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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017

1990

“Eight clubs formed the Victorian Football League on 2 Oct 1896. These clubs (Carlton, Collingwood,
Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, South Melbourne and St Kilda) formed the basis of the
league, with further teams joining in later years. By 1925 Victoria boasted a 12 team competition
widely acknowledged as the strongest state league in Australia. Known as the VFL it remained in this
format until 1982, when the South Melbourne Football Club relocated to Sydney,NSW. A new era of
expansion came as more teams were admitted, however, these teams were from other states than
Victoria. The VFL changed its name in 1990 to become the Australian Football League (AFL).”

http://www.footy.com.au/dags/FAQ2v1-5.html

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Parkside Football Club had appointed former premiership player Matt Byracherski as the new
coach for the 1990 season. Matt was a school teacher at Tottenham Technical School, coached
Gisborne to the 1989 finals of the Riddle District League. The first training session was held at
Tottenham Tech gymnasium on December 12th, 1989.
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Local football fans were pleased with the fact that Braybrook Football Club re-entered the
competition for the 1990 season after closing the club’s doors in the 1989. Doug Hawkins, Ray
Walker, Sunshine Mayor Cr Ian Mill, Don Kirwan and many others wanted to see the club up and
running again.

The Parkers had considered themselves unlucky after losing the opening two games by a combined
total of only 10 points.

Kingsville defeated Parkside by 7 points in the second round. Kingsville 7.11-53 d. Parkside 6.10-46.

Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider