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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017

‘Allrounder’, the reporter for Sunshine Advocate wrote in 1936 that,

DEER PARK’S SECOND REVERSE AT HANDS OF PARKSIDE

“Deer Park and Parkside, both at the head of the list, met in the match of the day in the Footscray
District League last Saturday at Parkside. The ground was in a very muddy condition, and the
weather didn’t look too promising when play started.

Deer Park attacked on the bounce and soon had two goals up. Parkside, after some scrambling play
on the forward line, opened their account with a goal. Deer Park kept up the pressure but could only
manage singles. Three quick thrusts by the home side found the opposing defenders out of position,
and Parkside went ahead. Quarter time arrived with a two-goal margin in favor of the Parksides.

The second quarter was a dingdong go between the home defenders and the opposing forwards.
Deer Park were doing everything but kick goals. This fault seems to be the biggest one that the Blue
and Golds have to overcome if they are going to win the premiership.

However, despite this handicap Deer Park managed to reduce their deficit to eight points by half-
time. The third quarter was a repetition of the second, with Parkside fighting grimly to hold their
slender lead. Deer Park’s faulty kicking was costly this quarter, as they could only manage three goals
from nine shots, whereas Parkside put on five goals straight. Rain began to fall and the game
developed into a mud scramble. Three-quarter time found Deer Park still eight points behind. Deer
Park attacked desperately on the bounce, but through their inability to handle the greasy ball lost
countless opportunities on their forward line. Parkside, on the other hand, adapted themselves better
to the conditions and managed to fire on three more goals, and ran out winners of a very interesting
game by 23 points. Final scores were:

PARKSIDE: 19.8. DEER PARK: 14.15.”

Sunshine Advocate, 31 July 1936

Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider