Blue boys gay night out

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CARLTON players partied into the night after their big win against Collingwood on Sunday with their choice of venue - gay night at Love Machine.

The Blue boys had every good reason to celebrate their first win after 14 losses and they weren't shy in letting their hair down.

Led by captain Chris Judd and his girlfriend Rebecca Twigley, a number of the winning team headed to the Prahran nightspot. Judd arrived after the club opened and was well behaved as usual.

Several of the Blues best players against the Magpies also attracted attention from the club patrons and were given a warm reception.

Kade Simpson, Jarrad Waite, Bret Thornton, Brad Fisher and Paul Bower were happy to pose for photographs as they partied on.

But there was no sign of Brendan Fevola after his match-winning goal-kicking on Sunday.

The controversial Fev has sworn off drink after being caught urinating outside the Candy Bar in nearby Greville St and he was obviously sticking to his pledge.

Gay night on Sundays at Love Machine is becoming popular with prominent sports people. The Aussie cricketers partied at the club after a day-night match last month and Melbourne Victory players frequent the place.

Maybe they feel safe from the hassles at other nightspots with the largely gay crowd happy to leave them to party freely.

Electric Ladyland, down the road in Chapel St was also patronised by sports stars at the weekend.

Test cricket ace Shane Warne and St Kilda footballer Aaron Hamill were spied enjoying a drink there on Friday night. And a group of Melbourne footballers drowned their sorrows after a fourth consecutive loss on Saturday night.