The 2001 football season was one of joy and disappointment as the Panton Hill Football Club celebrated our 75th anniversary. This of course was a most important event in the clubs proud history and also a very special year for the entire Panton Hill community...
After an early round win over Diamond Creek our first ever, the club enjoyed a red letter day on the Queen’s Birthday weekend win a stellar win over arch rivals Hurstbridge our first in ten years and then over 300 people attended the naming of the team of the century dinner (see 75th anniversary page) with the general consensus the best ever club function. But unfortunately losses against Lalor (the eventual premiers) by 8 points, finalist Whittlesea by 14 points and the runner up Mernda by 15 points and a last round draw saw the Hills miss the finals by a game and a half. Former Player, committeeman and President Gavin Ward was finally inducted as a life member after refusing to accept whilst President and boom recruit Michael ‘Rooster’ Townsend won the Ronald Archer Shield for the senior Best and Fairest which would prove to be the first of many
