PERTH Glory have continued their audacious recruitment program with the signings of Qantas Socceroos Mile Sterjovski and Chris Coyne along with English defender Andy Todd and Serbian striker Branko Jelic.
Twenty year-old Western Australian born and bred goalkeeper Aleks Vrteski returns to Perth Glory after spending the past season in Macedonia with FK Pobeda.
On the field, Perth Glory's pre-season campaign hasn't been as successful with losses to touring English Premier League clubs Fulham FC and Wolverhampton Wanderers as well as Adelaide United.
Head Coach David Mitchell isn't too worried at the moment and knows that pre-season results mean very little once the competition starts.
Current Squad: Scott BULLOCH, Jacob BURNS, Chris COYNE, Jamie COYNE, Eugene DADI, Jimmy DOWNEY, Howard FONDYKE, Brent GRIFFITHS, Jamie HARNWELL, Branko JELIC, Andrija JUKIC, Scott NEVILLE, Adriano PELLEGRINO, Naum SEKULOVSKI, Victor SIKORA, Anthony SKORICH, Wayne SRHOJ, Mile STERJOVSKI, Andrew TODD, Tando VELAPHI (gk) and Aleks VRTESKI (gk).
Re-signed: Eugene Dadi (1 year), Adriano Pellegrino (2 years), Naum Sekulovski (2 years), Victor Sikora (1 year), Scott Bulloch (1 year), Tando Velaphi (2 years), Wayne Srhoj (1 year).
In: Jacob Burns (FC Unirea Urziceni, Romania - 3 years), Chris Coyne (Colchester United, England - 3 years), Howard Fondyke (Perth Glory NYL - 2 years), Brent Griffiths (Perth Glory NYL - 2 years), Branko Jelic (Energie Cottbus, Germany - 3 years), Andrija Jukic (Perth Glory NYL - 2 years), Scott Neville (Perth Glory NYL - 3 years), Anthony Skorich (Perth Glory NYL - 2 years) , Mile Sterjovski (Derby County, England - ), Andy Todd (Derby County, England - 1 year), Aleks Vrteski (FK Pobeda - 2 years).
Out: Jason Petkovic (retired), Nikolai Topor-Stanley (Newcastle Jets), David Tarka (released), Dino Djulbic (Rot Weiss Ahlen, Germany), Nick Rizzo (released), James Robinson (North Queensland Fury), Adrian Trinidad (released), Amaral (released), Josip Magdic (released), Nikita Rukavytsya (FC Twente, Netherlands), Hayden Doyle (Perth Glory NYL),
Hayden Foxe (released), Mark Lee (released)
Pre-Season Results:
Date |
Home Team |
Result |
Away Team |
Venue |
16/06/2009 |
Perth Glory |
1:0 |
Inglewood Utd |
Clipsal Stadium, Inglewood |
26/06/2009 |
Adelaide United |
1:0 |
Perth Glory |
Hindmarsh Stadium, Hindmarsh |
10/07/2009 |
Perth Glory |
0:1 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Members Equity Stadium |
15/07/2009 |
Perth Glory |
0:5 |
Fulham FC |
Members Equity Stadium |
18/07/2009 |
Perth Glory |
1:0 |
North Queensland Fury |
Hyundai Stadium, Mandurah |
25/07/2009 |
Perth Glory |
-:- |
Gold Coast |
Hands Oval, Bunbury |
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