Pre-Season or Night Series Games: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 14:35, 30 January 2026

**Night Series Competitions by Decade**
1950's	1960's	1970's

1956 Night Series 1957 Night Series 1958 Night Series	1960 Night Series 1961 Night Series 1963 Night Series 1964 Night Series 1965 Night Series 1966 Night Series	1971 Night Series 1977 Night Series 1978 Night Series 1979 Night Series

**Night Series & Pre-Season Competitions (1980–2025)**
1980's	1990's	2000's	2010's	2020's

1980 Night Series 1981 Night Series 1982 Night Series 1983 Night Series 1984 Night Series 1985 Night Series 1986 Night Series 1987 Night Series 1988 Pre-Season 1989 Pre-Season	1990 Pre-Season 1991 Pre-Season 1992 Pre-Season 1993 Pre-Season 1994 Pre-Season 1995 Pre-Season 1996 Pre-Season 1997 Pre-Season 1998 Pre-Season 1999 Pre-Season	2000 Pre-Season 2001 Pre-Season 2002 Pre-Season 2003 Pre-Season 2004 Pre-Season 2005 Pre-Season 2006 Pre-Season 2007 Pre-Season 2008 Pre-Season 2009 Pre-Season	2010 Pre-Season 2011 Pre-Season 2012 Pre-Season 2013 Pre-Season 2014 Pre-Season 2015 Pre-Season 2016 Pre-Season 2017 Pre-Season 2018 Pre-Season 2019 Pre-Season	2020 Pre-Season 2021 Pre-Season 2022 Pre-Season 2023 Pre-Season 2024 Pre-Season 2025 Pre-Season

The Pre-Season / Night competitions have taken various forms over the years. First was the Night Series that ran from 1956 to 1971. It was played by the 8 clubs that missed the Final 4. It ran through September and extended into October on a couple of occasions. The introduction of the Final 5 in 1972 left only 7 teams available and killed off the competition.

The second phase was from 1977 to 1986. It kicked off in the pre-season but mostly ran until July. The winners are called Mid-season premiers. The format and number of teams varied from year to year. Some of the years included all of the SANFL and WAFL clubs and rep teams from Tas, Qld, NSW & ACT. Sometimes only the top teams from SA & WA were involved. A maximum of 34 teams competed in 1980 & 1981.

1987 was the first year of the competition that we have today as it became exclusively for VFL clubs. Some might recognise 1988 as the start of the truly pre-season competition because in 1987 the final was at the end of April. The Blueseum tracks Carlton's performances in all of these competitions through this page.

Overall, the Blues have won 4 Pre-Season Night Series Premierships: 1983, 1997, 2005 & 2007.

The Blueseum tracks all players to have played in the Pre-Season / Night Series competitions as outlined above in 2 main ways:

Player summary of players that have played "Night" Series League Games for Carlton between 1956 and 2023
Carlton Players that have played "Night" Series League Games for Carlton between 1956 and 2023 but did not play for Carlton Seniors

Links to the Summaries of the Most Games and Goals by Carlton players during the Pre-Season/Night Series (1956 and 2023)

In addition to the above playing records, Brendan Fevola also holds the record for most goals in a Pre-Season/Night Series match: 12 v Collingwood on New Years Eve, 1999.

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