Will Freney

Right Wingback - Perth Glory
21 Nov 2027
Sunday
Process
64 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Pieter Jacobsz says Perth Glory went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Will Freney is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.18 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Perth Glory know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Loan watch

Arion Sulemani has seen enough of Newcastle Jets

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Perth Glory, and 0 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief

Back issues
60 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Will Freney is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.18 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Perth Glory know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Loan watch

Arion Sulemani has seen enough of Newcastle Jets

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Perth Glory, and 0 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.

Market

The Sam Sutton talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Perth Glory know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

56 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Will Freney is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.18 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Perth Glory know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Loan watch

Arion Sulemani has seen enough of Newcastle Jets

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Perth Glory, and 0 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

Callum Timmins gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

52 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Will Freney is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.18 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Perth Glory know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

Austin Ayoubi gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Loan watch

Arion Sulemani has seen enough of Newcastle Jets

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Perth Glory, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

Market

Perth Glory sign Godwin Akpobolouka, one for the future

Godwin Akpobolouka is 20, and Perth Glory have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Market

Austin Ayoubi placed on the list

Perth Glory have made Austin Ayoubi available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

Squad

Somebody is after Matthew Sutton’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Matthew Sutton suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Perth Glory have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

In brief

48 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Sebastian Despotovski hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Perth Glory can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Mark Birighitti is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Perth Glory is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Will Freney is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.18 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Perth Glory know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

Austin Ayoubi gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Central Coast Mariners are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Perth Glory will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad

Somebody is after Adam Taggart’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Adam Taggart suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Perth Glory have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

In brief

44 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Will Freney is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.18 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Perth Glory know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

Austin Ayoubi asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

Sam Sutton keeps his manager's vote

The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Sam Sutton plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.

40 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Arion Sulemani: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Perth Glory have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Will Freney is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.18 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Perth Glory know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Market

Nobody at Perth Glory has picked up the phone to Mark Birighitti

5 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

In brief

36 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

5 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

At 21, Will Freney is already the best thing here

An average of 7.18 in a first team he is several years too young for. Perth Glory have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad

Scott Wootton loses the armband

The captaincy has been taken off Scott Wootton. Perth Glory will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Charbel Shamoon

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

32 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Adam Taggart stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Adam Taggart and Perth Glory agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

At 21, Will Freney is already the best thing here

An average of 7.16 in a first team he is several years too young for. Perth Glory have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Match

Perth Glory come up short against Melbourne Victory

Melbourne Victory left with the points after a 1-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief

28 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Charbel Shamoon hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Perth Glory can pretend not to have heard.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Perth Glory

The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

Will Freney is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.11 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Perth Glory know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Match

Perth Glory see off Wellington Phoenix

Three points for Perth Glory, 2-1 the final word against Wellington Phoenix in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Market

Auckland City expected to open talks for Arion Sulemani

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Perth Glory will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Austin Ayoubi

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

27 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Matt Dench hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Perth Glory can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Perth Glory turn down Macarthur FC for Tadiwanashe Kuzamba

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Perth Glory

The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

Matthew Sutton gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Perth Glory share the spoils with Western Sydney Wanderers

A 2-2 draw with Western Sydney Wanderers leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Market

Perth Glory sign Zane Helweh, one for the future

Zane Helweh is 20, and Perth Glory have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Squad

Will Freney finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Perth Glory have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Squad

Tom Lawrence unhappy with how he is being used

Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Tom Lawrence has let it be known that he does not like the way Perth Glory are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.

Squad

Christian Theoharous has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Christian Theoharous keeps the shirt for now, at Perth Glory's convenience rather than his own.

In brief

25 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Perth Glory get the job done against Macarthur FC

A 2-0 win over Macarthur FC, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Market

Macarthur FC watching Tadiwanashe Kuzamba

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Perth Glory have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Stefan Colakovski

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Pieter Jacobsz asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

Callum Timmins placed on the list

Perth Glory have made Callum Timmins available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

Squad

The manager comes out for Adam Taggart

Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Adam Taggart has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.

In brief