2009–10 Perth Glory FC season

The 2009–10 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 13th season since its establishment in 1996. The club competed in the A-League for the 5th time. Perth Glory changed their logo and for the first time in their A-League history chose to include vertical purple and white stripes on their home kit this season.

Perth Glory FC
2009–10 season
Perth vs North Queensland
ChairmanTony Sage
ManagerDavid Mitchell
A-League5th
Top goalscorer6 goals
Mile Sterjovski
Highest home attendance12,822 v North Queensland
3 October 2009
Lowest home attendance7,217 v Brisbane
6 December 2009
Average home league attendance9,205
Biggest win4–0 v Newcastle United Jets
26 December 2009
Biggest defeat6–2 v Melbourne Victory
16 January 2010

Season expectations were very high with Perth Glory's owner Tony Sage allowing manager David Mitchell to sign High calibre players like former Bolton defender Andy Todd and former Ajax midfielder Viktor Sikora who was on loan to Perth from FC Dallas the previous season. The club also managed to secure Socceroos Jacob Burns, Mile Sterjovski and Chris Coyne. Both Sage and Mitchell's intentions were to restore Perth's footballing past and challenge for an A-League finals spot. At one stage of the campaign the Glory were pushing to claim top spot and the league but a run of poor form and injuries cost the team and only managed to hold on to their final league position of 5th which equalled their best A-League finish in 2005–2006.

Perth Glory were knocked out of the A-League finals when they took part in a 1–1 draw against the Wellington Phoenix in Wellington which they lost to penalties and thus ended Perth's best season of the A-League so far.

Current squad for 2009–10 season edit

A-League squad edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   AUS Tando Velaphi
2 FW   AUS Daniel McBreen
3 DF   AUS Jamie Coyne
4 DF   ENG Andy Todd
5 DF   AUS Jamie Harnwell
6 DF   AUS Chris Coyne
7 MF   AUS Jacob Burns (Captain)
8 MF   NED Victor Sikora
9 MF   AUS Tommy Amphlett
10 MF   AUS Wayne Srhoj
11 FW   SRB Branko Jelic
12 DF   AUS Scott Neville (Youth)
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF   AUS Scott Bulloch
14 MF   SCO Steven McGarry
15 MF   AUS Howard Fondyke (Youth)
16 MF   AUS Adriano Pellegrino
17 MF   AUS Todd Howarth
18 DF   AUS Brent Griffiths (Youth)
19 DF   AUS Naum Sekulovski
20 GK   AUS Aleks Vrteski
21 FW   AUS Mile Sterjovski (Marquee)
22 FW   AUS Anthony Skorich (Youth)
23 MF   AUS Andrija Jukic

Squad changes for 2009–10 season edit

In:

Out:

Friendlies edit

Kick off Match Home team Score Away team Venue
2009-06-16 19:00 UTC+8 1 Inglewood United   0–1   Perth Glory Clipsal Stadium, Perth, Western Australia
Report Jukic   39' Referee: David Costello
2009-06-26 19:30 UTC+9:30 2 Adelaide United   1–0   Perth Glory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, South Australia
Dodd   25' Report Brent Griffiths   49' Attendance: 1,961
Referee: Craig Zetter
2009-07-10 19:30 UTC+8[9] 4 Perth Glory   0–1   Wolverhampton ME Bank Stadium, Perth, Western Australia
Report Sylvan Ebanks-Blake   2' Attendance: 11,083
Referee: Craig Zetter
2009-07-15 20:00 UTC+8[10] 5 Perth Glory   0–5   Fulham ME Bank Stadium, Perth, Western Australia
Scott Bulloch   15' Report Andrew Johnson   16'
Erik Nevland   60,64,68'
Andranik   84'
Attendance: 14,903
Referee: Ben Williams

Home and away season edit

The 2009–10 A-League season will be played over 27 rounds, followed by a finals series.[13]

