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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017

Kevin Hillier writes in his book, History of the Western Region Football League /Footscray District
Football League that,

“The league started in 1931 in inner Footscray with only eight clubs, a far cry from the thirty-seven
that now make up the competition.

The geographic boundaries of the League hardly went beyond a drop kick from the middle of Barkly
Street. Today, of course, those boundaries extend to Wyndhamvale, St. Albans, Coburg, Brunswick
and Port Melbourne.

The original teams in the Footscray District Junior League of 1931 were:

• Footscray Technical Old Boys

• St. John’s Church of England

• Braybrook

• Parkside A

• Parkside B

Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider