Amid threats from the US President George W. Bush of a possible military conflict with Iraq, he arrived in Baghdad in October 2002 and put pen to paper to a 4-year contract that included two clauses allowing him to leave in the event of war and to refuse any political comment.
As the Perth team left the stadium Despotovski and Perth coach Bernd Stange were assaulted by angry Knights supporters.
Jeličić had previously worked as a fitness coach for Perth Glory in the Australian National Soccer League, during the reign of manager Bernd Stange.
Bernd Alois Zimmermann | Bernd J. Kröger | Stange | German destroyer Z11 Bernd von Arnim | Bernd T. Matthias | Bernd Stange | Bernd Jürgen Fischer | Bernd Hüttemann | Bernd Hollerbach | Bernd Heine | Bernd Dürnberger | Stanislaus Stange | Maya Stange | Lee Stange | Hans-Bernd Schäfer | ''Bernd von Arnim'' | Bernd Stumpf | Bernd Richter | Bernd Pischetsrieder | Bernd Patzke | Bernd Eistert | Bernd Dreher | Bernd Dießner | ''Bernd das Brot'' and Puppet | Bernd Baumgart | Bernd Baselt | Bernd Altenstein |