[4][5] In 2025, the club's men's team will compete in the Premier C division of the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA), while its women's team competes in Division 3 of the VAFA Women's (VAFAW).

The club also has a team in the Victorian FIDA Football League, a competition for people with intellectual disabilities.

[6] Parkside was formed on 19 January 1934 after a meeting at the Alphington Hotel.

[7] The club considered joining the VAFA, but found it to be too difficult and instead entered the Victorian Churches Football Association (VCFA).

[7][9] At the end of the 2002 season, Parkside left the VAFA to join the Diamond Valley Football League (DVFL), which was later renamed to the Northern Football League (NFL).