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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017
A version of this article written on The Sporting Globe first appeared on Footscray Advertiser,
October 3, 1931.
Footscray Watch Juniors Parkside Club Gain Local Honors
“The Initial season of the Footscray District Junior Football League formed for the dual purpose of
providing healthy recreation without players having to travel to other suburbs, and as a recruiting
ground for the Footscray senior side, has proved an unqualified success.
SEVERAL of the players have produced the form which, with a little experience n senior football,
would qualify them or any League team, and a series of keenly-contested games points to the newly-
formed body wielding a big influence in Footscray football for many years to come.
The junior league was sponsored by the Footscray League Club, which drew up the constitution and
made its rooms available for meetings. Eight teams took the field this year, and it is intended to
increase the number next season. The competition was ably conducted.
The winning of the first premiership by the Parkside team makes football history. The deeds of this
team, which has become famous in Footscray junior football date back to the ‘nineties.
In 1897 the team was formed under the presidentship of the late Dr Anderson, and named after his
residence - “Parkside.” The ground was the area at the top of Scotchman’s Hill, well known to
Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider
