The Central Coast Mariners weren’t supposed to stun Australian football, let alone their opponents, and pull a rabbit from their blue and yellow cap to keep this miraculous story going.
Melbourne Victory had done enough to beat them in Saturday evening’s A-League Men (ALM) grand final. A 50th-minute lead sourced through the unlikely figure of Jason Geria had given way to a rearguard action that held their opponents to just three shots across the 90 minutes, none of which were on target.
