Perth Glory's season from hell has at least ended on a high, with a classy Adam Taggart double catapulting them to an upset 2-0 win over Wellington Phoenix in New Zealand.
Glory entered Sunday's A-League Men match already knowing they had collected the wooden spoon for a second consecutive season.
Taggart ensured Glory fans had a little something to smile about by scoring his ninth and 10th goals of the season to lift Perth to their first win over Wellington since 2020.
Glory finished the season with four wins, five draws and a whopping 17 losses to their name.
Their for-and-against goals tally made for ugly reading: 22-56, and Taggart spoke some hard truths after the match.
"We apologise for this season and wish we could have given more performances like tonight, because I thought tonight everyone was fantastic, from start to finish," Taggart told Sky Sport.
"They're the sort of things we needed throughout the year.
"We're looking forward to being better. No excuses, full accountability. Putting in a performance like tonight is our base, and kicking off from that.
"It was clear this year we weren't great going forward. We leaked a lot of goals.
"From top to bottom we haven't been good enough.
"I think everyone's sick of hearing all the words. They want action, and so do I.
"(It's about) more actions, less words, and keep trying to push and move forward."
Taggart showed all of his class in scoring the game's opener in the 34th minute.
The 31-year-old captain trapped a cross, shaped to shoot off his left, then cut back inside before curling in a right foot shot over the keeper.
Taggart was left cursing his luck in the 56th minute when he lost sight of a bobbling ball that made its way through a host of bodies to find him at the back post.
The ball hit Taggart and bounced just wide of the goal.
But he scored his 10th of the season in the 92nd minute with a right-foot dink over the keeper.
Wellington ended the season in 11th spot with six wins, six draws and 14 losses.
