2005–06 Perth Glory FC season

In 2005, it was announced that former Liverpool and England star Steve McMahon would be appointed as coach. The new season saw a complete overhaul of the playing squad, with Simon Colosimo and former Sunderland and Leeds striker Brian Deane as key signings. Other notable signings included future young stars Nick Ward and Billy Celeski.

Early results in friendlies against local opposition were not great, but Perth became the first team to defeat Sydney FC, winning 1–0 in the semi-final of the 2005–06 Pre-season Cup before losing in the final 0–1 to the Central Coast Mariners. Perth's woeful recruiting strategy was soon evident with the early departure of star import Brian Deane after seven games. Another McMahon recruit, Northern Ireland junior international Neil Teggart, quit the club prior to the start of the regular season. Deane was replaced by Damian Mori, a former Perth Glory striker. Originally on a three-game temporary contract, after some impressive performances Mori stayed for the rest of the season and finished with seven goals.

However, the club continued to be dogged by problems which would only be later revealed to the public. Steve McMahon was subject to constant media criticism over his coaching style and was accused of nepotism by signing his son, Steve McMahon Jr, who was of questionable talent. Rumours also surfaced that players were planning to stage a revolt against the coach. On 7 December, the club reported that the parties had "amicably" chosen to go separate ways.^[1] On 9 December 2005, the club announced that assistant coach Alan Vest would move into the head coach role for the remainder of the season, with striker Damian Mori taking on a dual role as player-coach after being named as his assistant.^[2]

The coach's departure was merely a symptom of deeper troubles. Poor performances saw Perth miss out on qualification for the finals for the first time since 1998. Dwindling support from chairman Nick Tana, as he looked to sell his 75% stake in the club, seemed to underpin a general decline in club fortunes. After the Round 20 match against Sydney FC, Alan Vest hinted that the current player group were incapable of achieving anything better and stated that "cliques" had been formed undermining club harmony. To cap off a bad season, Western QBE announced they were withdrawing as major sponsor after being associated with the club for 8 years.

Players

First team squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Jason Petkovic
2	DF	Matt Horsley
3	DF	David Tarka
4	MF	Simon Colosimo
5	DF	Jamie Harnwell
6	DF	Steve McMahon Jr
7	MF	Scott Miller
8	MF	Nick Ward
10	FW	Bobby Despotovski
11	FW	Neil Teggart
12	MF	Hiroyuki Ishida
13	DF	Ante Kovacevic

No.	Position	Player
14	DF	Jamie Coyne
15	MF	Billy Celeski
16	FW	Brian Deane
17	FW	Stuart Young
18	FW	Henry Fa'arodo
19	MF	Naum Sekulovski
20	GK	Milan Jovanic
21	MF	Adrian Caceres
22	FW	Damian Mori
23	DF	Danny Hay
24	DF	Ryan Townsend
25	MF	David Micevski
26	MF	Brendan Ross

Matches

2005-06 Hyundai A-League fixtures

26 August 2005 Round 1	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	0 : 1	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
20:00 UTC+8		Report Summary	Spencer 66'	Attendance: 11,113 Referee: Ben Williams

4 September 2005 Round 2	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	2 : 2	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+10	Kitzbichler 11' Muscat 85' (pen.)	Report Summary	Caceres 40' Despotovski 56'	Attendance: 17,960 Referee: Matthew Breeze

10 September 2005 Round 3	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	2 : 1	Queensland Roar	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
19:35 UTC+8	Despotovski 54', 72'	Report Summary	Moon 76'	Attendance: 8,509 Referee: Simon Przydacz

17 September 2005 Round 4	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	1 : 2	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
19:35 UTC+8	Valkanis 20' (o.g.)	Report Summary	Aloisi 32' Qu 65' Beltrame 67'	Attendance: 8,052 Referee: Matthew Breeze

22 September 2005 Round 5	New Zealand Knights	0 : 1	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
20:00 UTC+12		Report Summary	Harnwell 68'	Attendance: 4,138 Referee: Neil Fox

1 October 2005 Round 6	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	1 : 2	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
19:35 UTC+8	Despotovski 40'	Report Summary	Petrovski 48' Yorke 65'	Attendance: 13,157 Referee: Matthew Breeze

8 October 2005 Round 7	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	1 : 5	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
19:30 UTC+10	Parisi 72'	Report Summary	Mori 33', 62' Harnwell 46' Despotovski 52' Sekulovski 80'	Attendance: 5,868 Referee: James Lewis

16 October 2005 Round 8	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	4 : 0	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
17:00 UTC+10	Petrie 14', 48' Heffernan 85' Spencer 90+3'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,494 Referee: Ben Williams

23 October 2005 Round 9	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	2 : 1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
17:00 UTC+8	Deane 22' Sekulovski 55'	Report Summary	Thompson 39'	Attendance: 12,312 Referee: Mark Shield

29 October 2005 Round 10	Queensland Roar	0 : 0	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:30 UTC+10		Report Summary		Attendance: 13,685 Referee: Simon Przydacz

6 November 2005 Round 11	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	2 : 4	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
16:30 UTC+10:30	Veart 13' (pen.) Rees 53'	Report Summary	Mori 9', 34', 45+1' Despotovski 39' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,868 Referee: Ben Williams

11 November 2005 Round 12	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	3 : 0	New Zealand Knights	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
	Ward 69' Sekulovski 25' Despotovski 12'			Attendance: 9,667 Referee: Craig Zetter

19 November 2005 Round 13	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	0 : 0	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
				Attendance: 16,242 Referee: Matthew Breeze

25 November 2005 Round 14	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	0 : 1	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
			Coveny 47'	Attendance: 7,921 Referee: Simon Przydacz

4 December 2005 Round 15	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	2 : 2	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
	Ishida 65' Ward 54'		Petrie 12' Hutchinson 8'	Attendance: 7,428 Referee: Mark Shield

29 December 2005 Round 16	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	2 : 2	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
	Allsopp 45' Thompson 23'		Ward 67' Mori 5'	Attendance: 14,754 Referee: Peter O'Leary

7 January 2006 Round 17	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	0 : 2	Queensland Roar	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
			Baird 80' Reinaldo 10'	Attendance: 11,087 Referee: Peter Green

12 January 2006 Round 18	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	1 : 2	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
	Ward 86'		Aloisi 71' Qu 3'	Attendance: 5,033 Referee: Matthew Breeze

19 January 2006 Round 19	New Zealand Knights	1 : 4	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
	Emblen 7'		Harnwell 78' Coyne 14' Sekulovski 11', 42'	Attendance: 3,024 Referee: Neil Fox

29 January 2006 Round 20	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	1 : 2	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
	Despotovski 53'		Zadkovich 23' Rudan 14'	Attendance: 12,796 Referee: Craig Zetter

5 February 2006 Round 21	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	1 : 3	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
	Coveny 34'		Mori 71' Picken 58' (o.g.) Ward 9'	Attendance: 9,232 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Ladder


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	21	13	4	4	33	25	+8	43	2007 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Sydney FC !Sydney FC (C)	21	10	6	5	35	28	+7	36	2007 AFC Champions League Group stage
3	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	21	8	8	5	35	28	+7	32	2006 A-League Finals Series
4	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	21	9	4	8	27	29	−2	31	2006 A-League Finals Series
5	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	21	8	5	8	34	29	+5	29
6	Queensland Roar !Queensland Roar	21	7	7	7	27	22	+5	28
7	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	21	7	5	9	26	24	+2	26
8	New Zealand Knights !New Zealand Knights	21	1	3	17	15	47	−32	6

Updated to games played on 5 February 2006
Source: theworldgame.sbs.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹First place through to fourth place qualify for the 2006 A-League Finals Series.
²First place qualifies for the 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage.
³Winning the 2006 A-League Grand Final earns qualification for the 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless the Grand Final winners are also first place, in which case the Grand Final runner up qualifies.
⁴New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the 2007 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Awards

Perth Glory Most Glorious Player

2005/06 Hyundai A-League – Bobby Despotovski

Soccer in Australia
Football Federation Australia
National teams	Men's Men's U-23 Men's U-20 Men's U-17 Men's Beach Men's Paralympic Women's Women's U-20 Women's U-17
Current competitions	A-League Youth League W-League National Premier Leagues FFA Cup FFA State Institute Challenge Kanga Cup
Defunct competitions	National Soccer League NSL Cup National Youth League (1984–2004) Women's National Soccer League Australia Cup
Lists	Clubs Venues (stadiums by capacity) Champions
Other	League system Professional Footballers Australia Football Hall of Fame Women's soccer in Australia History of soccer in Brisbane, Queensland

A-League
Seasons	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Grand Finals	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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Former clubs	Gold Coast United New Zealand Knights North Queensland Fury
Proposed clubs	Canberra South Coast Sydney Rovers Tasmanian
Rivalries	The Big Blue The Original Derby F3 Derby Melbourne Derby Sydney Derby
Competition	Players (Foreign) Head coaches Records (All-time table Golden Boot Coach of the Year Young Footballer of the Year Goalkeeper of the Year Hat-tricks Highest scoring games Attendance Clubs in Asia) Honours Stadiums Expansion
Associated competitions	W-League National Youth League National Premier Leagues AFC Champions League FFA Cup Pre-Season Challenge Cup (defunct) All Stars Game (hiatus)

Perth Glory FC
Youth Women's
Club	History Players Managers Records Seasons Player awards
Grounds	Perth Oval
Seasons (21)	Seasons Summary 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 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Head coaches	Marocchi (1996–99) Stange (1999–2001) d'Avray (2001–04) McMahon (2005) Smith (2006–07) Mitchell (2007–10) Ferguson (2010–2013) Edwards (2013) Lowe (2013–)
Captains	Naven (1996–2002) Murphy (2003–2004) Harnwell (2005–07) Colosimo (2007–08) Coyne (2008–09) Burns (2009–14) Thwaite (2014–15) Garcia (2015–16) Griffiths (2016–)
Rivalries	Long Distance Derby Cup Iron Ore Cup

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Domestic leagues

A-League (Pre-Season Challenge Cup, Grand Final)

International competitions

National team

Men's	Results ('05, '06) 2006 FIFA World Cup (Group F)
Women's	2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup

Club seasons
A-League	Adelaide United Central Coast Mariners Melbourne Victory New Zealand Knights Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Queensland Roar Sydney FC

References

↑ Glory and McMahon part ways www.perthglory.com.au, 7 December 2005. Retrieved 27 August 2006
↑ Vest and Mori to take Glory forwards www.perthglory.com.au, 9 December 2005. Retrieved 27 August 2006

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