Socceroo #425 made his debut in the starting line-up in a friendly against NZ and gained 30 caps in the Australian attack, scoring 8 times in the famous 31-0 win over American Samoa.
When I spoke to the man they call Zdrilla some years back, he had no hesitation in naming western Sydney club King Tom as his GrassRoots club despite it not being his first club, however like Tony Krslovic, the other to name the club, it has been a a long search to track down the now defunct club's emblem and for that I have to thank Jerry Glavan. Socceroo #425 made his debut in the starting line-up in a friendly against NZ and gained 30 caps in the Australian attack, scoring 8 times in the famous 31-0 win over American Samoa.
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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. |