| SYDNEY FC v CENTRAL COAST MARINERS Sydney Football Stadium, Sunday 5th October 2009. |
| Photos by Michael Shillito |
| The teams enter the arena |
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| 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 |
