1998–99 Perth Glory SC season

Perth Glory SC
1998–99 season
OwnersNick Tana
Paul Afkos
CoachBernd Stange
StadiumPerth Oval (league)
WACA Ground (playoffs)
National Soccer League3rd
Top goalscorerCon Boutsianis,
John Markovski (11)

The 1998–99 Perth Glory SC season was the club's third in the Australian National Soccer League (NSL) and the first where they made the finals series.

Review and events

In June 1998 the club announced that former East Germany manager Bernd Stange had been appointed as coach, replacing Gary Marocchi who had been sacked in April. Mich d'Avray, a former England under-21 international was appointed as Stange's assistant coach.[1][2]

The Glory opened the season with an eight-match unbeaten run, dropping points only to the Brisbane Strikers. The run was broken with a loss to Newcastle Breakers in December 1998.[3][4] Despite winning only one match in December 1998 and January 1999, the club rallied to win 10 of the last eleven matches of the season to finish in third place on the table.[5]

Match results

Legend

Win Draw Loss

League

Round Date Opponent H/A Result Scorers Attendance Ref
1 11 October 1998 Adelaide City A 1–0 Paul Strudwick 5029 [6]
2 18 October 1998 Northern Spirit H 2–0 Paul Strudwick, John Markovski 17580 [7]
3 24 October 1998 Brisbane Strikers A 2–2 Bobby Despotovski, Con Boutsianis 6115 [3]
4 1 October 1998 Sydney United H 2–1 Troy Halpin, John Markovski 16738 [8]
5 8 November 1998 Canberra Cosmos A[9] 5–1 Danny Hay, John Markovski (2), Vasilios Kalogeracos, Troy Halpin 13943 [10]
6 15 November 1998 South Melbourne H 2–1 Scott Miller, Vasilios Kalogeracos 18067 [11]
7 22 November 1998 Gippsland Falcons A 3–0 Scott Miller (2), Vinko Buljubasic 3218 [12]
8 29 November 1998 Adelaide Sharks H 2–1 John Markovski (2) 15444 [13]
9 4 December 1998 Newcastle Breakers A 2–3 Bobby Despotovski, John Markovski 3687 [14]
10 13 December 1998 Marconi-Fairfield H 2–2 Gareth Naven, Con Boutsianis 17588 [15]
11 20 November 1998 Sydney Olympic A 1–3 John Markovski 6898 [16]
13 3 January 1999 Carlton H 3–0 Con Boutsianis, Michael Garcia, John Markovski 16481 [17]
14 10 January 1999 Melbourne Knights A 1–1 Bobby Despotovski 3905 [18]
15 17 January 1999 Wollongong City H 0–1 14826 [19]
16 24 January 1999 Adelaide City H 1–2 Con Boutsianis 12290 [20]
17 26 January 1999 Northern Spirit A 0–1 17722 [21]
18 31 January 1999 Newcastle Breakers H 0–1 10464 [22]
19 7 February 1999 Adelaide Sharks A 3–1 Michael Garcia, Alistair Edwards, Con Boutsianis 2545 [23]
20 14 February 1999 Brisbane Strikers H 6–0 Vasilios Kalogeracos, Scott Miller, Bobby Despotovski (3), Gianfranco Circati 11190 [24]
21 21 February 1999 Sydney United A 4–3 Con Boutsianis (2), Alistair Edwards, Michael Garcia 4211 [25]
22 28 February 1999 Canberra Cosmos H 3–1 Bobby Despotovski, Alistair Edwards (2) 12072 [26]
23 31 March 1999 South Melbourne A 1–2 Alistair Edwards 11861 [27]
24 14 March 1999 Gippsland Falcons H 1–0 Alistair Edwards 12880 [28]
25 20 March 1999 Marconi-Fairfield A 4–3 Con Boutsianis (2), Michael Garcia, Vasilios Kalogeracos 4904 [29]
26 28 March 1999 Sydney Olympic H 2–2 Con Boutsianis, Troy Halpin 15041 [30]
28 11 April 1999 Carlton A 2–1 Con Boutsianis, Bobby Despotovski 2887 [31]
29 18 April 1999 Melbourne Knights H 3–1 Alistair Edwards, Bobby Despotovski, Gianfranco Circati 15482 [32]
30 25 April 1999 Wollongong City A 3–3 John Markovski (2), Craig Deans 3213 [33]

Finals series

Round Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Ref
Elimination final, leg 1 2 May 1999 Adelaide City A 0–0 4500 [34]
Elimination final, leg 2 8 May 1999 Adelaide City H 2–1 Jamie Harnwell, Bobby Despotovski 25000 [34]
Minor semi final 15 May 1999 Marconi-Fairfield H 1–0 Buddy Farah (og) 27556 [34]
Preliminary final 23 May 1999 Sydney United A 1–2 Con Boutsianis 7698 [34]

References

  1. ^ Cook, Jonathan (3 June 1998). "German Coach Takes The Glory". The West Australian. FORMER East German national coach Bernd Stange is Perth Glory's surprise appointment as head coach.
  2. ^ "Glory signs former Carlton star". Australian Associated Press. 31 July 1998. Meanwhile, new Glory coach Bernd Stange flew in late last night to start his tenure as club coach. The former German Democratic Republic coach was announced as the replacement for Gary Marocchi in early June, but has been overseas with World Cup commitments since.
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  4. ^ Cockerill, Michael (5 December 1998). "Perth's winning run ends as teenager steals glory". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
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  9. ^ Despite being played at Perth Oval, this was a Canberra Cosmos home game
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  33. ^ "1998/99 Season Round 28 Results". OzFootball. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  34. ^ a b c d "1998-99 Season Playoff Series Matches". OzFootball. Retrieved 11 February 2015.