Pre VFL Premierships
From Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club won 7 Premierships Pre V.F.L:
1869, 1871, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1877, and 1887.
All of these premierships were in the top level competiton of the day.
Challenge Cup Competition; 1869, 1871, 1874, 1875.
Victorian Football Association; 1877, 1887.
This, in addition to the 16 V.F.L./A.F.L. Premierships, leaves the Blues having won 23 Premierships (to Essendon's 20) up until the end of the 2019 season.
The Blues finished runners-up in 1868, 1872, 1876, 1879, 1880, 1889, 1890, 1891.
Third in 1866, 1867, 1870, 1878, 1881, 1883.
Fourth in 1882, 1888.
In the Pre VFL Competitions, Carlton was one of the top four teams, in 23 out of the 33 years it competed.
