Grass Shroots: It's all about Sunday morning soccer for new Birmingham City signing

Jan 10 2009 By Andy Walker

front of crowds of barely 200 in the Ryman Premier League. Now he could see himself thrown into the race for Premier League football with Blues.

Despite having his low points, including being released by Wimbledon, prior to the MK Dons franchise, as a 16-year-old after eight years as a trainee with the club, Shroot insists that he’s remained focused on gaining an chance in the only industry he has ever been interested in.

“It’s always just been football for me, I was quite good at school and didn’t mind it but it was always PE for me rather than English and Maths.

“I was at Wimbledon from eight to 16 and then I got released at YTS and then I went to Staines Town, AFC Wimbledon and then Harrow Borough

“Now it’s been weird acclimatising to life at a Championship club but I love turning up every day, I love training so I’ve just got to work hard. Signing for Birmingham was unreal.” Blues had to pay AFC Wimbledon a nominal fee to gain the services of Shroot and the Blue Square South side may soon end up regretting their decision to have not played the highly-rated player more.

However Shroot has no sympathy for his former employers after admitted that his two-year spell with the Kingsmeadow club was ‘very frustrating’.

“AFC Wimbledon never played me so I wanted to leave. It was very frustrating for me down there.”