The Central Coast Mariners Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Central Coast Mariners sell their best player to Ventforet Kofu
$2.8M is a serious amount of money and it does not play centre-forward. Everybody in the dressing room knows who used to be looked at when it went wrong.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
Supporters turn on the $2.8M sale of Kaito Taniguchi
He is going to Ventforet Kofu, the club has $2.8M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Trofim Melnichenko is a medical away from Central Coast Mariners
The deal with Porto is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Central Coast Mariners
Joel Anasmo 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Central Coast Mariners promote Rory Grant from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rory Grant has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Mason Robinson joins the Central Coast Mariners first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mason Robinson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Central Coast Mariners promote Brandon Robinson from within
- Squad Somebody is after Christian Theoharous’s shirt
- Squad The training reports on Alfie McCalmont are not good
- Squad Welcome back, Oliver Lavale