http://www.footballtop.com/node/83046/player/rss Footballtop en http://www.footballtop.com/news/mariners-clinch-australian-title <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><img src="http://www.footballtop.ru/sites/default/files/photos/news/mariners-22-4-13.jpg" width="615" alt="Mariners clinch Australian title" /></p> <p><strong><em>The Central Coast Mariners have won their first Australian title in seven years after beating Western Sydney 2-0 in the A-League final.</em></strong></p> <p>Dutch centre-back Patrick Zwaanswijk opened the scoring with a header from the corner two minutes before the break, while Daniel McBreen completed the scoring from the penalty spot in the 68th minute of the game.</p> <p>The win represents <a href="http://www.footballtop.com/clubs/central-coast-mariners">Mariners</a>’ triumph over financial woes, as at one point in the season the club lacked finances to pay the salary to players.</p> <p>Mariners’ captain John Hutchinson said: “It’s amazing. As I said to the fans a long time ago, this one’s not for us. It’s for them. We’ve got some good characters here, some fantastic players. Some good youngsters as well, and before the game I just told them that this could be the last time that we play together as a team, so let’s make it special.”</p> </div></div></div> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:48:11 +0000 Basil Naumov 140821 at http://www.footballtop.com http://www.footballtop.com/news/mariners-clinch-australian-title#comments