By JARROD POTTER
A CLEAN slate in 2015 is just what Noble Park needed ahead of a highly anticipated Eastern Football League campaign.
The Bulls have put to bed an aberrant year in 2014 – after finishing with an eight-win season to miss the finals and finish eighth.
With coach Jon Knight and the club deciding to part ways with two rounds remaining last year, stability was needed for the new season and it came in the form of returning premiership coach Mick Fogarty.
Fogarty will have arsenal aplenty as his Bulls’ line-up has pushed towards VFL standard.
The biggest additions to Noble Park’s roster are former AFL midfielder Kyle Martin, two-time VFL Liston Medal winner Shane Valenti and the return of two powerful VFL players – Ziggy Alwan and Jackson Sketcher.
Everything is fresh for the 2015 season down at the Bullring as Noble Park sizes up for a tilt at EFL premiership number five.
There are new look facilities as the pavilion and change rooms were upgraded throughout last year and are now no longer shoe-box sized, dark and dated.
The pre-season challenges have been ticked off as practice matches and interleague duties are left behind and the only thing left is the first bounce.
Noble Park will host South Croydon on Saturday from 2.10pm.
