6 points Report The Gabba (A) 33,790 4th
12 Friday, 12 June (7:40 pm) St Kilda 14.11 (95) 16.8 (104) Lost by 9 points Report Etihad Stadium (H) 50,820 7th
13 Friday, 26 June (7:40 pm) Essendon 21.10 (136) 9.13 (67) Lost by 69 points Report M.C.G. (A) 83,407 8th
14 Sunday, 5 July (2:40 pm) Fremantle 15.10 (100) 16.19 (115) Won by 15 points Report Subiaco Oval 34,720 7th
15 Saturday, 11 July (2:10 pm) Richmond 16.13 (109) 12.17 (89) Won by 20 points Report M.C.G. (H) 50,784 7th
16 Saturday, 18 July (2:10 pm) Sydney 19.10 (124) 9.9 (63) Won by 61 points Report Etihad Stadium (H) 42,018 7th
17 Friday, 24 July (7:40 pm) Collingwood 4.16 (40) 14.10 (94) Lost by 54 points Report M.C.G. (H) 84,938 7th
18 Friday, 31 July (7:40 pm) North Melbourne 11.18 (84) 14.10 (94) Won by 10 points Report Etihad Stadium (A) 38,554 7th
19 Friday, 7 August (7:40 pm) Geelong 14.13 (97) 8.14 (62) Won by 35 points Report M.C.G. (H) 55,057 6th
20 Sunday, 16 August (2:40 pm) Port Adelaide 9.13 (67) 18.13 (121) Won by 54 points Report AAMI Stadium (A) 27,221 5th
21 Saturday, 22 August (2:10 pm) Melbourne 24.9 (153) 15.6 (96) Won by 57 points Report Etihad Stadium (H) 37,433 5th
22 Saturday, 29 August (4:10 pm) Adelaide 16.8 (104) 27.14 (176) Lost by 72 points Report Etihad Stadium (H) 42,356 7th

Finals[edit]

Playing its first final since 2001, Carlton and Brisbane fought an evenly contested first half, and Brisbane took a one-point lead into half time. Carlton dominated the third quarter, kicking six goals to two; and, after a goal in the first minute of the final quarter, led by 30 points. But from there, Brisbane kicked the final six goals of the match, to overrun the Blues and win the match by seven points.[21]

Week Date and local time Opponent Scores (Carlton's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
Second Elimination Final Saturday, 5 September (7:30 pm) Brisbane Lions 16.15 (111) 15.14 (104) Lost by 7 points Report The Gabba (A) 32,702

Ladder[edit]

2009 AFL ladder
Pos Team
 Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 St Kilda 22 20 2 0 2197 1411 155.7 80 Finals series
2 Geelong (P) 22 18 4 0 2312 1815 127.4 72
3 Western Bulldogs 22 15 7 0 2378 1940 122.6 60
4 Collingwood 22 15 7 0 2174 1778 122.3 60
5 Adelaide 22 14 8 0 2104 1789 117.6 56
6 Brisbane Lions 22 13 8 1 2017 1890 106.7 54
7 Carlton 22 13 9 0 2270 2055 110.5 52
8 Essendon 22 10 11 1 2080 2127 97.8 42
9 Hawthorn 22 9 13 0 1962 2120 92.5 36
10 Port Adelaide 22 9 13 0 1990 2244 88.7 36
11 West Coast 22 8 14 0 1893 2029 93.3 32
12 Sydney 22 8 14 0 1888 2027 93.1 32
13 North Melbourne 22 7 14 1 1680 2015 83.4 30
14 Fremantle 22 6 16 0 1747 2259 77.3 24
15 Richmond 22 5 16 1 1774 2388 74.3 22
16 Melbourne 22 4 18 0 1706 2285 74.7 16
Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Leading Goalkickers[edit]

Brendan Fevola was Carlton's leading goalkicker for 2009, kicking 89 goals for the season. It was the seventh consecutive and final time that Fevola won the club goalkicking. The 89 goal tally was the second-highest of Fevola's career, second to his 99 goals in the 2008 season. Fevola also won the Coleman Medal, as his tally of 86 goals in the home-and-away season was the highest in the league.

Small forward Eddie Betts was second with 38 goals, the highest in his career at that point, and Marc Murphy was third, kicking 31 goals from the midfield.

