The Perth Glory Sentinel
Market15 Sep 2031
One of our own: Mitchell Walsh joins the Perth Glory first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mitchell Walsh is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market15 Sep 2031
Perth Glory promote Peter Cummings from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Peter Cummings 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.
Market15 Sep 2031
Tom Hall steps up from the Perth Glory academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tom Hall 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.
Market15 Sep 2031
Luke Wright steps up from the Perth Glory academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luke Wright 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.
Squad15 Sep 2031
Tempers go at Perth Glory
Grant Campbell 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.
The dugout15 Sep 2031
The manager makes an example of Will Kennedy
“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.
Squad15 Sep 2031
Bonphas Munyasa signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Bonphas Munyasa and Perth Glory agree another 1 years.
Squad15 Sep 2031
A row about effort at Perth Glory
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Anthony Didulica was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout15 Sep 2031
Anthony Didulica gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Anthony Didulica is on it.
In brief
- Squad “I want to play”: Jamie Thomas speaks
- The dugout A door opens for Bonphas Munyasa
- The dugout Stefan Riley knocks on the manager's door