Marked for Tom Lawrence
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match24 Nov 2027
The small margins put Perth Glory out
Out, 1‑1 to Macarthur FC, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Player ratings29 Nov 2027
A brace, and Freddy Noguera takes the afternoon — 8.59
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Freddy Noguera provided it, and the 8.59 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Freddy Noguera 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.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Jeremy Monga falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout29 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Matthew Sutton
“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.
Match24 Nov 2027
A goal on 91 minutes turned three points into one and a good afternoon into an argument about game management that will run until Saturday.
Player ratings29 Nov 2027
It was his to settle and he did not settle it. A long walk back to the halfway line, and a considerably longer week.
Match27 Nov 2027
It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Player ratings29 Nov 2027
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Back issues
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Uneasy
Squad8 Nov 2027
Matthew Sutton damages knee ligaments — 18 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 18 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.
The dugout8 Nov 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Perth Glory may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match6 Nov 2027
No end in sight to Perth Glory's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Perth Glory has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Brian Kaltak 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.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jeremy Monga was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Trent Ostler commits to Perth Glory for another 3 years.
The dugout8 Nov 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nicholas Pennington, and the manager let it.
Player ratings8 Nov 2027
Nobody on the pitch touched Tom Lawrence
7.72, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Perth Glory had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
Match6 Nov 2027
A 1‑1 draw with Melbourne City leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
In brief
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The dugout
When it matters, Lachlan Jackson plays
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The dugout
The manager’s verdict
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Player ratings
Henry Hore runs at them all day
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market30 Aug 2027
The offer from Melbourne City for Tom Lawrence was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market30 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad30 Aug 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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Beckham Baker is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Words at Perth Glory training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stefan Colakovski is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
A loan enquiry to Leicester City: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
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 Matthew Sutton is on it.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Perth Glory, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Player ratings22 Mar 2027
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.17, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
Mark Birighitti: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Perth Glory have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Scott Wootton falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 3‑2, Daniel Turner could afford to be generous.
Squad22 Mar 2027
One booking too many, and Brian Kaltak sits out. Perth Glory lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
Squad22 Mar 2027
The one goal every signing is asked about until it comes. It has come, and a press-conference question has been retired.
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Crisis
Squad8 Mar 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Harry Sawyer and Perth Glory agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Harry Sawyer 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.
Match6 Mar 2027
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Scott Wootton was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
Tom Lawrence is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
The team sheet said everything about Scott Wootton
Warm-up bib, ninety minutes of watching, and a handshake at the end that fooled nobody. Big matches tell you who a manager trusts; this one told Scott Wootton.
Squad8 Mar 2027
A place in the month's best eleven for Alfie James
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Alfie James has come out of that comparison in the side, and Perth Glory have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
Nobody at Perth Glory will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
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Crisis
Squad22 Feb 2027
Brian Kaltak 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 dugout22 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Brian Kaltak
“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.
Match20 Feb 2027
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Words at Perth Glory training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stefan Colakovski is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Loan watch22 Feb 2027
“I did not go to Melbourne City to sit and watch. I want to come back to Perth Glory and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 6 matches say the rest.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Player ratings22 Feb 2027
Henry Hore beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 14. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Henry Hore has to sit this one out
A booking nobody needed, on a night the game was already won. Perth Glory lose a player for the most avoidable reason there is.
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Steady
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Tom Lawrence, 33, rolls back the years — 7.96
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.96 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad8 Feb 2027
The medical room confirms 40 days on the sidelines for Charbel Shamoon, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matthew Sutton, and the manager let it.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Perth Glory training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Scott Wootton is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Brandon O'Neill 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 dugout8 Feb 2027
Matthew Sutton is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
Match6 Feb 2027
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Daniel Turner was not hiding it after 1‑1, and nobody in the Perth Glory dressing room was either.
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Crisis
Match30 Jan 2027
0‑3 against Melbourne City, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Boardroom1 Feb 2027
Perth Glory close the window on a squad of their own making
1 in and 2 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Transfer targets1 Feb 2027
Perth Glory asked and Central Coast Mariners said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Stefan Colakovski falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings1 Feb 2027
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom1 Feb 2027
Nobody left the Perth Glory dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Squad1 Feb 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Matthew Sutton knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
Lachlan Jackson is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
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Upbeat
Squad11 Jan 2027
Harry Sawyer breaks a bone — 22 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 22 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
At 33 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.33, and nobody on the pitch better.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
No sign of nerves from Arion Sulemani at 21 — 7.60
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Arion Sulemani did not need any: 7.60, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad11 Jan 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.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match9 Jan 2027
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Tom Lawrence. 2‑1 against Brisbane Roar, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The terraces11 Jan 2027
He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Stefan Colakovski was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
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Upbeat
Squad21 Dec 2026
A fracture rules Harry Sawyer out for 44 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Perth Glory will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
Brian Kaltak gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Words at Perth Glory training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stefan Colakovski is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 15. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Tadiwanashe Kuzamba and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Looking ahead21 Dec 2026
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Lachlan Jackson’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Perth Glory needing him to play as if none of it matters.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Perth Glory, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Upbeat
Squad14 Dec 2026
A fracture rules Harry Sawyer out for 51 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Perth Glory will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Marked 7.71 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Squad14 Dec 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Sebastian Despotovski and Perth Glory agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match12 Dec 2026
A 1‑0 win over Central Coast Mariners, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Scott Wootton falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad14 Dec 2026
100 times in these colours, in all weathers and under four or five different managers. That kind of service is quietly disappearing from the game.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Marked 7.82. 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 dugout14 Dec 2026
The view from the dugout
“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Daniel Turner, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.
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Upbeat
Squad7 Dec 2026
58 days out for Harry Sawyer after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Perth Glory will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad7 Dec 2026
The match ball belongs to Tom Lawrence, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
A performance of 9.68 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Arion Sulemani 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.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Words at Perth Glory training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Scott Wootton is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Daniel Turner kept it short after the 3‑1 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.
Boardroom7 Dec 2026
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Perth Glory now.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
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Steady
Squad23 Nov 2026
Harry Sawyer breaks a bone — 75 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 75 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Brian Kaltak and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match21 Nov 2026
A 1‑0 win over Western Sydney Wanderers, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Scott Wootton was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
A performance of 8.06 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad23 Nov 2026
100 games in the shirt. Nobody sets out to build a record like that; it happens to a certain kind of player at a certain kind of club, and this town knows what it has.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 1‑0, already talking about the next one.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Charbel Shamoon
“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.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Harry Sawyer asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad9 Nov 2026
Harry Sawyer breaks a bone — 89 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 89 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Brian Kaltak 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.
Match7 Nov 2026
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words at Perth Glory training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stefan Colakovski is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑3 defeat, delivered by Daniel Turner to a room that had heard them before.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Scott Wootton is not enjoying his job description
Played out of position, hooked on the hour, asked to be somebody he is not — the details vary and the mood does not. Perth Glory have a player doing his work under protest.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
The afternoon ran through Henry Hore
Chances created: 6. Nothing on the scoresheet and everything in the match: the pass before the pass, over and over, until the defence stopped guessing right.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“I am not asking anybody to be better than they are. I am asking everybody to be as good as they are, every week.” Said out loud, in front of everybody, and the room at Perth Glory was different afterwards.
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Crisis
Squad2 Nov 2026
96 days out for Harry Sawyer after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Perth Glory will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Match31 Oct 2026
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Perth Glory and Macarthur FC, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Match31 Oct 2026
Macarthur FC left with the points after a 2‑4 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jaiden Kucharski and Perth Glory agree another 3 years.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Tom Lawrence
“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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Words at Perth Glory training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Scott Wootton is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad2 Nov 2026
100 times in these colours, in all weathers and under four or five different managers. That kind of service is quietly disappearing from the game.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
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Uneasy
Squad26 Oct 2026
104 days out for Harry Sawyer after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Perth Glory will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.70, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Boardroom26 Oct 2026
1 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 dugout26 Oct 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market26 Oct 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Lucas King 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Scott Wootton was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad26 Oct 2026
19 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match24 Oct 2026
It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 2‑2 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
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Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Tom Lawrence and Perth Glory agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Harry Sawyer and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Stefan Colakovski was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
Market3 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.