After Saturday night’s FFA Cup Final loss to Melbourne Victory, the Central Coast Mariners fans can confidently say they have the second-best football team in Australia and that’s no small feat.
Football players and fans know that travelling to an away game final can be exciting and intimidating.
Three hundred adventurous Mariners’ fans made the trek to Melbourne for the final at AAMI stadium.
Some drove, some went by train, others took a party bus and many migrated by plane, something that seemed strangely retro after recent travel bans.
Over 600 football teams from across Australia were in the 2021 FFA Cup competition.
All of those teams dreamed of making it the grand final.
The Mariners made it all the way to the final while other teams, rich and well-resourced teams and teams with histories longer than ours, did not.
We can confidently say the Mariners have created the greatest club spirit in the country.
David Abrahams