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1989 Summary

Carlton endured a tumultuous year, with the sacking of a Coach and a horror start (including 5 straight losses) to start the season, and only 9 wins all year despite being Premiers only 2 years beforehand. Perhaps the biggest story of 1989 was the sacking of Robert Walls as Coach of Carlton. Walls, a Champion Centre Half Forward and Premiership Coach only 2 years beforehand, is said to have savaged the team after a Preliminary Final loss to Melbourne in 1988. The players seemed to stop playing for him in 1989, losing eight of their first 10 games. After a round 10 loss to Brisbane, club powerbroker Wes Lofts sacked Walls and replaced him with another club legend, Alex Jesaulenko. For more on this event in Carlton's history, please check out the details on this link - the Sacking of Robert Walls.

Jesaulenko was more successful than Walls had been in 1989, managing a 7 win, 1 draw, 4 loss record to lift the club from 13th when he took over to 8th by the end of the season. Carlton would finish the season with a 9 win, 1 draw and 12 loss record, the first team the team hadn't had a winning record since 1974 and the first time the club had missed out on finals action since 1977.

1989 was also the 125th anniversary of the Carlton Football Club, but ended up being the club's worst result since 1964. This year was also the last of the Victorian Football League (VFL), with the competition being named the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1990.

Ladder

Pos	Team	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	For	Against	%
1	Hawthorn	19	0	3	76	391.332.2678	250.248.1748	153.2
2	Essendon	17	0	5	68	330.260.2240	239.271.1705	131.4
3	Geelong	16	0	6	64	425.366.2916	281.301.1987	146.8
4	Melbourne	14	0	8	56	266.280.1876	279.270.1944	96.5
5	Collingwood	13	0	9	52	316.320.2216	281.278.1964	112.8
6	Fitzroy	12	0	10	48	300.269.2069	308.277.2125	97.4
7	Sydney	11	0	11	44	275.309.1959	273.320.1958	100.1
8	Carlton	9	1	12	38	277.259.1921	296.303.2079	92.4
9	Nth Melbourne	9	0	13	36	294.297.2061	332.309.2301	89.6
10	Brisbane Bears	8	0	14	32	259.238.1792	326.318.2274	78.8
11	West Coast	7	0	15	28	274.304.1948	326.291.2247	86.7
12	St Kilda	7	0	15	28	307.266.2108	369.288.2502	84.3
13	Footscray	6	1	15	26	223.276.1614	262.283.1855	87
14	Richmond	5	0	17	20	238.297.1725	353.316.2434	70.9

People of 1989

Coach: Robert Walls / Alex Jesaulenko Captain: Stephen Kernahan Vice Captain: Justin Madden Leading Goal-kicker: Stephen Kernahan - 59 goals

Milestones

Debuts: Ashley Matthews, Simon Minton-Connell, Peter White, Dom Fotia, Andrew Phillips, Paul Payne, Simon Verbeek, Andrew McKinnon, Fraser Brown Debuts (Carlton): Glenn Hawker

1989 Pre-Season
Round: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22
Playing List | Debuts | Brownlow Votes | B&F Votes | Stat leaders | [file957|Season Image Gallery]
Big Stories: The Sacking of Robert Walls
1988 | 1990

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