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GOLD Coast United have snatched a draw against Perth Glory, with New Zealand international Shane Smeltz scoring in the dying minutes of the game.
With the clock ticking away, Brazilian midfielder Amaral gave away a free-kick which was quickly taken and crossed into Smeltz who scored the equaliser and his 9th goal of the season.

36 year old Alexandre da Silva Mariano, a.k.a. Amaral, is not one player that you would expect to be the (unofficially) most polite footballer.

Previously playing in footballing danger zones such as Italy (Parma; AC Fiorentina) and Turkey (Besiktas), representing Brazil 31 times, and winning an Olympic Bronze medal (Atlanta 1996), nobody anticipated that the former grave digger would have written a thank you note to his most recent club, Perth Glory.

Ah what an absolute ripper of a night. Perth Glory have really arrived on the scene after a gutsy...

by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
YOU'VE got to love the short football week. It seem like yesterday the Glory faithful were gloating over that 2-0 win over Newcastle, but now the next match is only two days away.
Hopefully this finds you well and not dripping in the anticipation of the imminent return of Perth's favourite misbehaving son Ben Cousins.

by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
WELL slowly but surely the Glory juggernaut is picking up pace for tomorrow night's clash with Melbourne Victory.
There's quite a bit going on - so without further ado - here we go.
Firstly, the Glory have stitched up Brazilian midfielder Amaral and it looks like he will come straight into the matchday squad for the Victory game.

by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
SO there you go, Perth Glory come out on top in a very challenging encounter with Melbourne Victory last night.
But in many ways, this victory was more pleasing than last week's one against Newcastle.
Against the Jets, Perth dominated possession and open play, and came out with a 2-0 victory.

by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
THERE seems to be a quiet lull on the western front, a bit curious considering the Glory face Central Coast on Friday night - just a couple of days away.
But getting straight into the scraps of the Glory barrel today - the first bit of news comes from the good folk at AAP.

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