Troy was one of 3 players to make his debut off the bench in the 1998 friendly against Chile at Olympic Park in Melbourne, he was playing for Newcastle, his home town club, in the NSL at the time and would earn 6 caps in all.
The Barnsley Bulldogs are a generational thing for the Halpin clan, with Troy, Socceroo #432, proudly joining brothers, kids & his father in the family that is his GrassRoots club from Taylor Park in the heart of the Newcastle mining district. Long may it continue !!!
Troy was one of 3 players to make his debut off the bench in the 1998 friendly against Chile at Olympic Park in Melbourne, he was playing for Newcastle, his home town club, in the NSL at the time and would earn 6 caps in all.
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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. |