After a brief spell in charge of Turkish club Karabukspor, the 45-year-old was appointed in May 2018 to replace Kenny Lowe, who was dismissed at the end of the 2017/18 season. Popovic won the A-League Coach of the Year and PFA A-League Manager of the Season awards in his debut term, and went on to guide the team to two major honours as well as runners-up in three A-League finals. Popovic took up his first managerial post in 2012, as the inaugural boss of A-League club Western Sydney Wanderers. He moved into coaching, initially as an assistant coach with Sydney and then as a first-team coach at Crystal Palace. The former centre-back also went on to represent Australia at the 2006 World Cup before hanging up his boots in 2008 after a spell at Sydney FC. Tony Popovic enjoyed a varied playing career, which began at Sydney United in 1989 and took him to Japan, Qatar and England, where he turned out for Crystal Palace. At the end of the season, they released Fabio Ferreira and Walter Scott, while Jacob Italiano joined German outfit Borussia Monchengladbach and Brendon Santalab announced his retirement. The club also finished as runners-up in the A-League grand final - a competition contested at the end of the season between the top six sides in the division - after they were beaten on penalties by Sydney FC. They enjoyed a superb campaign in 2018/19 and finished top of the A-League for the first time after picking up 60 points from 27 games. It’s primarily used for Australian rules football and cricket and isn’t the home of Perth Glory, who play at the 20,500-capacity nib Stadium. The ground has a capacity of around 60,000, making it the third-largest stadium in Australia after the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Stadium Australia. The game will take place at the modern and spectacular setting of the Optus Stadium in Perth, which only opened officially in January 2018.
They are also commonly known as The Glory. Perth's kit is mainly white, with purple stripes on the front of the jersey, purple and white shoulders with orange trimming, purple shorts with white trimming and purple socks. The last time the Reds visited Perth was in 1975, but a team of United legends faced a host of Perth Glory greats in a charity match at Perth's nib Stadium in March 2017.įounded in 1995, the club are based in Western Australia and have competed in the A-League – the country’s premier competition – since its inaugural season in 2005/06.
The first was back in 1967 when Matt Busby's team toured Australia, while the most recent trip was to Sydney in 2013. Yes, but this will be only our fifth visit to the country.
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