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This morning an announcement has been made that the Holmes Barnes Group (HSG) are the new operator for the Mariners Ninja A-League Women's team.
HBG have agreed via a heads of agreement with the Australian Professional Leagues (APL) and Total Soccer Group (TSG) operate the Mariners' Women's Team that includes all of the rights, obligations and responsibilities that comes with operating the team.
Under this arrangement, TSG will remain as owners of the licence for CCM's Womens squad.
The OSC is looking forward to working with both TSG and HBG.
A full version of the press release can be found on the Mariners web site by clicking here.
In further news, there have been some squad movement for the Mariners' Mens squad since our previous update.
Two new signings have been announced as follows:
- Luke Becvinovski who is a young left-footed striker
Mariners sign exciting 17-year-old striker Luke Becvinovski - Alex Bolton who is promising midfielder
Mariners sign talented 18-year-old midfielder Alex Bolton
Additionally there haver been two scholarship contracts awarded as follows:
- Jesse Mantell who impressed fans with his maiden goal for the club on debut
Homegrown star Jesse Mantell continues Mariners journey with scholarship deal - Noah Cooper who comes to CCM from the WS Wanderers Academy
Exciting prospect Noah Hooper signs scholarship deal
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Since our last update a week or so ago, there has been some announcements from CCM about new players signings.
Forward Max Naylor joins the Mariners after leaving Perth Glory. Max comes to the Mariners having International experience with the Subway Joeys.
https://ccmariners.com.au/news/mariners-sign-young-forward-max-naylor/
The Mariners have also announced the signing of defender Kristian Popovic. Kristian is son of Socceroos coach Tony Popovic and comes to us with experience playing for Perth Glory, Western Sydney Wanderers and Sydney United 58.
https://ccmariners.com.au/news/mariners-sign-versatile-24-year-old-kristian-popovic/
There have also been an announcement of a player departure, being Alfie McCalmont. Alfie made 40 appearances over the two years that he played for us, scoring 5 goals along with 2 assists. We wish Alfie all the success for his future.
Don't forget that the Mariners Australia Cup 2026 Round of 32 match is next week with our opponent being Sydney United 58 FC. The match will be played at Sydney United Sports Centre, Edensor Park. Kick-off is scheduled for 7:30pm on Wednesday, 22nd July 2026.
Whilst on the subject of fixtures, the A-League today released the fixtures for the Isuzu Ute A-League Men's competition for 2026/2027. The season starts with CCM hosting last year's Premiers Newcastle Jets on October 17th 2026. A summary of the fixtures can be found on the Mariners web site using the following link, with full details being available in A-League app.
https://ccmariners.com.au/news/the-central-coast-mariners-2026-27-isuzu-ute-a-league-season-has-been-confirmed/
Lastly, Mariners Early Bird Membership renewals are still available. The ability to renew at Early Bird pricing closes at 4pm on Tuesday, 28th July 2026. If you have not received an email from CCM advising of this and the process to follow, we would recommend that you contact their Office well before the abovementioned end date.
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This is the first of hopefully many weekly updates that CCM Official Supporters Club can provide to fans, especially those that do not use social media.
These will be in the form of a weekly wrap-up of news and other activities leading into the 2026/2027 season.
The last week or two has been full of news, starting with the announcement of a new owner for the club. Total Soccer Group Holdings (TSG) being the successful new owner of the Mariners.
https://ccmariners.com.au/news/total-soccer-growth-holdings-announced-as-new-owners-of-central-coast-mariners-fc/
The other important news from a club level was the announcement of our new head coach, with fans reaction being extremely positive when John Hutchinson was announced in returning to the club in this capacity. John is returning to us after spending time coaching in the USA and Japan.
https://ccmariners.com.au/news/hutch-is-home-mariners-legend-returns-as-head-coach/
On further club news, an announcement was made that Australian-owned sporting apparel company Knoqa is now the Mariner's apparel and kit supplier. Fans may think that this name is familiar as they were the kit supplier for Canberra United last season.
https://ccmariners.com.au/news/community-at-the-heart-mariners-welcome-konqa-as-official-kit-partner/
Turning our attention to player signings, the following announcements (in order) have been made:
- Diesel Herrington has signed a two-year contract extension
https://ccmariners.com.au/news/diesel-herrington-signs-two-year-contract-extension/ - Storm Roux has signed a new one-year contract, taking him into his 11th season with the Mariners
https://ccmariners.com.au/news/storm-roux-extends-mariners-stay-into-eleventh-season/ - Haine Eames has signed a long-term contract for a period of 4 years
https://ccmariners.com.au/news/haine-eames-signs-long-term-contract/ - Oli Lavale has signed a new contract extension
https://ccmariners.com.au/news/21-year-old-striker-oli-lavale-signs-contract-extension/ - A new signing with Australian midfielder youth international Oliver O'Carroll signing a scholarship contract
https://ccmariners.com.au/news/australian-youth-international-midfielder-oli-ocarroll-signs-scholarship/ - A further new signing being Scottish youth international defender Noah McCann
https://ccmariners.com.au/news/mariners-sign-promising-young-defender-noah-mccann/ - Another scholarship contract has been signed by defender Shumba Mutokoyi
https://ccmariners.com.au/news/highly-rated-defender-shumba-mutokoyi-signs-mariners-scholarship/
There have also been announcements of player departures that include Nathan Paull, Miguel Di Pizio, Christian Theoharous, James Donachie, Sabit Ngor, Nathanael Blair, Will Kennedy, Logan Sambrook, Kaito Tanuguchi, Seth Clark and Jacob Nasso.
Lastly, details for the Mariners Australia Cup 2026 Round of 32 match have been released with our opponent being Sydney United 58 FC. The match will be played at Sydney United Sports Centre, Edensor Park. Kick-off is scheduled for 7:30pm on Wednesday, 22nd July 2026.
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This afternoon at 3:30pm, the Australian Professional Leagues (APL) announced that the new owners of Central Coast Mariners FC is Total Soccer Growth Holdings (TSG).
TSG is a privately-owned international business that has major share holdings in Queens Park Rangers in the UK and a stake in Los Angeles FC in the USA.
The announcement can be found on the Mariners web site at
https://ccmariners.com.au/news/total-soccer-growth-holdings-announced-as-new-owners-of-central-coast-mariners-fc/
In addition to this announcement, there is further information that has been provided for fans that is available on the CCM website.
The first of these is a letter from TSG
https://ccmariners.com.au/news/a-letter-from-total-soccer-growth/
The other is a number of frequently asked questions
https://ccmariners.com.au/news/central-coast-mariners-ownership-faq/
More information about other information such as membership sales and more will be made available soon.
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Last night the draw for the Round of 32 for the Hahn Australia Cup was decided.
The Mariners have drawn Sydney United 58 FC as their opponent for this competition.
This will be an away match for the Mariners, sometime between Tuesday 14th July and Wednesday 29th July this year.
Exact details for the fixture (date, venue and kick-off time) are yet to be decided.
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