Perth Glory changed their logo and for the first time in their A-League history chose to include vertical purple and white stripes on their home kit this season.

Season expectations were very high with Perth Glory's owner Tony Sage allowing manager David Mitchell to sign High calibre players like former Bolton defender Andy Todd and former Ajax midfielder Viktor Sikora who was on loan to Perth from FC Dallas the previous season.

The club also managed to secure Socceroos Jacob Burns, Mile Sterjovski and Chris Coyne.

Both Sage and Mitchell's intentions were to restore Perth's footballing past and challenge for an A-League finals spot.

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