Perth Glory FC Youth

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Perth Glory Youth and Under-23s
Full namePerth Glory Football Club (Youth and Under-23s)
Nickname(s)Glory, Glory NYL
Founded2008
GroundHartfield Park
ManagerJohn Walmsley
League NPL Western Australia
2023 8th of 12
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Perth Glory Under-23s is the youth system of Perth Glory Football Club based in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. The academy teams play in the Y-League and National Premier Leagues (U20, U18, U15).

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Perth Glory Youth is the highest level squad within the setup. They play in the National Premier Leagues and play the majority of their home games at Hartfield Park (known for sponsorship reasons as Crazy Domains Stadium) in Forrestfield.

Youth team history

Perth Glory first entered a youth team in the 2002 Soccer West Coast Premier League as Future Glory. [1] The team coached by Frank Arok finished seventh out of 12 teams in the league. [2] They lost 2–1 to ECU Joondalup in the State Challenge Cup Final. The club withdrew the youth team ahead of the 2003 season, citing the uncertain future of the National Soccer League. [3]

Youth current squad

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 trialing with the A-League team. [4]

As of 17 August 2019 [5] [6]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Nicholas Speca
2 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jackson Lee
3 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Aidan Edwards
4Flag placeholder.svg Cameron Murray
5 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Daniel Walsh
6 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ethan Brooks
8 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Gomo Dukuly
9 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Henry Hore
10 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jack Leech
12Flag placeholder.svg Sasa Njecic
13Flag placeholder.svg Nicholas McDonald
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Nicholas Walsh
16 DF Flag of Somalia.svg  SOM Zayd Farah
17 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Trent Ostler
18Flag placeholder.svg Abias Bukuru
19 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Daniel Stynes
20 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jordan Abrahams
22 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Joshua Samson
23 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Luke Bodnar
— DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Joshua Rawlins
—Flag placeholder.svg Jayden Leader
—Flag placeholder.svg Jaidon Selden

Under-23s team 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. [7]

Under-23s current squad

As of 6 January 2019

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Nicholas Speca
2 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Daniel Walsh
3 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Nicholas Walsh
4 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Kristian Popovic
5 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Henry Hore
6 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jayden Leader
7 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ethan Brooks
No.Pos.NationPlayer
8 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Trent Ostler
9 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jaidon Selden
11 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Daniel Stynes
12 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jackson Lee
15 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Cameron Murray
16 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Aidan Edwards
20 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Abias Bukuru


Honours

Youth
Under-23s
Runners-up (1): 2009–10
Runners-up (1): 2009–10
Academy

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References

  1. ↑ "Perth Glory". footballwa.net. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "2002 Tables". footballwa.net. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Hand, Guy (27 November 2002). "Glory forced to cull youth". The Advertiser. Adelaide.
  4. ↑ "Competition Rules National Premier Leagues – WA" (PDF). Football West. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  5. ↑ PSC Press. Perth Soccer Club. 6 July 2019.
  6. ↑ National Premier Leagues: Round 20 Match Program 2019. Football West. 17 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Glory take prominent place n youth development pathway". footballaustralia.com.au. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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