Michael Murray

Central Defender - Perth Glory U18
25 Dec 2028
Monday
Process

Marked for Michael Murray

65 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Age has not caught Tom Lawrence yet — 8.05

At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.05 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

The dugout

Lucas Scicluna keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Perth Glory may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Boardroom

Perth Glory tie Ben Hunter down

A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.

Squad

A falling-out at Perth Glory

Tom Lawrence and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Boardroom

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.

Match

Perth Glory find a way past Auckland FC

Auckland FC made Perth Glory work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Market

Michael Murray steps up from the Perth Glory academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Michael Murray has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

Perth Glory promote Jason Anderson from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jason Anderson has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

Perth Glory promote Tate Martin from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tate Martin has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

In brief