The heart of the engine room from '74 is the latest to nominate his GrassRoots club.
Socceroo #223, Jim Rooney, hails from Dundee in the auld country, where he attended the imposing Morgan Academy and from the ages of 14 to 18 played for the delightfully named Butterburn Youth Club before "going pro".
A late maturer in his own words, Jim debuted for Australia in 1971 while playing for Prague, but it was it Apia Leichhardt that he really made his mark.
A man always with a twinkle in his eye, a spring in his step and an opinion on the current state of the game it is an honour to have him aboard.
Socceroo #223, Jim Rooney, hails from Dundee in the auld country, where he attended the imposing Morgan Academy and from the ages of 14 to 18 played for the delightfully named Butterburn Youth Club before "going pro".
A late maturer in his own words, Jim debuted for Australia in 1971 while playing for Prague, but it was it Apia Leichhardt that he really made his mark.
A man always with a twinkle in his eye, a spring in his step and an opinion on the current state of the game it is an honour to have him aboard.
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