IN a big year for football milestones, one South Australian club is marking its centenary.

The Virginia Rams are 100 years old this year, an amazing effort for an organisation that has always been dependent on volunteers.

As is the case with just about every football club in the land, the club is built on family.

And no family is more prominent among the club than the Starr family.

Club legend Paul Starr has returned to the Rams as president, with daughter Megan his secretary.

Paul’s son Ryan is an established A grade player with the club, while Paul’s father Frank was a long-time servant of the club who would regularly pack his car with junior footballers just to make sure they got to their game on time.

Paul’s older brother Dean was just as dedicated to his football club and with their mother Joan watching on they wouldn’t dare give anything less than their best.

Joan would always give her opinion and review the game played.

She even had granddaughters playing netball for her beloved club right along side of the oval but she just couldn’t bring herself to leave the game that she loved and especially when her grandson Ryan was on the field.

The club has undergone somewhat of a rebirth since the appointment of former Port Adelaide and Collingwood player Greg Phillips as A grade coach.

Off the field, the club is as strong as it has ever been, with a unified committee all with the common goal of ensuring the success of the club and to put it in the position capable of lasting another 100 years.