Player Goals Behinds
Brendan Fevola 89 57
Eddie Betts 38 21
Marc Murphy 31 17
Kade Simpson 15 12
Bryce Gibbs 15 8

Team awards and records[edit]

Game records
  • Round 1 – Carlton's winning margin of 83 points against Richmond was its highest in any game since Round 10, 2001.[22]
  • Round 16 – Carlton defeated Sydney for the first time since 2000, ending a twelve-game losing streak against that opponent. It was Carlton's equal-longest losing streak against any single opponent since 1902 (equal with a concurrent twelve-game losing streak against St Kilda, which was broken in 2010).[23]
  • First Elimination final – Carlton played its first finals match since the First Semi Final, 2001, on 15 September 2001, ending a club record drought of six years, 355 days between finals matches.
Season records[24]
  • Carlton's finishing position (7th), win–loss record (13–9), total score (2270 points), total score conceded (2055 points) and percentage (110.46) were all the best that the club had achieved since the 2001 season.
Other

Notable events[edit]

Altercation between Setanta Ó hAilpín and Cameron Cloke

Setanta Ó hAilpín was suspended for four matches by the AFL Tribunal for striking, then kicking Cameron Cloke during an intra-club practice match in early February;[26] the intra-club match unusually fell under the tribunal's jurisdiction because it was an AFL-sanctioned game, and was officiated by AFL umpires as part of their preseason. Ó hAilpín was also briefly internally suspended by the club for the incident.

Death of Richard Pratt

The club's immediate past president Richard Pratt died on 28 April, prior to Round 6, after his battle with prostate cancer.[27] A long time benefactor of the club, Pratt had served as president from February 2007 until July 2008, and was a key off-field figure in Carlton's recovery from its poor condition in the mid-2000s to its return to the finals this year.[28]

Following Pratt's death, the Carlton and Collingwood Football Clubs established the Richard Pratt Cup, a new trophy to presented in perpetuity to the winner of Carlton's annual home match against Collingwood, accompanying an event to raise money for the Pratt Foundation. The trophy was first contested in Round 17, and was won by Collingwood. The Richard Pratt Cup became a companion to the Peter Mac Cup, which had been contested annually between Carlton and Collingwood since 1993, and accompanied an event to raise money for the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. The teams had previously shared hosting duties, but with the establishment of the Richard Pratt Cup, Collingwood became the host of all Peter Mac Cup matches.[29]

Round 7 – home game on the Gold Coast

Carlton played its Round 7 home match at Gold Coast Stadium in Queensland, in return for a guaranteed $400,000 payment from the AFL. After North Melbourne – which had played three matches at the stadium in each of 2007 and 2008 – rejected a proposal to relocate permanently to the Gold Coast, the league offered to pay for Victorian clubs to shift home games there in 2009, in order to continue the league's presence in the area until the Gold Coast Suns could be entered the league in 2011. Carlton, St Kilda and Richmond each accepted the $400,000 offer to play one game there during the 2009 season.[30]

Round 14 – Livestrong yellow guernsey

In its away game against Fremantle at Subiaco Oval in Round 14, Carlton wore a once-off yellow Livestrong guernsey, instead of its normal white clash guernsey, to raise money for cancer research. Money raised in the event was divided between the Livestrong Foundation (then known as the Lance Armstrong Foundation) and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.[31] The guernseys were yellow with navy blue cuffs, collar, side-panels, monogram and numbers.

Brendan Fevola's behaviour at the Brownlow Medal

Brendan Fevola caused trouble when he drank excessively at the Brownlow Medal Count. He served as the host of The Footy Show's Street Talk segment, but was so obnoxiously drunk while filming it that the show did not air it. Already on his final disciplinary chance with Carlton following his indiscretion the previous season,[32] the incident led to Fevola being traded to the Brisbane Lions in the offseason.

Individual awards and records[edit]

John Nicholls Medal[edit]

The Carlton Football Club Best and Fairest awards night took place on 28 September. The John Nicholls Medal, for the best and fairest player of the club, as well as several other awards, were presented on the night. Brendan Fevola, after his behaviour at the Brownlow Medal, did not attend the event.[33]

John Nicholls Medal

The voting system for the John Nicholls Medal remained the same as in 2008. In each match, the five members of the Match Committee awarded votes. Each committee member could award votes to up to eight players, and each player could receive up to ten votes from each judge. A "perfect score" for a round is 50 votes. The player with the most total votes across all premiership season matches (including home and away matches and finals) wins the award.

