Perth Glory FC Season 2006-07

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The Perth Glory are currently participating in the 2006-07 A-League competition and expect to achieve a higher ladder finish than their 5th place finish in the first A-League season.

1 Under FFA Control, lack of progress
2 In
3 Out
4 Coaching Staff
5 2006-07 A-League Season
- 5.1 Summary
- 5.2 Table
6 Notes and references
7 See also

[edit] Under FFA Control, lack of progress

On March 27, 2006, the Football Federation of Australia undertook to relieve owner Nick Tana of ownership and management of Perth Glory. David Rodwell, Paul Afkos, David Schrandt, Tom Galopoulos and World Sports Group have all been linked to possible takeovers of Perth Glory. Argentinian legend Gabriel Batistuta, who currently resides in Perth, had been linked to the local consortium headed by Tom Galopoulos.^[1] Unfortunately, the FFA decided that the Galopoulos bid was not financially sound, and the World Sports Group bid was withdrawn. The major sticking point appeared to be Nick Tana's company, Allia Holdings, retaining management of Members Equity Stadium.

More recently, The West Australian newspaper reported that Tony Sage (a mining magnate) was leading a group in discussions with the FFA. However, the newspaper later reported that Sage may have been involved in criminal activities and was under investigation. The FFA did not identify Sage as the leader of the new bid.

After a significant amount of bad publicity, good news finally arrived. Firstly, Australian international Stan Lazaridis signed a 2 year deal^[2] on 5 July 2006 after a free transfer from Birmingham City F.C..^[3] This was quickly followed by the appointment of Ron Smith as head coach and Michelle Phillips as CEO on July 26, 2006.^[4] Other signings included Young Socceroos goalkeeper Aleks Vrteski, Jeremy Christie from the New Zealand Knights, former Stockport player Mark Robertson and Leo Bertos from Conference North team Worksop Town F.C.. Unfortunately, star youth player Nick Ward did not honour his two year contract and defied the advice of the FFA and left for QPR in England.^[5]

[edit] In

Player	Details
Stan Lazaridis	from Birmingham City F.C.
Aleks Vrteski	from Australian Institute of Sport
Jeremy Christie	from New Zealand Knights
Mark Robertson	from Stockport
Leo Bertos	from Worksop Town F.C.

[edit] Out

Player	Details
Nick Ward	to Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Billy Celeski	to Bulleen Zebras

[edit] Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Ron Smith
Assistant Coach: Dave Mitchell

[edit] 2006-07 A-League Season

[edit] Summary

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Stadium	Crowd	Report
August 26	Queensland Roar	3-0	Perth Glory	Suncorp Stadium	20,606	report
September 3	Perth Glory	2-0	Central Coast Mariners	Members Equity Stadium	7,229	report
September 10	Perth Glory	1-1	Sydney FC	Members Equity Stadium	8,052	report
September 16	Adelaide United	3-0	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium	11,474	report
September 24	Perth Glory	1-2	Melbourne Victory	Members Equity Stadium	7,983	report
September 29	Newcastle Jets	0-3	Perth Glory	EnergyAustralia Stadium	7,961	report
October 6	Perth Glory	1-0	New Zealand Knights	Members Equity Stadium	7,309	report
October 15	Perth Glory	1-2	Queensland Roar	Members Equity Stadium	9,978	report
October 20	Central Coast Mariners	2-1	Perth Glory	Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium	8,496	report
October 29	Sydney FC	1-1	Perth Glory	Aussie Stadium	12,316	report
November 5	Adelaide United	3-2	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium	11,062	report
November 9	Melbourne Victory	1-0	Perth Glory	Telstra Dome	22,890	report
November 18	Perth Glory	2-1	Newcastle Jets	Members Equity Stadium	7,315	report
November 26	Perth Glory	4-1	New Zealand Knights	Members Equity Stadium	6,251	report
December 2	Queensland Roar	1-0	Perth Glory	Suncorp Stadium	11,237
December 10	Central Coast Mariners	1-0	Perth Glory	Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium	8,089
December 14	Sydney FC	1-0	Perth Glory	Aussie Stadium	11,816
December 28	Perth Glory	0-0	Adelaide United	Members Equity Stadium	8,226
January 7	Perth Glory	2-2	Melbourne Victory	Members Equity Stadium	6,462
January 14	Perth Glory	3-3	Newcastle Jets	Members Equity Stadium	7,904
January 21	New Zealand Knights	2-0	Perth Glory	North Harbour Stadium	4,936

[edit] Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Melbourne Victory	21	14	3	4	41	20	+21	45
Adelaide United	21	10	3	8	32	27	+5	33
Newcastle Jets	21	8	6	7	32	30	+2	30
Sydney FC	21	8	8	5	29	19	+10	29
Queensland Roar	21	8	5	8	25	27	-2	29
Central Coast Mariners	21	6	6	9	22	26	-4	24
Perth Glory	21	5	5	11	24	30	-6	20
New Zealand Knights	21	5	4	12	13	39	-26	19

[edit] Notes and references

^ Tragic shadow of former Glory DAVID DAVUTOVIC, www.news.com.au, 3 June 2006. Retrieved 27 August 2006.
^ Perth Glory: welcoming Stan home Stuart Watt, www.abc.net.au. 23 August 2006. Retrieved 27 August 2006.
^ Transfers - July 2006 BBC Online, 31 July 2006. Retrieved 27 August 2006.
^ Perth Glory name new A-League coach Tim Clarke, soccernet.espn.go.com, 26 July 2006. Retrieved 27 August 2006.
^ Midfielder Ward seals move to QPR BBC Online, 8 July 2006. Retrieved 27 August 2006.