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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017

Kevin Hillier remarks that, ” The beginning of 1981 saw a change in naming of the senior grades; A
Grade became A1 and B Grade became A2, while in the juniors the Under 10s were dropped in favour
of Under 9s to give the age groups a more even balance. Wembley Park joined the competition as a
result of a merger between Kingsville YMCA and Brooklyn.

The league reached a record 129 teams and exceeded four thousand players for the first time.
Parkside won the A1 flag with Sunshine YCW taking out the A2; Spotswood was the A3 premier. In
the juniors among the League, the Best and Fairest winner was Tony Pastore (Spotswood) who went
onto play for Richmond and was a premiership player with Williamstown.

The A1 Best and Fairest player was Jim Blyth of St. Albans.”

Peter Clarke

FDFL Best and Fairest – U 15 (1981)

Parkside opened the 1982 season with a 22 point win over a much West Footscray in the first round
of FDFL football. Centre-half-forward Gary Considine proved to be difference between the two
teams, carrying on from where he left off last season.

He was assisted by his younger brother David who also played well for Parks.

Parkside 14.15 (99) d. West Footscray 11.11 (77)

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“Parkside proved far too strong for Sunshine YC with an 82 point victory over YC at Skinner Reserve.
The talented Parkside team found it just as easy to score at either end kicking 11 goals in both
directions while YC managed 11 goals with the wind but not one against it.

Parkside 22.23 (155) d. Sunshine YC 11.7 (73). Leigh Brett and Goed were best for Parkside.”

Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider