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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017

Hillier explains the splitting of Parkside into two clubs.

“The following season (1932) saw the second Parkside team change its name to Riverside, at the
request of the Parkside vice president Harry Kemp. He asked Parkside to clear enough players to form
the new club, and the Riverside Football Club was born.

Much to the chagrin of those at Parkside, Riverside won the flag that year. Riverside also adopted the
traditional Parkside colours of red, white and blue, while Parkside changed to the black and white
vertical stripes which the players still wear today. That same year St. Johns changed to Paisley;
Bayview Road and Braybrook retired from the competition; and into the comp came Yarraville
Rovers, West Footscray, Seddon and the Dark Blues, a combination from St. Monica’s and St. John’s
West Footscray.

The dominance of the Parkside Football Club continued into 1933 with another flag; that was after
being admitted to the Victorian Sub-Districts League. The club’s inability to secure an enclosed
ground meant it had to come back to the FDJFL. It won the flag, beating Riverside in a season that
saw Altona and North, as well as Newells, join the competition.”

In the 1932 grand final, Riverside beat Parkside. The score was:

Riverside 11.15.81 d Parkside 10.12.72

Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider