Charlie Egan, Socceroo #320, lead the typical life of a lad growing on Clydeside. Football came first, second & third. His football was learned on the streets & in the schoolyard & thus he has nominated his schools... Holy Cross Primary & Our Lady's High School in Croy as his GrassRoots sides. You'd probably guess he didn't grow up a Rangers fan.
His first real club was Kilsyth & in his later teens he was drafted into the ranks of the Dumbarton juniors, then Campsie Blackwatch. A typical weekend would see a school match Saturday morning, a club game in the afternoon & on Sunday the much spoken about pub comp where players of much higher calibre would often play under assumed names, even after playing in an "Old Firm" game. Football was their life, a life that eventually brought Charlie to Oz and the NSL, making his debut for his adopted country in 1982.
His first real club was Kilsyth & in his later teens he was drafted into the ranks of the Dumbarton juniors, then Campsie Blackwatch. A typical weekend would see a school match Saturday morning, a club game in the afternoon & on Sunday the much spoken about pub comp where players of much higher calibre would often play under assumed names, even after playing in an "Old Firm" game. Football was their life, a life that eventually brought Charlie to Oz and the NSL, making his debut for his adopted country in 1982.
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