I'll admit, after the shambles of last year's season finale and the fact that one side of the stadium is empty for renovations, I didn't have high expectations for catching my first A-League game on the weekend.

In fact, sat in the pub before the game with a group of fellow WA newcomers, the five of us failed to name more than two players we would be seeing later – Shane Smeltz (a great name mostly memorable because it sounds like the start of a brilliant playground insult) and Del Piero.

Shane Smeltz - amusing name and a nice couple of goals against Sydney FC on the weekend.

But although it was never going to be in the same – ahem - league as watching a Premier League match in England I was actually impressed with the action at my first Perth Glory game versus Sydney FC.

Admittingly I'm more of an armchair sports fan so a trip to any live sporting event ends up with me getting carried away with a determination to get involved in something new.