The Central Coast Mariners Post
Boardroom23 Oct 2028
Central Coast Mariners run out of patience with Adrian Robertson
The end came on a Tuesday, as these things usually do: a short meeting, a shorter statement, and Adrian Robertson clearing his office by noon. Football’s cruellest ritual, performed to schedule.
Match21 Oct 2028
Kaito Taniguchi leads the rout of Adelaide United
3‑0, and Kaito Taniguchi took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Central Coast Mariners tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Player ratings23 Oct 2028
A brace, and Kaito Taniguchi takes the afternoon — 9.25
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Kaito Taniguchi provided it, and the 9.25 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
Logan Sambrook keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Central Coast Mariners may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom23 Oct 2028
Bailey Craig steps up at Central Coast Mariners for now
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Kaito Taniguchi wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Central Coast Mariners know it.
Boardroom23 Oct 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Central Coast Mariners
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Tempers go at Central Coast Mariners
Logan Sambrook was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market23 Oct 2028
Mitchell Harrison steps up from the Central Coast Mariners academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mitchell Harrison has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Central Coast Mariners promote Mitchell Cummings from within
- Market Owen Williams steps up from the Central Coast Mariners academy
- Market Darren Turner steps up from the Central Coast Mariners academy