Central Coast Mariners head coach Nick Montgomery is ecstatic to be back for pre-season training, with the squad officially returning to the Centre of Excellence of Monday.
A month and a half after our historic 6-1 victory over Melbourne City to win the A-League Championship, our 2023/24 pre-season has begun as we look ahead to our first Australia Cup game against Sydney FC on August 13th.
“It feels fantastic to be back. I can’t believe that it has been six weeks since the final but to get everybody back and get on the training pitch and just feel that grass under your feet, it’s something I’ve been looking forward to,” Montgomery said.
“It was a great atmosphere yesterday, a few new players coming in, obviously young boys coming back, always changes, we lost a few last season as well. That’s normal, that’s football.
“Right now, we’re still…
