- Central Coast Mariners striker Adam Kwasnik will become the first Mariners player to register fifty Hyundai A-League appearances should he be selected for Sundays fixture against Sydney FC at the Sydney Football Stadium.
Kwasniks appearance off the bench against the Wellington Phoenix at Westpac Stadium last Sunday was his 49th in the Hyundai A-League for the Mariners, with 18 of those caps earned from appearances as a substitute. Kwasnik has registered more appearances off the bench in Hyundai A-League matches than any other Mariners player, and despite having never scored after making an impact as a substitute, has accumulated more Hyundai A-League goals than any other Mariners player in history 11.
Mariners captain Alex Wilkinson and goalkeeper Danny Vukovic are next in line to reach the half-century milestone for the Mariners, having made 47 Hyundai A-League appearances respectively as of last Sundays triumph in the New Zealand capital.
- After the opening nine rounds of the Hyundai A-League 2007/08 season, the Central Coast Mariners defence is certainly showing signs of championship winning form. No team has conceded fewer than the five goals the Mariners have conceded in season three at the corresponding stage of seasons one and two. Last years champions, the Melbourne Victory, had conceded six goals by the Round 9 stage in 2006/07, while the same team had conceded a then Hyundai A-League best eight goals after nine rounds of season one.
Interestingly, should the Mariners remain on top of the Hyundai A-League for a landmark tenth round in a row at the conclusion of this weekends matches, they will move ahead of season one premiers Adelaide United in terms of the most consecutive weeks at the summit of the Hyundai A-League. The Reds went nine consecutive rounds at the top of the Hyundai A-League between Rounds 13 and 21 in 2005/06, a record that the Mariners will trump should they remain on top at the conclusion of Round 10.
However, the Mariners will still be nine rounds away from equaling the staggering record set by the Victory in season two, where they maintained their lead at the top of the Hyundai A-League for 19 rounds.
- Sasho Petrovskis match winner for the Central Coast Mariners against the Wellington Phoenix at the weekend was the 99th goal scored by the Mariners in a competitive fixture since their inaugural match on 7 May, 2005. The Mariners are now set to become the third Hyundai A-League club to register 100 goals in competitive fixtures since the dawn of Australian footballs new era, though the two outfits that have beaten the Mariners to the milestone, Adelaide United and Sydney FC, have had the benefit of an extra one and three competitive tournaments respectively, with 26 of Sydney FCs 139 competitive goals accumulated in five matches at the 2005 Oceania Club Championships.
In total, 18 Mariners players have contributed to the goal scoring exploits of the yellow and navy since their inception, which is over half of the total amount of players that have worn Mariners colours in such time, 34. Adam Kwasnik leads the way with 15 goals thus far, ahead of Stewart Petrie (14), Nik Mrdja (10) and Dean Heffernan (9).
- Sundays match between the Central Coast Mariners and Sydney FC will see a noteworthy number of former and current Qantas Socceroos take to the pitch. For the Mariners, five players in their current squad have made appearances for Australia; John Aloisi, Nik Mrdja, Sasho Petrovski, Tom Pondeljak and Tony Vidmar, while Dean Heffernan, Danny Vukovic and Alex Wilkinson have been involved in Qantas Socceroo squads without earning caps.
For Sydney FC, Clint Bolton, Alex Brosque, Steve Corica, Mark Milligan, Tony Popovic and David Zdrilic have Qantas Socceroo experience. One particular Qantas Socceroo match, played between Australia and Tonga in April, 2001, featured six of the aforementioned players on the pitch simultaneously in green and gold. On that occasion, where Australia posted an unprecedented 22-0 victory at the Coffs Harbour International Sports Stadium, Aloisi, Bolton, Corica, Popovic and Vidmar started the match, before Zdrilics introduction in the 69th minute. Four of the six got on the score sheet Aloisi, who netted six goals, Zdrilic, who netted a brace and Popovic and Vidmar, who posted a goal a piece.
- Sundays match will mark the twelfth occasion the two sides have met in all competitive fixtures. In eleven previous encounters, Sydney FC have claimed five wins in response to the Mariners four, with three draws being played out between the two clubs, who are the closest geographically in the Hyundai A-League.
Sydney FC have scored more goals against the Mariners than any other opponent, 14, despite having not scored against their northern neighbours since Benito Carbones free kick at Bluetongue Stadium in the twelfth minute of their Round 8 encounter at Bluetongue Stadium in season two 348 minutes of match time ago.
The Mariners have put twelve goals past their southern rivals, with only two Mariners players, Andre Gumprecht and Damian Mori, netting more than one of those goals. In matches at the Sydney Football Stadium, the Mariners have won and lost twice and drawn once, having both scored and conceded five goals.
