Off the Pitch Podcast: Alex Grant on INTIX’s ticketing solutions

Jack Huggett05/03/2025 5:55 am04/03/2025

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Founder and CEO of INTIX, Alex Grant was the key guest in episode two of Soccerscene’s Off the Pitch podcast to discuss INTIX’s rise from a young Australian startup to one of the nation’s premier ticketing solutions.

Grant founded INTIX in 2017 to address the problems he saw that event operators, leagues and clubs had with their outdated ticketing methods, or their reliance on ticketing organisations which held a stranglehold over their finances and customer data. To combat these rampant issues, INTIX utilised modern technology to revitalise and simplify how ticketing is done for event operators, whilst offering instant access to revenue and data from their ticket sales.

It has proven a successful strategy for the company, with INTIX achieving highly desirable partnerships with key names such as the Tasmania JackJumpers in the NBL and Melbourne Victory in the A-League. Most notably, INTIX kicked off an important collaboration with Football Victoria in the middle of last year.

Grant explained how INTIX was approaching the unique challenges of ticketing across Victoria’s state leagues as the organisation prepared for one of the biggest years in NPL history.

“It was a lot of learning on our side,” he said on the podcast.

“We spend a lot of time learning about a person’s event; how they were doing things previously, maybe without technology. For us, it’s very much a process of not just coming in and saying this is what you should be doing, this is the best way. It’s year one, let’s use our technology and provide a very similar experience to the customer, to what you what you were offering previously.”

“I think particularly at most levels there’s still this want to just turn up on the day and access the event. So, it’s having our system set up to facilitate that and give the customer the same experience, so that next year, you can sort of bring them on this journey.

“We want to get to best practice, but we’re not just going to ostracize everyone straight away, we’re going to bring people on the journey.”

To learn more about how INTIX is tackling the challenges of implementing its tech network across Victoria, listen to the full interview with CEO Alex Grant on episode two of the Off the Pitch podcast by Soccerscene; available on all major podcasting apps.

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Victory unites with Roasting Warehouse in culture-led partnership

Patrick Irving16/04/2026 8:55 am16/04/2026

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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

Patrick Irving15/04/2026 6:05 am14/04/2026

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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.