Central Coast announce football partnership with Everton

[adz]

FAMOUS English clubs Liverpool and Everton have moved their celebrated Merseyside rivalry to Australia.

Exactly an hour after Liverpool confirmed they would tour Australia for games in Brisbane and Adelaide in July, the Central Coast Mariners announced a player partnership deal with the Reds’ bitter rivals, Everton.

In a move aimed at trying to find the next Tim Cahill, Everton will now have a direct link to some of the best talent on the Central Coast after signing the deal believed to have been brokered by former West Ham supremo Peter Storrie, now an associate director at the Mariners, and Everton great Joe Royle.

Conversely, the Mariners will also be able to tap into the Toffees’ vast array of under-21 development players. While it is understood there is no cash component, the two clubs believe they will benefit from the player exchange.

Everton will be looking to get some of their younger players first-team experience in a solid competition like the A-League and the Gosford-based club will be hoping to help some of their players on the path to Europe.

Everton has had mixed success with Australians, with Cahill a standout. Former Socceroos captain Lucas Neill also spent a season (2009-10) at the club while goalkeeper Jason Kearton played only six matches for the Toffees although he was there from 1988 to 1996.

Cahill became a cult figure at Everton during his time at the club between 2004 and 2012, playing 278 games and scoring 68 goals in all competitions.

A former England international, Royle, who played more than 280 games for Everton and also coached them for three years, said he was excited by the partnership and hopes the club can build on its previous success with Australians.

“We have a long association with Australian players here at Everton — as far back as the 1960s; I played with Dennis Yeager in the youth team — and all Evertonians will remember the contribution Tim Cahill made to the club. So we believe this is something with the potential to benefit the club,” Royle said.

Mariners coach Phil Moss suggested it was a landmark day for the club. “Make no mistake, this is a truly great day for this football club,” Moss said.

“It’s fantastic news for not only the Mariners, but the A-League that we’ve got a real tangible link with an English Premier League club off the back of what Manchester City is doing with Melbourne City.

“It opens up the door to player exchanges and resource-sharing between the clubs and the coaching staff and there is hopefully the opportunity for myself and my staff to get over there and study the way they do things.”

The Mariners have a reputation for producing outstanding talent.

Over the past three or four years players like Maty Ryan (Belgium), Trent Sainsbury (The Netherlands), Oliver Bozanic (Switzerland), Alex Wilkinson (Korea), Tom Rogic (Scotland) and Mustafa Amini (Germany) have forged careers overseas.

 

[VicMariner]

Thanks adz.

Media beat up as usual. I thought they might play each other here, oh well.

 

[style_cafe]

Add to the list of Aussies at Everton ...David Carney.
He did his football apprenticeship there & used to room with Wayne Rooney.
He`s available too...just saying.

 

[Wombat]

I think the worst thing that could happen out of this deal is... nothing? Either we get something out of it, or nothing eventuates, but not like we'd be losing anything. Unless we get a couple of dud players, but not like that hasn't happened before or won't happen again even without the Everton link

I'm pretty sure if you are an under 21 player for Everton you are going to be bloody good and several levels above the local talent, however the crime rate might go up a bit...

 

[Wombat]

Add to the list of Aussies at Everton ...David Carney.
He did his football apprenticeship there & used to room with Wayne Rooney.
He`s available too...just saying.

He is a decent player but a bit soft for my liking.

 

[dibo]

I'm pretty sure if you are an under 21 player for Everton you are going to be bloody good and several levels above the local talent, however the crime rate might go up a bit...

Says the Leeds fan!

 

[Wombat]

Leeds fans might smash you car but it will still be where u parked it.

 

[sydmariner]

wasn't eddie bosnar there too

 

[dibo]

Google it

 

[sydmariner]

Yeah he was from JUL 1 2004 to JUL 1 2005 http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/eddy-bosnar/profil/spieler/3053

 

[yorkshireman]

pffft, Scousers have Yorkshiremen beat hands down.

What do you call a scouser in a suit?

 

[Bladesman]

Always used to cost a fiver in the human parking meter to ensure your car was there on your return in scouse land but they were good to their word unlike the Mancs who took the money and the car.

 

[nearlyyellow]

WTF are you people on about? Or on?

 

[yorkshireman]

Always used to cost a fiver in the human parking meter to ensure your car was there on your return in scouse land but they were good to their word unlike the Mancs who took the money and the car.

That's the Scummy Utd fans

 

[Spacks]

He is a decent player but a bit soft for my liking.

TIL David Carney used to play at Sheffield United with Monty

 

[Gratis]

yeah I'm not sold on Carney, he is able to do good things but just isn't consistent enough to be worth it

 

[Wombat]

Lol.

 

[dibo]

Even scummers don't use that word.

Don't use it here.

 

[Roy Law]

I don't see any benefit in the Mariners developing the careers of Everton's U21 players (who may not, BTW, be English); there is no money in it for the club. Our responsibility, and future revenue, lies in the development of young Australian talent.

I am not the only one to express concerns about the benefit of the arrangement with Everton http://www.commentaryboxsports.com/...otball/2604-mariners-harmed-by-mixed-messages

 

[Big Al]

I am not the only one to express concerns about the benefit of the arrangement with Everton http://www.commentaryboxsports.com/...otball/2604-mariners-harmed-by-mixed-messages

I get what they are saying but I dont think CCM are abdoning mid aged players they are just trying to unearth young talent (cheaper) and turn it into a league quality for the mariners or if possible even better for a profit.

Brooch has been successful but I like us trying our own thing and not just bandwagoning what works for one club.