The Perth Glory Sentinel
Match23 Oct 2027
No mercy from Perth Glory
Auckland FC will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Perth Glory were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Market25 Oct 2027
Scott Wootton asks to leave Perth Glory
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Age has not caught Tom Lawrence yet — 8.42
At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.42 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
The dugout25 Oct 2027
Nicholas Bilokapic 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.
Match23 Oct 2027
Nobody wants to play Perth Glory right now
3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Brian Kaltak in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Perth Glory this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Perth Glory
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
The terraces25 Oct 2027
The crowd has taken to Charbel Shamoon
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market25 Oct 2027
One of our own: Tom Kennedy joins the Perth Glory first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tom Kennedy is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Jack Holmes joins the Perth Glory first team
- Market One of our own: Declan Wilson joins the Perth Glory first team
- Player ratings Louis Verstraete in the eights