Kwasniks appearance off the bench against the Wellington Phoenix at Westpac Stadium last Sunday was his 49th in the Hyundai A-League for the Mariners, with 18 of those caps earned from appearances as a substitute. Kwasnik has registered more appearances off the bench in Hyundai A-League matches than any other Mariners player, and despite having never scored after making an impact as a substitute, has accumulated more Hyundai A-League goals than any other Mariners player in history 11.
Mariners captain Alex Wilkinson and goalkeeper Danny Vukovic are next in line to reach the half-century milestone for the Mariners, having made 47 Hyundai A-League appearances respectively as of last Sundays triumph in the New Zealand capital.
- After the opening nine rounds of the Hyundai A-League 2007/08 season, the Central Coast Mariners defence is certainly showing signs of championship winning form. No team has conceded fewer than the five goals the Mariners have conceded in season three at the corresponding stage of seasons one and two. Last years champions, the Melbourne Victory, had conceded six goals by the Round 9 stage in 2006/07, while the same team had conceded a then Hyundai A-League best eight goals after nine rounds of season one.
Interestingly, should the Mariners remain on top of the Hyundai A-League for a landmark tenth round in a row at the conclusion of this weekends matches, they will move ahead of season one premiers Adelaide United in terms of the most consecutive weeks at the summit of the Hyundai A-League. The Reds went nine consecutive rounds at the top of the Hyundai A-League between Rounds 13 and 21 in 2005/06, a record that the Mariners will trump should they remain on top at the conclusion of Round 10.
However, the Mariners will still be nine rounds away from equaling the staggering record set by the Victory in season two, where they maintained their lead at the top of the Hyundai A-League for 19 rounds.
- Sasho Petrovskis match winner for the Central Coast Mariners against the Wellington Phoenix at the weekend was the 99th goal scored by the Mariners in a competitive fixture since their inaugural match on 7 May, 2005. The Mariners are now set to become the third Hyundai A-League club to register 100 goals in competitive fixtures since the dawn of Australian footballs new era, though the two outfits that have beaten the Mariners to the milestone, Adelaide United and Sydney FC, have had the benefit of an extra one and three competitive tournaments respectively, with 26 of Sydney FCs 139 competitive goals accumulated in five matches at the 2005 Oceania Club Championships.
In total, 18 Mariners players have contributed to the goal scoring exploits of the yellow and navy since their inception, which is over half of the total amount of players that have worn Mariners colours in such time, 34. Adam Kwasnik leads the way with 15 goals thus far, ahead of Stewart Petrie (14), Nik Mrdja (10) and Dean Heffernan (9).
- Sundays match between the Central Coast Mariners and Sydney FC will see a noteworthy number of former and current Qantas Socceroos take to the pitch. For the Mariners, five players in their current squad have made appearances for Australia; John Aloisi, Nik Mrdja, Sasho Petrovski, Tom Pondeljak and Tony Vidmar, while Dean Heffernan, Danny Vukovic and Alex Wilkinson have been involved in Qantas Socceroo squads without earning caps.
For Sydney FC, Clint Bolton, Alex Brosque, Steve Corica, Mark Milligan, Tony Popovic and David Zdrilic have Qantas Socceroo experience. One particular Qantas Socceroo match, played between Australia and Tonga in April, 2001, featured six of the aforementioned players on the pitch simultaneously in green and gold. On that occasion, where Australia posted an unprecedented 22-0 victory at the Coffs Harbour International Sports Stadium, Aloisi, Bolton, Corica, Popovic and Vidmar started the match, before Zdrilics introduction in the 69th minute. Four of the six got on the score sheet Aloisi, who netted six goals, Zdrilic, who netted a brace and Popovic and Vidmar, who posted a goal a piece.
- Sundays match will mark the twelfth occasion the two sides have met in all competitive fixtures. In eleven previous encounters, Sydney FC have claimed five wins in response to the Mariners four, with three draws being played out between the two clubs, who are the closest geographically in the Hyundai A-League.
Sydney FC have scored more goals against the Mariners than any other opponent, 14, despite having not scored against their northern neighbours since Benito Carbones free kick at Bluetongue Stadium in the twelfth minute of their Round 8 encounter at Bluetongue Stadium in season two 348 minutes of match time ago.
The Mariners have put twelve goals past their southern rivals, with only two Mariners players, Andre Gumprecht and Damian Mori, netting more than one of those goals. In matches at the Sydney Football Stadium, the Mariners have won and lost twice and drawn once, having both scored and conceded five goals.
