The Central Coast Mariners have further strengthened their ties with the Central Coast football family by re-launching their Ambassador program for the Hyundai A-League 2007/08 season.

The Ambassador program allocates one Mariners squad or coaching staff member to each of the region’s 22 local clubs, providing a link for each grass roots football organisation to their local heroes.

During the course of a season, the Mariners are inundated with requests from local clubs to attend training, official functions and presentations, and the Ambassador program guarantees each club their Mariners player at their event.

"An important part of our success as a club off the field since our inception has been our integration with the local football family and the Ambassador program is the perfect vehicle for us to promote this link," said Mariners Executive Chairman Lyall Gorman.

"On the field, we have provided a unique pathway for local clubs to progress their best players to the Hyundai A-League through our Youth Academy, while our Ambassador program provides a direct link to our local clubs off the field, which is equally as important.

"The work our players do in the community cannot be understated and we’re hopeful that by re-launching the Ambassador program, we will be able to continue to live up to the benchmark our club has set throughout our opening seasons."

The Central Coast is home to over 15,000 registered footballers – a number greater than any other two sporting codes combined on the Central Coast.

Several Mariners players are in fact representing the club that they played for as juniors – Damien Brown is Ambassador for The Entrance, Andrew Clark for Mountains District and Matthew Trott for East Gosford.

Mariners Ambassadors
Avoca Beach – Sasho Petrovski
Berkeley Vale – Adam Kwasnik
Budgewoi – Tony Vidmar
Doyalson Wyee – Andrew Redmayne
East Gosford – Matthew Trott
Gosford City – Tom Pondeljak
Gwandalan – Nigel Boogaard
Kanwal Warnervale – Bradley Porter
Kariong – Matt Simon
Killarney District – Greg Owens
Kincumber – Alex Wilkinson
Mountains District – Andrew Clark
Ourimbah-University – Paul O’Grady
Southern & Ettalong – Andre Gumprecht
Terrigal United – John Hutchinson
The Entrance – Damien Brown
Toukley Gorokan – Ian Ferguson
Tuggerah United – Matthew Osman
Umina United – Mile Jedinak
Woy Woy – Dean Heffernan
Wyoming – Nik Mrdja
Wyong – Danny Vukovic