The Perth Glory Sentinel
Squad9 Nov 2026
Scott Wootton damages knee ligaments — 22 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 22 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Perth Glory
Tom Lawrence and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Matthew Acton
“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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Will Freney signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Will Freney and Perth Glory agree another 4 years.
Match7 Nov 2026
Perth Glory rescue it on 90 minutes
Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 90. Melbourne City had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Nobody could get near Joel Anasmo
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Harry Sawyer was the difference for Perth Glory
Marked 7.62. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Perth Glory pick somebody else ahead of Matthew Acton
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
Match7 Nov 2026
Honours even between Perth Glory and Melbourne City
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout Matthew Sutton knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad Harry Sawyer is off the mark for Perth Glory