Central Coast Mariners - Under New Ownership

To fully appreciate you should except the Mariners development of their Training academies and the COE plus the Private Football School have and are developing some of Australia’s best young talent … off the top of my head developed via our academy and youth systems .. Ryan, Sainsbury, Amini, Rogic, Abibi, Caceres .. you could also add Bozanic, Wilkson, Jedi in career development ..

To the past, roughly three weeks ago it was revealed that Chinese investors plan to invest ONE BILLION dollars in the CC of which half is buying existing businesses and developing them and the other half in building a replica of the hidden city.

Today it has been proudly announced by Gosford council over 500 million dollars of investment proposals for Gosford CBD last month..

Thats 1.5 billion dollars of which 1 billion is new work and a fair bit of the other 500 million is new work as well…

All this investment has to in some way help the Mariners but given the first billion is being invested leas than 10 Kls from the COE and the 500 million in Gosford next to CC Stadium…

I believe our development academies and COE will grow beyond our wildest dreams and this ensure the long held dream of always getting Australia best youth...

Link to the Gosford CBD investment …

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/central...

Just some of the developments.

http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2014/09/03/1227046/393572-f0ede50e-3319-11e4-b504-0c5c618439dc.jpg

http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2014/09/03/1227046/393081-d44a8c54-3319-11e4-b504-0c5c618439dc.jpg

Plus if you read the article two massive investments in the heart of Gosford…

Good for Gosford, although a replica of the forbidden city seems cheesy, the real forbidden city (brought to you by American express - I'm not kidding) can be a big enough tourist trap.

The replica of the hidden city is expected to cost 500 million to build, the land purchases was over 30 million from Wyrong council... It is said to be an exact replica i.e building for building statute for stature, the investors believe it will become Australia's biggest tourist when finished. 

Not once Clive Palmer has finished his replica of the Titanic

Maybe its the Chinese revenge for Clive's comments... Clive could become the model for the Budda statute maybe... 

Seriously they are talking about thousands of jobs once its opened and the Tourist would be mainly Chinese...  

Sounds a lot like the terry situation

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/central-coast-mariners/patrick-zwaanswijk-and-gareth-naven-take-aleague-clubs-to-court-20141103-11gccg.html

sounds like sour grapes to me

four players not in match day squad, including Montgomery and Simon, drinking at fan's bar pregame today. That's not a good look.

bit of an element of defiance in that. Not a happy camp. 

Looking forward to this game to see if Perth can beat CCM away for the first time. TAB says no, but I reckon Perth will be top of the league tonight.

No wonder Wee Mac wanted out.

As in Matt Simon, former CCM legend and gobshite?

He is still contracted with them.

Matt Simon is just a POS of a human being.

Geez Vader.. Do you know him personally..? 

Rumour that they are taking 4 games to north Sydney next year.

Sell the club to Rangers and it will have come full circle.

Feel for them really got screwed over by everyone this season, including themselves.

Hmmm... If 23 players are saying the coach is shit, do you change the players or the coach..... I know the easy fix to that one which might fix a few other problems.

You counting WeeMac and Flores in those numbers?

Bring back the mayor...

Robertson federal Liberal MP Lucky Wicks and Gosford mayor Lawrie McKinna at the launch of the glow path

Lucky Wicks?

*giggles*

#cheekycockney

Mane homesick and wants out?

has been released on compassionate grounds. 

http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/a-league/mali...

So a player missing his family in Senegal, is released so he can go back to Sweden?

if I were a Mariners fan, that statement would make me more concerened than I was before...

As a nix fan, I find it more hilarious than it was before. 

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2014/11/24/charlesworth-chases-games-sydney-save-mariners

Why would the FFA let them go into Sydney when there is a 'Sydney FC' and they can go play in the north. I find that really really strange.

It would be similar if the Phoenix said they wanted to play games on the Gold Coast cause there are Kiwis in Surfers. No they, have Brisbane Roar to support.

Amazingly similar story to us though. I'm surprised that Gosford has to get 10k through the gates to break even. Seeing as CCM are the only tenants surely they can negotiate the price down?

69We are Central Coast

Lawrie McKinna resigns as the clubs ambassador

Silent protest at Friday's game. In other words, they'll just be as loud as they usually are.

Fair enough. A team can't have two homes. I think there are some big differences between what is happening on the Central Coast and the Phoenix. North Sydney Oval is only being used because it is so cheap. At least we actually get a good crowd when we play in Auckland/Christchurch. Even though we have lost some games from Wellington, we know that the team always will be the Wellington Phoenix.

Some people could say the same about us Patrick, so I wouldn't get on a high horse.

CCM's ACL kit