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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017
The FDL was formed on 10 April 1931 which was Mr Pascarl's 24th birthday.

Mr Turner, who was the first president of the FDL, had the Parkside home ground named in his
honor some years later.

Three weeks ago, the Parkside clubrooms were named the Herb E. Pascarl Pavilion in honor of the
man's 72 years of service to the club and football.

Mr Pascarl had played with Parkside since he was 14. Back then most of the Aussie rules
competitions were held in the northern, southern and eastern suburbs.

It was then perhaps fitting that Parkside won the first FDL premiership in 1931, were runners-up the
next year and won the flag in 1933”

The Mail, 11 August 1993

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Des Carroll spoke to Herb for The Mail in Footscray Mail, in September 1997.

“When Herbie Pascarl got together with four other men towards the end of 1930, (and how) he
could not have conceived their discussion would lead to the establishment of the biggest football
league in Australia.

The result of their meeting in a barber’s shop in Nicholson Street, Footscray, led to the
establishment in 1931 of the eight-team Footscray District Football League (FDFL).

The concept of a competition, centred on the hub of the western suburbs, followed by Mr Pascarl’s
visit to barber Henry Turner during the 1930 season of a decentralised minor metropolitan league,
which were abundant.”

As the barber was cutting Mr Pascarl’s hair he asked: “Where are you playing this week? To which
came the reply:

“Bloody Kew – and we are all sick of it.

Next time around, Henry told me he was having a meeting that night with three other gentlemen
and asked me if I would like to come along.

Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider