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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017

As we understand it from a brief note which was published in ‘Independent - Footscray’ in 1922, the
Footscray Council discussed Parkside’s application for use of ground at bottom of Footscray Hill, it
remains unclear when the Club got permission to move to the new ground,

“…the Parkside Football Club, applying for use of ground at bottom of Footscray Hill. Held over, From
Mr. Turner, hon. secretary Footscray Traders, asking for use of, cricket wicket, Western Reserve, on -
March 25 for a, match between Mr. Mitchell’s eleven of old identities of the city and the Traders. No
objection.”

Footscray Independent, 18 February 1922

Herb Pascarl’s memories and anecdotes represent a significant chapter in the history of the Parkside
Football Club. His love for the club stayed with him all his life.

Pascarl remembers how, “From that ground (Schintler reserve ) we moved to a ground over the
Napier Street Bridge, I think called Schintler reserve. (I believe it is now used for soccer).”

Schintler Reserve

“After a few years there, Parkside shifted back to what we now know as the Lily Pond area of the
Footscray Park, and since then have always played in Footscray Park area except later on after our

Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider