The Central Coast Mariners Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
Trent Sainsbury in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Central Coast Mariners this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Bruno Centeno falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market10 Aug 2026
Central Coast Mariners and Andrew Redmayne are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market10 Aug 2026
A long bet from Central Coast Mariners on Will King
He is 14, and nobody at Central Coast Mariners signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Central Coast Mariners sign Reece Simpson, one for the future
Reece Simpson is 14, and Central Coast Mariners have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market10 Aug 2026
A long bet from Central Coast Mariners on Toby Taylor
He is 14, and nobody at Central Coast Mariners signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- Squad 5 new faces, and Central Coast Mariners are still learning each other
- Squad Bruno Centeno still has not settled