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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017

Sunshine YCW taking the game right up to Parkside wanted the ball more and won a very tough con-
test. That win had ensured the Shinners they will not be the A1 team to be relegated.

Best players for the Shinners were Allan Wilkie, Billy Lievers, Andrew Pritchard and Dean McGrath.
Parkside's best were Dean Callaway, Nick Hatzoglou, Craig Brown-Kerr and Nick Kotoski.

“One of the Wests most controversial and colorful sporting figures, John Sharp, has been dumped as
coach of FDFL Al side Parkside after a dispute with players and administrators last week.

Sharp, 42, was replaced by former Footscray forward Mark Komp after last weekend's loss to
Sunshine YCW, the club's third consecutive loss.

Komp, who coached the Parkers from 1987-1989, has already turned things around, leading Parkside
to a 71-point win over Albion on Saturday.

A tight-lipped Parkside president Paul Barbuto told the Western Independent, Sharp's premature
departure was not "performance-related".

"John Sharp's services were no longer required at the club and he has since been replaced by Mark
Komp," Mr Barbuto said.

"The decision was not based on the team's on-field performance and that is all I would like to say on
the matter."

Sharp has a distinguished list of sporting achievements in the West, from his days as a Footscray
District cricketer, to his controver¬sial playing and coaching career with VFA clubs Yarraville and
Brunswick and his successful coaching stint with West Newport.”

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Parkside finished the home-and-away season fourth on the ladder with 10 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw.

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In the first semi-final St Albans were the better side defeating Parkside by 32 points. “The Saints
were never troubled against a lack-lustre Parkside in the elimination final last Saturday, running out
comfortable winners by 32 points.

In near-perfect conditions, Parkside got off to a brilliant start booting seven goals in the first term,
but managed just another two for the rest of the game, as the fleet-footed St Albans machine
moved into action. Cousins Steve and Adam Walsh were sensational up forward for the Saints, as
were Richard Jiminez and John Rutar.

Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider