Inside the Central Coast Mariners’ wild A-League title celebrations as Grand Final hero Jason Cummings takes on two goats and recreates ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin’s signature ‘beer smash’
Central Coast hero Jason Cummings channeled his inner ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin and took on two goats as the Mariners celebrated a first A-League title in 10 years.
The Scotland-born Socceroo scored a hat-trick as Central Coast demolished three-time reigning premiers Melbourne City 6-1 in Sydney on Saturday night.
In the lead-up to the Grand Final, Cummings revealed the decider would be his ‘last dance with the Mariners, but after the game he made clear the title celebrations would take the precedence over sorting out his future.
And the Joe Marston Medallist has lived up to his word, documenting the Mariners’ raucous party.
In a video he shared on Instagram, Cummings recreated Austin’s signature ‘beer smash’ by opening up two cans of beer, before smashing them against each other and having their content spray all over him.
Jason Cummings recreated Stone Cold Steve Austin’s famous ‘beer smash’ as the Mariners celebrated their A-League triumph
Cummings was also seen playfully interacting with two goats (left) and looking to paddle on a kayak (right) while wearing his A-League winner’s medal around his neck
Footage share on social media by Mariners midfielder Harrison Steele also shows Cummings playfully taking on two goats.
The former Dundee striker can then be seen sat on a kayak looking to paddle away from a jetty, while still wearing his A-League winner medal around his neck
Aptly, the soundtrack to both videos, is Queen’s ‘We Are the Champions’.
Cummings’ 18-month deal with the Mariners runs out at the end of the month, but he insisted he was yet to take a decision over his future as he credited Mariners coach Nick Montgomery for rescuing his career.
‘Everyone knows how much this club means to me,’ Cummings said after the Mariners thrashed City.
‘I was in a stage in my career, Dundee let me go and [Montgomery] gave me an opportunity at the Mariners and the last year-and-a-half have just been a dream come true.
‘I need to enjoy the moment now, go back with the boys and enjoy it with my family and the fans. And then we’ll see what happens.’
Cummings’ career has been turned around since his move to Central Coast and he will be among members of the championship-winning squad to be courted by wealthier outfits in Australia and elsewhere over the coming weeks.
Cummings scored a hat-trick as the Mariners demolished Melbourne City 6-1 on Saturday
The Mariners’ triumph marked their first A-League title since 2013
Mariners operate on one of the A-League’s smallest budgets and Montgomery acknowledged that Cummings was unlikely to be the only departure.
‘We’re a selling club, the club needs to sell players to survive,’ he said.
‘I’ve no doubt we’re going to get offers and the quality of players on show tonight, nobody can doubt the value of that squad. But that wasn’t there at the beginning of the season.
‘If we lose them, that’s football. We’ll bring in new players. I’m sure the phone’s going to be going for the chairman in the next couple of weeks.’
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