Mariners to wear iconic throwback kit for FFA Cup 2019 clash

No, you’re not seeing things – Central Coast Mariners will be wearing red, white and blue in the FFA Cup this Wednesday.

Central Coast are paying homage to the area’s rich footballing history by launching a retro kit featuring the iconic colours of their predecessors, ‘The Coasties’.

The Mariners will wear the Umbro-made throwback kit – which includes a classic collar and the original Coasties logo on the back of the jersey - for the first time against Brisbane Roar in Wednesday’s Round of 16 clash in Queensland.

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It is the strip many representative players from the Coast wore as they launched their aspiring footballing careers, including current Mariners skipper Matt Simon.

“It’s a very proud moment for me,” he told the club website. “It’s paying tribute to my first representative jersey on the Central Coast that I wore in the under 11’s, so it's bringing back some memories and it’s great that the club is paying tribute to the Coasties.

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"I’ve always said it’s a privilege to be captain of the club. Being a local boy, for me to be able to represent the region and lead the boys out week-in-week out, I feel privileged for that and I enjoy every minute of it.”

Central Coast junior and first-ever Mariners signing Damien Brown along with veteran Nathan Byrn sported the Coasties kits of 1998 and 1999 to illustrate the similarities - which you can observe below.

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