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Ken Boden

2/16/2017

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Socceroo #284, is Ken Boden and he is the latest to talk about his GrassRoots footballing past.

It's a familiar tale with those from the UK, players pre-90's learned their footballing skills on the streets & at school & in Ken's case it was the Thryberg Junior & Secondary School near Rotherham in South Yorkshire, starting at the age of 10 and progressing into the Village side at 16.

A chance to come to Australia came through an acquaintance of Alan Vest and by 1979 his form at Newcastle KB Utd, the best of his life he said, won him his first cap against Taiwan.

Now retired in Perth, Kenny Boden is still front of mind for those fans of Hunter football despite his short spell there.
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Steven campleman
1/23/2021 05:32:58 am

Remember kenny playing for Bridlington trinity not Bridlington town as wiki says. Finest footballer queensgate ever saw.

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David Jack link
1/2/2022 04:54:26 pm

Hi Steve,

I'm writing a story about Mick Jones who would probably know coached Bridlington Trinity a couple of times and have some good pics and match reports from 1966- 1976 era. Ken Boden was a terrific player and how Australia could do with his like at the moment. Kind regards, David Jack ,

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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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