2015 Mariners Pre-Season Games

[JoyfulPenguin]

Good good.

Also this is a useful list to keep updated

CURRENT PRE-SEASON MATCH SCHEDULE:
Coffs Harbour:

• Friday August 7: Western Sydney Wanderers v Central Coast Mariners at Coffs International Stadium - 7:00pm

FFA Cup (Central Coast Stadium)

• Tuesday August 11: Central Coast Mariners v Wellington Phoenix at Central Coast Stadium - 7:30pm

Canberra:

• Tuesday August 18: Central Coast Mariners v Canberra Olympic at Woden Park - 6:00pm
• Thursday August 20: Central Coast Mariners v Gungahlin United at Gungahlin Enclosed - kick off TBC

Shaping up as a nice competitive Pre-Season. Good to see the club taking the FFA Cup seriously with an A-League friendly just before.

 

[style_cafe]

It`s good to see that "OUR TONY" has done some homework & prepared a decent pre-season of matches.
After last years abysmal effort we may just enter HAL11 with some fitness & form under our belts.

 

[kevrenor]

Treasure hunt between the buses to see who could steal the most obscure shit from the side of the roads: garden gnomes, windmills & whatever else that would 'one-'up the other bus.
My clandestine theft of Grafton's Macca's flag got us over the line.

C'mon the large yellow Banana (sign) relocated from Bonville Fruit Market (and returned on trip down) pisses all over a Macca flag! They've closed down now ... more the shock of our 'visit' than the highway by-pass I suspect.

Anyway, welcome all to the Banana Coast / Coffs Coast, aka Paradise 2

ps. we will have some local support - I've run into a few Mariners fans up here (even if we are in NNSW territory)

 

[sydmariner]

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Ahhhh, the memories of stopping in here on the way to Brisbane for the inaugural A-LEAGUE S1 Marinators first ever Away Trip.

2 mini busses, #1 drivin by the big man & legend himself 'Auburn' & #2 by who else but Kevrenors good mate PTBD 'Pete The Bus Driver'.

Treasure hunt between the buses to see who could steal the most obscure shit from the side of the roads: garden gnomes, windmills & whatever else that would 'one-'up the other bus.
My clandestine theft of Grafton's Macca's flag got us over the line.

However it was 'GoldenBoy' setting-off of the fire extinguisher in #Bus2 that was the trip highlight. Seeing the 'ghosts' emerge from the bus. "What the hell happened?"
GoldenBoy "I swear I barely touched it and it just......"

Mini-bus;
Paint code: white
Interior trim: also now white.

Whatever happened to those 2 guys who used walk around BTS in bannanna costumes

 

[Rowdy]

Whatever happened to those 2 guys who used walk around BTS in bannanna costumes

PermBoy: have seen at games

Tiger: occasionally see, know that he moved to Syd then down to Melb. as he got a job with Melbourne Heart FC.

"Our Shit Is Banana's, B-A-N-A-N-A-S, Our Shit Is Banana's, B-A-N-A....."

(Edit: Dibo is good mates with both those guys and would prob know there current whereabouts)

 

[dibo]

Yep, Tiger is in the gloomy city (or jet-setting on the oil tycoons' dollars...) and Perm is in Sydney these days.

 

[kevrenor]

Tickets for the pre-season game versus Wanderers in Coffs Harbour on the evening of Friday 7th August are available from tomorrow (Sat 25 July) at:
http://www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/...es/sporting-facilities/Pages/aleague2015.aspx

 

[nearlyyellow]

the pre-season game versus Wanderers in Coffs Harbour

I would absolutely love to be there but ( sheeyitt ) I'm doing a bit of cas work atm and can't make any of the pre season away games. Damn, bugger, blast I hope VPA do us a stream, please?

 

[VicMariner]

A stream would be great!

 

[kevrenor]

Tickets for the pre-season game versus Wanderers in Coffs Harbour on the evening of Friday 7th August are available from tomorrow (Sat 25 July) at:
http://www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/...es/sporting-facilities/Pages/aleague2015.aspx

Open now.

