1998–99 Perth Glory SC season

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.

Perth Glory SC

1998–99 season
Owners	Nick Tana Paul Afkos
Coach	Bernd Stange
Stadium	Perth Oval (league) WACA Ground (playoffs)
National Soccer League	3rd
Top goalscorer	Con Boutsianis, John Markovski (11)
Home colours Away colours
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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

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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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