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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017

Secretary’s Report

On behalf of your president and committee, I have pleasure in presenting the 91st Annual
General Report.

A 1 - Grade
The 1987 season was one of hope, high expectations, and disappointment the prior season , we
spoke of a new era with a number of young players, who would be playing their third, second
and first years. We recruited a number of new players, however the season saw us finish
outside the five again.

We were competitive, having beaten Sunshine YCW (runners up), West Footscray (3rd) and
losing close games to Spotswood (premiers) and Deer Park (fifth). We were badly beaten by
North Melbourne and Kensington (fourth) and North Footscray. We also lost to Braybrook,
second last and drew with Kingsville.

Whilst we had our injury problems, it shows a lack of depth in our seniors.
Forty players played A1 grade for Parkside in 1987.

Mark Komp in his first year as senior coach was very disappointed in our team result. He
believes we have the nucleus for a finals side, but we need to recruit more ball players for us to
go on.

The committee has re-appointed Mark Komp for season 1988 and with good recruiting and a
better commitment from players we can certainly make the finals for 1988.

I would like to thank various people for their assistance in season 1987.

Peter Fillow – Team Manager
Leo Dalglish – Chairman of Selectors
Mark Considine – Statistics
Michael Considine – Statistics
Matt Komp – Head Trainer
Brian Wilson – Trainer
Alan Porter – Trainer
Peter Lunt – Runner
Pat McDougall – Time Keeper

Congratulations to Mark Lawrence for winning the best and fairest and to Anthony Allessio for
being runner up.

Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider