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Perth Glory Football Club is a professional football (soccer) club in Perth
, Western Australia
, Australia
, competing in Australia's top football (soccer) competition the A-League
. Perth Glory is one of only three clubs to survive from the now defunct National Soccer League. The other clubs included and the .
In 1994, a group of businessmen led by Joe Claudio formed the Perth Kangaroos IFC
. The club competed in the 1994 Singapore Premier League
along with the Darwin Cubs
. At the time, there were visions of establishing an Asia-Pacific Super League which could become a sporting and financial empire in the east. It turned out to be something of a farce. The Kangaroos finished the league season undefeated and easily won the Singapore league title. However, with dwindling support and resources, the experiment proved to be a financial disaster and Perth Kangaroos IFC
soon folded.
made a bid for entry into the National Soccer League. Perth Glory was subsequently licensed to join the 1996/7 NSL
season. From a relatively unheralded start, the club would develop beyond all expectations and establish the game in a state where Australian rules football
dominated and Rugby league
was about to fail.
Former Adelaide City
player and Perth Kangaroos coach Gary Marocchi
was appointed coach for the first two seasons and won many fans with his bold, attacking style. Initially believed to be nothing more than a token participant, Perth surprised many by only just missing the cut for the finals; finishing 7th and 8th in 1996-97 and 1997-98 respectively. The exciting style of "you score three, we score four" drew fans - including many British
expatriates.
Players like NSL-title-winning sweeper Vinko Buljubasic
, Perth born striker Bobby Despotovski
and young local star Vas Kalogeracos were brought into the team and achieved cult status. New Zealand international Gavin Wilkinson
was also signed while local midfielder Gareth Naven
was appointed captain.
In their first match in the NSL, Perth Glory lost to UTS Olympic 4-1, with veteran Scot Alan MacKenzie
scoring the first goal for Glory and Doug Ithier
winning the first Man-of-the-Match award. Huge crowds and good results soon followed with an exciting win over defending champions the Melbourne Knights
thrilling a huge crowd.
Glory needed only a point in their final match of the season but were defeated by the Knights
and fell just short of making the finals. Glory midfielder Paul Strudwick was sent off during the match in controversial circumstances while trouble in the crowd also marred the match.
In the 1997/98 season, despite again narrowly missing the top six and signing more high-profile players like Ernie Tapai
, Danny Hay
and Nigeria
ns Samson Siasia
and Peter Anosike
it was a disappointing season for the Glory.
. The former East German national coach became a media star after replacing Gary Marocchi
who was sacked and finally took the team into the competition playoffs. The success of the team created record attendances along with record exposure in the local media. During Stange's
reign, Glory competed in its first-ever NSL
Grand Final in 1999/2000 after having already won the League championship.
In his first season, Stange
had taken Glory to their first ever finals series the previous season and had fallen in the preliminary final against Sydney United
. With new signings John Markovski
and Con Boutsianis
fitting straight into the side, local player Jamie Harnwell
started to develop into a key defender and made the step to replace the injured Vinko Buljubasic
. Unfortunately a horror form slump at the height of summer denied the Glory a top two place but massive crowds still attended their two home finals at the WACA Ground
against Adelaide City
and Marconi Stallions
.
The following year, Glory recruited young players Ivan Ergic
, Jason Petkovic
and Olyroo Kasey Wehrman
. The 1999/2000 grand final is remembered as one of the most thrilling matches in NSL
history. Earlier in the Championship Playoff series, Perth had narrowly beaten the Wollongong Wolves
in a two-legged Major Semi Final - needing a dramatic 80th-minute penalty and goal in extra time to advance (Ergic drew the penalty and scored the golden goal). In the grand final, Perth again faced the Wolves
and led 3-0 at half time against a miserable Wolves outfit; thinking the game was won, Stange substituted key Glory players Scott Miller
, Bobby Despotovski
and Ivan Ergic
. Yet, the Wolves
rallied superbly and Perth experienced a series of defensive blunders to be pegged back to 3-3 at full time. Perth subsequently lost on penalties, but this defining moment galvanised the team and would be a motivating force for years to come. James Afkos
, a young defender and son of Glory co-owner Paul Afkos saw his penalty saved, which gave the win to the Wolves. The Wolves
side also featured players such as Scott Chipperfield
, Sasho Petrovski
as well as Matt Horsley
and Stuart Young
who would go on to play with the Glory in later years. The loss was a crushing blow to Glory but the team had done well despite problems Stange had with stars such as Vas Kalogeracos and Con Boutsianis
who had both left the club. Stange had also been told midway through the season that his contract would not be renewed—but well-organised supporter protest and media pressure forced Tana to change his mind and publicly announce the U-turn before a home match against the Canberra Cosmos
.
In spite of the loss, Stange
was popular with the public but his time had come by the end of the 2000/01 season. Glory was too inconsistent during the season, suffering from more player disharmony involving Stange's
tactics, and falling just short of a top-two spot. Glory had at times played good attacking football but proved unable to do so consistently.
In the finals series the Glory once again came up against the Melbourne Knights
and drew 0-0 in Melbourne
despite having Jamie Harnwell
sent off. Following the match Melbourne Knights
fans attacked the team and their bus as they tried to leave Sunshine Stadium. It is believed that the fans were angered by a Serbian salute made by Bobby Despotovski
towards Melbourne Knights
fans who have a traditionally large Croatia
n support.
In the return leg Glory were eliminated following a 2-2 draw. The Knights
had gone into an early lead with goals in slippery conditions before two late goals to the Glory but it wasn't enough with the Knights
winning through the away goal rule. Despite signing high profile recruits such as Damian Mori
(who had formed a prolific partnership with Bobby Despotovski
up front) and Brad Maloney
while also holding onto young star Ljubo Milicevic
the Glory had underachieved and Stange
was sacked by Nick Tana
.
to finally win the NSL Championship. While less flamboyant than his predecessor, d'Avray successfully transformed the team with a different strategy to the previous coaches. The attacking 5-3-2, which saw almost as many goals conceded as scored, was replaced with a 4-4-2. Some may argue that the team began to play a less attractive form of the game, but nobody could argue with the results. In 2001/2, the team nearly went the entire season undefeated with a side that only had former Adelaide City
midfielder Brad Hassell as a major addition. After scraping through in the second leg of the major semi final against Newcastle, Glory faced Sydney Olympic in the grand final at a sold out Subiaco Oval
. While the 2000 Final was one of the great games of domestic Australian association football, the 2002 final was a tight and tense affair with Glory hardly getting a shot on target due to the fact that they lacked any bite in the midfield and had their two strikers marked out of the game. Ante Milicic
was on target for Olympic though and his goal early in the second half was enough for Olympic to win 1-0 and break the hearts of Glory fans once again. It was also to be former Socceroo Alistair Edwards final match before retirement.
Many Glory fans consider this match as the final straw for the fans who had flocked in their thousands in the past, and only the hardcore fans still remained at games in the NSL and first two years of the A-League.
Maloney left the club at the end of the 2002 season but his replacement proved to be a key in Glory finally getting that elusive title. German midfielder Andre Gumprecht
was brought in to the club thanks to Stange and made an instant impact. With the NSL disintergrating around them, Glory and Olympic were the only two semi decent teams still left in the league to galvanise their midfield and fought it out for top spot all season. Glory picked up Socceroo Simon Colosimo
halfway through the season and eventually won the right to host the 2003 Grand Final after coming out on top of a new, confusing and convoluted league table finals format that had dragged a poor season out. In the Grand Final Glory took the game to Olympic and following a headed goal from in the first half from Harnwell it was all over late in the match when Mori saw his shot dribble over the line in dramatic fashion. 2-0 was the end result and d'Avray had delivered the Grand Final victory Glory had yearned for.
In the final NSL season in 2003-04, Glory only had Parramatta Power
as a huge threat with the Western Sydney club buying up big for the season. Players like Fernando Rech
, Michael Beauchamp
and Ante Milicic
were brought in along with Glory midfielders Gumprecht and Colosimo in what seemed to be a huge blow to the champions. In response to the plundering of their engine room d'Avray signed up Sydney Olympic title winners Tom Pondeljak
, Wayne Srhoj and Jade North
while also getting former Socceroo defender and West Australian native Shaun Murphy
back from the United Kingdom.
In a season where Glory again went head to head with a team from Sydney, Parramatta beat the Glory at home 4-2 and then away 2-0 to host the final ever NSL Grand Final. Glory thrashed Adelaide United in the preliminary final and faced Parramatta at Parramatta Stadium
to try and go for back to back victories. In pouring rain, Parramatta were brought down to the level of their opponents and scrapped for every ball in a match devoid of many chances. Mori wasted two sitters before young striker Nick Mrdja nailed a shot past Clint Bolton
to claim the golden goal and win the match for Glory and their second NSL title.
In the 2005-06 season
d'Avray was the Glory's director of football but after the club decided to hire the coaching services of Ron Smith
and David Mitchell his services where no longer wanted within the club for the 2006-07 season
.
. Eventually, the relaunched and renamed Football Federation Australia
announced the creation of the A-League
for 2005/6. The financial backing and business nous of chairman Nick Tana
had ensured the viability and success of the club during the earlier dire times - and ensured it a place in the future of the game in Australia
.
and England
star Steve McMahon
would be appointed as coach. The new season saw a complete overhaul of the playing squad, with Simon Colosimo
and former Sunderland
and Leeds striker Brian Deane
as key signings. Other notable signings included future young stars Nick Ward and Billy Celeski
.
Early results in friendlies against local opposition were not great, but Perth became the first team to defeat Sydney FC
, winning 1-0 in the semi-final of the 2005-06 Pre-season Cup before losing in the final 0-1 to the Central Coast Mariners
. Perth's woeful recruiting strategy was soon evident with the early departure of star import Brian Deane
after seven games. Another McMahon recruit, Northern Ireland
junior international Neil Teggart
, quit the club prior to the start of the regular season. Deane was replaced by Damian Mori
, a former Perth Glory striker. Originally on a three-game temporary contract, after some impressive performances Mori stayed for the rest of the season and finished with seven goals.
However, the club continued to be dogged by problems which would only be later revealed to the public. Steve McMahon
was subject to constant media criticism over his coaching style and was accused of nepotism by signing his son, Steve McMahon Jr
, who was of questionable talent. Rumours also surfaced that players were planning to stage a revolt against the coach. On 7 December, the club reported that the parties had "amicably" chosen to go separate ways. On 9 December 2005, the club announced that assistant coach Alan Vest
would move into the head coach role for the remainder of the season, with striker Damian Mori
taking on a dual role as player-coach after being named as his assistant.
The coach's departure was merely a symptom of deeper troubles. Poor performances saw Perth miss out on qualification for the finals for the first time since 1998. Dwindling support from chairman Nick Tana
, as he looked to sell his 75% stake in the club, seemed to underpin a general decline in club fortunes. After the Round 20 match against Sydney FC
, Alan Vest
hinted that the current player group were incapable of achieving anything better and stated that "cliques" had been formed undermining club harmony. To cap off a bad season, Western QBE
announced they were withdrawing as major sponsor after being associated with the club for 8 years.
relieved owner Nick Tana
of ownership and management of Perth Glory.
In July 2006, Australian international Stan Lazaridis
signed a 2 year deal. This was quickly followed by the appointment of Ron Smith
as head coach and Michelle Phillips as CEO on 26 July. Unfortunately, star youth player Nick Ward did not honour his two year contract and defied the advice of the FFA
and left for Queens Park Rangers
in England
. In a major bonus for the Glory, longtime partner and sponsor Western QBE Insurance gave a show of faith and signed on as the clubs major sponsor in round 18, until the end of the 2007-2008 season. Western QBE had previously been sponsor of the club since 1998, but decided against resigning a deal at the start of the 2006-2007 season, leaving the Glory in a very tough situation- without any sponsor or owners. But in December 2006, signs were shown that owners had been found by the FFA, and so Western QBE
were reinstated.
, Brett McKeon and John Spence. This announcement ended almost a year of uncertainty. The new Glory owners are ambitious in their plans, and are bringing new hope to a club that was somewhat poor, both off the field and on, in 2006-07.
On 2 March, it was announced that former Perth Glory players Anthony Danze
and Billy Celeski
had rejoined the club, along with new signings Dino Djulbic
and AIS graduate Jimmy Downey
. It was also announced that Naum Sekulovski had agreed to a new one year deal with the Glory.
On 21 March, Perth Glory announced the signing of former Perth SC
and Young Socceroos
Goalkeeper Tando Velaphi
. This was followed on 27 March with the signing of Nikita Rukavytsya
, also from Perth SC
. Nikolai Topor-Stanley
joined the club after Sydney FC's Asian Champions League campaign finished.
On 19 May, Perth Glory announced that Milton Keynes Dons winger Nick Rizzo
had signed a two-year deal with the club. On 24 May, the signing of little-known Croatia
n striker Mate Dragičević
was announced. Dutch veteran Michael Mols
was expected to sign as a Glory player for the 2007-08 season but rejected the offer to sign for Feyenoord. Hayden Foxe
and Mitchell Prentice
were later added to the squad, and the signing of striker James Robinson
was also completed.
Probably the biggest coup for the Glory for the 2007-08 season was the signing of a one-year sponsorship deal with Singapore listed steel manufacturer Delong Holdings, worth A$750,000, one of the biggest in the A-League
, who will feature on the back of the Glory jersey. On the front of the Glory jersey, long-serving major sponsor Western QBE
will feature prominently, another deal worth over A$500,000 for one year, with an option of two years after that.
In the 2007 A-League Pre-season Cup, the Glory surprised many by making the Final against Adelaide despite not playing a single game in WA. In the first round in Port Maquarie, Glory beat Newcastle United Jets FC 1-0 to lead group B from the outset. In the second round, in Adelaide, Glory took the lead through young sensation Nikita Rukavytsya, but were held to a draw by United after a 35-meter wonder strike from Reds defender Cassio. Going into the final group game, against Premiers and champions Melbourne Victory FC, Perth needed a positive result to progress to the Final. In Darwin, in what the FFA designated as a home game, Melbourne scored first through Costa Rican sensation Carlos Hernández, a 35-meter cracker. But the Glory equalized and then took the lead through goals from Harnwell and Nikita Rukavytsya. Unfortunately in the other game, United thrashed unfortunate Newcastle, who had to settle for third place in the group, by 4 goals to 1, meaning Glory would have to face Central Coast, winners of the other group and in ominous form on the back of two wins and a draw. Glory, however, played amazingly well and were victors 3-2 in Gosford. Unfortunately, again United beat their opponents Queensland by 3 goals to two in an absolute cracker of a game, meaning United would host the Grand Final. This was Perth's second chance at the Pre-Season silverware in the A-League.
Prior to the match, Socceroo Simon Colosimo was handed the captaincy and the job of steering Perth back to former Glory.
Perth eventually lost after leading for a large part of the match, again to a Cassio wonder strike, the final score being 2-1 to United. Many people put this down to the travel that the squad endured throughout the campaign for the laps in the last 20 minutes.
The season started poorly though for the Glory, winless after 12 rounds and attracting only four-figure attendances. As a result, Ron Smith
came under increasing pressure from fans and the media to deliver results. The team struggled to score goals, with Mate Dragicevic
in particular becoming a figure of derision. Glory legend Bobby Despotovski
publicly called for Smith to be replaced, and on 4 November Smith was sacked as manager. David Mitchell was handed the caretakers role for the rest of the season.
The bold new era of Perth Glory began the same day, when it was announced the Glory were forming a strategic alliance with English Premier League club Manchester City. Results and crowds immediately picked up. A 4-1 thrashing of Newcastle in Mitchell's debut match bode well for times ahead, with Glory's first win at home in a year against Melbourne and Glory's first-ever win over Sydney. Mitchell won four and drew two of the remaining 10 games of the 2007-8 season.
The club's playing staff drew controversy as the season ended, with news that Simon Colosimo had agreed to join Sydney FC
at the end of the season. The story was published in the Sunday Times newspaper and resulted in Colosimo being jeered by sections of the Shed crowd during the round 18 loss to Queensland Roar. Colosimo later strongly denied any deal was done, but admitted that the crowd response made him less likely to stay at Perth. http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,22990096-5005408,00.html Colosimo was dropped for the final two games of the year for "tactical reasons". He completed his move to Sydney FC at the end of the season.
, Changsha Ginde and Guangzhou
. The tour was used as an opportunity for the club to assess potential signings, including state league players Josip Magdic
(Floreat Athena), Mark Lee
(ECU Joondalup), Callum Roberts (Fremantle) and Marc Anthony (Stirling Lions). Eugene Dadi
, whose mooted move to the Glory last season was stalled due to Hapoel Acre
's refusal to release him, also made the trip. The Glory lost all three matches; the first match went to Changchun 3-0, the second match to Changsha 2-0 and Guangzhou won the final game 3-1. Callum Roberts scored the Glory's only goal on the tour.
Perth Glory have made four new signings in the off-season. Eugene Dadi
was granted release from his former club to sign for Perth Glory.http://www.perthglory.com.au/default.aspx?s=pgfc_news_item&id=21826 Adriano Pellegrino
and Adrian Trinidad
joined the club in early May.http://perthglory.com.au/default.aspx?s=pgfc_news_item&id=22078http://perthglory.com.au/default.aspx?s=pgfc_news_item&id=22079 Jimmy Downey
also had his contract extended by a further year. Josip Madgic and Naum Sekulovski have also re-joined the Glory for season 2008/09. Stan Lazaridis
is the most notable departure, having been told by the club he is no longer required after two seasons hampered by injury, suspension and poor form. In July 2008, Glory announced the signing of Brazilian international midfielder Alexandre da Silva Mariano
, better known as 'Amaral.' The defensive midfielder has played with some of the great clubs around the globe including Brazilian giants Palmeiras and Corinthians
, perennial Portuguese championship contenders Benfica and successful Italian Serie A
outfits Parma and Fiorentina. He has also represented Brazil
31 times during a long and successful career before joining Perth on their pre-season tour of Indonesia
. Glory had been keeping a close eye on youngsters Scott Bulloch
(Sorrento), Anthony Skorich
(Western Knights
) and Andrija Jukic
(Perth SC
) who were all up and coming players in the WA State league. Bulloch signed with the Glory's senior team in August, while Skorich and Jukic joined Glory's Youth Team. In September, Wayne Srhoj
returned to Australia after 5 seasons in Romania, to sign with the Glory for the rest of the season.
Perth finished the season in 7th place, with 22 points. Glory once again started the season poor, though they did however finish the second half of the season strongly, winning 4 matches and drawing 3, securing 15 points in the last 11 rounds since November. In November, Head Coach Dave Mitchell signed a contract extension securing his services till the end of the 2010/11 season. Mitchell's contract extension, despite Glory's slow start, showed the new direction Glory's club was heading, of vision, but built on stable foundations. Promising signs on and off the field were shown this season and things progressed further with Tony Sage taking sole ownership of the club at season's end.
in February 2009 making Sage the sole owner of the club. Following this Sage has invested money into the club for the 2009-10 season including a number of wholesale changes to operations, marketing, players and staff.
As part of Glory's pre-season campaign, the club hosted English Premier League clubs Wolverhampton Wanderers FC and Fulham FC as well as new A-League franchise North Queensland Fury for friendly matches in Perth in July. Although Glory went down 1-0 and 5-0 to Wolverhampton and Fulham respectively the event was a success attracting an average of 13,000 fans to Members Equity Stadium
for both matches. Perth Glory continued their pre-season in Mandurah with a 1-0 victory against North Queensland Fury featuring Fury's marquee signing Robbie Fowler
.
For season 2009-10, Perth Glory have undertaken an overhaul of the club badge and playing kit, which includes vertical white and purple stripes on their home kit for the first time in the clubs history.
Tony Sage's promise to invest in the club by spending the full amount of money on players allocated under the A-League's salary cap rule had eventuated with the club making key signings. Victor Sikora
was signed in February 2009 following a short term stint at Glory on loan from FC Dallas
during the latter part of the 2008-09 A-League season. Further international players were added to the squad with Serbian striker Branko Jelić
signed on a 3 year deal from Energie Cottbus and Englishman Andy Todd joining from Derby County
. Following up on an early season promise by Tony Sage to sign Socceroo players, Perth Glory have successfully secured the services of Jacob Burns
. In June 2009, in a bold move to attract attention for 2010 FIFA World Cup
selection, Mile Sterjovski
joined the club on a marquee contract, while Chris Coyne
also announced his intentions by returning to his hometown club.
Perth Glory's first match of the 2009-10 A-League season was played away at Hindmarsh Stadium
against Adelaide United on 7 August 2009. This was the first season that Perth made the finals series.
had a bad working relationship whilst at North Queensland Fury. After the resignation of David Mitchell, he became the head coach on 12 October 2010.
Glory signed veteran Jamie Harnwell
to a new one-year deal for the 2010-11 season. The club also went on to sign Perth products Jamie Coyne
and Todd Howarth
to contract extensions, before signing left-back Josh Mitchell
and striker Michael Baird, who have both been playing for Romanian club Universitatea Craiova
.
On 27 April 2010, it was announced that Fowler had agreed to become part of Glory's squad for the 2010-11 A-League season. Fowler reportedly rejected offers from Middle East clubs to stay in Australia after enjoying his time in the country. After the managerial change, Glory lost another game, to make it 5 losses consecutively.
rivals Melbourne Knights
and Sydney United
, clubs with significant support from the Croatian community
in Australia
.
The site was also critical of SBS
presenter Francis Awaritefe
's apparent antipathy toward the Glory and has been subjected to, and survived, numerous legal threats from various local media identities. The most recent being in January 2008 when community radio match caller David Smith, from weekend broadcaster 91.3 SportFM, threatened to shut down the site unless material he deemed to be defamatory was removed.
In 2006 Gloryboys.net had the distinction of being appointed an accredited media organisation by FIFA for the 2006 FIFA World Cup
.
had been Glory's title (front-of-shirt) sponsor. However, when ownership of the Glory was handed to FFA, Western QBE decided not to sponsor the club for the 2006-07 season. This left the Glory in a tough position—a lack of sponsorship and owners meant a lack of money, which meant a lack of quality players, which meant poor results and poor football, which meant poor crowd attendances, which meant even less money from ticket sales. This is the model that had affected so many NSL clubs and led to their demise, and has recently led to the demise of former A-League club the New Zealand Knights. Therefore, the Glory knew they needed to find a sponsor quickly, and transitional owners FFA knew they needed to find good owners in a timely fashion as well. Luckily, 18 rounds into the 2006-07 season, Western QBE returned as title sponsor, signing for the remaining three rounds and until the end of the 2007-08 A-League season. This brought much-needed stability to the club; the funds helped to secure the supporters' faith, which set off another chain-reaction: fans meant more money, which meant more advertisement, which meant survival, which meant potential owners felt more secure about bidding for the club's licence. This all led to a much larger and more highly respected squad for the 2007-08 season.
Owners were found in February 2007 for the club in Tony Sage, John Spence and Brett McKeon. These owners injected much needed funds into on-field performance, administration, appeal to fans and youth development camps.
A massive boost in March 2007 was the signing of a one-year deal with Asian steel manufacturer Delong Holdings ltd. This deal was one of the largest in the A-League, worth $750,000 with an option of another two-year contract after seasons end worth another $1,000,000. The name and symbol of Delong featured prominently on the back of Glory's shirts during the 2007-08 season, with Western QBE already emblazoned on the front in tandem with Delong as Glory's title sponsor. Delong opted out of the second year and the space on the back of the uniform was instead replaced by Tony Sage's fashion magazine Kurv in 2008.
In May 2009, WA mining giants FEX Mining signed a large deal reportedly worth around 1.2 million a year for the next 2 seasons. This deal is seen as a major factor in the squad's large overhaul, allowing top players such as Chris Coyne to be signed by the club.
Perth's strip is mainly purple, with white stripes on the front of the jersey, purple shorts with white triming and white socks. The alternate kit consists of a light blue jersey with purple trim, and white shorts and socks.
When Perth Glory was formed (in 1996), the club felt it important to create a logo and name with no ethnic overtones and which symbolised the rebirth of association football in Western Australia. It was felt the name Perth Glory had broad appeal and a sense of history. The sunburst in the logo is characteristic of Perth in summer, while the white and purple colours were chosen in contrast to the more traditional combinations (generally white, red or blue).
In 2005 when the A-League
was launched, the club decided a new logo was needed for the new era of Perth Glory. The new logo retained the small 'Perth' in an arc above the larger 'Glory', with the letter 'O' still represented by an association football. The orange and purple colours still stayed as did the sun rays. The previous logo had been used since the clubs inception in 1996 in the old NSL
.
During the FFA's administration of the club, they indicated an openness to changes to the Perth Glory name and colours. This was not a popular move amongst Glory supporters. Thankfully for supporters, new triple owners Sage, Spence and McKeon have stated that colours will certainly not be changed under their reign.
In April 2009 a new shield logo for the club was unveiled. Though completely divergent from previous designs, the new badge has been received well in the general public. The change is viewed as the step to a new era of Perth Glory, attempting to appeal to fans.
In what is seen as something of a tribute to Glory's past, the current strip reverts to the vertical stripes, similar to what can be found in Glory jerseys of 1996-99.
Glory play their home games at nib Stadium, which can hold 20,500 spectators. The record attendance for a Glory A-League match is 16,019 to see Glory host North Queensland Fury FC
in August 2010. The largest average season attendance in the A-League for the Glory is 9,374 in the 2005-06 season, while the largest attendance for any association football match at the ground was in November 1998 when 18,067 fans turned up to see a top-table clash with arch-rival South Melbourne FC
.
Now that Western Australia has another major team in a rectangular-code competition (Western Force
in the Super 14 Rugby competition), there is a big push to have a 30,000+ capacity rectangular stadium in Perth. Western Force and Perth Glory have joined forces on several occasions to knock on the door of the Western Australian Government and plead their case for a ground of this size. The Force previously played games out of 40,000-seat the oval-shaped AFL ground Subiaco Oval
, which has hosted several Glory games before, generally NSL Finals games, most notably the 1999-2000 season NSL Grand Final when an all-time NSL record crowd of 43,157 fans saw Wollongong Wolves
beat Glory on penalties following a 3-3 draw. The Force moved to nib Stadium prior to the 2010 Super 14 Season, this move brought an austere modernization to the ground increasing capacity from around 18,000 to 20,500 and increased corporate areas.
It has been suggested that Members Equity stadium should be used as a base, and its capacity and facilities doubled and renovated. With the iconic Shed being left alone, this could be a decent solution, although the expenses would be great.
Since the demise of the NSL, Perth have duly struggled to consistently perform on the national football stage. Problems with finance and ownership, as well as coaching issues and player discontent, has taken much of the focus off the actual football side of Perth, and onto the political centre of the club. As a result of this political turmoil, rivalries have not eventuated easily for Perth with any other clubs recently. Matches against the Newcastle Jets were close and controversial in the 2008/09 season. With former player Toper-Stanley joining them the rivalry should continue.
Wellington and Perth have battled over the last few seasons, and due to some resentment between each set of supporters, this could be considered to be somewhat of a rivalry.
(1996–99) Bernd Stange
(1999-01) Mich d'Avray
(2001–04) Steve McMahon
(2005) Alan Vest
(2005–06) (Caretaker) Ron Smith
(2006–07) David Mitchell (2007–2010) Ian Ferguson (2010-) (Caretaker)
Perth, Western Australia
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, Western Australia
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, Australia
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, competing in Australia's top football (soccer) competition the A-League
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. Perth Glory is one of only three clubs to survive from the now defunct National Soccer League. The other clubs included and the .
Background, 1977-95
Perth first showed interest in joining the National Soccer League in its inaugural year in 1977. However, a series of logistical problems and financial concerns meant that the league was not keen to include a Western Australian (WA) side. While the state representative side continued to perform well in national and international cup competitions, WA continued to be unrepresented at a senior club level until 1994.In 1994, a group of businessmen led by Joe Claudio formed the Perth Kangaroos IFC
Perth Kangaroos IFC
Perth Kangaroos International Football Club is a now-defunct soccer club from Perth, Australia. Perth Kangaroos played as an overseas team in the Singapore Premier League in 1994 and won the league title...
. The club competed in the 1994 Singapore Premier League
FAS Premier League
The Football Association of Singapore Premier League is a now-defunct football league competition held in Singapore between 1988 and 1995. During that period, it was the top tier of the Singapore football league structure...
along with the Darwin Cubs
Darwin Cubs
Darwin Cubs is a now-defunct soccer club from Darwin, Australia.The Cubs played as a foreign team in the Singapore Premier League in 1994 and finished runners-up to another Australian team, Perth Kangaroos IFC...
. At the time, there were visions of establishing an Asia-Pacific Super League which could become a sporting and financial empire in the east. It turned out to be something of a farce. The Kangaroos finished the league season undefeated and easily won the Singapore league title. However, with dwindling support and resources, the experiment proved to be a financial disaster and Perth Kangaroos IFC
Perth Kangaroos IFC
Perth Kangaroos International Football Club is a now-defunct soccer club from Perth, Australia. Perth Kangaroos played as an overseas team in the Singapore Premier League in 1994 and won the league title...
soon folded.
Early seasons, 1995-98
In 1995, another consortium led by Nick TanaNick Tana
Nick Tana is the former chairman of the Australian football club Perth Glory. He had been the chairman and the majority shareholder of Perth Glory from the club’s inception in 1995 until 2006....
made a bid for entry into the National Soccer League. Perth Glory was subsequently licensed to join the 1996/7 NSL
National Soccer League
The National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...
season. From a relatively unheralded start, the club would develop beyond all expectations and establish the game in a state where Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
dominated and Rugby league
Super League (Australia)
Super League was an Australian rugby league football administrative body that conducted professional competition in Australasia for one season in 1997. Along with Super League of Europe, it was created by News Corporation during the Super League war which arose following an unsuccessful attempt to...
was about to fail.
Former Adelaide City
Adelaide City
Adelaide City is a football club in Adelaide, South Australia. They are also known as The Zebras. They played in the National Soccer League for 27 Seasons but withdrew just prior to the 2003/2004 season. They now play in the South Australian Super League. City won the inaugural Super League...
player and Perth Kangaroos coach Gary Marocchi
Gary Marocchi
Gary Donald Marocchi is an Australian football coach and former player.- Playing career :Marocchi represented Australia 13 times in full internationals playing as a midfielder...
was appointed coach for the first two seasons and won many fans with his bold, attacking style. Initially believed to be nothing more than a token participant, Perth surprised many by only just missing the cut for the finals; finishing 7th and 8th in 1996-97 and 1997-98 respectively. The exciting style of "you score three, we score four" drew fans - including many British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
expatriates.
Players like NSL-title-winning sweeper Vinko Buljubasic
Vinko Buljubasic
Vinko Buljubasic was an Australian football player who used to play for NSL clubs Melbourne Knights, Perth Glory and the Football Kingz.-References:...
, Perth born striker Bobby Despotovski
Bobby Despotovski
Slobodan "Bobby" Despotovski is an Australian football player of Serbian origin.-Biography:Only nine months after his birth his family moved to Yugoslavia because his mother, Valentina, was home-sick...
and young local star Vas Kalogeracos were brought into the team and achieved cult status. New Zealand international Gavin Wilkinson
Gavin Wilkinson
Gavin Wilkinson is a former New Zealand footballer and current technical director of Portland Timbers. Prior to this position, Wilkinson was manager of Portland Timbers in the United Soccer Leagues before their promotion to Major League Soccer beginning with the 2011 season...
was also signed while local midfielder Gareth Naven
Gareth Naven
Gareth Naven is a former Australian football player. He is the twin brother of Craig Naven.Naven was club captain of Perth Glory FC between 1996 and 2002, He also played for Bayswater Inter, AIS, Adelaide City, Perth Kangaroos, Perth SC and Sarawak FA. He is now the coach of the Perth Glory youth...
was appointed captain.
In their first match in the NSL, Perth Glory lost to UTS Olympic 4-1, with veteran Scot Alan MacKenzie
Alan MacKenzie
Alan Mackenzie is a Scottish former footballer. Mackenzie played for a number of Scottish clubs most notably for Cowdenbeath and Raith Rovers....
scoring the first goal for Glory and Doug Ithier
Doug Ithier
Doug Ithier is an Australian football player most notable for playing for Perth Glory, Walsall, and throughout Asia including Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei and China...
winning the first Man-of-the-Match award. Huge crowds and good results soon followed with an exciting win over defending champions the Melbourne Knights
Melbourne Knights
Melbourne Knights Football Club is a football club representing Melbourne, Australia in the Victorian Premier League . The club is one of the most successful football clubs in Australia, being a two-time championship and four-time premiership winner in the now defunct National Soccer League...
thrilling a huge crowd.
Glory needed only a point in their final match of the season but were defeated by the Knights
Melbourne Knights
Melbourne Knights Football Club is a football club representing Melbourne, Australia in the Victorian Premier League . The club is one of the most successful football clubs in Australia, being a two-time championship and four-time premiership winner in the now defunct National Soccer League...
and fell just short of making the finals. Glory midfielder Paul Strudwick was sent off during the match in controversial circumstances while trouble in the crowd also marred the match.
In the 1997/98 season, despite again narrowly missing the top six and signing more high-profile players like Ernie Tapai
Ernie Tapai
Ernie Tapai is a former Australian football player. Currently, he is head soccer coach for Geelong Grammar School.-Club career:...
, Danny Hay
Danny Hay
Daniel "Danny" Hay is an association football player who has represented New Zealand at international level as a central defender and captains Waitakere United in the New Zealand Football Championship.-Club career:...
and Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
ns Samson Siasia
Samson Siasia
Samson Siasia is a former football striker from Nigeria and the former head coach of the Nigerian Men National football team from 2010 to 2011.-Club career:...
and Peter Anosike
Peter Anosike
Peter Ikechukwu Anosike is a football striker from Nigeria.-Football career:Anosike played club football for various clubs in Nigeria, Belgium, Australia and in Singapore....
it was a disappointing season for the Glory.
The Bernd Stange era, 1999-2001
Fan support was consolidated in the era of Bernd StangeBernd Stange
Bernd Stange is a German football manager currently managing Belarus.Stange was born in a Sorbian town of Saxony. He started playing at an early age and was called into the East German youth team...
. The former East German national coach became a media star after replacing Gary Marocchi
Gary Marocchi
Gary Donald Marocchi is an Australian football coach and former player.- Playing career :Marocchi represented Australia 13 times in full internationals playing as a midfielder...
who was sacked and finally took the team into the competition playoffs. The success of the team created record attendances along with record exposure in the local media. During Stange's
Bernd Stange
Bernd Stange is a German football manager currently managing Belarus.Stange was born in a Sorbian town of Saxony. He started playing at an early age and was called into the East German youth team...
reign, Glory competed in its first-ever NSL
National Soccer League
The National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...
Grand Final in 1999/2000 after having already won the League championship.
In his first season, Stange
Bernd Stange
Bernd Stange is a German football manager currently managing Belarus.Stange was born in a Sorbian town of Saxony. He started playing at an early age and was called into the East German youth team...
had taken Glory to their first ever finals series the previous season and had fallen in the preliminary final against Sydney United
Sydney United
Sydney United Football Club are an Australian football club from Sydney, Australia, established in 1957 by Croatian Australians in the area...
. With new signings John Markovski
John Markovski
John Markovski is an Australian football coach and former player.Markovski played in the National Soccer League for Sunshine George Cross, Preston Lions , Morwell Falcons, Canberra Cosmos, Auckland Kingz, Carlton SC, Melbourne Knights and Perth Glory FC and was known Australia wide for his...
and Con Boutsianis
Con Boutsianis
Con Boutsianis is an Australian Football player and former International, noted for his ability in dead ball situations. Con is known affectionately by fans as 'Boutsi'....
fitting straight into the side, local player Jamie Harnwell
Jamie Harnwell
Jamie Richard Harnwell is an Australian football player. He last played as a centre half for Sorrento FC.-Perth Glory:...
started to develop into a key defender and made the step to replace the injured Vinko Buljubasic
Vinko Buljubasic
Vinko Buljubasic was an Australian football player who used to play for NSL clubs Melbourne Knights, Perth Glory and the Football Kingz.-References:...
. Unfortunately a horror form slump at the height of summer denied the Glory a top two place but massive crowds still attended their two home finals at the WACA Ground
WACA Ground
The WACA is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. WACA are the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association....
against Adelaide City
Adelaide City
Adelaide City is a football club in Adelaide, South Australia. They are also known as The Zebras. They played in the National Soccer League for 27 Seasons but withdrew just prior to the 2003/2004 season. They now play in the South Australian Super League. City won the inaugural Super League...
and Marconi Stallions
Marconi Stallions
The Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian football club located in Sydney, Australia. The club won the National Soccer League title a record four times, along with South Melbourne FC and Sydney City SC...
.
The following year, Glory recruited young players Ivan Ergic
Ivan Ergic
Ivan Ergić is an international footballer from Serbia. He is a free agent, last playing for Bursaspor in the Turkish Süper Lig, he played as midfielder. He holds Serbian and Australian citizenship.-Club:...
, Jason Petkovic
Jason Petkovic
Jason Petkovic is an Australian football player with Croatian origins and the brother of Michael Petkovic.-Club career:...
and Olyroo Kasey Wehrman
Kasey Wehrman
Kasey Wehrman is an Australian football midfielder who currently plays for the Newcastle Jets in Australia's Hyundai A-League. Wehrman is an Indigenous Australian...
. The 1999/2000 grand final is remembered as one of the most thrilling matches in NSL
National Soccer League
The National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...
history. Earlier in the Championship Playoff series, Perth had narrowly beaten the Wollongong Wolves
Wollongong Wolves
The South Coast Wolves Football Club is an Australian Association football club based in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia currently playing in the NSW Premier League.The club was formed in 2009 as a not for profit organisation, run and owned by the community since the financial...
in a two-legged Major Semi Final - needing a dramatic 80th-minute penalty and goal in extra time to advance (Ergic drew the penalty and scored the golden goal). In the grand final, Perth again faced the Wolves
Wollongong Wolves
The South Coast Wolves Football Club is an Australian Association football club based in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia currently playing in the NSW Premier League.The club was formed in 2009 as a not for profit organisation, run and owned by the community since the financial...
and led 3-0 at half time against a miserable Wolves outfit; thinking the game was won, Stange substituted key Glory players Scott Miller
Scott Miller (footballer)
Scott "Scotty" Miller was an Australian football player.He last played as a left full back for the Australian A-League club Perth Glory. He earned 2 caps for the Australian national team and was an inaugural player for the Perth Glory in 1996.-External links:*...
, Bobby Despotovski
Bobby Despotovski
Slobodan "Bobby" Despotovski is an Australian football player of Serbian origin.-Biography:Only nine months after his birth his family moved to Yugoslavia because his mother, Valentina, was home-sick...
and Ivan Ergic
Ivan Ergic
Ivan Ergić is an international footballer from Serbia. He is a free agent, last playing for Bursaspor in the Turkish Süper Lig, he played as midfielder. He holds Serbian and Australian citizenship.-Club:...
. Yet, the Wolves
Wollongong Wolves
The South Coast Wolves Football Club is an Australian Association football club based in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia currently playing in the NSW Premier League.The club was formed in 2009 as a not for profit organisation, run and owned by the community since the financial...
rallied superbly and Perth experienced a series of defensive blunders to be pegged back to 3-3 at full time. Perth subsequently lost on penalties, but this defining moment galvanised the team and would be a motivating force for years to come. James Afkos
James Afkos
James Afkos was an Australian football player.Afkos played as a midfielder for NSL clubs Perth Glory and the Marconi Stallions and also represented Western Australia. He was remembered for missing an important penalty take in the 2000 National Soccer League Grand Final.-External links:*...
, a young defender and son of Glory co-owner Paul Afkos saw his penalty saved, which gave the win to the Wolves. The Wolves
Wollongong Wolves
The South Coast Wolves Football Club is an Australian Association football club based in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia currently playing in the NSW Premier League.The club was formed in 2009 as a not for profit organisation, run and owned by the community since the financial...
side also featured players such as Scott Chipperfield
Scott Chipperfield
Scott Kenneth Chipperfield is an Australian international football player who currently plays as a midfielder for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League.-Personal life:...
, Sasho Petrovski
Sasho Petrovski
Sasho Petrovski is an Australian football player. He is a striker who last played for the Newcastle Jets in the Hyundai A-League. Petrovski has two caps for the Australian national team...
as well as Matt Horsley
Matt Horsley
Matt Horsley is a retired Australian football player.-Club career:He last played as a right full back for the Australian A-League club Perth Glory in 2005, which he joined in 2001. Horsley had previously captained the Wollongong Wolves, with whom he played from 1990-2001...
and Stuart Young
Stuart Young
Stuart Young is an English footballer.-Career:Young’s senior football career began at Arsenal FC in 1990, before moving to his home town of Hull City in 1991. He spent two seasons at the Tigers, before spells at Northampton Town in 1993, Scarborough FC 1994, Scunthorpe United between 1994 to 1996,...
who would go on to play with the Glory in later years. The loss was a crushing blow to Glory but the team had done well despite problems Stange had with stars such as Vas Kalogeracos and Con Boutsianis
Con Boutsianis
Con Boutsianis is an Australian Football player and former International, noted for his ability in dead ball situations. Con is known affectionately by fans as 'Boutsi'....
who had both left the club. Stange had also been told midway through the season that his contract would not be renewed—but well-organised supporter protest and media pressure forced Tana to change his mind and publicly announce the U-turn before a home match against the Canberra Cosmos
Canberra Cosmos
Canberra Cosmos FC is a defunct Australian association football club based in Canberra in the ACT. It participated in the National Soccer League from the 1995/96 season until the end of the 2000/01 season, after which it folded, primarily due to financial difficulties...
.
In spite of the loss, Stange
Bernd Stange
Bernd Stange is a German football manager currently managing Belarus.Stange was born in a Sorbian town of Saxony. He started playing at an early age and was called into the East German youth team...
was popular with the public but his time had come by the end of the 2000/01 season. Glory was too inconsistent during the season, suffering from more player disharmony involving Stange's
Bernd Stange
Bernd Stange is a German football manager currently managing Belarus.Stange was born in a Sorbian town of Saxony. He started playing at an early age and was called into the East German youth team...
tactics, and falling just short of a top-two spot. Glory had at times played good attacking football but proved unable to do so consistently.
In the finals series the Glory once again came up against the Melbourne Knights
Melbourne Knights
Melbourne Knights Football Club is a football club representing Melbourne, Australia in the Victorian Premier League . The club is one of the most successful football clubs in Australia, being a two-time championship and four-time premiership winner in the now defunct National Soccer League...
and drew 0-0 in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
despite having Jamie Harnwell
Jamie Harnwell
Jamie Richard Harnwell is an Australian football player. He last played as a centre half for Sorrento FC.-Perth Glory:...
sent off. Following the match Melbourne Knights
Melbourne Knights
Melbourne Knights Football Club is a football club representing Melbourne, Australia in the Victorian Premier League . The club is one of the most successful football clubs in Australia, being a two-time championship and four-time premiership winner in the now defunct National Soccer League...
fans attacked the team and their bus as they tried to leave Sunshine Stadium. It is believed that the fans were angered by a Serbian salute made by Bobby Despotovski
Bobby Despotovski
Slobodan "Bobby" Despotovski is an Australian football player of Serbian origin.-Biography:Only nine months after his birth his family moved to Yugoslavia because his mother, Valentina, was home-sick...
towards Melbourne Knights
Melbourne Knights
Melbourne Knights Football Club is a football club representing Melbourne, Australia in the Victorian Premier League . The club is one of the most successful football clubs in Australia, being a two-time championship and four-time premiership winner in the now defunct National Soccer League...
fans who have a traditionally large Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n support.
In the return leg Glory were eliminated following a 2-2 draw. The Knights
Melbourne Knights
Melbourne Knights Football Club is a football club representing Melbourne, Australia in the Victorian Premier League . The club is one of the most successful football clubs in Australia, being a two-time championship and four-time premiership winner in the now defunct National Soccer League...
had gone into an early lead with goals in slippery conditions before two late goals to the Glory but it wasn't enough with the Knights
Melbourne Knights
Melbourne Knights Football Club is a football club representing Melbourne, Australia in the Victorian Premier League . The club is one of the most successful football clubs in Australia, being a two-time championship and four-time premiership winner in the now defunct National Soccer League...
winning through the away goal rule. Despite signing high profile recruits such as Damian Mori
Damian Mori
Damian Mori is an Australian football player who is the top scorer for the Socceroos...
(who had formed a prolific partnership with Bobby Despotovski
Bobby Despotovski
Slobodan "Bobby" Despotovski is an Australian football player of Serbian origin.-Biography:Only nine months after his birth his family moved to Yugoslavia because his mother, Valentina, was home-sick...
up front) and Brad Maloney
Brad Maloney
Brad Maloney , was an Australian professional association football player who played for several National Soccer League clubs, including Marconi Fairfield, Perth Glory and Newcastle Breakers. Maloney won the Johnny Warren Medal for player of the year in NSL season 1998/99...
while also holding onto young star Ljubo Milicevic
Ljubo Milicevic
Ljubo Miličević is an Australian football player who currently plays for Hajduk Split in the Prva HNL.-Early Career and Overseas:...
the Glory had underachieved and Stange
Bernd Stange
Bernd Stange is a German football manager currently managing Belarus.Stange was born in a Sorbian town of Saxony. He started playing at an early age and was called into the East German youth team...
was sacked by Nick Tana
Nick Tana
Nick Tana is the former chairman of the Australian football club Perth Glory. He had been the chairman and the majority shareholder of Perth Glory from the club’s inception in 1995 until 2006....
.
Mich d'Avray as coach, 2001-04
Despite the flair of Stange's reign, it would take the more tactical approach of Mich d'AvrayJean-Michel d'Avray
Jean-Michel d'Avray is a former professional association footballer who spent the majority of his playing career at Ipswich Town...
to finally win the NSL Championship. While less flamboyant than his predecessor, d'Avray successfully transformed the team with a different strategy to the previous coaches. The attacking 5-3-2, which saw almost as many goals conceded as scored, was replaced with a 4-4-2. Some may argue that the team began to play a less attractive form of the game, but nobody could argue with the results. In 2001/2, the team nearly went the entire season undefeated with a side that only had former Adelaide City
Adelaide City
Adelaide City is a football club in Adelaide, South Australia. They are also known as The Zebras. They played in the National Soccer League for 27 Seasons but withdrew just prior to the 2003/2004 season. They now play in the South Australian Super League. City won the inaugural Super League...
midfielder Brad Hassell as a major addition. After scraping through in the second leg of the major semi final against Newcastle, Glory faced Sydney Olympic in the grand final at a sold out Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...
. While the 2000 Final was one of the great games of domestic Australian association football, the 2002 final was a tight and tense affair with Glory hardly getting a shot on target due to the fact that they lacked any bite in the midfield and had their two strikers marked out of the game. Ante Milicic
Ante Milicic
Ante Milicic is an Australian former football player. He is currently one of the assistant managers of A-League club Melbourne Heart. He is of Croatian Australian origin....
was on target for Olympic though and his goal early in the second half was enough for Olympic to win 1-0 and break the hearts of Glory fans once again. It was also to be former Socceroo Alistair Edwards final match before retirement.
Many Glory fans consider this match as the final straw for the fans who had flocked in their thousands in the past, and only the hardcore fans still remained at games in the NSL and first two years of the A-League.
Maloney left the club at the end of the 2002 season but his replacement proved to be a key in Glory finally getting that elusive title. German midfielder Andre Gumprecht
Andre Gumprecht
André Gumprecht is a former German football player who is currently playing for Australian club Lake Macquarie City FC-Club career:...
was brought in to the club thanks to Stange and made an instant impact. With the NSL disintergrating around them, Glory and Olympic were the only two semi decent teams still left in the league to galvanise their midfield and fought it out for top spot all season. Glory picked up Socceroo Simon Colosimo
Simon Colosimo
Simon Colosimo is an Australian football player who plays as a central defender for Melbourne Heart. He has represented the Australia national team on over twenty-five occasions.-Club career:...
halfway through the season and eventually won the right to host the 2003 Grand Final after coming out on top of a new, confusing and convoluted league table finals format that had dragged a poor season out. In the Grand Final Glory took the game to Olympic and following a headed goal from in the first half from Harnwell it was all over late in the match when Mori saw his shot dribble over the line in dramatic fashion. 2-0 was the end result and d'Avray had delivered the Grand Final victory Glory had yearned for.
In the final NSL season in 2003-04, Glory only had Parramatta Power
Parramatta Power
Parramatta Power were a football team which was based in western Sydney. They played in the National Soccer League from season 1999/2000 until the league folded in 2004. The Power were runners up to Perth Glory in the 2003/04 season of the NSL after Perth made the Grand Final look easy in...
as a huge threat with the Western Sydney club buying up big for the season. Players like Fernando Rech
Fernando Rech
Fernando Rech is a Brazilian former football player. He played either as a striker or an attacking midfielder.-Life and career:...
, Michael Beauchamp
Michael Beauchamp
Michael Francis Beauchamp is an Australian football player. He currently plays for Sydney FC. He was a member of the Australian 2006 World Cup squad.-Club career:...
and Ante Milicic
Ante Milicic
Ante Milicic is an Australian former football player. He is currently one of the assistant managers of A-League club Melbourne Heart. He is of Croatian Australian origin....
were brought in along with Glory midfielders Gumprecht and Colosimo in what seemed to be a huge blow to the champions. In response to the plundering of their engine room d'Avray signed up Sydney Olympic title winners Tom Pondeljak
Tom Pondeljak
Tomislav Pondeljak is an Australian football player, who is currently playing for A-league club Melbourne Victory.-Club career:...
, Wayne Srhoj and Jade North
Jade North
Jade Bronson North is an Indigenous Australian association football player. He played as a centre back or full back for the FC Tokyo in the J. League Division 2...
while also getting former Socceroo defender and West Australian native Shaun Murphy
Shaun Murphy (footballer)
Shaun Peter Murphy is an Australian football player. Shaun currently lives in Perth, Western Australia with his family....
back from the United Kingdom.
In a season where Glory again went head to head with a team from Sydney, Parramatta beat the Glory at home 4-2 and then away 2-0 to host the final ever NSL Grand Final. Glory thrashed Adelaide United in the preliminary final and faced Parramatta at Parramatta Stadium
Parramatta Stadium
Parramatta Stadium is a sports stadium situated in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.The stadium is used primarily as the home ground of Australian National Rugby League club the Parramatta Eels...
to try and go for back to back victories. In pouring rain, Parramatta were brought down to the level of their opponents and scrapped for every ball in a match devoid of many chances. Mori wasted two sitters before young striker Nick Mrdja nailed a shot past Clint Bolton
Clint Bolton
Clint Brian Bolton is an Australian football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Melbourne Heart in the Australian A-League. He was one of the most experienced goalkeepers in the history of the National Soccer League, which preceded the A-League...
to claim the golden goal and win the match for Glory and their second NSL title.
In the 2005-06 season
A-League 2005-06
The 2005-06 season was the first season of the A-League, a domestic club competition for football in Australia. After over 12 months without a national professional club competition, the first match in the A-League was played on 26 August 2005...
d'Avray was the Glory's director of football but after the club decided to hire the coaching services of Ron Smith
Ron Smith (football coach)
Ronald "Ron" Smith is an Australian football coach, who currently works as Technical Director of Sydney Olympic.-Playing career:...
and David Mitchell his services where no longer wanted within the club for the 2006-07 season
A-League 2006-07
The 2006–07 A-League season was the second season of the Australian football competition, the A-League. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the first season and on the interest generated by the Socceroos competing in the 2006 FIFA World Cup...
.
End of the National Soccer League, 2003-04
It was around 2001 that the league showed signs of significant deterioration. A combination of central mismanagement, conflicts of interest and poor sponsorship would eventually lead to a government enquiry and the removal of the leadership of Soccer AustraliaFootball Federation Australia
Football Federation Australia is the governing body for the sport of football in Australia. Before 1 January 2005, it was known as the Australian Soccer Association , which succeeded Soccer Australia in this role in 2003...
. Eventually, the relaunched and renamed Football Federation Australia
Football Federation Australia
Football Federation Australia is the governing body for the sport of football in Australia. Before 1 January 2005, it was known as the Australian Soccer Association , which succeeded Soccer Australia in this role in 2003...
announced the creation of the A-League
A-League
The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...
for 2005/6. The financial backing and business nous of chairman Nick Tana
Nick Tana
Nick Tana is the former chairman of the Australian football club Perth Glory. He had been the chairman and the majority shareholder of Perth Glory from the club’s inception in 1995 until 2006....
had ensured the viability and success of the club during the earlier dire times - and ensured it a place in the future of the game in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
First season in the A-League, 2005-06
In 2005, it was announced that former LiverpoolLiverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
and England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
star Steve McMahon
Steve McMahon
Stephen Joseph McMahon is an English former football midfielder who most notably played for Liverpool in the late 1980s...
would be appointed as coach. The new season saw a complete overhaul of the playing squad, with Simon Colosimo
Simon Colosimo
Simon Colosimo is an Australian football player who plays as a central defender for Melbourne Heart. He has represented the Australia national team on over twenty-five occasions.-Club career:...
and former Sunderland
Sunderland A.F.C.
Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...
and Leeds striker Brian Deane
Brian Deane
Brian Christopher Deane is an English former footballer.Signed for £40,000 from Doncaster Rovers in the close season of 1988, Deane first played and scored for Sheffield United in an 8–1 victory against Skegness Town...
as key signings. Other notable signings included future young stars Nick Ward and Billy Celeski
Billy Celeski
Blagoja 'Billy' Celeski , is an Australian football player. He currently plays for Melbourne Victory as a central midfielder. His cousin is Perth Glory player Naum Sekulovski.-Club career:...
.
Early results in friendlies against local opposition were not great, but Perth became the first team to defeat Sydney FC
Sydney FC
Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League...
, winning 1-0 in the semi-final of the 2005-06 Pre-season Cup before losing in the final 0-1 to the Central Coast Mariners
Central Coast Mariners FC
Central Coast Mariners Football Club is a professional football club based on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. They participate in the A-League and are one of three teams from the state of New South Wales playing in the competition...
. Perth's woeful recruiting strategy was soon evident with the early departure of star import Brian Deane
Brian Deane
Brian Christopher Deane is an English former footballer.Signed for £40,000 from Doncaster Rovers in the close season of 1988, Deane first played and scored for Sheffield United in an 8–1 victory against Skegness Town...
after seven games. Another McMahon recruit, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
junior international Neil Teggart
Neil Teggart
Neil Teggart is a Northern Irish footballer, currently playing for Portadown, in the IFA Premiership. He was a Northern Ireland under 21 international, picking up 2 caps....
, quit the club prior to the start of the regular season. Deane was replaced by Damian Mori
Damian Mori
Damian Mori is an Australian football player who is the top scorer for the Socceroos...
, a former Perth Glory striker. Originally on a three-game temporary contract, after some impressive performances Mori stayed for the rest of the season and finished with seven goals.
However, the club continued to be dogged by problems which would only be later revealed to the public. Steve McMahon
Steve McMahon
Stephen Joseph McMahon is an English former football midfielder who most notably played for Liverpool in the late 1980s...
was subject to constant media criticism over his coaching style and was accused of nepotism by signing his son, Steve McMahon Jr
Steve McMahon Jr
Stephen Joseph "Steve" McMahon, Jr. is an English footballer.-Biography:McMahon is the son of Steve McMahon, the former Liverpool player and former manager of Perth Glory and Blackpool....
, who was of questionable talent. Rumours also surfaced that players were planning to stage a revolt against the coach. On 7 December, the club reported that the parties had "amicably" chosen to go separate ways. On 9 December 2005, the club announced that assistant coach Alan Vest
Alan Vest
Alan Vest is a New Zealand football manager who also represented New Zealand as a player in the 1970s.-Biography:Vest had a notable playing career, scoring on his full international debut for the All Whites in a 4-1 win over New Caledonia on 17 September 1972 and ended his international playing...
would move into the head coach role for the remainder of the season, with striker Damian Mori
Damian Mori
Damian Mori is an Australian football player who is the top scorer for the Socceroos...
taking on a dual role as player-coach after being named as his assistant.
The coach's departure was merely a symptom of deeper troubles. Poor performances saw Perth miss out on qualification for the finals for the first time since 1998. Dwindling support from chairman Nick Tana
Nick Tana
Nick Tana is the former chairman of the Australian football club Perth Glory. He had been the chairman and the majority shareholder of Perth Glory from the club’s inception in 1995 until 2006....
, as he looked to sell his 75% stake in the club, seemed to underpin a general decline in club fortunes. After the Round 20 match against Sydney FC
Sydney FC
Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League...
, Alan Vest
Alan Vest
Alan Vest is a New Zealand football manager who also represented New Zealand as a player in the 1970s.-Biography:Vest had a notable playing career, scoring on his full international debut for the All Whites in a 4-1 win over New Caledonia on 17 September 1972 and ended his international playing...
hinted that the current player group were incapable of achieving anything better and stated that "cliques" had been formed undermining club harmony. To cap off a bad season, Western QBE
QBE Insurance
QBE Insurance Group Limited is an Australian based general insurance provider, providing insurance services mainly to the Asia Pacific region, but also America and Europe . It has offices in 45 countries...
announced they were withdrawing as major sponsor after being associated with the club for 8 years.
Under FFA control, 2006-07
In March 2006, Football Federation AustraliaFootball Federation Australia
Football Federation Australia is the governing body for the sport of football in Australia. Before 1 January 2005, it was known as the Australian Soccer Association , which succeeded Soccer Australia in this role in 2003...
relieved owner Nick Tana
Nick Tana
Nick Tana is the former chairman of the Australian football club Perth Glory. He had been the chairman and the majority shareholder of Perth Glory from the club’s inception in 1995 until 2006....
of ownership and management of Perth Glory.
In July 2006, Australian international Stan Lazaridis
Stan Lazaridis
Stanley "Stan" Lazaridis is a former football player. He was predominantly a left winger though he had been known to perform at left-back...
signed a 2 year deal. This was quickly followed by the appointment of Ron Smith
Ron Smith (football coach)
Ronald "Ron" Smith is an Australian football coach, who currently works as Technical Director of Sydney Olympic.-Playing career:...
as head coach and Michelle Phillips as CEO on 26 July. Unfortunately, star youth player Nick Ward did not honour his two year contract and defied the advice of the FFA
Football Federation Australia
Football Federation Australia is the governing body for the sport of football in Australia. Before 1 January 2005, it was known as the Australian Soccer Association , which succeeded Soccer Australia in this role in 2003...
and left for Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. In a major bonus for the Glory, longtime partner and sponsor Western QBE Insurance gave a show of faith and signed on as the clubs major sponsor in round 18, until the end of the 2007-2008 season. Western QBE had previously been sponsor of the club since 1998, but decided against resigning a deal at the start of the 2006-2007 season, leaving the Glory in a very tough situation- without any sponsor or owners. But in December 2006, signs were shown that owners had been found by the FFA, and so Western QBE
QBE Insurance
QBE Insurance Group Limited is an Australian based general insurance provider, providing insurance services mainly to the Asia Pacific region, but also America and Europe . It has offices in 45 countries...
were reinstated.
Back in private ownership, 2007/08
The FFA (holders of the Perth Glory licence) announced on 23 February 2007 that the Glory was to be handed over to a triumvirate of owners - Tony SageTony Sage
Antony William Paul Sage, better known as Tony Sage , is a Western Australian businessman. Starting in funds management and accounting, he financed and managed various mining companies in Australia and overseas, and is a prominent player in the state's resources industry...
, Brett McKeon and John Spence. This announcement ended almost a year of uncertainty. The new Glory owners are ambitious in their plans, and are bringing new hope to a club that was somewhat poor, both off the field and on, in 2006-07.
On 2 March, it was announced that former Perth Glory players Anthony Danze
Anthony Danze
Anthony Danze is an Australian football player of Sicilian descent who plays for Balcatta as a midfielder in the Football West Premier League.-Club career:...
and Billy Celeski
Billy Celeski
Blagoja 'Billy' Celeski , is an Australian football player. He currently plays for Melbourne Victory as a central midfielder. His cousin is Perth Glory player Naum Sekulovski.-Club career:...
had rejoined the club, along with new signings Dino Djulbic
Dino Djulbic
Dino Đulbić is a Bosnian Australian football player who currently plays for Shaanxi Renhe Commercial Chanba F.C.-Club career:...
and AIS graduate Jimmy Downey
Jimmy Downey
James "Jimmy" Downey is an Australian football player for New Zealand club Wellington Phoenix as wingback.Downey holds the AIS football program beep test record .-Club career:...
. It was also announced that Naum Sekulovski had agreed to a new one year deal with the Glory.
On 21 March, Perth Glory announced the signing of former Perth SC
Perth SC
Perth Soccer Club is a football club based in West Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the Football West Premier League.-Perth Italia:...
and Young Socceroos
Australia national under-20 football team
The Australia national under-20 association football team, more commonly known as the Young Socceroos, is controlled by Football Federation Australia and represents Australia in international Under 20 or youth football competitions....
Goalkeeper Tando Velaphi
Tando Velaphi
Tando Yuji Velaphi is an Australian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Melbourne Victory in the A-League. Before joining Victory in 2011, he spent several seasons at , eventually developing into their first-choice 'keeper....
. This was followed on 27 March with the signing of Nikita Rukavytsya
Nikita Rukavytsya
Nikita Vadimovich Rukavytsya is a Ukrainian-Australian professional football player currently playing for Hertha BSC in the German Bundesliga...
, also from Perth SC
Perth SC
Perth Soccer Club is a football club based in West Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the Football West Premier League.-Perth Italia:...
. Nikolai Topor-Stanley
Nikolai Topor-Stanley
Nikolai Topor-Stanley is an Australian professional football player who currently plays as a defender for the Newcastle Jets in the A-League.-Club career:...
joined the club after Sydney FC's Asian Champions League campaign finished.
On 19 May, Perth Glory announced that Milton Keynes Dons winger Nick Rizzo
Nick Rizzo
Nick Rizzo is an Australian Football player who plays for the APIA Leichhardt Tigers in the NSW Premier League.-Club career:...
had signed a two-year deal with the club. On 24 May, the signing of little-known Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n striker Mate Dragičević
Mate Dragicevic
Mate Dragičević is a Croatian football striker who currently plays for KF Laçi.-Biography:He has enjoyed successful stints at several clubs, with Croatian giants Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb the standouts and has won two Prva HNL Croatian First League championships...
was announced. Dutch veteran Michael Mols
Michael Mols
Michael Alexander Mols is a retired Dutch footballer, who played as a striker.-Club career:Born in Amsterdam to Indo parents, Mols, a product of local AFC Ajax's youth system, never appeared officially for its first team, making his professional debuts in the second division, with Cambuur...
was expected to sign as a Glory player for the 2007-08 season but rejected the offer to sign for Feyenoord. Hayden Foxe
Hayden Foxe
Hayden Vernon Foxe is a former Australian football player. He last played with A-League club Sydney FC.-Europe:...
and Mitchell Prentice
Mitchell Prentice
Mitchell Prentice is an Australian football player who is currently off contract after being released by Sydney FC in the transfer window.-Club career:...
were later added to the squad, and the signing of striker James Robinson
James Robinson (footballer born 1982)
James Robinson is an English/ Australian professional footballer who currently plays for Oakleigh Cannons in the Victorian Premier League, as a Midfielder-England:...
was also completed.
Probably the biggest coup for the Glory for the 2007-08 season was the signing of a one-year sponsorship deal with Singapore listed steel manufacturer Delong Holdings, worth A$750,000, one of the biggest in the A-League
A-League
The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...
, who will feature on the back of the Glory jersey. On the front of the Glory jersey, long-serving major sponsor Western QBE
QBE Insurance
QBE Insurance Group Limited is an Australian based general insurance provider, providing insurance services mainly to the Asia Pacific region, but also America and Europe . It has offices in 45 countries...
will feature prominently, another deal worth over A$500,000 for one year, with an option of two years after that.
In the 2007 A-League Pre-season Cup, the Glory surprised many by making the Final against Adelaide despite not playing a single game in WA. In the first round in Port Maquarie, Glory beat Newcastle United Jets FC 1-0 to lead group B from the outset. In the second round, in Adelaide, Glory took the lead through young sensation Nikita Rukavytsya, but were held to a draw by United after a 35-meter wonder strike from Reds defender Cassio. Going into the final group game, against Premiers and champions Melbourne Victory FC, Perth needed a positive result to progress to the Final. In Darwin, in what the FFA designated as a home game, Melbourne scored first through Costa Rican sensation Carlos Hernández, a 35-meter cracker. But the Glory equalized and then took the lead through goals from Harnwell and Nikita Rukavytsya. Unfortunately in the other game, United thrashed unfortunate Newcastle, who had to settle for third place in the group, by 4 goals to 1, meaning Glory would have to face Central Coast, winners of the other group and in ominous form on the back of two wins and a draw. Glory, however, played amazingly well and were victors 3-2 in Gosford. Unfortunately, again United beat their opponents Queensland by 3 goals to two in an absolute cracker of a game, meaning United would host the Grand Final. This was Perth's second chance at the Pre-Season silverware in the A-League.
Prior to the match, Socceroo Simon Colosimo was handed the captaincy and the job of steering Perth back to former Glory.
Perth eventually lost after leading for a large part of the match, again to a Cassio wonder strike, the final score being 2-1 to United. Many people put this down to the travel that the squad endured throughout the campaign for the laps in the last 20 minutes.
The season started poorly though for the Glory, winless after 12 rounds and attracting only four-figure attendances. As a result, Ron Smith
Ron Smith (football coach)
Ronald "Ron" Smith is an Australian football coach, who currently works as Technical Director of Sydney Olympic.-Playing career:...
came under increasing pressure from fans and the media to deliver results. The team struggled to score goals, with Mate Dragicevic
Mate Dragicevic
Mate Dragičević is a Croatian football striker who currently plays for KF Laçi.-Biography:He has enjoyed successful stints at several clubs, with Croatian giants Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb the standouts and has won two Prva HNL Croatian First League championships...
in particular becoming a figure of derision. Glory legend Bobby Despotovski
Bobby Despotovski
Slobodan "Bobby" Despotovski is an Australian football player of Serbian origin.-Biography:Only nine months after his birth his family moved to Yugoslavia because his mother, Valentina, was home-sick...
publicly called for Smith to be replaced, and on 4 November Smith was sacked as manager. David Mitchell was handed the caretakers role for the rest of the season.
The bold new era of Perth Glory began the same day, when it was announced the Glory were forming a strategic alliance with English Premier League club Manchester City. Results and crowds immediately picked up. A 4-1 thrashing of Newcastle in Mitchell's debut match bode well for times ahead, with Glory's first win at home in a year against Melbourne and Glory's first-ever win over Sydney. Mitchell won four and drew two of the remaining 10 games of the 2007-8 season.
The club's playing staff drew controversy as the season ended, with news that Simon Colosimo had agreed to join Sydney FC
Sydney FC
Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League...
at the end of the season. The story was published in the Sunday Times newspaper and resulted in Colosimo being jeered by sections of the Shed crowd during the round 18 loss to Queensland Roar. Colosimo later strongly denied any deal was done, but admitted that the crowd response made him less likely to stay at Perth. http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,22990096-5005408,00.html Colosimo was dropped for the final two games of the year for "tactical reasons". He completed his move to Sydney FC at the end of the season.
2008/09
Pre-season preparations began much earlier than usual, with Perth Glory going on a three game tour of China in March, consisting of matches against Changchun YataiChangchun Yatai
Changchun Yatai is a Chinese football team. It was founded on June 6, 1996 by Jilin Yatai Group at Changchun, Jilin. Their manager is Shen Xiangfu....
, Changsha Ginde and Guangzhou
Guangzhou
Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...
. The tour was used as an opportunity for the club to assess potential signings, including state league players Josip Magdic
Josip Magdic
Josip Magdić is a professional football player. He currently plays as an attacking midfielder for the Australian club Melbourne Knights.-Club career:...
(Floreat Athena), Mark Lee
Mark Lee (footballer)
Mark Lee is an English-Australian football player.-Club career:As a junior he was on the books at Middlesbrough and Chelsea, but failed to make the grade. In 1996 he signed as an apprentice at Scarborough, before moving to Scottish club Hibernian. In 1999 he has a trial with Perth Glory in...
(ECU Joondalup), Callum Roberts (Fremantle) and Marc Anthony (Stirling Lions). Eugene Dadi
Eugène Dadi
Eugène Dadi is an Ivorian association football Striker who is playing for Manado United on Liga Primer Indonesia side. He has previously played for clubs in Switzerland, France, Austria, Scotland, England, Israel, Australia, New Zealand and currently played in Indonesia...
, whose mooted move to the Glory last season was stalled due to Hapoel Acre
Hapoel Acre F.C.
Hapoel Acre Football Club is an Israeli football club based in Acre, Israel. The club is currently in the Premier League and plays in dark blue shirts with white sleeves, dark blue shorts and white socks.-History:...
's refusal to release him, also made the trip. The Glory lost all three matches; the first match went to Changchun 3-0, the second match to Changsha 2-0 and Guangzhou won the final game 3-1. Callum Roberts scored the Glory's only goal on the tour.
Perth Glory have made four new signings in the off-season. Eugene Dadi
Eugène Dadi
Eugène Dadi is an Ivorian association football Striker who is playing for Manado United on Liga Primer Indonesia side. He has previously played for clubs in Switzerland, France, Austria, Scotland, England, Israel, Australia, New Zealand and currently played in Indonesia...
was granted release from his former club to sign for Perth Glory.http://www.perthglory.com.au/default.aspx?s=pgfc_news_item&id=21826 Adriano Pellegrino
Adriano Pellegrino
Adriano Pellegrino is an Australian football player who plays as a right midfielder for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League.-Club career:...
and Adrian Trinidad
Adrian Trinidad
Adrian Trinidad is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for Persik Kediri in the Liga Indonesia.-Perth Glory:Adrian played his first game for Perth Glory against the Newcastle Jets in which he scored his first and only goal for the club.Trinidad came under some criticism from opposition...
joined the club in early May.http://perthglory.com.au/default.aspx?s=pgfc_news_item&id=22078http://perthglory.com.au/default.aspx?s=pgfc_news_item&id=22079 Jimmy Downey
Jimmy Downey
James "Jimmy" Downey is an Australian football player for New Zealand club Wellington Phoenix as wingback.Downey holds the AIS football program beep test record .-Club career:...
also had his contract extended by a further year. Josip Madgic and Naum Sekulovski have also re-joined the Glory for season 2008/09. Stan Lazaridis
Stan Lazaridis
Stanley "Stan" Lazaridis is a former football player. He was predominantly a left winger though he had been known to perform at left-back...
is the most notable departure, having been told by the club he is no longer required after two seasons hampered by injury, suspension and poor form. In July 2008, Glory announced the signing of Brazilian international midfielder Alexandre da Silva Mariano
Alexandre da Silva Mariano
Alexandre da Silva Mariano, also known as Amaral is a Brazilian football defensive midfielder who last played for Liga Primer Indonesia side Manado United.-Biography:...
, better known as 'Amaral.' The defensive midfielder has played with some of the great clubs around the globe including Brazilian giants Palmeiras and Corinthians
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, commonly just known as Corinthians , is a Brazilian football club based in the city of São Paulo. They play in the São Paulo state league, as well as the Brasileirão, Brazil's top national league...
, perennial Portuguese championship contenders Benfica and successful Italian Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
outfits Parma and Fiorentina. He has also represented Brazil
Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in international men's football and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation , the governing body for football in Brazil. They are a member of the International Federation of Association Football since 1923 and also a member of the...
31 times during a long and successful career before joining Perth on their pre-season tour of Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. Glory had been keeping a close eye on youngsters Scott Bulloch
Scott Bulloch
Scott Bulloch is an Australian football player who currently plays for Bentleigh Greens in the Victorian Premier League.-Biography:...
(Sorrento), Anthony Skorich
Anthony Skorich
Anthony Skorich in Perth is an Australian football player who currently plays for Stirling Lions.-Biography:He attended John Curtin College of the Arts and graduated in 2007...
(Western Knights
Western Knights
Western Knights Soccer Club is an Australian football club currently playing in the Football West State League Premier Division in Perth, Western Australia.-History:...
) and Andrija Jukic
Andrija Jukic
Andrija Jukic is an Australian football player currently playing for Liga Primer Indonesia club Bogor Raya FC.-Club career:...
(Perth SC
Perth SC
Perth Soccer Club is a football club based in West Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the Football West Premier League.-Perth Italia:...
) who were all up and coming players in the WA State league. Bulloch signed with the Glory's senior team in August, while Skorich and Jukic joined Glory's Youth Team. In September, Wayne Srhoj
John Wayne Shroj
Wayne Srhoj is an Australian football player. He is a central midfielder currently playing for A-League club Melbourne Heart.-Club career:...
returned to Australia after 5 seasons in Romania, to sign with the Glory for the rest of the season.
Perth finished the season in 7th place, with 22 points. Glory once again started the season poor, though they did however finish the second half of the season strongly, winning 4 matches and drawing 3, securing 15 points in the last 11 rounds since November. In November, Head Coach Dave Mitchell signed a contract extension securing his services till the end of the 2010/11 season. Mitchell's contract extension, despite Glory's slow start, showed the new direction Glory's club was heading, of vision, but built on stable foundations. Promising signs on and off the field were shown this season and things progressed further with Tony Sage taking sole ownership of the club at season's end.
Back To Glory, 2009/10
Former Perth Glory co-owner Brett McKeon sold his shareholding in the club to Tony SageTony Sage
Antony William Paul Sage, better known as Tony Sage , is a Western Australian businessman. Starting in funds management and accounting, he financed and managed various mining companies in Australia and overseas, and is a prominent player in the state's resources industry...
in February 2009 making Sage the sole owner of the club. Following this Sage has invested money into the club for the 2009-10 season including a number of wholesale changes to operations, marketing, players and staff.
As part of Glory's pre-season campaign, the club hosted English Premier League clubs Wolverhampton Wanderers FC and Fulham FC as well as new A-League franchise North Queensland Fury for friendly matches in Perth in July. Although Glory went down 1-0 and 5-0 to Wolverhampton and Fulham respectively the event was a success attracting an average of 13,000 fans to Members Equity Stadium
Members Equity Stadium
Perth Oval, known by its sponsored name nib Stadium since July 2010, is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. It has been the home of A-League club Perth Glory since 1996 and has housed the administrative facilities of the Western Australia Rugby League since 2003...
for both matches. Perth Glory continued their pre-season in Mandurah with a 1-0 victory against North Queensland Fury featuring Fury's marquee signing Robbie Fowler
Robbie Fowler
Robert Bernard Fowler is an English footballer who is currently player/manager for Thai Premier League club Muangthong United....
.
For season 2009-10, Perth Glory have undertaken an overhaul of the club badge and playing kit, which includes vertical white and purple stripes on their home kit for the first time in the clubs history.
Tony Sage's promise to invest in the club by spending the full amount of money on players allocated under the A-League's salary cap rule had eventuated with the club making key signings. Victor Sikora
Victor Sikora
Victor Tadeusz Sikora is a Dutch football player who plays for Perth Glory in the Australian A-League.-Biography:His hobbies include golf and deep sea fishing....
was signed in February 2009 following a short term stint at Glory on loan from FC Dallas
FC Dallas
FC Dallas is an American professional soccer club based in the Dallas suburb of Frisco, Texas which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States of America and Canada...
during the latter part of the 2008-09 A-League season. Further international players were added to the squad with Serbian striker Branko Jelić
Branko Jelic
Branko Jelić is a Serbian football player who last played for Australian A-League club Perth Glory.- Club career :...
signed on a 3 year deal from Energie Cottbus and Englishman Andy Todd joining from Derby County
Derby County F.C.
Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...
. Following up on an early season promise by Tony Sage to sign Socceroo players, Perth Glory have successfully secured the services of Jacob Burns
Jacob Burns (footballer)
Jacob Geoffrey Burns is an Australian football player. He currently plays for A-League club Perth Glory.-Club career:...
. In June 2009, in a bold move to attract attention for 2010 FIFA World Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...
selection, Mile Sterjovski
Mile Sterjovski
Mile Sterjovski is an Australian football player, who currently plays for Perth Glory and played for the Australian national team from 2000 to 2010, before he retired from international football after his non-selection for the 2010 FIFA World Cup...
joined the club on a marquee contract, while Chris Coyne
Chris Coyne
Christopher "Chris" Coyne is an Australian professional football player who currently plays for Perth Glory FC and the Australian national football team as a centre back.-Club career:...
also announced his intentions by returning to his hometown club.
Perth Glory's first match of the 2009-10 A-League season was played away at Hindmarsh Stadium
Hindmarsh Stadium
Hindmarsh Stadium is a rectangular stadium located in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the home of the Australian A-League team, Adelaide United....
against Adelaide United on 7 August 2009. This was the first season that Perth made the finals series.
2010/11
Perth signed ex-North Queensland Fury manager Ian Ferguson as the assistant coach, despite rumours circulating that Ferguson and new Glory signing Robbie FowlerRobbie Fowler
Robert Bernard Fowler is an English footballer who is currently player/manager for Thai Premier League club Muangthong United....
had a bad working relationship whilst at North Queensland Fury. After the resignation of David Mitchell, he became the head coach on 12 October 2010.
Glory signed veteran Jamie Harnwell
Jamie Harnwell
Jamie Richard Harnwell is an Australian football player. He last played as a centre half for Sorrento FC.-Perth Glory:...
to a new one-year deal for the 2010-11 season. The club also went on to sign Perth products Jamie Coyne
Jamie Coyne
Jamie Coyne is an Australian football player. He currently plays as a right full back for the A-League club Sydney FC. He is also the younger brother of Chris Coyne who plays for Perth Glory....
and Todd Howarth
Todd Howarth
Todd Howarth is an Australian football player who currently plays for in the A-League.-Club career:Howarth started his career at Football West Premier League outfit Perth SC and on 7 August 2009 he was signed to his first professional contract by Perth Glory after having trialled for a few weeks...
to contract extensions, before signing left-back Josh Mitchell
Josh Mitchell
Josh Mitchell is an Australian football player who currently plays for Perth Glory.-Club career:Josh Mitchell was born in Belmont, Newcastle and began playing football at the age of 4 at Swansea Swans Soccer Club and was selected for the Australian School Boys Football team in 2002...
and striker Michael Baird, who have both been playing for Romanian club Universitatea Craiova
FC Universitatea Craiova
Fotbal Club Universitatea Craiova is a Romanian professional football club from Craiova. They became the first Romanian football team to reach the semi-finals of a European tournament, during the UEFA Cup in 1982–83...
.
On 27 April 2010, it was announced that Fowler had agreed to become part of Glory's squad for the 2010-11 A-League season. Fowler reportedly rejected offers from Middle East clubs to stay in Australia after enjoying his time in the country. After the managerial change, Glory lost another game, to make it 5 losses consecutively.
A-League Squad
Youth League squad
Gloryboys.net
Gloryboys.net, established in 2002, was an independent news site known for attracting the most passionate of Glory fans and the odd Glory administrator as well before being predominately a forum which gets a lot of traffic at 2am. The site is a manifestation of the views and opinions of Glory fans at any given time. In the past it has had ongoing feuds with fans of former NSLNational Soccer League
The National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...
rivals Melbourne Knights
Melbourne Knights
Melbourne Knights Football Club is a football club representing Melbourne, Australia in the Victorian Premier League . The club is one of the most successful football clubs in Australia, being a two-time championship and four-time premiership winner in the now defunct National Soccer League...
and Sydney United
Sydney United
Sydney United Football Club are an Australian football club from Sydney, Australia, established in 1957 by Croatian Australians in the area...
, clubs with significant support from the Croatian community
Croatian Australian
Croatia has been a source of migrants to Australia, particularly in the 1960s and 1970s. In 2006, 128,051 persons resident in Australia identified themselves as having Croatian ancestry.- History :...
in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
The site was also critical of SBS
Special Broadcasting Service
The Special Broadcasting Service is a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television network. The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect...
presenter Francis Awaritefe
Francis Awaritefe
Francis Edgar Awaritefe is an Australian former football player, and is currently Director of Football at Melbourne Victory...
's apparent antipathy toward the Glory and has been subjected to, and survived, numerous legal threats from various local media identities. The most recent being in January 2008 when community radio match caller David Smith, from weekend broadcaster 91.3 SportFM, threatened to shut down the site unless material he deemed to be defamatory was removed.
In 2006 Gloryboys.net had the distinction of being appointed an accredited media organisation by FIFA for the 2006 FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
.
The Glory Shed
The Glory Shed is a covered terrace standing area at the Northern (Pier Street) end of NIB Stadium. It is home to the more vocal supporters of the Glory including the Glory Shed Supporters Club (GSSC) and Glory Fans United (GFU), also beneath the Shed on the open terrace known to the fans as 'FOTS' (front of the shed) is the home of the new supporter group, GFU youth.Sponsors
Since 1998, the insurance company Western QBEQBE Insurance
QBE Insurance Group Limited is an Australian based general insurance provider, providing insurance services mainly to the Asia Pacific region, but also America and Europe . It has offices in 45 countries...
had been Glory's title (front-of-shirt) sponsor. However, when ownership of the Glory was handed to FFA, Western QBE decided not to sponsor the club for the 2006-07 season. This left the Glory in a tough position—a lack of sponsorship and owners meant a lack of money, which meant a lack of quality players, which meant poor results and poor football, which meant poor crowd attendances, which meant even less money from ticket sales. This is the model that had affected so many NSL clubs and led to their demise, and has recently led to the demise of former A-League club the New Zealand Knights. Therefore, the Glory knew they needed to find a sponsor quickly, and transitional owners FFA knew they needed to find good owners in a timely fashion as well. Luckily, 18 rounds into the 2006-07 season, Western QBE returned as title sponsor, signing for the remaining three rounds and until the end of the 2007-08 A-League season. This brought much-needed stability to the club; the funds helped to secure the supporters' faith, which set off another chain-reaction: fans meant more money, which meant more advertisement, which meant survival, which meant potential owners felt more secure about bidding for the club's licence. This all led to a much larger and more highly respected squad for the 2007-08 season.
Owners were found in February 2007 for the club in Tony Sage, John Spence and Brett McKeon. These owners injected much needed funds into on-field performance, administration, appeal to fans and youth development camps.
A massive boost in March 2007 was the signing of a one-year deal with Asian steel manufacturer Delong Holdings ltd. This deal was one of the largest in the A-League, worth $750,000 with an option of another two-year contract after seasons end worth another $1,000,000. The name and symbol of Delong featured prominently on the back of Glory's shirts during the 2007-08 season, with Western QBE already emblazoned on the front in tandem with Delong as Glory's title sponsor. Delong opted out of the second year and the space on the back of the uniform was instead replaced by Tony Sage's fashion magazine Kurv in 2008.
In May 2009, WA mining giants FEX Mining signed a large deal reportedly worth around 1.2 million a year for the next 2 seasons. This deal is seen as a major factor in the squad's large overhaul, allowing top players such as Chris Coyne to be signed by the club.
| Years | Kit Manufacturer | Major Sponsor | Supporting Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-99 | Umbro Umbro Umbro is an English sportswear and football equipment supplier based in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England. The company is now part of Nike. Umbro designs, sources, and markets sport-related apparel, footwear, and equipment... |
Western QBE QBE Insurance QBE Insurance Group Limited is an Australian based general insurance provider, providing insurance services mainly to the Asia Pacific region, but also America and Europe . It has offices in 45 countries... |
Chicken Treat Chicken Treat Chicken Treat is an Australian barbecue chicken fast food restaurant chain that originated in 1974 in Perth, Western Australia and later expanded throughout Australia.... /Quit WA |
| 1999-03 | Kappa Kappa Kappa is the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet, used to represent the voiceless velar stop, or "k", sound in Ancient and Modern Greek. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 20. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Kaph... |
Western QBE QBE Insurance QBE Insurance Group Limited is an Australian based general insurance provider, providing insurance services mainly to the Asia Pacific region, but also America and Europe . It has offices in 45 countries... |
Chicken Treat Chicken Treat Chicken Treat is an Australian barbecue chicken fast food restaurant chain that originated in 1974 in Perth, Western Australia and later expanded throughout Australia.... /Quit WA |
| 2003-04 | Sekem Burley-Sekem Burley-Sekem Pty Ltd is an Australian sporting goods and apparel company. It was formed in 1985 from the merger of Burley Sports Pty Ltd, formerly JL Burley Pty Ltd, a Western Australian football manufacturer, and Sekem Pty Ltd, a sporting apparel and school uniform manufacturer.-Burley:The Burley... |
Western QBE QBE Insurance QBE Insurance Group Limited is an Australian based general insurance provider, providing insurance services mainly to the Asia Pacific region, but also America and Europe . It has offices in 45 countries... |
Chicken Treat Chicken Treat Chicken Treat is an Australian barbecue chicken fast food restaurant chain that originated in 1974 in Perth, Western Australia and later expanded throughout Australia.... /Quit WA |
| 2005-06 | Reebok Reebok Reebok International Limited, a subsidiary of the German sportswear company Adidas since 2005, is a producer of Athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories. The name comes from the Afrikaans spelling of rhebok, a type of African antelope or gazelle... |
Western QBE QBE Insurance QBE Insurance Group Limited is an Australian based general insurance provider, providing insurance services mainly to the Asia Pacific region, but also America and Europe . It has offices in 45 countries... |
Chicken Treat Chicken Treat Chicken Treat is an Australian barbecue chicken fast food restaurant chain that originated in 1974 in Perth, Western Australia and later expanded throughout Australia.... /Quit WA |
| 2006-07 | Reebok Reebok Reebok International Limited, a subsidiary of the German sportswear company Adidas since 2005, is a producer of Athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories. The name comes from the Afrikaans spelling of rhebok, a type of African antelope or gazelle... |
Western QBE QBE Insurance QBE Insurance Group Limited is an Australian based general insurance provider, providing insurance services mainly to the Asia Pacific region, but also America and Europe . It has offices in 45 countries... |
Foxtel Digital |
| 2007-08 | Reebok Reebok Reebok International Limited, a subsidiary of the German sportswear company Adidas since 2005, is a producer of Athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories. The name comes from the Afrikaans spelling of rhebok, a type of African antelope or gazelle... |
Western QBE QBE Insurance QBE Insurance Group Limited is an Australian based general insurance provider, providing insurance services mainly to the Asia Pacific region, but also America and Europe . It has offices in 45 countries... |
Delong Holdings/6PR 882 6PR 6PR, known as 882 6PR, is a commercial radio station based in Perth, Australia. Its focus is on news, talk and sport, and is Perth's only commercial talkback radio station. 6PR is owned by Fairfax Media, an Australian media company that owns television and radio businesses throughout Australia and... |
| 2008-09 | Reebok Reebok Reebok International Limited, a subsidiary of the German sportswear company Adidas since 2005, is a producer of Athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories. The name comes from the Afrikaans spelling of rhebok, a type of African antelope or gazelle... |
QBE Insurance QBE Insurance QBE Insurance Group Limited is an Australian based general insurance provider, providing insurance services mainly to the Asia Pacific region, but also America and Europe . It has offices in 45 countries... |
Kurv. Magazine/6PR 882 6PR 6PR, known as 882 6PR, is a commercial radio station based in Perth, Australia. Its focus is on news, talk and sport, and is Perth's only commercial talkback radio station. 6PR is owned by Fairfax Media, an Australian media company that owns television and radio businesses throughout Australia and... |
| 2009-10 | Reebok Reebok Reebok International Limited, a subsidiary of the German sportswear company Adidas since 2005, is a producer of Athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories. The name comes from the Afrikaans spelling of rhebok, a type of African antelope or gazelle... |
QBE Insurance QBE Insurance QBE Insurance Group Limited is an Australian based general insurance provider, providing insurance services mainly to the Asia Pacific region, but also America and Europe . It has offices in 45 countries... |
FEX Mining/6PR 882 6PR 6PR, known as 882 6PR, is a commercial radio station based in Perth, Australia. Its focus is on news, talk and sport, and is Perth's only commercial talkback radio station. 6PR is owned by Fairfax Media, an Australian media company that owns television and radio businesses throughout Australia and... |
| 2010-11 | Reebok Reebok Reebok International Limited, a subsidiary of the German sportswear company Adidas since 2005, is a producer of Athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories. The name comes from the Afrikaans spelling of rhebok, a type of African antelope or gazelle... |
QBE Insurance QBE Insurance QBE Insurance Group Limited is an Australian based general insurance provider, providing insurance services mainly to the Asia Pacific region, but also America and Europe . It has offices in 45 countries... |
FEX Mining/6PR 882 6PR 6PR, known as 882 6PR, is a commercial radio station based in Perth, Australia. Its focus is on news, talk and sport, and is Perth's only commercial talkback radio station. 6PR is owned by Fairfax Media, an Australian media company that owns television and radio businesses throughout Australia and... |
| 2011-12 | X-Blades X-Blades X-Blades is an action-adventure game for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. The player assumes the role of Ayumi who wields two pistol-blades. The game was developed by Gaijin Entertainment and was published by SouthPeak Interactive and TopWare Interactive... |
QBE Insurance QBE Insurance QBE Insurance Group Limited is an Australian based general insurance provider, providing insurance services mainly to the Asia Pacific region, but also America and Europe . It has offices in 45 countries... |
FEX Mining/6PR 882 6PR 6PR, known as 882 6PR, is a commercial radio station based in Perth, Australia. Its focus is on news, talk and sport, and is Perth's only commercial talkback radio station. 6PR is owned by Fairfax Media, an Australian media company that owns television and radio businesses throughout Australia and... |
Colours and badge
When Perth Glory was formed (in 1996), the club felt it important to create a logo and name with no ethnic overtones and which symbolised the rebirth of association football in Western Australia. It was felt the name Perth Glory had broad appeal and a sense of history. The sunburst in the logo is characteristic of Perth in summer, while the white and purple colours were chosen in contrast to the more traditional combinations (generally white, red or blue).
In 2005 when the A-League
A-League
The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...
was launched, the club decided a new logo was needed for the new era of Perth Glory. The new logo retained the small 'Perth' in an arc above the larger 'Glory', with the letter 'O' still represented by an association football. The orange and purple colours still stayed as did the sun rays. The previous logo had been used since the clubs inception in 1996 in the old NSL
National Soccer League
The National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...
.
During the FFA's administration of the club, they indicated an openness to changes to the Perth Glory name and colours. This was not a popular move amongst Glory supporters. Thankfully for supporters, new triple owners Sage, Spence and McKeon have stated that colours will certainly not be changed under their reign.
In April 2009 a new shield logo for the club was unveiled. Though completely divergent from previous designs, the new badge has been received well in the general public. The change is viewed as the step to a new era of Perth Glory, attempting to appeal to fans.
In what is seen as something of a tribute to Glory's past, the current strip reverts to the vertical stripes, similar to what can be found in Glory jerseys of 1996-99.
Stadium
Main Article - nib StadiumGlory play their home games at nib Stadium, which can hold 20,500 spectators. The record attendance for a Glory A-League match is 16,019 to see Glory host North Queensland Fury FC
North Queensland Fury FC
North Queensland Fury FC were a professional football club based in Townsville, Queensland, Australia, which competed in the A-League. North Queensland played its home fixtures at Dairy Farmers Stadium. The club was closed on 1 March 2011, due to financial instability.-History:A Townsville bid was...
in August 2010. The largest average season attendance in the A-League for the Glory is 9,374 in the 2005-06 season, while the largest attendance for any association football match at the ground was in November 1998 when 18,067 fans turned up to see a top-table clash with arch-rival South Melbourne FC
South Melbourne FC
South Melbourne FC is a football club based in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Considered the most successful association football club in Australia, they have won four national championships, a string of Victorian State League titles, and represented Oceania in the 2000 FIFA Club World...
.
Now that Western Australia has another major team in a rectangular-code competition (Western Force
Western Force
Western Force is a rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia playing in the international Super Rugby competition. They first competed in the 2006 season and finished with the wooden spoon in that year, however their performances greatly improved in 2007. In 2008 they finished in 8th...
in the Super 14 Rugby competition), there is a big push to have a 30,000+ capacity rectangular stadium in Perth. Western Force and Perth Glory have joined forces on several occasions to knock on the door of the Western Australian Government and plead their case for a ground of this size. The Force previously played games out of 40,000-seat the oval-shaped AFL ground Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...
, which has hosted several Glory games before, generally NSL Finals games, most notably the 1999-2000 season NSL Grand Final when an all-time NSL record crowd of 43,157 fans saw Wollongong Wolves
Wollongong Wolves
The South Coast Wolves Football Club is an Australian Association football club based in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia currently playing in the NSW Premier League.The club was formed in 2009 as a not for profit organisation, run and owned by the community since the financial...
beat Glory on penalties following a 3-3 draw. The Force moved to nib Stadium prior to the 2010 Super 14 Season, this move brought an austere modernization to the ground increasing capacity from around 18,000 to 20,500 and increased corporate areas.
It has been suggested that Members Equity stadium should be used as a base, and its capacity and facilities doubled and renovated. With the iconic Shed being left alone, this could be a decent solution, although the expenses would be great.
Rivalries
In the days of the NSL, South Melbourne were always regarded as Perth's main rivals. Due to Perth's nature as a major promoter of non-ethnic association football, and South's strong ties to the Greek community of Melbourne, this was always an eventuality. However, there were many great football battles between the sides as well, and crowds always turned up to watch the sides play each other.Since the demise of the NSL, Perth have duly struggled to consistently perform on the national football stage. Problems with finance and ownership, as well as coaching issues and player discontent, has taken much of the focus off the actual football side of Perth, and onto the political centre of the club. As a result of this political turmoil, rivalries have not eventuated easily for Perth with any other clubs recently. Matches against the Newcastle Jets were close and controversial in the 2008/09 season. With former player Toper-Stanley joining them the rivalry should continue.
Wellington and Perth have battled over the last few seasons, and due to some resentment between each set of supporters, this could be considered to be somewhat of a rivalry.
Club officials
- Chairman: Tony SageTony SageAntony William Paul Sage, better known as Tony Sage , is a Western Australian businessman. Starting in funds management and accounting, he financed and managed various mining companies in Australia and overseas, and is a prominent player in the state's resources industry...
- Deputy Chairman: Lui GiulianiLui GiulianiLui Giuliani is an Australian businessman. Giuliani is Deputy Chairman and acting Chief Executive Officer of A-League team Perth Glory FC. Giuliani was ranked 47th in FourFourTwo magazine's 2009 Australian Football Rich List.-Business:...
- Board Members:Declan KellyDeclan Kelly (Australia)Declan Kelly is an Australian media executive. Kelly is General Manager of radio stations 6PR and 96fm. He is also a member of the Perth Glory FC Advisory Board....
, Paul Niardone and Paul Kelly - CEO: Paul Kelly
Coaching and medical staff
- Football Operations Manager: Stuart Gilsenan
- Manager: Ian Ferguson
- Assistant Manager: Stuart MunroStuart MunroStuart Munro is a Scottish former professional football player who is best known for his time with Rangers....
- Goalkeeping Coach: Jonathan GouldJonathan GouldJonathan Alan Gould is a former Scottish international footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the Goalkeeping Coach at Perth Glory of the Australian A-League.-Playing:...
- Youth Team Head Coach: Gareth NavenGareth NavenGareth Naven is a former Australian football player. He is the twin brother of Craig Naven.Naven was club captain of Perth Glory FC between 1996 and 2002, He also played for Bayswater Inter, AIS, Adelaide City, Perth Kangaroos, Perth SC and Sarawak FA. He is now the coach of the Perth Glory youth...
- Assistant Youth Team Coach: Scott MillerScott Miller (footballer)Scott "Scotty" Miller was an Australian football player.He last played as a left full back for the Australian A-League club Perth Glory. He earned 2 caps for the Australian national team and was an inaugural player for the Perth Glory in 1996.-External links:*...
- Development Coach: Bobby DespotovskiBobby DespotovskiSlobodan "Bobby" Despotovski is an Australian football player of Serbian origin.-Biography:Only nine months after his birth his family moved to Yugoslavia because his mother, Valentina, was home-sick...
- Strength and conditioning coach: Warren Andrews
Coaches
Gary MarocchiGary Marocchi
Gary Donald Marocchi is an Australian football coach and former player.- Playing career :Marocchi represented Australia 13 times in full internationals playing as a midfielder...
(1996–99) Bernd Stange
Bernd Stange
Bernd Stange is a German football manager currently managing Belarus.Stange was born in a Sorbian town of Saxony. He started playing at an early age and was called into the East German youth team...
(1999-01) Mich d'Avray
Jean-Michel d'Avray
Jean-Michel d'Avray is a former professional association footballer who spent the majority of his playing career at Ipswich Town...
(2001–04) Steve McMahon
Steve McMahon
Stephen Joseph McMahon is an English former football midfielder who most notably played for Liverpool in the late 1980s...
(2005) Alan Vest
Alan Vest
Alan Vest is a New Zealand football manager who also represented New Zealand as a player in the 1970s.-Biography:Vest had a notable playing career, scoring on his full international debut for the All Whites in a 4-1 win over New Caledonia on 17 September 1972 and ended his international playing...
(2005–06) (Caretaker) Ron Smith
Ron Smith (football coach)
Ronald "Ron" Smith is an Australian football coach, who currently works as Technical Director of Sydney Olympic.-Playing career:...
(2006–07) David Mitchell (2007–2010) Ian Ferguson (2010-) (Caretaker)
Notable former players
Australia Con Boutsianis Con Boutsianis Con Boutsianis is an Australian Football player and former International, noted for his ability in dead ball situations. Con is known affectionately by fans as 'Boutsi'.... Adrian Caceres Adrian Caceres Claudio Adrian Caceres is an Argentine-Australian football player who currently is playing for Real Mataram.-Club career:... Simon Colosimo Simon Colosimo Simon Colosimo is an Australian football player who plays as a central defender for Melbourne Heart. He has represented the Australia national team on over twenty-five occasions.-Club career:... Anthony Danze Anthony Danze Anthony Danze is an Australian football player of Sicilian descent who plays for Balcatta as a midfielder in the Football West Premier League.-Club career:... Bobby Despotovski Bobby Despotovski Slobodan "Bobby" Despotovski is an Australian football player of Serbian origin.-Biography:Only nine months after his birth his family moved to Yugoslavia because his mother, Valentina, was home-sick... Dino Djulbic Dino Djulbic Dino Đulbić is a Bosnian Australian football player who currently plays for Shaanxi Renhe Commercial Chanba F.C.-Club career:... Alistair Edwards Alistair Edwards Alistair Edwards is a former professional soccer player from Australia. A prominent forward, he made a name for himself with National Soccer League clubs Sydney Olympic and Perth Glory... Hayden Foxe Hayden Foxe Hayden Vernon Foxe is a former Australian football player. He last played with A-League club Sydney FC.-Europe:... Tony Franken Tony Franken Anthony Franken is a former Australian soccer goalkeeper from Perth, Western Australia. He is widely considered one of Australia's best ever.... Jamie Harnwell Jamie Harnwell Jamie Richard Harnwell is an Australian football player. He last played as a centre half for Sorrento FC.-Perth Glory:... Matt Horsley Matt Horsley Matt Horsley is a retired Australian football player.-Club career:He last played as a right full back for the Australian A-League club Perth Glory in 2005, which he joined in 2001. Horsley had previously captained the Wollongong Wolves, with whom he played from 1990-2001... Andrija Jukic Andrija Jukic Andrija Jukic is an Australian football player currently playing for Liga Primer Indonesia club Bogor Raya FC.-Club career:... Stan Lazaridis Stan Lazaridis Stanley "Stan" Lazaridis is a former football player. He was predominantly a left winger though he had been known to perform at left-back... John Markovski John Markovski John Markovski is an Australian football coach and former player.Markovski played in the National Soccer League for Sunshine George Cross, Preston Lions , Morwell Falcons, Canberra Cosmos, Auckland Kingz, Carlton SC, Melbourne Knights and Perth Glory FC and was known Australia wide for his... Ljubo Milicevic Ljubo Milicevic Ljubo Miličević is an Australian football player who currently plays for Hajduk Split in the Prva HNL.-Early Career and Overseas:... Scott Miller Scott Miller (footballer) Scott "Scotty" Miller was an Australian football player.He last played as a left full back for the Australian A-League club Perth Glory. He earned 2 caps for the Australian national team and was an inaugural player for the Perth Glory in 1996.-External links:*... Danny Milosevic Danny Milosevic Danny Milosevic is a football player who was most recently a goalkeeper for the New Zealand Knights in the Hyundai A-League before joining West Australian club Inglewood United... Damian Mori Damian Mori Damian Mori is an Australian football player who is the top scorer for the Socceroos... Nik Mrdja Nik Mrdja Nik Mrdja is an Australian football player of Serbian ethnicity. He currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club the Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:... Shaun Murphy Shaun Murphy (footballer) Shaun Peter Murphy is an Australian football player. Shaun currently lives in Perth, Western Australia with his family.... Gareth Naven Gareth Naven Gareth Naven is a former Australian football player. He is the twin brother of Craig Naven.Naven was club captain of Perth Glory FC between 1996 and 2002, He also played for Bayswater Inter, AIS, Adelaide City, Perth Kangaroos, Perth SC and Sarawak FA. He is now the coach of the Perth Glory youth... Jason Petkovic Jason Petkovic Jason Petkovic is an Australian football player with Croatian origins and the brother of Michael Petkovic.-Club career:... Nick Rizzo Nick Rizzo Nick Rizzo is an Australian Football player who plays for the APIA Leichhardt Tigers in the NSW Premier League.-Club career:... Nikita Rukavytsya Nikita Rukavytsya Nikita Vadimovich Rukavytsya is a Ukrainian-Australian professional football player currently playing for Hertha BSC in the German Bundesliga... Aleks Vrteski Aleks Vrteski Aleksandar Vrteski is a football goalkeeper who plays for Solo FC in Liga Primer Indonesia.-Club career:... Nick Ward Robert Zabica Robert Zabica Robert Zabica is an Australian former football player of Croatian descent. Zabica played as a goalkeeper... |
Argentina Adrian Trinidad Adrian Trinidad Adrian Trinidad is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for Persik Kediri in the Liga Indonesia.-Perth Glory:Adrian played his first game for Perth Glory against the Newcastle Jets in which he scored his first and only goal for the club.Trinidad came under some criticism from opposition... Brazil Amaral Alexandre da Silva Mariano Alexandre da Silva Mariano, also known as Amaral is a Brazilian football defensive midfielder who last played for Liga Primer Indonesia side Manado United.-Biography:... Aurelio Schwertz Edgar Júnior Edgar Aldrighi Júnior Edgar Aldrighi Júnior , also known as Dega, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Hong Kong First Division club South China, as a defensive midfielder, and also assistant coach.-Club career:... Chile Dion Valle Dion Valle Dion Valle is a Chilean-Australian football player.Valle currently plays for Marconi Stallions in the NSWPL.-External references:*... Côte d'Ivoire Eugène Dadi Eugène Dadi Eugène Dadi is an Ivorian association football Striker who is playing for Manado United on Liga Primer Indonesia side. He has previously played for clubs in Switzerland, France, Austria, Scotland, England, Israel, Australia, New Zealand and currently played in Indonesia... Croatia Mate Dragičević Mate Dragicevic Mate Dragičević is a Croatian football striker who currently plays for KF Laçi.-Biography:He has enjoyed successful stints at several clubs, with Croatian giants Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb the standouts and has won two Prva HNL Croatian First League championships... England Brian Deane Brian Deane Brian Christopher Deane is an English former footballer.Signed for £40,000 from Doncaster Rovers in the close season of 1988, Deane first played and scored for Sheffield United in an 8–1 victory against Skegness Town... Robbie Fowler Robbie Fowler Robert Bernard Fowler is an English footballer who is currently player/manager for Thai Premier League club Muangthong United.... Steve McMahon, Jr. Andy Todd Stuart Young Stuart Young Stuart Young is an English footballer.-Career:Young’s senior football career began at Arsenal FC in 1990, before moving to his home town of Hull City in 1991. He spent two seasons at the Tigers, before spells at Northampton Town in 1993, Scarborough FC 1994, Scunthorpe United between 1994 to 1996,... Germany Andre Gumprecht Andre Gumprecht André Gumprecht is a former German football player who is currently playing for Australian club Lake Macquarie City FC-Club career:... Italy Gianfranco Circati Gianfranco Circati Gianfranco Circati is an Italian footballer. Circati currently plays for Perth SC in Australia.... Japan Hiroyuki Ishida Hiroyuki Ishida is a Japanese football player who has recently played as a right winger for Fujieda MY FC.-Biography:He played in the first season of the Hyundai A-League for Perth Glory coming from Sydney Olympic and not long after the 05/06 season had finished he went to pursue his playing career in Malaysia... |
Liberia Boima Karpeh Boima Karpeh Boima Karpeh , aka Jerry Karpeh, is a Liberian-Australian professional football player currently playing for Persisam Putra Samarinda... Morocco Mohammed Mouhouti Mohammed Mouhouti Mohammed Mouhouti is a retired Moroccan footballer. He played in Holland for various teams and for Perth Glory in Australia.-References:*... New Zealand Leo Bertos Leo Bertos Leonida Christos "Leo" Bertos is a New Zealand association football player who plays as an attacking midfielder or right winger for New Zealand-based A-League team Wellington Phoenix and has represented the New Zealand national football team.-Early life:Bertos was born in Wellington, to a Greek... Jeremy Christie Jeremy Christie Jeremy Christie is a New Zealand international footballer currently playing for FC Tampa Bay in the North American Soccer League.Christie can play in central midfield or as a defender... Danny Hay Danny Hay Daniel "Danny" Hay is an association football player who has represented New Zealand at international level as a central defender and captains Waitakere United in the New Zealand Football Championship.-Club career:... Gavin Wilkinson Gavin Wilkinson Gavin Wilkinson is a former New Zealand footballer and current technical director of Portland Timbers. Prior to this position, Wilkinson was manager of Portland Timbers in the United Soccer Leagues before their promotion to Major League Soccer beginning with the 2011 season... Nigeria Peter Anosike Peter Anosike Peter Ikechukwu Anosike is a football striker from Nigeria.-Football career:Anosike played club football for various clubs in Nigeria, Belgium, Australia and in Singapore.... Samson Siasia Samson Siasia Samson Siasia is a former football striker from Nigeria and the former head coach of the Nigerian Men National football team from 2010 to 2011.-Club career:... Scotland Marc Anthony Marc Anthony (footballer) Marc Anthony is a Scottish football player who plays for Australian club Cockburn City.-Club career:Marc began his career with Celtic, but only made one first team appearance before playing for Scottish lower league clubs Forfar and Berwick... Alan MacKenzie Alan MacKenzie Alan Mackenzie is a Scottish former footballer. Mackenzie played for a number of Scottish clubs most notably for Cowdenbeath and Raith Rovers.... Stuart McLaren Stuart McLaren Stuart McLaren is an Australian football player who last played for in the A-League.-Biography: coach, Miron Bleiberg signed McLaren on a short-term contract in early November 2005. He was signed due to Josh McCloughlan's injury, playing as a defender as he did when he was a former player-coach... Serbia Ivan Ergić Ivan Ergic Ivan Ergić is an international footballer from Serbia. He is a free agent, last playing for Bursaspor in the Turkish Süper Lig, he played as midfielder. He holds Serbian and Australian citizenship.-Club:... Branko Jelic Branko Jelic Branko Jelić is a Serbian football player who last played for Australian A-League club Perth Glory.- Club career :... Milan Jovanić Milan Jovanic Milan Jovanić is a Serbian football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Polish Ekstraklasa club Wisła Kraków.-Club career:... Solomon Islands Henry Fa'arodo Henry Fa'arodo Henry Fa'arodo Jr is a Solomon Islands football player who currently plays as a striker/midfielder for PRK Hekari United.-Club career:... |
National Soccer League
- 1996/97National Soccer League 1996-97-Regular season:-Championship playoff:*Marconi Fairfield 3-0 : 0-4 Adelaide City*Melbourne Knights 1-4 : 0-3 South Melbourne*South Melbourne 1-0 Adelaide City*Brisbane Strikers 1-0 : 1-2 Sydney United*Sydney United 1-0 South Melbourne...
