Perth Glory
2003–04 season
OwnerNick Tana
Head coachMich d'Avray
StadiumMembers Equity Stadium
Arena Joondalup
Subiaco Oval
National Soccer LeaguePremier (1st)
Finals seriesChampion
Top goalscorerLeague: Damian Mori (14)[1]
All: Damian Mori (16)[1]
Highest home attendance12,624 (regular season)
17,524 (finals)
Lowest home attendance6,801

The 2003–04 Perth Glory SC season was the club's eighth season since its establishment in 1996, and its final season in the National Soccer League (NSL). Perth Glory finished top of the league and were crowned champions after defeating Parramatta Power in the 2004 NSL Grand Final.

Review and events

Stadium

A redevelopment of Perth Oval, known as Member's Equity Stadium at the time, forced the Glory to play two home matches at Arena Joondalup in the northern suburbs of Perth. The unavailability of Perth Oval in the opening rounds led the Glory to play the majority of the first half of the season playing away. From the opening of the renovated stadium in round 12, Perth Glory only played four matches away until round 26.[2][3][4][5] For the preliminary final, Glory used Subiaco Oval, which had hosted three previous NSL grand finals.[6][7]

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Perth Glory (C) 24 18 3 3 56 22 +34 57 Qualification to Finals series
2 Parramatta Power 24 16 3 5 58 30 +28 51
3 Adelaide United 24 11 7 6 28 25 +3 40
4 Marconi Stallions 24 10 8 6 29 25 +4 38
5 South Melbourne 24 11 4 9 39 21 +18 37
6 Brisbane Strikers 24 9 5 10 28 33 −5 32
7 Northern Spirit 24 9 3 12 31 33 −2 30
8 Sydney Olympic 24 7 8 9 26 31 −5 29
9 Wollongong Wolves 24 8 5 11 34 41 −7 29
10 Sydney United 24 7 8 9 18 25 −7 29
11 Newcastle United 24 6 6 12 18 33 −15 24
12 Melbourne Knights 24 6 5 13 21 41 −20 23
13 Football Kingz 24 4 3 17 25 51 −26 15
Source: ozfootball.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;
(C) Champions

Home and away season

28 September 2003 Round 2 Perth Glory 3–0 Melbourne Knights Arena Joondalup
Mori 82',
Pondeljak 87',
Caceres 88'		 Report[8] Attendance: 9,780
Referee: Eddie Lennie
4 October 2003 Round 3 Brisbane Strikers 0–0 Perth Glory Perry Park
Report Attendance: 3,042
Referee: Peter Green
12 October 2003 Round 4 Football Kingz 1–3 Perth Glory Ericsson Stadium
Ngata 64' Report Despotovski 48',
Pondeljak 57',
Mori 67'		 Attendance: 1,245
Referee: D. Rugg
19 October 2003 Round 5 Northern Spirit 3–5 Perth Glory Pittwater Park
O'Sullivan 6', 34',
Osman 38'		 Report[9] Pondeljak 11',
Mori 12',
Despotovski 14',
Hassell 43', 48'		 Attendance: 2,867
Referee: Matthew Breeze
26 October 2003 Round 6 Sydney Olympic 0–2 Perth Glory OKI Jubilee Stadium
Report Mori 37', 76' Attendance: 3,383
Referee: S. Pryzdacz
2 November 2003 Round 7 Parramatta Power 6–0 Perth Glory Parramatta Stadium
Milicic 8', 37', 44',
Buonavoglia 29', 49',
Colosimo 90'		 Report Attendance: 2,639
Referee: Matthew Breeze
9 November 2003 Round 8 Perth Glory 1–0 South Melbourne Arena Joondalup
Despotovski 62' (pen.) Report[10] Attendance: 7,356
Referee: S. Micallef
16 November 2003 Round 9 Adelaide United 1–4 Perth Glory Hindmarsh Stadium
Kemp 19' Report Pondeljak 15', 92',
Mori 16',
Despotovski 49'		 Attendance: 13,096
Referee: Matthew Breeze
23 November 2003 Round 10 Wollongong Wolves 2–1 Perth Glory WIN Stadium
Young 3',
Nwaogazi 54'		 Report Mori 69' Attendance: 1,879
Referee: Peter Green
28 November 2003 Round 11 Newcastle United 1–0 Perth Glory Energy Australia Stadium
Masi 82' Report Attendance: 2,976
Referee: S. Micallef
2 February 2004 Round 12 Perth Glory 2–0 Sydney United Perth
Mori 20',
Mrdja 81'		 Report Stadium: Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 6,801
Referee: Matthew Breeze
10 December 2003 Round 13 Marconi Stallions 0–2 Perth Glory Marconi Stadium
Report Mori 68',
Despotovski 73'		 Attendance: 1,851
Referee: B. Hugo
21 December 2003 Round 15 Melbourne Knights 0–2 Perth Glory Knights Stadium
Report Mrdja 32', 74' Attendance: 3,693
Referee: Mark Shield
27 December 2003 Round 16 Perth Glory 6–1 Brisbane Strikers Perth
Despotovski 26',
Byrnes 45',
Hassell 55',
Caceres 74',
Pondeljak 76',
Mrdja 84'		 Report Brownlie 55' (pen.) Stadium: Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 12,142
Referee: Eddie Lennie
3 January 2004 Round 17 Perth Glory 4–0 Football Kingz Perth
Murphy 29',
Faria 56',
Mrdja 62', 78'		 Stadium: Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 9,856
Referee: C. Diomis
21 January 2004 Round 18 Perth Glory 3–2 Northern Spirit Perth
Murphy 9',
Pondeljak 42',
Despotovski 85'		 Richter 25',
Tomasevic 92'		 Stadium: Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 7,996
Referee: Eddie Lennie
10 January 2004 Round 19 Perth Glory 2–0 Sydney Olympic Perth
Murphy 76', 84' Stadium: Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 9,005
Referee: A. Nardi
17 January 2004 Round 20 Perth Glory 4–1 Parramatta Power Perth
Mrdja 18', 52',
Despotovski 27' (pen.),
Caceres 90'		 Sekulovski 74' Stadium: Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 12,624
Referee: Eddie Lennie
26 January 2004 Round 21 South Melbourne 0–0 Perth Glory Bob Jane Stadium
Attendance: 11,642
Referee: Matthew Breeze
31 January 2004 Round 22 Perth Glory 2–0 Adelaide United Perth
Mori 30', 34' Stadium: Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 9,711
Referee: A. Nardi
7 February 2004 Round 23 Perth Glory 2–0 Wollongong Wolves Perth
Despotovski 33',
Mori 62'		 Stadium: Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 9,233
Referee: Mark Shield
14 February 2004 Round 24 Perth Glory 2–0 Newcastle United Perth
Mori 27',
Caceres 85'		 Stadium: Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 8,678
Referee: C. Zetter
22 February 2004 Round 25 Sydney United 2–4 Perth Glory Sydney United Sports Centre
Santalab 69',
Heffernan 78'		 Mrdja 28', 38', 92',
Hassell 70'		 Attendance: 3,039
Referee: C. Diomis
8 February 2004 Round 26 Perth Glory 2–2 Marconi Stallions Perth
Mori 83',
Mrdja 86'		 Spiteri 21', 76' Stadium: Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 10,458
Referee: Eddie Lennie

Finals

13 March 2004 Major Semi Final, 1st Leg Parramatta Power 4–2 Perth Glory Parramatta Stadium, Sydney
Ceccoli 9'
Petrovski 41'
Zorbas 45'
Milicic 75'		 Report) Despotovski 46'
Harnwell 56'		 Attendance: 6,059
Referee: Micallef
20 March 2004 Major Semi Final, 2nd Leg Perth Glory 0–2
(2–6 agg.)		 Parramatta Power Perth
Report Elrich 15'
Petrovski 65'		 Stadium: Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 14,023
Referee: Matthew Breeze
28 March 2004 Preliminary Final Perth Glory 5–0 Adelaide United Perth
Despotovski 10', 81'
Mori 51', 69'
Mrdja 88'		 Report Stadium: Subiaco Oval
Attendance: 17,524
Referee: Mark Shield
4 April 2004 2004 NSL Grand Final Parramatta Power 0–1 (a.e.t.) Perth Glory Sydney
15:00 AEST Report Mrdja gold-colored soccer ball 98' Stadium: Parramatta Stadium
Attendance: 9,630
Referee: Mark Shield
Man of the Match: Ahmad Elrich

Player details

Squad at end of season[11][12]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalNational Soccer League
AppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Australia AUS Jason Petkovic 270270
2 DF Australia AUS Matt Horsley 9090
3 DF Australia AUS Matthew Bingley 260260
4 DF Australia AUS Brad Hassell 274274
5 DF Australia AUS Shaun Murphy 284284
6 MF Australia AUS Wayne Srhoj 130130
7 DF Australia AUS Scott Miller 110110
8 MF Australia AUS Anthony Danze 4040
9 FW Australia AUS Nik Mrdja 23142314
10 FW Australia AUS Bobby Despotovski 25122512
11 FW Australia AUS Jade North 220220
12 DF Australia AUS Mark Byrnes 241241
14 DF Australia AUS Andrew Packer 5050
15 MF Australia AUS Tom Pondeljak 267267
16 FW Australia AUS Damien Mori 26162616
17 MF Australia AUS Gary Faria 181181
18 MF Australia AUS Nick Ward 2020
DF Australia AUS Jamie Harnwell 121121
20 GK Australia AUS Vince Matassa 1010
21 MF Australia AUS Adrian Caceres 254254
22 DF Australia AUS Dean Apelgren 1010
DF Australia AUS Jamie Coyne 220220

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Name From Fee Ref.
28 July 2003DFAustralia Shaun MurphySheffield UnitedFree transfer[13]
August 2003FWAustralia Jade NorthOlympic Sharks[14]
MFAustralia Wayne Shroj
MFAustralia Tom Pondeljak

References

  1. 1 2 "2003/2004 Season Top Scorers". OzFootball. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Lewis, Ross (29 October 2003). "Perth Oval lost to Members Equity". The West Australian. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  3. ↑ Cook, Jonathan (25 July 2003). "Glory in tough road test". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 4 August 2003. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Glory's new home behind schedule". ABC Sport. 28 October 2003. Archived from the original on 29 October 2003. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Perth Glory - 2003/04". The World Game. Archived from the original on 19 November 2004. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Five-goal Glory into grand final". Illawarra Mercury. 29 March 2004. p. 35.
  7. ↑ Place, Michael (4 April 2004). "Underdog is hungry for Grand Final glory". The Sunday Times. p. 89.
  8. ↑ Findlay, Len (29 September 2003). "Glory leaves it late to strike". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 5 October 2003. Retrieved 11 April 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ↑ Findlay, Len (23 October 2003). "Hassell on target for Glory's road warriors". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 24 October 2003. Retrieved 11 April 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ↑ Cook, Jonathan (10 November 2003). "Glory in safe hands". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 19 November 2003. Retrieved 11 April 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. ↑ "Players". Perth Glory. Archived from the original on 8 June 2004. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "Perth Glory roster for 2003/2004". OzFootball. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  13. ↑ Cook, Jonathan (29 July 2003). "D'Avray elated at Murphy signing". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 18 August 2003. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  14. ↑ Cook, Jonathan (5 August 2003). "Srhoj, North in switch to Glory". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 18 August 2003. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
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