2009–10 Hyundai A-League fixtures edit

7 August 2009 Adelaide United   1 : 0   Perth Glory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
20:00 UTC+9:30 T. Dodd   30' (pen.) Report
Summary
Attendance: 13,847
Referee:   Craig Zetter
23 August 2009 Perth Glory   2 : 0   Newcastle Jets ME Bank Stadium, Perth
15:00 UTC+8 Shroj   24'
Pellegrino   73'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 9,398
Referee:   Craig Zetter
28 August 2009 Perth Glory   2 : 1   Melbourne Victory ME Bank Stadium, Perth
20:00 UTC+8 Jelić   5', 54' Report
Summary
A. Thompson   9' Attendance: 8,057
Referee:   Chris Beath
13 September 2009 Perth Glory   2 : 2   Gold Coast United ME Bank Stadium, Perth
15:00 UTC+8 Jelić   14'
Sikora   16'
Report
Summary
Burns   53' (o.g.)
Smeltz   90+1'
Attendance: 9,408
Referee:   Matthew Breeze
20 September 2009 Brisbane Roar   2 : 4   Perth Glory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
17:00 UTC+10 Henrique   50'
C. Coyne   64' (o.g.)
Report
Summary
McCloughan   1' (o.g.)
Shroj   41'
Jelić   61'
Reddy   76' (o.g.)
Attendance: 7,367
Referee:   Chris Beath
3 October 2009 Perth Glory   1 : 1   North Queensland Fury ME Bank Stadium, Perth
15:30 UTC+8 Sterjovski   49' (pen.) Report
Summary
Talay   24'   45'
Velaphi   70' (o.g.)
Attendance: 12,822
Referee:   Ben Williams
9 October 2009 Perth Glory   1 : 0   Adelaide United ME Bank Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+8 Sikora   79'
Todd   43'   89'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 9,482
Referee:   Chris Beath
18 October 2009 Gold Coast United   2 : 1   Perth Glory Skilled Park, Gold Coast
16:00 UTC+10 Neville   13' (o.g.)
Smeltz   56'
Report
Summary
Howarth   55' Attendance: 4,509
Referee:   Matthew Breeze
8 November 2009 Wellington Phoenix   1 : 1   Perth Glory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 UTC+13 Ifill   82' Report
Summary
Shroj   68' Attendance: 6,930
Referee:   Matthew Gillett
22 November 2009 Perth Glory   2 : 0   Sydney FC ME Bank Stadium, Perth
16:00 UTC+8 Bulloch   57'
Jelić   88'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 8,932
Referee:   Strebre Delovski
6 December 2009 Perth Glory   1 : 1   Brisbane Roar ME Bank Stadium, Perth
16:00 UTC+8 Harnwell   78' Report
Summary
DeVere   52' Attendance: 7,217
Referee:   Strebre Delovski
19 January 2010 Adelaide United   2 : 3   Perth Glory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30 Pantelis   13'   67'   90+6'
T. Dodd   52'
Fyfe   61'
Report
Summary
Burns   63', 69'
McBreen   78'
Attendance: 8,904
Referee:   Ben Williams
26 December 2009 Perth Glory   4 : 0   Newcastle Jets ME Bank Stadium, Perth
17:00 UTC+8 Sekulovski   19'
Harnwell   24', 69'
Sterjovski   36' (pen.)
Report
Summary
Attendance: 9,418
Referee:   Ben Williams
10 January 2010 Perth Glory   0 : 0   Sydney FC ME Bank Stadium, Perth
16:00 UTC+8 Report
Summary
Attendance: 9,319
Referee:   Strebre Delovski
16 January 2010 Melbourne Victory   6 : 2   Perth Glory Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+11 A. Thompson   4'
Kruse   12', 26', 39'
K. Muscat   81' (pen.)
Hernández   83'
Report
Summary
Vargas   20' (o.g.)
Sterjovski   52'
Attendance: 20,448
Referee:   Strebre Delovski
31 January 2010 Perth Glory   3 : 1   Central Coast Mariners ME Bank Stadium, Perth
16:00 UTC+8 McBreen   1', 13'
Jukic   45+1'
Report
Summary
Kwasnik   49' Attendance: 8,160
Referee:   Gerard Parsons
7 February 2010 Sydney FC   3 : 2   Perth Glory Parramatta Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11 Corica   24' (pen.)
Aloisi   48', 87'
Report
Summary
Shroj   45+2'
McBreen   79'
Attendance: 8,359
Referee:   Chris Beath
13 February 2010 Perth Glory   2 : 0   Brisbane Roar ME Bank Stadium, Perth
16:00 UTC+8 Neville   9'
Bulloch   73'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 8,054
Referee:   Peter Green

