SYDNEY FC v CENTRAL COAST MARINERS Sydney Football Stadium, Sunday 5th October 2009. |
Photos by Michael Shillito |
The teams enter the arena |
The Cove raise their scarves |
The Marinators' banners |
A minute's silence for the tsunami victims |
Kick off |
Sung Hwan Byun takes a corner |
Danny Vukovic saves |
Stuart Musialik looks for an attacking option |
A Mariners' free bounces off the wall |
Sydney take a throw-in |
Moving forward into the box |
Terry McFlynn scores, and the players celebrate |
The Cove goes wild |
John Hutchinson takes the Mariners forward |
Alex Brosque on the counter-attack |
Clint Bolton makes a save |
Dean Heffernan on the run |
Karol Kisel & Hutchinson exchange pleasantaries |
Mariners throw-in |
Into the second half. Clint Bolton takes a kick |
Sydney FC are awarded a free kick |
An overcast afternoon at the SFS |
Sydney from the corner |
Steve Corica evades a tackle |
Alex Brosque wrong-foots the Mariners |
The Mariners set the wall |
Mad scramble on the goal line |
Steve Corica forward of half-way |
Terry McFlynn prepares to take a kick |
Alex Brosque receives some unwanted attention |
Shannon Cole checks in for Sydney FC |
Confirmation of the crowd figure |
Brosque and Wilkinson tangle |
Terry McFlynn prepares his free kick |
McFlynn is forced out wide |
Injury worries for Stephan Keller |
In the final minutes, the rain gets heavier |
Danny Vukovic takes a goal kick |
The Cove continue to sing in the rain |
Musialik and Kwasnik lose their balance |
Michael McGlinchey has one last attempt for Central Coast |
Battle for a header |
The Mariners keep pressing, but there is to be no equaliser |
Final score Sydney FC 1 Central Coast Mariners 0 |