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Gavin WilkinsonGavin WilkinsonGavin Wilkinson is a former New Zealand footballer and current technical director of Portland Timbers. Prior to this position, Wilkinson was manager of Portland Timbers in the United Soccer Leagues before their promotion to Major League Soccer beginning with the 2011 season... - 1997/98National Soccer League 1997-98-Overview:It was performed in 14 teams, and South Melbourne won the championship.-Regular season:-Championship playoff:*Marconi Fairfield 1-0 : 0-1 Sydney United*Wollongong Wolves 3-0 : 2-2 Adelaide City*Marconi Fairfield 2-1 Wollongong Wolves...
- Danny HayDanny HayDaniel "Danny" Hay is an association football player who has represented New Zealand at international level as a central defender and captains Waitakere United in the New Zealand Football Championship.-Club career:... - 1998/99National Soccer League 1998-99-Overview:It was performed in 15 teams, and South Melbourne won the championship.-Regular season:-Elimination finals:*Northern Spirit 0-0 : 1-2 Marconi Stallions*Adelaide City 0-0 : 1-2 Perth Glory-References:*...
- Danny HayDanny HayDaniel "Danny" Hay is an association football player who has represented New Zealand at international level as a central defender and captains Waitakere United in the New Zealand Football Championship.-Club career:...
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Scott MillerScott Miller (footballer)Scott "Scotty" Miller was an Australian football player.He last played as a left full back for the Australian A-League club Perth Glory. He earned 2 caps for the Australian national team and was an inaugural player for the Perth Glory in 1996.-External links:*... - 1999/00National Soccer League 1999-00-Regular season:-Elimination semifinals:*Marconi Fairfield 0-1 Carlton*Sydney Olympic 4-1 Adelaide Force-References:*...
- Gareth NavenGareth NavenGareth Naven is a former Australian football player. He is the twin brother of Craig Naven.Naven was club captain of Perth Glory FC between 1996 and 2002, He also played for Bayswater Inter, AIS, Adelaide City, Perth Kangaroos, Perth SC and Sarawak FA. He is now the coach of the Perth Glory youth... - 2000/01National Soccer League 2000-01-Overview:It was performed in 15 teams, and Wollongong Wolves won the championship.-Regular season:-Elimination finals:*Melbourne Knights 0-0 : 2-2 Perth Glory*Sydney Olympic 3-1 : 2-0 Marconi Fairfield-Major semifinal:...
- Bobby DespotovskiBobby DespotovskiSlobodan "Bobby" Despotovski is an Australian football player of Serbian origin.-Biography:Only nine months after his birth his family moved to Yugoslavia because his mother, Valentina, was home-sick... - 2001/02National Soccer League 2001-02The National Soccer League 2001–02 season was the 26th season of the National Soccer League in Australia. Prior to the start of the season, Canberra Cosmos and Eastern Pride were removed from the competition, reducing the league to 13 teams...
- Bobby DespotovskiBobby DespotovskiSlobodan "Bobby" Despotovski is an Australian football player of Serbian origin.-Biography:Only nine months after his birth his family moved to Yugoslavia because his mother, Valentina, was home-sick... - 2002/03National Soccer League 2002-03The National Soccer League 2002-03 season was the 27th season of the National Soccer League in Australia. The finals format was revised for this season, with the top six teams at the end of the regular season qualifying for a home-and-away championship series. The top two teams from the...
- Scott MillerScott Miller (footballer)Scott "Scotty" Miller was an Australian football player.He last played as a left full back for the Australian A-League club Perth Glory. He earned 2 caps for the Australian national team and was an inaugural player for the Perth Glory in 1996.-External links:*... - 2003/04National Soccer League 2003-04The 2003–04 National Soccer League season was the 28th and final season of the National Soccer League in Australia. Perth Glory were crowned both premiers and champions after winning both the league and grand final.-Overview:...
- Bobby DespotovskiBobby DespotovskiSlobodan "Bobby" Despotovski is an Australian football player of Serbian origin.-Biography:Only nine months after his birth his family moved to Yugoslavia because his mother, Valentina, was home-sick...
A-League
- 2005/06A-League 2005-06The 2005-06 season was the first season of the A-League, a domestic club competition for football in Australia. After over 12 months without a national professional club competition, the first match in the A-League was played on 26 August 2005...
- Bobby DespotovskiBobby DespotovskiSlobodan "Bobby" Despotovski is an Australian football player of Serbian origin.-Biography:Only nine months after his birth his family moved to Yugoslavia because his mother, Valentina, was home-sick... - 2006/07A-League 2006-07The 2006–07 A-League season was the second season of the Australian football competition, the A-League. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the first season and on the interest generated by the Socceroos competing in the 2006 FIFA World Cup...
- Simon ColosimoSimon ColosimoSimon Colosimo is an Australian football player who plays as a central defender for Melbourne Heart. He has represented the Australia national team on over twenty-five occasions.-Club career:...
& David TarkaDavid TarkaDavid Tarka is an Australian football player. He plays as a central defender for WA state league club Cockburn City.-Club career:... - 2007/08A-League 2007-08The A-League 2007-08 season was the third season of the Australian A-League football competition, won by the Newcastle Jets. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the previous two seasons and on the interest generated by and playing in the 2007 AFC Champions League, and...
- Nikolai Topor-StanleyNikolai Topor-StanleyNikolai Topor-Stanley is an Australian professional football player who currently plays as a defender for the Newcastle Jets in the A-League.-Club career:... - 2008/09A-League 2008-09The 2008–09 A-League season was the fourth season of the Australasian A-League association football competition. Two new clubs, North Queensland Thunder and Gold Coast Galaxy had received tentative licences from the FFA but these were revoked for the 2008–09 season on 12 March 2008. Expansion...
- Adriano PellegrinoAdriano PellegrinoAdriano Pellegrino is an Australian football player who plays as a right midfielder for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League.-Club career:... - 2009/10 -
Andy Todd - 2010/11 - Jacob BurnsJacob Burns (footballer)Jacob Geoffrey Burns is an Australian football player. He currently plays for A-League club Perth Glory.-Club career:...
Perth Glory league history
| Season | P | W | D | L | F | A | Ladder Position | Teams | Avg crowd | Final Position |
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| 2010-11 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 60 | 10th | 11 | 8,488 | 10th |
| 2009-10 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 34 | 5th | 10 | 9,205 | 5th |
| 2008-09 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 44 | 7th | 8 | 7,942 | 7th |
| 2007-08 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 34 | 7th | 8 | 7,606 | 7th |
| 2006-07 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 30 | 7th | 8 | 7,671 | 7th |
| 2005-06 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 29 | 5th | 8 | 9,734 | 5th |
| 2003-04 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 22 | 1st | 13 | 9,470 | 1st |
| 2002-03 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 48 | 22 | 2nd | 13 | 10,277 | 1st |
| 2001-02 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 52 | 23 | 1st | 13 | 12,832 | 2nd |
| 2000-01 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 67 | 33 | 3rd | 15 | 13,094 | 5th |
| 1999-00 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 60 | 42 | 1st | 16 | 12,001 | 2nd |
| 1998-99 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 62 | 37 | 3rd | 15 | 14,725 | 3rd |
| 1997-98 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 8th | 14 | 14,972 | 8th |
| 1996-97 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 41 | 7th | 14 | 11,909 | 7th |
Honours
- NSLNational Soccer LeagueThe National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...
- Champions (2) (Finals Series Winners): 2003, 2004
- Runners-up (2) (Losing Grand Finalist): 2000, 2002
- Premier (3) (League Winners): 2000, 2002, 2004
- A-LeagueA-LeagueThe A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...
- Runners-up (2) (Pre-Season Cup): 2005, 2007
Records
- (As of 12 October 2011)
- Biggest winning margin: Perth Glory 6-0 Canberra CosmosCanberra CosmosCanberra Cosmos FC is a defunct Australian association football club based in Canberra in the ACT. It participated in the National Soccer League from the 1995/96 season until the end of the 2000/01 season, after which it folded, primarily due to financial difficulties...
(3 November 1996) - Biggest losing margin: Parramatta PowerParramatta PowerParramatta Power were a football team which was based in western Sydney. They played in the National Soccer League from season 1999/2000 until the league folded in 2004. The Power were runners up to Perth Glory in the 2003/04 season of the NSL after Perth made the Grand Final look easy in...
6-0 Perth Glory (2 November 2003) - Undefeated streak: 13 (29 April 2001 – 15 December 2001)
- Winning streak: 8 (7 October 2001 – 1 December 2001)
- Record attendance during regular season: 18,067 (vs South Melbourne FCSouth Melbourne FCSouth Melbourne FC is a football club based in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Considered the most successful association football club in Australia, they have won four national championships, a string of Victorian State League titles, and represented Oceania in the 2000 FIFA Club World...
- 15 November 1998) - Record attendance during finals: 43,242 (vs Wollongong WolvesWollongong WolvesThe South Coast Wolves Football Club is an Australian Association football club based in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia currently playing in the NSW Premier League.The club was formed in 2009 as a not for profit organisation, run and owned by the community since the financial...
- 11 June 2000) - Most matches played for club: 242 Jamie HarnwellJamie HarnwellJamie Richard Harnwell is an Australian football player. He last played as a centre half for Sorrento FC.-Perth Glory:...
- Biggest winning margin: Perth Glory 6-0 Canberra Cosmos
International Teams Wins/Loss
Last updated 9 June 2011| Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Changchun YataiChangchun Yatai Changchun Yatai is a Chinese football team. It was founded on June 6, 1996 by Jilin Yatai Group at Changchun, Jilin. Their manager is Shen Xiangfu.... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Changsha Ginde |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Guangzhou Pharmaceutical |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Fulham Fulham F.C. Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Persik KediriPersik Kediri Persik, an acronym for Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Kediri is an Indonesian professional association football team located in Kediri, East Java, Indonesia. The club was founded in 1950 by Raden Muchamad Machin, T.H.D. Rahmat, and M. Sanusi. In media, the tautology Persik Kediri is often... |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Deltras Sidoarjo Deltras Sidoarjo Persatuan Sepakbola Delta Putra Sidoarjo is an Indonesian football club based in Sidoarjo, Indonesia. Founded in 1989 by a businessman named HM Mislan as Gelora Dewata '89 with home base in Bali, they moved to Sidoarjo in 2001 and changed their name to Gelora Putra Delta after playing some matches... |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Selangor PKNSSelangor PKNS Selangor PKNS Football Club is one of the football clubs in Malaysia; more specifically, from the state of Selangor. This team is currently playing in the second tier of Malaysian football, the Malaysian Premier League. It is also involved in the FA Cup and President Cup... |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Perak FA Perak FA The Football Association of Perak enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Perak. The team currently plays in the Malaysia Super League.... |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Penang FA |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
 Al-Ahli Dubai |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Durban Warriors |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Platinum Stars Platinum Stars Platinum Stars are a South African association football club based in Phokeng near Rustenburg, North West Province that plays in the Premier Soccer League... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| AmaZulu Amazulu The amaZulu or Zulu people are a people of southern Africa.Amazulu or AmaZulu may also mean:* AmaZulu F.C. , a South African football club* AmaZulu F.C. , a defunct Zimbabwean football club... |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
 Celtic FC |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
All-time A-League Win/Loss (Including Finals)
Last updated 15 August 2010| Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 21 | ||
| 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 31 | ||
| 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 29 | ||
| 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 18 | |
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 0 | |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | |
| Total | 111 | 34 | 28 | 49 | 156 | 169 | -13 |