The Perth Glory Sentinel
Squad25 Oct 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Steven Ugarkovic
91 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Perth Glory lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match23 Oct 2027
5 matches without a win for Perth Glory
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Perth Glory are no longer polite ones.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Perth Glory
Tom Lawrence was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad25 Oct 2027
A late step up for Brad Smith
At 33 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
Graduation day at Perth Glory
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Marcos Camarda wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Perth Glory know it.
Market25 Oct 2027
Bryce King steps up from the Perth Glory academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bryce King 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
Perth Glory promote Kane Bell from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kane Bell 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
Peter Knight steps up from the Perth Glory academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Peter Knight 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.
In brief
- Market Marcus Jenkins steps up from the Perth Glory academy
- Match Austin Ayoubi rescues a point for Perth Glory
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Adam Taggart