Shelley Youman of the Matilda's class of '98 has nominated the now defunct Charlestown Hotspurs & the still very much alive, Kahibah FC in Newcastle's southern suburbs as her GrassRoots club. More importantly she has nominated Kevin 'Snow' White & his wife Leah as the GrassRoots people most responsible for her passion for the game. Shell first ran out for Australia in 1996 but in her GrassRoots days she played with another 2 future internationals.
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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. |