The winner of the John Nicholls Medal was Chris Judd, who polled 558 votes. It was Judd's second consecutive John Nicholls Medal, in only his second season at the club, and was the second of three John Nicholls Medals that Judd would win consecutively from 2008 to 2010. Judd won comfortably ahead of Marc Murphy (451 votes) and Bryce Gibbs (415 votes). The top ten is given below.[33]

Pos.
 Player
 Votes
1st Chris Judd 558
2nd Marc Murphy 451
3rd Bryce Gibbs 415
4th Brendan Fevola 390
5th Matthew Kreuzer 311
6th Jordan Russell 281
7th Paul Bower 279
8th Kade Simpson 254
9th Bret Thornton 225
10th Aaron Joseph 201
Other awards

The following other awards were presented on John Nicholls Medal night:-

Coleman Medal[edit]

Brendan Fevola was the winner of the Coleman Medal as the league's leading goalkicker, kicking 86 goals in the home-and-away season to finish ahead of Brisbane's Jonathan Brown (78 goals) and St Kilda's Nick Riewoldt (68 goals).[34] It was Fevola's second career Coleman Medal, after winning the award in 2006; in doing so, Fevola became the first Carlton player since George Coulthard in the 1878, 1879 and 1880 VFA seasons to win the league goalkicking more than once in his career, and the first Carlton player ever to achieve the feat in the VFL/AFL.

Brownlow Medal[edit]

Chris Judd finished second for the 2009 Brownlow Medal, polling 22 votes; he finished eight votes behind runaway winner Gary Ablett Jr. (Geelong). Marc Murphy and Bryce Gibbs each polled 15 votes to finish equal-ninth.[35]

AFLPA awards[edit]

For each of the AFLPA awards, one or three Carlton players were nominated following internal vote of Carlton players (except for Best Captain, where captain Chris Judd was nominated by default).[36] Chris Judd went on to finish third for the Leigh Matthews Trophy; none of Carlton's other nominees placed.[37]

Leigh Matthews Trophy (Most Valuable Player)
Robert Rose Award (Most Courageous Player)
Best First Year Player
Best Captain

Other awards[edit]

All-Australian Team[38][39]

The 40-man squad for the All-Australian Team was announced on 1 September 2009, and the final team of 22 was announced on 14 September 2010, with both Judd and Fevola named in the team.

AFL Rising Star

Aaron Joseph was nominated for the 2009 AFL Rising Star award for his performance in Carlton's Round 12 win against St Kilda.[40] Joseph did not poll votes in the final count.[41]

Representative honours

Chris Yarran was represented the Indigenous All-Stars team, which played a pre-season match against Adelaide on 7 February.[42]

Australian Football Hall of Fame

Ken Hands, who played with Carlton from 1945 to 1957, then coached the club from 1959 to 1964, was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.[43]

Player records[edit]

  • Round 5 – Brendan Fevola kicked his 500th career goal, the third player to do so for the Carlton Football Club, after Harry Vallence and Stephen Kernahan.
  • Round 15 – Brendan Fevola kicked nine goals in the match against Richmond. It was the highest goalkicking haul of Fevola's AFL career, after having previously kicked eight goals on eight separate occasions.[44]

Northern Bullants[edit]

The Carlton Football Club had a full affiliation with the Northern Bullants during the 2009 season. It was the seventh season of the clubs' affiliation, which had been in place since 2003. Carlton senior- and rookie-listed players who were not selected to play in the Carlton team were eligible to play for either the Northern Bullants seniors or reserves team, including both Victorian Football League matches. Home games were shared between the Bullants' traditional home ground, Preston City Oval, and Carlton's traditional home ground, Visy Park. Carlton development coach David Teague served also as the senior coach for the Bullants during the season.[45]

The Bullants finished second out of fourteen in the VFL, after being defeated in the Grand Final by North Ballarat by 23 points. It was the Bullants' first Grand Final appearance since 1984. The Bullants had finished third on the ladder after the home-and-away season. Carlton rookie-listed player David Ellard, who did not play at AFL level during the season, won the Laurie Hill Trophy as the Bullants' best and fairest.[46]

Notes[edit]

:1.^ Ratten also served as head coach in the final six rounds of 2007 as caretaker, before being officially appointed as head coach for 2008.

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