Croydon Common Athletic Ground Croydon Common Athletic Ground Croydon Common Athletic Ground, commonly referred to as the Nest, was a football stadium in Selhurst, south London. The original occupiers of the ground were Croydon Common F.C., the Robins, who occupied it from 1908 to 1917. It was also the home ground of Crystal Palace F.C. from 1918 until 1924. The Nest was subleased from the London Brighton and South Coast Railway, the parties being The Croydon Common Football and Athletic Company Limited and then Crystal Palace Football and Athletic Club, The London Brighton and South Coast Railway Company and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England.
Parkside Football Club (WRFL) Parkside Football Club (WRFL) The Parkside Football Club is an Australian rules football club which compete in the Western Region Football League since 1931. They are based in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray. "Parkside Football Club" was officially formed in 1897 but prior to that operated under the name “Oblinagil” which was aboriginal for ‘near the park’ or ‘beside the park’. Dr. Anderson was the first President who lived in a residence named “Parkside” in Moore Street, Footscray which was how the club’s name originated. The club's first home ground was a paddock adjacent to Footscray Park in Ballarat Road