Goalkeeper Jim Milisavljevic nominated the now defunct Footscray J.U.S.T as his GrassRoots club playing out of Footscray Park before working his way up through the club ranks. Although Jim was uncapped, at a time when international matches were like hens teeth, to be selected in our first WC Squad in itself is deserving of inclusion in the GFP. Happy to have you aboard Jim.
The latest to sign onto the GrassRoots Football Project is a member of the '74 World Cup squad.
Goalkeeper Jim Milisavljevic nominated the now defunct Footscray J.U.S.T as his GrassRoots club playing out of Footscray Park before working his way up through the club ranks. Although Jim was uncapped, at a time when international matches were like hens teeth, to be selected in our first WC Squad in itself is deserving of inclusion in the GFP. Happy to have you aboard Jim.
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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. |