Holroyd Parramatta Goannas

Formed in 1979 and known at first simply as Parramatta, the side contested its first senior SFA grand final in 1983, only to cop an 11 goal hiding at the hands of St Ives. The club promptly changed its name to Holroyd-Parramatta, and it was under this name the following year that it accumulated a then record SFA score of 58.54 (402) to Camden's 0.0 (0).

The following year saw the Goannas gain admission to Sydney football's primary competition, the SFL, where, after a lack lustre couple of seasons, they began to emerge as a genuine force towards the end of the decade. With former Hawthorn player Len Walsh at the helm the side defeated North Shore to win its first and, to date, only Sydney top grade pennant by 7 points. Final scores were Holroyd-Parramatta 9.15 (69) to North Shore 9.8 (62).

The Goannas lost the grand final re-match in 1991, going down by 22 points. In 1995, the club decided that it was being over-stretched in the SFL, and took the opportunity of merging with struggling SFA club, Blacktown. The newly merged club would compete in the SFA, where it has remained ever since, with the highlight being a 14.10 (94) to 11.11 (77) grand final defeat of Wollongong in 2001.

Arguably the Goannas' most famous player was Mark Taylor, who won the club's best and fairest award in 1983, and later went on to captain the Australian Test cricket team. Taylor has maintained his involvement with the Goannas by acting as the club's patron.

Club Snapshot

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City	Sydney
Home Ground	Gipps Road Oval, Gipps Road, Greystanes
Club Address	PO Box 302, Merrylands NSW 2160
Established	1979
Nickname:	Goannas
Coach:	Troy Balzan
Premierships:	1990, 2001
Phone Contact:	0433 403 620
Email Contact:	parramatta_goannas@yahoo.com
Website:	http://goannas.com.au
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6012352134