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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017

Parkside started the FDFL 1992 season with a win, jumping Kingsville with an eight-goal
opening term to start the season with a comfortable 37-point win.

Parkside kept on its winning way with a comfortable 63-point win over North Footscray in the
second round.

Parker’s Mick Hatziglou had a point to prove against his old club and was instrumental in the win,
while Harold Kelly, Sam Barginsidis and Martin Fletcher clearly controlled the game.

Parkside 20.11-131 d. North Footscray 9.14-68

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Altona City had caused the upset of the round three to record their first win in A1 seniors with a 10-
point victory over Parkside. Altona City 19.14-128 d. Parkside 17.16-118

For Parkside, Mark Komp, Michael Shepperbottom, Corrie Claayson and Harold Kelly played well.

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Parkside trashed a disappointing Sunshine YCW by 70 points after a 12-goal blitz in the final quarter.
The Parkers had dominant players in best afield Corrie Klaayson , Chris Currie, Martin Fletcher and
ex-Footscray defender Zeno Tzatzaris. Parkside 23.11-149 d. Sunshine YCW 12.7-79.

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Parkside, meanwhile, continued to play a good football in the first part of the 1992 season. Parkside
moved into finals contention with a convincing 79-point win over St Albans. Leading the way was ex-
Footscray defender Zeno Tzatzaris, Corrie Klaayson, Robert Goedemoed and Tony Callaway.

Parkside 22.15-147 d. St Albans 9.14-68

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However, as season progressed, Parkside had struggled to find consistent good form.

In June 1992, reporter for the Western Independent indicated that “It would be wrong to suggest
Parkside is a one-man football team. But after last Saturday’s dramatic final quarter fade-out against
Seddon you might be forgiven for thinking that way.

The Parkers were right in the ball game until former Footscray and Williamstown defender Zeno
Tzatzaris left the ground with facial injury.

The floodgates then opened and Seddon slammed on 13 goals to win by a massive 108 points. “After
Tzatzaris left the ground, the Parkers became a disorganised rabble who lacked discipline and were
second to the ball,” an FDFL spokesman said on Monday morning.”

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Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider