Sydney FC's season 15/16 is off and running so we'll mark it with the nomination from the SFC Skipper, Socceroo #479, Alex Brosque. Alex has nominated Fairfield Hotspurs as his GrassRoots club. Spurs play in the Southern District Assoc in Sydney's south western suburbs, out of Smithfield Park. Brosque made his debut against Fiji in 2004. Welcome aboard Skipper.
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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. |