2009–10 Perth Glory FC season explained

Club:Perth Glory FC
Season:2009–10
Manager:David Mitchell
Mgrtitle:Manager
Chairman:Tony Sage
League:A-League
League Result:5th
Largest Win:4–0 v Newcastle United Jets
26 December 2009
Largest Loss:6–2 v Melbourne Victory
16 January 2010
League Topscorer:6 goals
Mile Sterjovski
Highest Attendance:12,822 v North Queensland
3 October 2009
Lowest Attendance:7,217 v Brisbane
6 December 2009
Average Attendance:9,205
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Prevseason:7th – 2008–09
Nextseason:10th – 2010–11

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.

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

Squad changes for 2009–10 season

In:

Out:

Friendlies

Home and away season

The 2009–10 A-League season will be played over 27 rounds, followed by a finals series.[9]

2009–10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

2009-10 Finals series

Season statistics

(Current as of Round 27)

Leading scorers

Perth Glory A-League Top Scorers

TotalPlayerTeamGoals per Round
 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2223 24 25 26 27
6 1 1 1 1 1 1
5 2 1 1 1
5 1 1 2 1
4 1 1 1 1
4 1 1 1 1
3 1 2
2 1 1
2 1 1
2 2
2 1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1

Discipline

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Jacob Burns700
Wayne Srhoj600
Adriano Pellegrino500
Chris Coyne500
Andy Todd410
Victor Sikora400
Naum Sekulovski400
Mile Sterjovski300
Branko Jelic200
Jamie Harnwell200
Scott Neville200
Jamie Coyne100
Scott Bulloch100
Tando Velaphi100
Eugene Dadi100
Aleks Vrteski100
Daniel McBreen100
Steven McGarry100
Andrija Jukic100

Home attendance

width=60 RoundOpponentwidth=90 Attendance
3 Newcastle Jets9,398
4 Melbourne Victory8,057
6 Gold Coast United9,408
9 North Queensland Fury12,822
10 Adelaide United9,482
13 Melbourne Victory10,035
15 Sydney FC8,932
17 Brisbane Roar7,217
21 Newcastle Jets9,418
22 Sydney FC9,319
24 Wellington Phoenix9,368
25 Central Coast Mariners8,160
27 Brisbane Roar8,054
Total attendance119,670
Average attendance9,205

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SBS The World Game - Glory sign Todd . 18 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090521191456/http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/a-league/glory-sign-todd-188611/ . 21 May 2009 . dead.
  2. Web site: FOX SPORTS | Live Sports Scores | NRL, AFL, Cricket Scores.
  3. Web site: News Display . 2009-05-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110225030110/http://www.perthglory.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=27461 . 25 February 2011 .
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20090811003956/http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=4&ContentID=143785 Vrteski back in Glory fold
  5. http://www.theworldgame.com.au/a-league/sterjovski-coup-for-glory-191567 Sterjovski coup for Glory
  6. http://www.perthglory.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=28132 Glory secures a green & gold Coyne
  7. Web site: thewest.com.au . 29 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090619020913/http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=15 . 19 June 2009 . dead.
  8. http://www.watoday.com.au/sport/amaral-underwhelms-in-glory-return-20091023-hc3f.html Amaral underwhelms in Glory return
  9. Web site: Hyundai A-League 2009/10 Season Draw . 4 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110219222602/http://www.a-league.com.au/site/_content/document/00001133-source.pdf . 19 February 2011 . dead.   Football Federation Australia, 20 April 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2009.