Brisbane Roar Strengthens Ties with Cannon Logistics

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Brisbane Roar have confirmed a new collaboration with Queensland-based transport logistics company, Cannon Logistics for the upcoming 2025/26 Isuzu UTE A-League Men season.

Modern Fleet and Advanced Technology to Back the Club’s Journey

Cannon Logistics is a transport and logistics company who specialise in general road freight, refrigerated transportation, and cold and dry storage services like meat, fruit and vegetables for producers across Queensland and northern New South Wales.

With more than 35 years of expertise in refrigerated transport and warehousing, Cannon Logistics operates a modern fleet of trucks and trailers, supported by advanced temperature and humidity control technology to keep every delivery in top condition.

The logistics company originally partnered with Brisbane Roar in late 2019, as well as a short partnership with the Capalaba Bulldogs Football Club as a major sponsor, supporting its Senior NPL Academy at the start of 2020.

The back-of-shorts partnership between Brisbane Roar and Cannon Logistics mirrors this week’s renewed deal with Carina Leagues Club for Brisbane Roar’s women’s back-of-shorts branding ahead of the 2025/26 season.

Shared Vision Highlighted in Official Statements

Brisbane Roar Chief Operations Officer, Zac Anderson welcomed Cannon Logistics back into the football club’s family, mentioning the company’s history of supporting the football community in the city.

“It is fantastic to welcome Cannon Logistics back to the Brisbane Roar family, who have supported the wider Brisbane football community for many years,” he said via Club Statement.

“As a leader in their field, our new partnership with Cannon Logistics exemplifies where we are heading as a football club and we wish to thank Zac Popov and Cannon Logistics for coming back on board for the 25/26 season.”

Cannon Logistics Director, Zac Popov mentioned the importance the company has to the Queensland football community and the excitement to have a successful Brisbane Roar team.

“We are pleased to be sponsoring Brisbane Roar for the 2025/2026 A League season,” he said via Club Statement.

“I felt it was important to partner with Brisbane Roar at this time, as I, like many in the Queensland football community would be excited to have a successful Brisbane Roar.

“My company Cannon Logistics is doing its bit to help this come to fruition. I look forward to watching coach Michael Valkanis and his team of players having a successful campaign this season.”

The deal will have Cannon Logistics branding displayed on the back of the player’s shorts for the men’s team.

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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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