Subiaco claim three points with win over Glory
Report by Ryan Borrett
Subiaco struck late on to claim a 2-1 win over Perth Glory as they continued their much improved PS4 NPL WA season.
It was a closely fought encounter but Glory had the better of the chances before David Perich struck with 11 minutes to go.
Subiaco player coach Ian McMurray enjoyed the fight his team showed and was pleased to get a reward for their effort.
“It was a scrappy game but we came here and got the job done today,” he said.
“The last couple of weeks we’ve dropped our game a little bit so it’s good to change that.
“It wasn’t pretty but I’m glad we got the win.”
The visitors went ahead early in the first half as McMurray pounced on some poor defending to tuck his shot into the bottom corner.
Glory’s best chance of the opening half came on 16 minutes when Michael Domfeh shot wide from Daniel Stynes’ cutback.
They did find a leveller early in the second half as Stynes cut in from the left and drove a low shot into the bottom corner.
The home side piled on the pressure but were unable to find a breakthrough.
Stynes had another great chance with 15 minutes to play, but Ryan Montgomery brilliantly saved from close-range and it proved important moments later when Subiaco took the lead.
McMurray chested down a high ball into the box and Perich lashed home on the half volley to give Subiaco maximum points.
Perth Glory coach John Gibson was disappointed that his side were unable to profit on multiple chances.
“We didn’t take our opportunities and we had a lot of chances to win the game,” he said.
“We weren’t ruthless in front of goal. The first goal was early, conceded cheaply and the second was against the run of play so that hurt us.”
Perth Glory 1 (Stynes 49min)
Subiaco 2 (McMurray 9min, Perich 79)
Saturday, August 12, 2017
Ashfield Arena
Kick-off: 3:00pm
Referee: Steven Gregory
Assistant referees: Sorousha Moayer, Thomas Robinson
Perth Glory: 1. Nicholas FEELY 2. Luca BODNAR 3. Hayden STEVENS 4. Cameron MURRAY 5. Ollie ANNIS (15. Harry QUIGLEY 65) 6. Callum TIMMINS 7. Bayley BROWN-MONTGOMERY (14. Michael MCDOUGALL 70) 8. Brandon WILSON 10. Daniel STYNES 11. Michael DOMFEH (9. Joseph KNOWLES 55)
Substitutes not used: 13. Jack LEECH 20. Kyle MCDONALD
Yellow cards: STEVENS 51, WILSON 59, KNOWLES 79, BODNAR 83, STYNES 90+3
Red cards: nil
Subiaco: 1. Ryan MONTGOMERY 4. Alexander RANDELL (15. Robert HARDING 87) 6. Steve PURTON 8. Mike LAWSON 9. Ian MCMURRAY (5. Matt CLARK 90+1) 10. Owen COATES 11. Carlin FEELY 12. Nathan SMITH 13. Jordan CANDLISH (16. Asher NELSON 70) 14. Ross JARMAN 18. David PERICH
Substitutes not used: 19. Ger FITZGERALD 21. Hamish ST GEORGE
Yellow cards: nil
Red cards: nil
Comments
Comment Guidelines: The SportsTG Network is made up of players, families and passionate sports followers like you who have a strong opinion about sport. That's great - we want you to have your say and share your thoughts with the world. However, we have a few rules that you must follow to keep it fun for all. Please don't be rude, abusive, swear or vilify others. Apart from some pretty serious sport sanctions, we also can ban you and report you if things get out of hand. So play fair and have fun, and thanks for your contribution.