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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017
Flemington Racecourse from the Footscray side of Salt Water River, Victoria
J. Ryan (1845)
Towards the end of the 19th century the Parkside Football Club was established.
In the words of Pascarl,
“This team started about 1885 or 1886 and continued under that name until 1897 when a meeting
was held and the name was changed to Parkside Football Club and a President was elected whose
name was Dr Anderson and his residence was called Parkside in Moore Street, so this was actually
the start of Parkside’s name. This team, from 1885 to about 1903, played on a paddock called
Newell’s Paddock adjacent to the Footscray Park in Ballarat Road.”
Dr Anderson
“Newell’s Paddock was used as a holding yard for cattle and sheep from Newmarket Saleyards for
the Abattoir owned by William Angliss. The Stockbridge over the Maribyrnong River (east end of the
park) is a “tangible reminder of the vast Angliss complex.
Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider
