The Central Coast Mariners Post
Squad25 Oct 2027
Emir Basabe damages knee ligaments — 66 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 66 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Central Coast Mariners
Trent Sainsbury 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.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
Graduation day at Central Coast Mariners
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market25 Oct 2027
One of our own: Connor Parker joins the Central Coast Mariners first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Connor Parker is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Oct 2027
One of our own: Cameron Jenkins joins the Central Coast Mariners first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Cameron Jenkins is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Oct 2027
Central Coast Mariners promote Adrian Walsh from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Adrian Walsh 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
Jordan Richards steps up from the Central Coast Mariners academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jordan Richards 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.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Nobody could get near Clayton Taylor
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Bradley Tapp was immovable
15 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.
In brief
- Squad No hiding place for Diesel Herrington
- Squad The plan did not have a place for Trent Sainsbury
- Match Central Coast Mariners and Adelaide United cancel each other out