Central Coast Mariners 1-1 Perth Glory
By Alyce Collett 3/1/2026
Above: The Central Coast Mariners celebrate after Peta Trimis’ equalising goal. Photo: via the A-Leagues
The Central Coast Mariners and Perth Glory could not be split, as the two sides played out an enthralling one all draw to close out the weekend’s A-League Women’s action.
In overcast conditions in Gosford, Susan Phonsongkham’s first half stunning goal was ultimately cancelled out by another stunning goal from Peta Trimis in the second half.
Although Perth had the first shot at goal, it was not long before the Mariners locked the ball in their attacking third and started to build the attacking pressure.
The youth of the Mariners’ forward cohort were switched on early, with the likes of Trimis, Annalise Rassmussen and Izzy Gomez causing plenty of headaches for the Glory defence early. However, as hard as these forwards tried to bend their shots into the back of the net, the angles just were not quite working in their favour.
Perth was not without its opportunities, but those chances were not anywhere near as dangerous as Central Coast’s.
Despite momentum not being in their corner, it was Perth who broke the deadline just after the half hour mark. Bronte Trew pounced on some inattentive work from the Mariners defence, who then crossed the ball into Phonsongkham right in front of the goals, who converted truly off the volley.
Despite going behind on the scoreboard the Mariners kept trying to find that elusive goal, and maintained their dominance of attacking time. However, no matter how hard they tried they just could not find the back of the net.
The half time stats really showed how much Phonsongkham’s goal was against the run of play.
Possession was even between the two sides, but the Mariners had nine shots on goal (with five of them on target) compared to Perth’s five (with only two on target).
The second half began in much the same way the first half had played out, with the Mariners doing a lot of the attacking play but unable to convert any of their chances.
That was until just over the hour mark, when Trimis scored an Olympico from the harder side of the pitch for a right footer, and the Mariners finally converted a chance.
The Mariners almost then took the lead about 15 minutes later when Trimis lined up Rasmussen, but the league’s Golden Boot leader was narrowly offside.
As the second half progressed both sides certainly had plenty of chances to take the lead for themselves and players continued to fight hard right until the end, but ultimately the teams could not be split.
There were a number of hard fought battles in the middle of the park, with the likes of Isobel Dalton, Grace Johnston and Greta Kraszula in the thick of the action.
Neither side will be satisfied with the result, but will no doubt be grateful they came away from proceedings with at least a point.
Teams: CENTRAL COAST MARINERS (4-2-2-2): Grove, Thew, Martin, Gomez, Prakash, Rasmussen, Kraszula, Dos Santos, King, Trimis, Baumann. Substitutes: Barwick-Grey, Farrow, Levin, Quilligan, Buchanan, Varley.
Scorer: Trimis 61’
PERTH GLORY (4-3-3): Morrissey, Sardo, McKenna, Zogg, Johnston, Westaway, Dalton, Tovar, Trew, Phonsongkham, O’Donoghue. Substitutes: Skinner, Anderson, McAllister, Lincoln, Wainwright, Badawiya.
Scorer: Phonsongkham 35’
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley
Attendance: TBC
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