Nick Montgomery and Sergio Raimundo,who guided the Central Coast Mariners to last year’s A-League title,have become Ange Postecoglou’s newest understudies at the Premier League club.
Before the Central Coast Mariners even had a chance to compute that they had just won the treble,they were swarmed by a pitch invasion.
Central Coast were a goal down in injury time – but a late equaliser and two strikes in extra time completed a remarkable turnaround to cap a stellar season.
The A-League’s smallest club has survived a series of near-death experiences over nearly 20 years to become an underappreciated gem of the national sporting scene.
Central Coast did just enough in the second leg to keep their treble dream alive,but Sydney FC were furious at the referee after two big calls went against them late in the game.
Sydney FC finished Friday night’s A-League semi-final with only nine men,and if Luke Brattan’s account is to be believed,the Mariners were lucky to not see red,too.
Ten years after the Wanderers lifted the AFC Champions League trophy,the Gosford-based Mariners have sealed another remarkable achievement. Now an unprecedented treble beckons.
They’ve flown almost three times around the world – all in economy class. The Mariners’ incredible AFC Cup journey is one of the best stories in Australian sport right now.
The Central Coast team have travelled 100,000km on their way to the final of the tournament in Oman.
The Colombian player was arrested in Terrigal over the alleged sexual assault of a 21-year-old woman.
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