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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017

The clash between old rivals, Parkside and West Footscray was the highlight of the FDL’s opening
round of the 1979 season.

“After a slow first half Parkside were too strong for West Footscray, in the third quarter they added
7.2 to 1.3 changing a 17 point deficit to an 18 point lead. This trend continued during the last quarter
and Parks won by 27 points.

Parkside, riding high with the opening of the new social club rooms on Thursday night, started off
with a win over West Footscray.

The new rooms are a credit to the initiative of many of the people of the club.”

Parkside 14.16-100 d. West Footscray 10.13-73

Best for Parkside were: Munro, Barber, Stanley, Clark, Fraser, and O’Connor.

Goals: Stanley 5, Thompson 4, Crook 2, Rees 2, Knox.

*****

Sunshine YC finished full of running to tip out Parkside in the main F.D.L. game, in round six.

Parkside had led a low scoring encounter for most of the day in a strong, troublesome cross wind.
During the last quarter it was the accuracy of Sunshine YC that enabled them to hit the front and
hold on.

*****

In round eight, Parkside with former coach Rod Crook firing took on Kingsville whose form over past
weeks had indicated they would be hard to beat. And having trailed by four points at the half-time,
Parkside wrapped up the game by adding 5.4 to 1.4 in the third term.

Both sides fought hard in a torrid final term but Parkside was good enough to hold on and win by
two goals.

Nevertheless, after home and away season Parkside were sitting in eighth spot on the ladder.

A. Slattery won theBest and Fairest award for Under-15, collecting 37 votes.

Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider