Football clubs join forces to support new disability community hub

Ross Edwards was injured in a car crash in 1980.

Fraser Nicoll

At the age of 21, Ross Edwards was a promising young footballer but in 1980, a devastating car crash would change his life forever.

Now 65, he’s fronting a campaign for a new community hub in Perth that will offer specialist-supported living for people like him.

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