David Simpson

Defensive Midfielder - Central Coast Mariners U18
21 Sep 2031
Sunday
Process

Marked for David Simpson

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The Central Coast Mariners Post

10 Dec 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Dylan Peraić-Cullen keeps Central Coast Mariners in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Will McKay says Central Coast Mariners went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Tempers go at Central Coast Mariners

Andrés Chávez 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.

Squad

Real improvement from David Simpson at Central Coast Mariners

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. David Simpson is 17, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

The terraces

Central Coast Mariners supporters have found a favourite in Dylan Peraić-Cullen

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Dylan Peraić-Cullen has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match

Central Coast Mariners come up short against Melbourne Victory

Melbourne Victory left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief