Hello,

My name is Dean and I am a Marinerholic…

If you don’t know who the Central Coast Mariners are then I will give you a quick intro, the Mariners are a football (aka. Soccer) team located on NSW’s sunny Central Coast. They play in the Australian Hyundai A-League and have so far won one Minor Premiership and have been the only club to make it to the Grand Final twice (2005-06 Season and 2007-08 Season). Their home ground is Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, with Bluetongue Brewery as a major sponsor.

The 2005-06 Season was the first for the Hyundai A-League and unfortunately we lost to Sydney FC (aka. Bling or Glamour Club) 1-0.

The 2007-08 Season started off with a bang as the Mariners stayed undefeated for 5 rounds putting us well ahead, by the end of the regular season it was a nail-biting 90 minutes between Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory (ended up going 2-2 in our favour) and then a gut-retching 90 minutes watching the Adelaide United vs Queensland Roar game (2-0 in our favour). Those two great outcomes meant that the Mariners were the 2007-08 Minor Premieres and were going to compete in the 2009-10 Asian Championship League.

After battling against all odds in the Final Series we managed to claw our way to the top again to take the Major Semi Final against the Newcastle Jets (aka. Scum) 3-0 in extra time.

So where does that leave us now? Well it leaves me on a Coach tomorrow heading down to Sydney Football Stadium for the Hyundai A-League 2007-08 Grand Final against the Newcastle Jets. The beer (unfortunately not Blue Tongue) will be flowing and our chants will be emanating from the SFS throughout the streets of Sydney.

So for now we wait, we wait to see if the Mariners will take the long awaited and well deserved title of A-League Premieres and stick it to the scummy Jets.

Thanks,
-Dean