I've bought Grandstand Section 3: Row H, Seat 58 $20 (now to ensure I'm back here, from Sydney)

 

[nearlyyellow]

I just can't believe that the WSW game in Coffs is our *only* pre-season game before the FFA Cup matchup vs. Phoenix. I have a bad feeling for that, but I will be there on the 11th. Aug. Wild horses etc.

iirc we didn't have many pre-season games last year either?

 

[dibo]

Failing to prepare means ______ to ______.

 

[Rowdy]

I just can't believe that the WSW game in Coffs is our *only* pre-season game before the FFA Cup matchup vs. Phoenix. I have a bad feeling for that

 

[rbakersmith]

I just can't believe that the WSW game in Coffs is our *only* pre-season game before the FFA Cup matchup vs. Phoenix.

According to this article we're playing a closed-door game against the scum before we face WSW.

 

[Rowdy]

From the above link:

"The Mariners have been in pre-season training for just under a month and Walmsley says the players have had to adapt to a more intense environment than previous years.

"The workload we're putting into them has been significant. There's been a lot of double sessions and most of that has been about pure physical conditioning," he said. "The players have embraced it, they believe in the ideals we now stand for and I'm looking forward to next week when we get to have our first meaningful matches, which is when we'll start working more on the tactical side."

Interesting....... would love to know what Clarkie's thoughts are on the 'double-sessions' of 'pure physical conditioning' in the pre-season ????

Guess we'll be either the fittest in the league or can look forward to a myriad of soft tissue injuries .

 

[Big Al]

Bit of old school run and then run some more.

A lot of old fast bowlers reckon lots of bowling in the nets then in the games battle hardened them then the new rotation policy where bowlers were getting hurt for a while

 

[kevrenor]

Ticket sales for the Wanderers vs Mariners game in Coffs Harbour next Friday night are going well. I hope I will have some other yellow shirts around me?

http://www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/...es/sporting-facilities/Pages/aleague2015.aspx

 

[bikinigirl]

Ticket sales for the Wanderers vs Mariners game in Coffs Harbour next Friday night are going well. I hope I will have some other yellow shirts around me?

http://www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/...es/sporting-facilities/Pages/aleague2015.aspx

. if it was the saturday ... we'd have been there

 

[kevrenor]

Squads 'released' locally: See if you can pick the errors!

http://www.northcoastfootball.com.a...]=4175&cHash=e00c29bfd7d99c3f7ae60defdbccc235

NRMA Western Sydney Wanderers FC

20. Dean Bouzanis – (GK)
2. Shannon Cole
32. Daniel Alessi
4. Nikolai Topor-Stanley (C)
37. Jonathan Aspropotamitis
39. Shayne D’Cunha
5. Brendan Hamill
35. Kearyn Baccus
36. Liam Youlley
31. Alusine Fofanah
16. Jaushua Sotirio
19. Mark Bridge
11. Brendon Santalab
34. Golgol Mebrahtu
17. Romeo Castelen
Andrew Redmayne (GK)
Federico Piovaccari
Scott Jamieson
Scott Neville
Jacob Pepper
Andreu
Mitch Nichols
Head Coach – Tony Popovic

Central Coast Mariners
1. Matthew Nash (GK) ???
2. Storm Roux
3. Josh Rose
4. Jacob Poscoliero
7. John Hutchinson (C) ????
8. Nick Montgomery
10. Anthony Caceres
11. Nick Fitzgerald
12. Liam Reddy (GK)
15. Matt Sim
16. Liam Rose
18. Glen Trifiro
19. Matt Simon !!!!! eg. "Sydney FC announce they have secured the services of towering striker Matt Simon on a one year deal the club announced today".
20. Anthony Kalik
21. Michael Neill
25. Eddy Bosnar
26. Fabio Ferreira
Head Coach – Tony Walmsley

Outer ground tickets are still available for the match. Prices as follows;
General Admission - Adult $10.00* per person
General Admission - Child (6 – 14 years) $5.00* per person
General Admission - Concession $5.00* per person
General Admission - Child 5 years and under FREE
* Ticketing fees apply
Go towww.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/aleague2015
Gates open at 5.30pm.

 

[kevrenor]

Brisbane have announced a pre-season game:
Saturday, 26 September, versus Central Coast Mariners
at Sunshine Coast Stadium, Kawana. Kick-off: 7pm