Iron Ore Cup

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The Iron Ore Cup
The Cup
City or region	Perth and Gold Coast (Australia)
Teams involved	Perth Glory and Gold Coast United
First contested	13 September 2009
Most wins	Gold Coast United (4)

The Iron Ore Cup is an Australian soccer trophy that was contested by Perth Glory and Gold Coast United of the Hyundai A-League. Billed as the 'Iron Ore Cup' in honour of mining magnates Clive Palmer and Tony Sage, who own United and Perth respectively. The rivalry is represented by a solid gold trophy donated by Clive Palmer, and the trophy is contested each time the two teams meet.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

It is considered a minor rivalry match by Perth Glory and Gold Coast supporters. It is now defunct following the removal of Gold Coast United from the competition.

League matches

Season	#	Date	Home Team	Score		Home Goals	Away Goals	Venue	Attendance
2009-10	I ^[7]	13 September 2009	Perth Glory	2 – 2	Gold Coast Utd	Jelić 14', Sikora 16'	Burns 51' (o.g.), Smeltz 90+1'	ME Bank Stadium	9,408
	II ^[8]	18 October 2009	Gold Coast Utd	2 – 1	Perth Glory	Neville 13' (o.g.), Smeltz 56'	Howarth 55'	Skilled Park	4,509
	III ^[9]	20 December 2009	Gold Coast Utd	2 – 0	Perth Glory	Smeltz 3', Miller 76'	–	Skilled Park	4,310
2010-11	IV ^[10]	12 September 2010	Perth Glory	0 – 1	Gold Coast Utd	–	Culina 23'	nib stadium	10,450
	V ^[11]	3 January 2011	Gold Coast Utd	0 – 0	Perth Glory	–	–	Skilled Park	2,931
	VI^[12]	6 February 2011	Perth Glory	1 – 2	Gold Coast Utd	Taggart 75'	Smeltz 33' (pen.), 55' (pen.)	nib Stadium	6,617
2011-12	VII ^[13]	3 December 2011	Perth Glory	2 – 0	Gold Coast Utd	Sterjovski 19' (pen.), Smeltz 53' (pen.)	–	nib Stadium	6,484
2011-12	VIII ^[14]	6 February 2012	Perth Glory	4 – 0	Gold Coast Utd	McGarry 17', Miller 52', Dodd 66', Traore 84' (o.g.)	–	nib Stadium	7,681

Head to Head

Team	Wins	Goals
Gold Coast United	4	9
Perth Glory	2	6
Draws	2

Leading Goalscorers

Total		Team
6	Shane Smeltz	Gold Coast United Perth Glory
1	Jason Culina	Gold Coast United
	Todd Howarth	Perth Glory
	Branko Jelić	Perth Glory
	Charlie Miller	Gold Coast United
	Adam Taggart	Perth Glory
	Mile Sterjovski	Perth Glory
	Steven McGarry	Perth Glory
	Travis Dodd	Perth Glory
	Liam Miller	Perth Glory

Own Goals

Total		Team
1	Scott Neville	Perth Glory
	Jacob Burns	Perth Glory
	Adama Traore	Gold Coast United

Bold indicates player still active for that club.
Smeltz has played and scored for both teams in this rivalry.

References

v t e Perth Glory FC

Youth Women's

Club	History Players Seasons

Grounds	Perth Oval

League	National Soccer League (1996–2004) A-League (2005–)

Seasons (17)	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

Head coaches	Marocchi (1996–99) Strange (1999–2001) d'Avray (2001–04) McMahon (2005) Smith (2006–07) Mitchell (2007–10) Ferguson (2010–2013) Edwards (2013) Lowe (a.i 2013–)

Captains	G. Naven (1996–2002) Murphy (2003–2004) J. Harnwell (2005–07) Colosimo (2007–08) J.Coyne (2008–09) Burns (2009–)

Rivalries	Iron Ore Cup

v t e Gold Coast United Football Club

Players

League	A-League

Home stadium	Skilled Park

Seasons (3)	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Championships (0)	Nil

Premierships (0)	Nil

Managers	Miron Bleiberg (2009-)

Captains	Jason Culina (2009-2011) Michael Thwaite (2011-)

Rivalries	Brisbane Roar (M1 Derby) Perth Glory (Iron Ore Cup)

website: www.goldcoastunited.com.au

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