Mooy, Soccceroo #558, played his GrassRoots Football at George Thornton Reserve in the heart of Sydney's leafy Hills District. The team photo is of a Redback's side from 1966 which contained a player, Stuart Tuckey, your correspondent went to high school with. Bizarre, the world is definitely getting smaller.
Melbourne City's Aaron Mooy has nominated Carlingford Redbacks as his GrassRoots Club.
Mooy, Soccceroo #558, played his GrassRoots Football at George Thornton Reserve in the heart of Sydney's leafy Hills District. The team photo is of a Redback's side from 1966 which contained a player, Stuart Tuckey, your correspondent went to high school with. Bizarre, the world is definitely getting smaller.
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the authorGreg Werner began playing in 1965, with the GrassRoots club of Socceroo skipper Murray Barnes, a change of suburb at age 6 and a new club, one that would become the GrassRoots club of Rob Wheatley & after a 27 year hiatus came back to playing with the GrassRoots club of Socceroos Steve Perry, Richie Bell, Chris Iconomidis & Matilda, Justine Fisher, one could say that the links with the NT are ingrained.
At age 55, when his body gave up on playing, he took up the whistle to stay actively involved. In November of 2014 he created the GFP on Facebook to fill the void left by those in control of the game & in January 2016 launched this website. |