Carlton End Alignment With Northern Blues.

[PaulP]

I've heard Preston were broke, and were only still alive due to being underwritten by Carlton.

That would certainly seem like the most likely explanation. I'm wondering what the formal and structural mechanisms would be to "transform" an affiliate club to a stand alone, assuming it's possible ? Liddle has stated they want a standalone team, but they already had a seconds team, i.e the Bullies. Why does Carlton have to recreate from scratch what was, in a fashion, under their noses ?