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dave ward

4/21/2016

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In 1883 Australia's oldest club came into being. It is a club that regards it's history as paramount to its very being. It is therefore fitting that in the first Australian team selected Balgownie Rangers should be represented, and they were.
Today, meet Dave Ward, Socceroo #11, who, along with Balgownie team mate "Tich" Thompson, led the Australian attack against NZ at Dunedin's famous "House of Pain", Carisbrooke, in 1922.
Football in Australia was, in the early days, very much a family affair & you'll find the Ward name throughout the club's history.
Dave Ward won 7 caps in all rising from the bucolic surrounds of Caldwell's Paddock in Balgownie, to the very peak of the game.
(pics. courtesy Balgownie Rangers FC).
The original Socceroos were GrassRoots Football writ large, welcome Dave Ward.
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Balgownie 1921
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    Greg 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.
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