The Central Coast Mariners Post
Squad26 Oct 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Bradley Tapp
21 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Central Coast Mariners lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Christian Theoharous
Successful dribbles: 30. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Albin Andersson 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.
Boardroom26 Oct 2026
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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A late step up for Storm Roux
At 33 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Match24 Oct 2026
Central Coast Mariners see off Adelaide United
Three points for Central Coast Mariners, 2‑1 the final word against Adelaide United in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Central Coast Mariners
Santiago Martínez 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.
Market26 Oct 2026
Central Coast Mariners promote Hugh Walker from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Hugh Walker 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.
Market26 Oct 2026
Jake Crawford steps up from the Central Coast Mariners academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jake Crawford 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 One of our own: Kane O'Brien joins the Central Coast Mariners first team
- Market Central Coast Mariners promote Robbie Johnston from within
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Kaito Taniguchi at his very best