2009-10 Finals series edit

21 February 2010 Semi-Final 4 v 5 Wellington Phoenix   1 : 1 (a.e.t.)   Perth Glory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 UTC+13 Greenacre   37'
McKain   32'   105'
(4-2 pen.)
Report
Summary
Neville   67' Attendance: 24,278
Referee:   Strebre Delovski
Penalties
Ifill  
Durante  
T. Brown  
Caceres  
  McGarry
  Sekulovski
  Bulloch
  McBreen

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 15 3 9 35 23 +12 48 Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Melbourne Victory 27 14 5 8 47 32 +15 47
3 Gold Coast United 27 13 5 9 39 35 +4 44 Qualification for Finals series
4 Wellington Phoenix 27 10 10 7 37 29 +8 40
5 Perth Glory 27 11 6 10 40 34 +6 39
6 Newcastle Jets 27 10 4 13 33 45 −12 34
7 North Queensland Fury 27 8 8 11 29 46 −17 32
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 7 9 11 32 29 +3 30
9 Brisbane Roar 27 8 6 13 32 42 −10 30
10 Adelaide United 27 7 8 12 24 33 −9 29
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Season statistics edit

(Current as of Round 27)

Leading scorers edit

Perth Glory A-League Top Scorers

Total Player Team Goals per Round
 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
6   Mile Sterjovski Perth Glory 1 1 1 1 1 1
5   Branko Jelic Perth Glory 2 1 1 1
5   Daniel McBreen Perth Glory 1 1 2 1
4   Victor Sikora Perth Glory 1 1 1 1
4   Wayne Srhoj Perth Glory 1 1 1 1
3   Jamie Harnwell Perth Glory 1 2
2   Adriano Pellegrino Perth Glory 1 1
2   Todd Howarth Perth Glory 1 1
2   Jacob Burns Perth Glory 2
2   Scott Bulloch Perth Glory 1 1
1   Naum Sekulovski Perth Glory 1
1   Andrija Jukic Perth Glory 1
1   Scott Neville Perth Glory 1

Discipline edit

Name Cautions   2nd Caution – Send-Off     Send-Offs  
  Jacob Burns 7 0 0
  Wayne Srhoj 6 0 0
  Adriano Pellegrino 5 0 0
  Chris Coyne 5 0 0
  Andy Todd 4 1 0
  Victor Sikora 4 0 0
  Naum Sekulovski 4 0 0
  Mile Sterjovski 3 0 0
  Branko Jelic 2 0 0
  Jamie Harnwell 2 0 0
  Scott Neville 2 0 0
  Jamie Coyne 1 0 0
  Scott Bulloch 1 0 0
  Tando Velaphi 1 0 0
  Eugene Dadi 1 0 0
  Aleks Vrteski 1 0 0
  Daniel McBreen 1 0 0
  Steven McGarry 1 0 0
  Andrija Jukic 1 0 0

Home attendance edit

Round Opponent Attendance
3   Newcastle Jets 9,398
4   Melbourne Victory 8,057
6   Gold Coast United 9,408
9   North Queensland Fury 12,822
10   Adelaide United 9,482
13   Melbourne Victory 10,035
15   Sydney FC 8,932
17   Brisbane Roar 7,217
21   Newcastle Jets 9,418
22   Sydney FC 9,319
24   Wellington Phoenix 9,368
25   Central Coast Mariners 8,160
27   Brisbane Roar 8,054
Total attendance 119,670
Average attendance 9,205

References edit

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