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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017

FOOTBALL CLUB WITH A HISTORY

Parkside Successful Revival Bring Premiership and "The Advertiser" Shield.

(By "Chaspur”)

THE initial season of the Footscray District Junior Football League, formed for the dual purpose of
providing healthy recreation without having to travel to other suburbs and as a recruiting ground for
the Footscray senior side, has proved an unqualified success.

QEVERAL of the players have produced form which, with a little experience in senior football, would
qualify them for any League side, and a series of keenly contested games points to the newly-formed
body wielding a big influence in local football for many years to come.

The winning of the first premiership by Parkside will turn back the years for many old-time football
enthusiasts. The deeds of this team, which has become famous in local junior football, date back to
the 'nineties.

First Players May Be Grandfathers Now

In the year 1897, a team known as Oblina was disbanded. Re-formed under the presidentship of the
late Dr Anderson the team was named after the medico's residence, and the Parkside football team
was born. Today, 34 years later, the team has again won the premiership.

The first secretary was "Bill" Bunn and Charlie ("Chilla") Blake was elected captain. Lynch-street and
Stirling-street, then a large, open paddock, adjacent to the present Footscray Park, was the area
where many hard-fought battles were staged.

The first footy ground where many hard-fought battles were staged.

Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider