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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017

“Christakis wins the ball and kicks it to teammate Tzarzaris . . . Xanthos to Albanis and then on to
Ktenidis and it's a goal.

Sounds like your typical European soccer match, doesn't it. Needless to say it's not — Christakis,
Xanthos, Tzarzaris, Albanis and Ktednides all play footy for the Parkside under-13 (2) team.

They are just five of the 16 lads with foreign names who are on the- Under-13 team list.

"Those names are really a mouthful, especially when you're writing the match reports," said club
secretary Bruce Dolphin.

Not that he is complaining.

The kids have lost only one game and are at present on top of the ladder..

"It all started when a few Greek boys joined the club, and from there it just snowballed," said.

Bruce.

From there kids from other nationalities joined in so that now Parks have kids called Cohen and
Tifunovic rubbing shoulders on the field.

The Mail photographer managed to snap a picture of a few of them (above) ,at a recent training
session.

Pictured back row: Zeno Tzarzaris, Souli Ktenidis, Arthur Xanthos, Chris Kouteris.

Front row: Laurie Abela, Anthony Iduica, Raymond Di Maria, Michael Stelluto, Michael Albanis,
George Christakis.

Those "ethnic squad" members absent were:

Danny Cohen, Derek Philistin, Tommy Tassos, Victor Zammit, Stefan Zaharakis, Michael Trifunovic.

Coach of the side, ex-Footscray and Port Melbourne player Bernie Laffey, doesn't have any trouble
rolling his tongue around the names.

"He just calls them by their first names," said Bruce.”

The Mail, June 14, 1978

Touring Artists - Melbourne, 1978 (Dylan, AC/DC, Bowie)

Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider