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21 Nov 2027
Sunday
Process
68 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

15 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Trent Ostler stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Trent Ostler and Perth Glory agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Matthew Sutton 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.

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Arion Sulemani wants to come home

“I did not go to Newcastle Jets to sit and watch. I want to come back to Perth Glory and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.

In brief

Back issues
64 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Pieter Jacobsz 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.

Squad

Will Freney is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.18 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Perth Glory know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

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Arion Sulemani has seen enough of Newcastle Jets

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Perth Glory, and 0 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief

60 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Will Freney is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.18 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Perth Glory know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Loan watch

Arion Sulemani has seen enough of Newcastle Jets

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Perth Glory, and 0 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.

Market

The Sam Sutton talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Perth Glory know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

56 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Will Freney is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.18 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Perth Glory know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Loan watch

Arion Sulemani has seen enough of Newcastle Jets

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Perth Glory, and 0 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

Callum Timmins 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.

In brief

53 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Zane Helweh out for 48 days

The medical room confirms 48 days on the sidelines for Zane Helweh, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Market

Jaiden Kucharski placed on the list

Perth Glory have made Jaiden Kucharski available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

Market

Henry Hore linked with a move away

The name of Henry Hore keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Perth Glory say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

52 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Will Freney is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.18 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Perth Glory know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

Austin Ayoubi 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.

Loan watch

Arion Sulemani has seen enough of Newcastle Jets

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Perth Glory, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

Market

Perth Glory sign Godwin Akpobolouka, one for the future

Godwin Akpobolouka is 20, and Perth Glory have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Market

Austin Ayoubi placed on the list

Perth Glory have made Austin Ayoubi available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

Squad

Somebody is after Matthew Sutton’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Matthew Sutton suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Perth Glory have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

In brief

48 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Sebastian Despotovski hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Perth Glory can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Mark Birighitti is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Perth Glory is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Will Freney is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.18 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Perth Glory know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

Austin Ayoubi 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.

Market

Central Coast Mariners are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Perth Glory will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad

Somebody is after Adam Taggart’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Adam Taggart suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Perth Glory have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

In brief

44 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Will Freney is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.18 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Perth Glory know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

Austin Ayoubi 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.

Squad

Sam Sutton keeps his manager's vote

The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Sam Sutton plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.

21 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Melbourne Victory take the points off Perth Glory

Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Sam 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.

Squad

Tadiwanashe Kuzamba knocks on the manager's door

“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.

In brief

13 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

A bad afternoon for Perth Glory against Auckland FC

0-1 to Auckland FC, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Sam 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.

Market

A long bet from Perth Glory on Logan Lewis

He is 16, and nobody at Perth Glory signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

Market

Perth Glory sign Adrian Roberts, one for the future

Adrian Roberts is 16, and Perth Glory have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Market

Perth Glory sign Callum Hill, one for the future

Callum Hill is 16, and Perth Glory have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Market

Perth Glory sign Connor Phillips, one for the future

Connor Phillips is 16, and Perth Glory have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

In brief

11 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Sam Sutton called up by his country

A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Perth Glory that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.

Squad

The manager comes out for Tom Lawrence

Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Tom Lawrence has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.

6 Edition

The Perth Glory Sentinel

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Boardroom

Wages eat 152% of everything Perth Glory earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Market

Melbourne Victory are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Perth Glory will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad

Scott Wootton loses the armband

The captaincy has been taken off Scott Wootton. Perth Glory will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.

In brief