2003–04 Perth Glory SC season

Perth Glory
2003–04 season
Owner	Nick Tana
Head coach	Mich d'Avray
Stadium	Members Equity Stadium; Arena Joondalup; Subiaco Oval
National Soccer League	Premier (1st)
Finals series	Champion
Top goalscorer	League: Damian Mori (14); All: Damian Mori (16)
Highest home attendance	12,624 (regular season); 17,524 (finals)
Lowest home attendance	6,801
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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 v t e	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 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	Total		National Soccer League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AUS	Jason Petkovic	27	0	27	0
2	DF	AUS	Matt Horsley	9	0	9	0
3	DF	AUS	Matthew Bingley	26	0	26	0
4	DF	AUS	Brad Hassell	27	4	27	4
5	DF	AUS	Shaun Murphy	28	4	28	4
6	MF	AUS	Wayne Srhoj	13	0	13	0
7	DF	AUS	Scott Miller	11	0	11	0
8	MF	AUS	Anthony Danze	4	0	4	0
9	FW	AUS	Nik Mrdja	23	14	23	14
10	FW	AUS	Bobby Despotovski	25	12	25	12
11	FW	AUS	Jade North	22	0	22	0
12	DF	AUS	Mark Byrnes	24	1	24	1
14	DF	AUS	Andrew Packer	5	0	5	0
15	MF	AUS	Tom Pondeljak	26	7	26	7
16	FW	AUS	Damien Mori	26	16	26	16
17	MF	AUS	Gary Faria	18	1	18	1
18	MF	AUS	Nick Ward	2	0	2	0
	DF	AUS	Jamie Harnwell	12	1	12	1
20	GK	AUS	Vince Matassa	1	0	1	0
21	MF	AUS	Adrian Caceres	25	4	25	4
22	DF	AUS	Dean Apelgren	1	0	1	0
	DF	AUS	Jamie Coyne	22	0	22	0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
28 July 2003	DF	Shaun Murphy	Sheffield United	Free transfer	^[13]
August 2003	FW	Jade North	Olympic Sharks		^[14]
	MF	Wayne Shroj
	MF	Tom Pondeljak

References

^ ^a ^b "2003/2004 Season Top Scorers". OzFootball. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
^ Lewis, Ross (29 October 2003). "Perth Oval lost to Members Equity". The West Australian. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
^ 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.
^ "Glory's new home behind schedule". ABC Sport. 28 October 2003. Archived from the original on 29 October 2003. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
^ "Perth Glory - 2003/04". The World Game. Archived from the original on 19 November 2004. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
^ "Five-goal Glory into grand final". Illawarra Mercury. 29 March 2004. p. 35.
^ Place, Michael (4 April 2004). "Underdog is hungry for Grand Final glory". The Sunday Times. p. 89.
^ 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)
^ 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)
^ 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)
^ "Players". Perth Glory. Archived from the original on 8 June 2004. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
^ "Perth Glory roster for 2003/2004". OzFootball. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
^ 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.
^ 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.

[scorer-1] "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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