Central Coast's Peter Turnbull is an inspiration

A good news story if ever I heard one!

Talking to Central Coast Mariners Deputy Chairman Peter Turnbull this afternoon at the Sydney FC Central Coast Pre-Season A-League game was inspirational.



Peter is clearly a football man from way back, having played the game, watched and administrated at many levels. And he is still playing at the age of 51. He has a game tomorrow night.



Peter talked about the present structure of the Mariners, the player base, the Academy side, the Central Coast Lightning and the Mariners. A clear structure for the region's players, and it was partly this that attracted him to invest in the club.



He also talked about the successful sponsorship the Mariners have attracted. The best in the A-League he thought.



He told me how despite some solutions still required, the game was going to go continue to develop across Australia.



Music to my ears.



But what really inspired me was when he talked about how he provided scholarships for three Indigenous children to play football. The kit, the balls the whole shebang and access to the Johnny Warren Football Foundation.



And when he talked about the Indigenous teams playing in the Harry Williams cup recently he talked about the attacking nature of these children.

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AFL and Rugby League have used Indigenous Australians to great effect. But as Peter pointed out, some of the Indigenous boys natural skill and agility lend themselves more easily to football.



Enjoyed the chat Peter, long may your passion for the game endure.

He also said this blog had too Sydney FC on it!



For the record: Mariners 3 Sydney FC 0.