Max Marshall

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Central Coast Mariners U18
17 Jul 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Max Marshall

13 Edition

The Central Coast Mariners Post

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 22 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Squad

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.

Boardroom

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.

Squad

Harry Steele stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Harry Steele and Central Coast Mariners agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

A bad afternoon for Central Coast Mariners against Adelaide United

0‑2 to Adelaide United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

No hiding place for Trent Sainsbury

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Trent Sainsbury, and the manager let it.

Market

One of our own: Dylan McGrath joins the Central Coast Mariners first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dylan McGrath is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Liam Wallace steps up from the Central Coast Mariners academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Liam Wallace 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.

Market

Central Coast Mariners promote Max Marshall from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Max Marshall 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.

In brief