The Perth Glory Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Sydney FC come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Perth Glory did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Perth Glory agree $130.0K for Ben Warland
The clubs have shaken hands with Brisbane Roar; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Valentín Luciani rejects the move
Perth Glory had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Fenix, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Matthew Sutton signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Matthew Sutton commits to Perth Glory for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tom Lawrence 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Henry Blackledge gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Henry Blackledge has just signed for Perth Glory, and for once the answer mattered.
Market10 Aug 2026
Dylan Knight steps up from the Perth Glory academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dylan 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Perth Glory promote Lachlan Morrison from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Lachlan Morrison 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Perth Glory promote Caleb Murphy from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Caleb Murphy 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
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Matthew Sutton
- The dugout Sam Sutton knocks on the manager's door
- Squad Henry Hore has seen what the next man earns