Central Coast Mariners - Under APL Management

We have drama and theatre evrry week.
Never try typing on public transport with spellcheck turned off!!!!

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austin111

Terrible news for the AL. We are blessed to have owners like Welnix. Despite our roller coaster existence. We dont seem to to need to worry about the financial stability of our club.

Careful you will be labled a happy clapper

Yeah. You've got to wonder about the mental state of someone who says "happy clapper" as if it was a devastating insult.

Just trying to be as nice as possible Doloras, avoiding swear words, etc.

You know how it is

Someone else called him it first and I found it quite fitting.

trying to think of the opposite of "happy clapper", maybe "negative Nancy"???

theprof

trying to think of the opposite of "happy clapper", maybe "negative Nancy"???

Eeyore? Puddleglum? Eeyore probably better known. Both a bit literary though. Not so applicable here, perhaps…Murphy of Murphy’s law perhaps a bit off these days…

Anyway, this is kinda discussion is getting a bit…but worried for our Auckland compadre tbh. 

And we still haven’t got back the thousands we’ve lost. 

Sounds like a sale will happen, which is good news. But to whom?
Any of 3-4 different possibilities it seems.

Wonder if the ownership confusion, has meant that Kiwi Seth Clark hasn't been announced as a Mariner yet?
Clark being at Sydney Olympic, and maybe if Olympic's owner doesn't get to buy the Mariners, Clark doesn't go to Gosford??

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360923778/central-coast-mariners-owner-exits-local-international-investors-circle-league-club

It is another turbulent chapter in the Mariners’ colourful 21-year history, but it could soon lead to stability - and not necessarily under Damon Hanlin, the club’s presumed prospective incoming owner.

Hanlin, the former chairman of NPL NSW and Australian Championship side Sydney Olympic, had been in talks with Charlesworth to buy the Mariners and lodged formal documentation with the APL and Football Australia in late 2025, pending due diligence, the passing of a fit-and-proper person test and other requirements.

However, it is far from a fait accompli that Hanlin will assume control, with the APL to launch a fresh sale of the club amid “engaged local and international interest”.

One source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told the Sydney Morning Herald that Hanlin’s agreement with Charlesworth had fallen through, and that the APL’s takeover manoeuvre represented a clean slate.

Multiple sources say that English Championship club QPR - home to Australian trio Kealey Adamson, Daniel Bennie and Jayden Pearlman - had also been negotiating with Charlesworth to buy the Mariners in the off-season and had even reached an agreement with him, only for the deal to fall over at the eleventh hour, at which point they withdrew their interest.

The APL will now attempt to revive those discussions, but sources say that two other European-based clubs, plus a local consortium, have already signalled their intent to be part of the process.

Their academy has gone into receivership, that's a big loss if it isn't saved.

Ryan

Their academy has gone into receivership, that's a big loss if it isn't saved.

Really rough on the kids & for the parents who have paid a lot of money to have them involved with it. 

Interview with Damon Hanlin, former chairman of @SydneyOlympicFC, who owns the club’s @AusChampionship license as a separate entity and previously funded the @CCMariners , whose license he tried to buy from Mike Charlesworth. I’ll time stamp it below. My head is still spinning. pic.twitter.com/eStgdPOepH

— Chief (@SrSittingBull) January 22, 2026

25:22 Damon’s involvement in @CCMariners

28:00 path to A-league license ownership 
30:00 APL & the deal 
31:30 Conflicts of interest 
32:30 Labinot Haliti involvement 
34:00 Mariners finances & sale agreement 
35:20 Mariners falling apart w/o his investment 
36:00 APL requests from Damon for AL license

https://x.com/ALeagueHQ/status/2036789834099101866

🚨🇦🇺BREAKING: The Central Coast Mariners’ new owners are expected to be QPR!

By the end of the A-League season, QPR should have taken over CCM.⚡️

[@marcothejourno] pic.twitter.com/GcvKNPkjWt

— AusFootHQ (@ALeagueHQ) March 25, 2026

https://x.com/ALeagueHQ/status/2036793542853767461

🚨🌕| Warren Moon’s contract expires at the end of the season.

Moon has indicated that he’s likely to return to Brisbane at the end of the season for family reasons

[@marcothejourno] pic.twitter.com/Q0vc8pwLmx

— AusFootHQ (@ALeagueHQ) March 25, 2026

https://x.com/ALeagueHQ/status/2036792092954136775

🚨🌕| Carl Veart could be back coaching in the A-League next season.

Veart is in the sights of both Perth Glory and Central Coast Mariners. ⚡️

[@marcothejourno] pic.twitter.com/Miwc054QK0

— AusFootHQ (@ALeagueHQ) March 25, 2026

Loads to unpack there.  

https://x.com/CCMariners/status/2042120483844616548

We can today confirm that Warren Moon will depart the club at the end of the @aleaguemen 2025/26 season.

We thank Warren for his leadership and professionalism throughout his time as Head Coach, and we support his decision to return home to family 💛

🗞️ https://t.co/qL6lh7rd0Q pic.twitter.com/joJjqPgV91

— Central Coast Mariners (@CCMariners) April 9, 2026