KEEPUP Staff

8 years ago

Perth Glory Women are back!

Preparations for the 2018/19 Westfield W-League season have begun, with Bobby Despotovski’s Glory squad hitting the training track earlier this week. Assistant Coach Jessine Bonzas was visibly excited to be back among the group and working towards what promises to be another...

8 years ago

Honours even in Reds clash

A stunning strike from Tomi Mrcela and an own-goal from Jordan Elsey helped Glory secure a 2-2 with Adelaide United in Wednesday’s behind-closed-doors friendly at Coopers Stadium. Elsey inadvertently volleyed Fabio Ferreira’s cross past Paul Izzo in the home goal...

8 years ago

Hero Hunter and family suffer major blow

Hunter Madden is the incredibly brave 5-year-old whose battle with leukaemia inspired Andy Keogh, Shane Lowry and several members of the Glory staff to participate in the World’s Greatest Shave earlier this year. Having been diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia...

8 years ago

Retro Corner – Return of the Trav

Wednesday’s friendly fixture against Adelaide United got us thinking about connections between Glory and the Reds, of which there are quite a few. Players to have featured for both clubs, including the likes of Adam Hughes, Fabio Ferreira, Antony Golec and...

8 years ago

Pre-season ramps up with Adelaide test

Glory’s pre-season preparations will ramp up on Wednesday when they face Hyundai A-League rivals Adelaide United in a behind-closed-doors friendly at Coopers Stadium (kick off at 5.30pm WST, 7pm local). Tony Popovic’s men have enjoyed a series of hit-outs against...

8 years ago

Tando gets his first taste of Powerchair football!

Tando Velaphi didn’t need to be encouraged to jump into a chair when he met the WA Powerchair Football Team at their new Loftus Recreation Centre base last week. In fact, it took some persuasion to actually get him back...

8 years ago

Cometh the hour, cometh the Nevs!

When it comes to qualifying as one of our own here at Glory, Scott Neville ticks pretty much all the boxes. Raised in the city, debuted for the club in 2008 aged just 19, made over 60 appearances in his...

8 years ago

Chianese’s late strike seals Cup win

A late goal from substitute Joel Chianese sealed a hard-fought 2-1 victory for Glory over the WA State Team in Thursday night’s Challenge Cup clash at Dalmatinac Park. All three goals came in the second half, with Tomi Mrcela putting...

8 years ago

Kerr Stays Golden

With Sam Kerr having turned 24 earlier this week, we thought we’d take a look at how our very own world-beating striker has been tracking in the National Women’s Soccer League with the Chicago Red Stars. And unsurprisingly, she’s been...

8 years ago

Glory target further cohesion in State Team re-match

Glory will continue their pre-season preparations on Thursday evening when they face the WA State Team at Cockburn’s Dalmatinac Park (kick off at 7pm). Tony Popovic’s men produced an impressive attacking display in last week’s friendly against Inglewood United, running...

8 years ago

Retro Corner – Taking one for the team

With the 2018/19 Glory team photo shoot just around the corner, we thought we’d turn the clock back and see how the playing group looked exactly 20 years ago. The first home game of the 1998-99 NSL [Ericsson Cup] season...

8 years ago

Catching up with Chris – Ikonomidis’ first Glory interview

It’s been a whirlwind 24 hours for new Glory signing Chris Ikonomidis. Having flown into Perth from Europe on Monday evening, he was at Glory HQ for a medical at the crack of dawn on Tuesday, before heading out on...