Parkinson will achieve the milestone when her beloved Strikers take on her 'second' club Tolland in the Leonard Cup game at Rawlings Park.

Parkinson has a resume to match few others in women's football.

She has played in three premierships, two at Cootamundra, and another at Tolland when she was head coach.

She played 68 games for Tolland and will run out for her 332^nd game for Cootamundra on Sunday.

"It makes me feel pretty old," Parkinson laughed.

"No, it's been great to play for as long as I have."

As she looks back on her career, it's the premierships that stand out for Parkinson.

"I've been able to play and win three grand finals. One at Tolland and two at Coota," she said.

"We played in a lot of grand finals in the early years for Coota and lost a lot more than we won unfortunately but that's okay."

While the premierships remain fond memories, this season brought an experience that she will treasure forever.

"Obviously this season, my daughter's playing her first season of senior football so that's definitely the biggest highlight, to be able to go out and play with her," she said.

"It's very special. She asked me a few years ago if I would stick around and play with her so I'm very grateful that I've been able to stay and do that.

"I was lucky enough, I actually played a couple of reserve grade games early on with my father, uncle and cousin too."

Fifteen-year-old daughter Heidi will be playing alongside her mum on Sunday's special occasion.

Football Wagga structured the draw so that the milestone fell on a game against Tolland.

It's the friendships, both at Cootamundra and Tolland, that mean the most to Parkinson.

"I've thoroughly enjoyed playing with all the girls over the years and being in a small community you know everyone really well so it's been great to go out and play with your friends, your mates and the social aspect of it as well, being competitive and playing a sport," she said.

As for the secret to joining the 400 club, Parkinson believes dodging injuries is the key.

"Injuries would probably be the biggest thing. I've been fortunate enough to not have too many injuries over the years to keep me back or stop me from playing," she said.

"I've seen a lot of young girls that have got terrible injuries in their early 20s and haven't been able to play again so I've been very fortunate."

Parkinson, 36, has been playing in goals since the late 2000s. She took up the position to fill a vacancy for a season and has been there ever since.

With a vision to take Cootamundra back to the top, Parkinson has no intention of hanging up the boots any time soon.

"At the moment, I'm taking it season by season," she said.

"I went back to coaching this year and we've only got one side so I would like to build those numbers back up. Pre COVID we had 32 girls and were looking good for the season to have two sides."

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