Performance Physio collaborates with Football Queensland

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Football Queensland has named Performance Physio as its Official Physiotherapy Partner for all FQ Representative Programs and staff in 2025, as well as the preferred physio partner for the broader FQ football community.

This alliance will strengthen support for Queensland players by providing expert injury prevention, management, and rehabilitation services across key FQ programs and events throughout the season.

Through this collaboration, Performance Physio will provide physiotherapy, sports trainer services, and injury screening, prevention, and management at major Football Queensland events. This includes FQ Academy competitions, Queensland State Teams in the NPL U23 competition and National Youth Championships, as well as FQ Academy QAS training sessions and matchdays.

Football Queensland CEO Robert Cavallucci stated that the partnership will offer essential support to players progressing through the state’s high-performance pathways.

“Football Queensland is proud to welcome Performance Physio as our Official Physiotherapy Partner for 2025. Their expertise in injury management and player welfare will be invaluable in ensuring our athletes can perform at their best while maintaining their health on and off the field,” he said via press release.

“Performance Physio has been a trusted provider of physiotherapy services within Queensland’s football community, and we’re pleased to continue working with them to provide professional, high-quality support to our FQ Academy programs.

“This partnership ensures our current and emerging players will have access to the best possible care and education, helping them develop long-term injury prevention and management skills.”

Director and Principal Physiotherapist Ranveer Atwal highlighted that the agreement will provide players with specialised football injury rehabilitation, prevention, and recovery, utilising advanced systems and equipment to support their long-term development, including priority access to sports medicine pathways.

“We’re thrilled to partner with Football Queensland to provide high-level physiotherapy support to emerging footballers across the state,” Atwal said via press release.

“This collaboration allows us to work closely with players, coaches, and teams to ensure they receive the best possible care while also learning how to manage their bodies for long-term performance.” 

As part of the collaboration, FQ community football participants can enjoy an exclusive discount on Performance Physio services in 2025 by mentioning their club when booking.

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Victory unites with Roasting Warehouse in culture-led partnership

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The Melbourne-based anf family-owned business will join the Victory family, uniting two institutions which represent the city’s culture and identity.

A partnership with local roots

As the newest partner of Melbourne Victory, Roasting Warehouse joins forces with a vital part of the city’s sporting landscape.

The club’s Managing Director, Caroline Carnegie, outlined why the partnership bears so much value to both parties.

“We are excited to collaborate with Roasting Warehouse, a community-oriented destination for high-quality coffee, proud of its foundations in Melbourne,” said Carnegie via official media release.

“Football and coffee sit at the epicentre of Melbourne’s culture. The two go hand-in-hand, consistently at the centre of the conversation that stirs Melburnians, which is no different to the conversation sport and Melbourne Victory stir in the State.”

Indeed, this is a partnership which combines the identity, passions and culture of an entire city, therefore giving it the foundations required for long-term, mutual success.

Representing the best of Melbourne

Both Victory and Roasting Warehouse are hugely successful in their respective industries. They are institutions with community-oriented philosphies, who pride themselves on craft and quality.

“We’re incredibly proud to partner with Melbourne Victory, a club that represents the heart, passion, and ambition of Melbourne,” revealed Roasting Warehouse Head of Brand, Alexander Paraskevopoulos.

“As a Melbourne-founded, family-run business, supporting a team that means so much to the local community feels very natural for us.”

Furthermore, through their high-quality blends, Roasting Warehouse will look to prepare Victory’s players and staff for high performances on the pitch as the seasons nears completion.

But this is about far more than just fueling athletes.

This is a partnership which embodies and unites two of Melbourne’s greatest strengths and cultural markers – a connection forged from the city’s very own DNA.

 

For more information about Roasting Warehouse, click here.

Marie-Louise Eta makes history as new Union Berlin head coach

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In an historic appointment, Eta will take over as head coach of Union Berlin until the end of the season.

History in the making

Previously the first female assistant coach in Bundesliga history with Union Berlin, Eta will now take the reigns of the men’s first team on an interim basis.

Currently, the club sit in 11th place in the Bundesliga table, but with only two wins so far in 2026, relegation appears an all-too-real prospect, and one which the club is desperate to avoid.

“Given the points gap in the lower half of the table, our place in the Bundesliga is not yet secure,” said Eta via official media release.

‘I am delighted that the club has entrusted me with this challenging task. One of Union’s strengths has always been, and remains, the ability to pull together in such situations.”

Eta will begin as Union’s new head coach with immediate effect, and will be in the dugout for the club’s matchup against Wolfsburg this weekend.

 

A step into an equal future

Eta’s appointment signals a major step towards a more level playing field in the football landscape.

Furthermore, Eta joins other coaches including Sabrinna Wittmann, Hannah Dingley and Corinne Diacre who, in recent years, have blazed a trail for female coaches to step into the men’s game.

Wittmann currently manages FC Ingolstadt in Germany’s third division, and was the first female head coach in Germany’s top three divisions.

In 2023, Dingley became caretaker manager of Forest Green Rovers, and thus the first woman to lead a men’s professional team in England.

Diacre, now head coach of France’s women’s national team, managed Ligue 2’s Clerment Foot between 2014 and 2017.

 

Final thoughts

The impact therefore, is that Eta’s appointment will show future generations of aspiring female coaches that men’s football is an equally viable and possible pathway as the women’s game.

The time is now to level the playing field.

And while it may be a short-term role, its effect on attitudes towards equality and fair opportunities in the game will hopefully resonate long after the season ends.

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