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Riverside were a decent club but by all reports didnt have enough people off field to make it robust enough and it folded due to lack of numbers.
In football there are northern examples of clubs folding. Whilst they may have been great little clubs that people loved, if they dont have a strong unit off field then they will be, and were, susceptible especially in crowded suburban areas.
My closing argument. Build it strong.
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Riverside were always going to hit a brick wall, a bunch of mates who played together for a long time running a club from an esky and a BBQ, sustainability was always going to be difficult and the culture they set kept it going as long as they, massive credit to them for remaining in the top two divisions.
They rarely had juniors, they were always going to be up against it with South Gawler being less than 2kms away and then there's Gawler Central, Angle Vale and Willaston who would all be inside a 6km radius at a guess, all have decent junior programs, facilities and club rooms.
I know the PDCA used to be very stringent about clubs wanting to start from just a bunch of mates, I've seen many declined over the years when they rock up to the AGM but there seems to more starting up nowadays and as long as they are viable then good on them.
I know I had heard negative things about the Adelaide Warriors over the years but after playing them I had nothing but respect for them, I loved their endeavour, sportsmanship and their BBQ was top shelf, I used to score for my son's team and the cook brought over this massive marinated lamb burger thingy for me right as the kids walked off for drinks, it was the bomb.