It's looking like a good year of #Football for the Central Coast Mariners :cm: in Australia.

The A-League draw has come out for the defending champs, plus there is some international cup action as part of the #AFCcup.

Our opponents in the group stage of the AFC Cup are:

→Bali United (Indonesia)
→Terengganu FC (Malaysia)
→Stallion Laguna (Philippines)

It is also the inaugural season for the women's team - which is very exciting too.

#CCMFC #BeOurMate #MastodonFC #AleagueMen #ALeagueWomen

Thinking about making groups for A-League Men and Women. Thinking @aleague for the men just because it will cause the least friction but for the women I’m think it should be @thedub but I figure let’s vote. #aleague #ALeagueW #ALeagueM #aleagueswomen #aleaguesmen #aleaguewomen #aleaguemen #sokkahdon #mastodonfc #matildas

#FIFAWWC
#AustraliaCup
#AleagueMen
#SokkahDon

The Australia Cup game on Sunday against the AL champions dragging me back to reality:

Well kudos to the #ALeagueMen for not taking a break during the Asian Cup. What a pack of weirdos running that organisation

The NineFax Media have now done 8 (EIGHT) articles about Ange in three days but only did four in total about the #ALeagueMen #GrandFinal over the weekend. Their football correspondent, unironically, wrote this in her report despite giving it 0 (Zero) articles in the week leading up to the game: “On Saturday night that looked like one of the most engaging grand finals to date being rendered invisible in Australia…”.

The concentration of sports rights with Australian news companies means that you’s never know that the #ALeagueMen Grand Final was on in Sydney tonight if you relied on NineFax for your (Rugby) news https://www.smh.com.au/sport/

The #ALeagueMen and #ALeagueWomen are screwed without media exposure. “On Sunday, Joey Lynch tweeted that he was the only journalist in attendance covering Melbourne Victory against Perth Glory at AAMI Park.
One journalist, covering the biggest (football) club in the country!”

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/04/11/to-suggest-the-football-media-incited-fans-to-riot-is-not-only-wrong-its/

The “Sydney” Morning Herald there, two stories about Wrexham on their football page, no coverage of the #ALeagueMen or #ALeagueWomen since last week. https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer

Straight into the Muir Family Jewels at full power #MVCvPER #ALeagueMen

Channel Nine Media have clearly decided that #ALeagueMen & #ALeagueWomen don’t exist. About 400 Thugby stories in their “sport” section and no match reports from the football.

Despite the best efforts of the #ALeagueMen referees. A win.

Fair to good players working their arse off only to have their work ruined by amateur officials. The #ALeagueMen has a problem and it isn’t the quality of the football #BigBlue # #SYDvMVC

I thought the #ALeagueMen . streaming quality on Paramount Plus was awful, but some of the cameras on the #MLS are clearly not suitable for the AppleTV+ streams

Two days in a row they’ve creates new laws of the game in #ALeagueMen #BRIvPER

The commentator on the #BRIvPER #ALeagueMen game just called Dutch football team Willem II “willem deux”. 😂

VAR for yellow cards? New #ALeagueMen rules? #MCYvSYD

All the people whinging about entry to #MelbDerby being delayed...something something womens games and entry opening ten minutes before kick off. #aleagues #aleaguemen #aleaguewomen #soccer #melbournevictory #melbournecity

David Squires on … the Sydney derby soap opera https://andrewhansen.au/david-squires-on-the-sydney-derby-soap-opera/ #Australiasport #TheGuardian #ALeagueMen #Football #humour #sports #Sport

Sydney’s tactics are quite frustrating, and barely effective. Can’t see how it survives #sydneyDerby #ALeagueMen

Nice win for Sydney FC. Every game should be 10v10 #ALeagueMen #SYDvCCM