Mile Sterjovski opened the scoring in the fifth minute for the hosts after receiving a quality cross from Todd Howarth before Glory wasted a host of chances to increase the lead throughout an entertaining first half.

But just after the hour, Sterjovski proved the catalyst for Glory going further ahead, the former Socceroo lobbing a delicate cross over the Wellington defence from the left and allowing Robbie Fowler to nod home from six metres.

Eighteen minutes from time, Phoenix were given a lifeline as Ben Sigmund nodded home a Paul Ifill corner.

But despite pressing hard late in the game, Wellington could not conjure an equaliser and instead it was Glory who produced the best chances as Phoenix stopper Mark Paston saved efforts from substitute striker Anthony Skorich and Perth midfielder Todd Howarth.

The result sees Glory remain unbeaten in 2010-11. Wellington, meanwhile, remain in eighth on the table after two consecutive losses on the road.