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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017

Ladder after round 12 (1976 season)

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In round 17, Parkside with Rod O’Connor bagging 8 goals, were too strong for St. Albans.

Parkside 19.15 d. St. Albans 12.15

Parkside ended the 1976 season with a negative record of six wins and twelve losses.

1977

Kevin Hillier brings some interesting facts to light about the 1977 season in his book.

“1977 also saw a new president—Peter Hollings—take over from Les Maxwell. If Peter’s history had
been known it might never have eventuated:

I often say to my mates, I am the only person suspended for life from the Footscray District League
who became the president of the League. I was banned for transferring to an association football
club without a clearance; it was silly at that time. I used to play up in the thirds at Footscray and
played a couple of seasons and I thought I might go a bit further. I was told by one of the selectors of
the day, “We think we could probably use somebody else you know”. Immediately the old president
of Parkside Football Club was standing alongside me saying, “Here, sign this come and play with
Parkside, you’re not going to play here”. I read the signs and I wasn’t going to play at Footscray so I
signed the form four.

Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider