Perth Glory FC Youth

Perth Glory Youth
Full name Perth Glory FC Youth
Nickname(s) Glory
Founded 2008
Ground Ashfield Reserve
Owner Tony Sage
Chairman Tony Sage
Manager John Gibson
League NPL Western Australia
2013–14 NPL Western Australia, 10th

Perth Glory FC Youth is Perth Glory's youth and reserve team. They play in both the National Premier Leagues (NPL) and in the A-League National Youth League. The team can have different age restrictions for each competition. The side is unable to win the NPL, with the team excluded from finals should they be in a position to qualify.

The team's coach is John Gibson.

Since 2014, the team has hosted its home matches at Ashfield Reserve, located in Bassendean, in the city of Perth.

History

The team was founded in 2008, as a Perth Glory representative team for the inaugural season of the National Youth League competition. On 25 September 2013, it was confirmed that the team would compete in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia competition for the 2014 season onwards.[1]

The club fields teams in the NPL comptetions from under 12 level up to first team level.[2] To be eligible to play in the first team, players must be between the age of 15 and 24. Two overage players are allowed for A-League players who are returning from injury or players trialling with the A-League team.[3]

Current squad

National Premier Leagues (under-25s)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Australia GK Ryan Barker
Australia GK Jordan Franken
Australia DF Nathan Costello
Australia DF Tom King
Australia DF Jesse Lazzaro
Australia DF Sean Troup
Australia MF Gian Albano
No. Position Player
Australia MF Ali Gholami
Australia MF Waliedin Ismail
Australia MF Matthew Ntoumenopoulos
Australia MF Calvin Whitney
Australia FW Todd Norris
Australia FW Nikola Talimdzioski
Australia Henry Durr

National Youth League (under 21s)

Squad As of 6 November 2015 [4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Australia GK Joel Driscoll
Australia GK Dylan Wilson
Australia DF Ross Millard
Australia DF Aleks Susnjar
Australia DF Sean Troup
Australia MF Jacob Collard (Captain)
Australia MF Waliedin Ismail
Australia MF Dejan Spaseski
Australia MF Slob Vulin
Australia MF Calvin Whitney
Australia MF Ollie Annis
No. Position Player
Australia MF Sam McKearnen
Australia FW Joe Knowles
Australia FW Nikola Talimdzioski
Australia FW Stefan Valentini
Australia FW Cameron Teece
Australia Henry Derr
Australia Jackson Amosa
Australia Hayden Stevens
Australia Daniel Stynes
Australia Alex Tanevski

Honours

Runners-up (1): 2009–10
Runners-up (1): 2009–10

References

  1. "GLORY TAKE PROMINENT PLACE IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PATHWAY". footballaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. "Perth Glory". National Premier Leagues. Football West. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  3. "Competition Rules National Premier Leagues – WA" (PDF). Football West. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  4. "Glory Youth kick off against The Roar". Perth Glory. 6 November 2015.
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