Kingston City FC Sheds Light on its bid for $9 Million Investment

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Yesterday on 3XY Radio Hellas, guest speaker Frank Kourelis spoke about a major potential development for Kingston City FC.

Kourelis, the club’s Director of Football, outlined a proposed investment that could reshape the club’s future. The project aims to transform Namatjira Park into one of the region’s most advanced community football hubs. Although the segment was not an official announcement, it still gave listeners a rare early look at the discussions taking place behind the scenes.

What’s Happened?

The $9 million proposal would redevelop Namatjira Park into a modern football and futsal facility. The plan focuses on creating new training areas, updated playing surfaces, and flexible indoor spaces. These upgrades would support both senior and junior programs and help the club manage growing participation. If approved in January or February 2026, the project would become one of the most significant infrastructure improvements in the club’s history.

Kourelis said the redevelopment would allow Kingston City FC to provide more space to the Kingston City Junior Team. The Junior Program continues to expand through its strong partnership with No Limits Football Academy. This collaboration has improved coaching standards and strengthened youth pathways. Better facilities would give young players more chances to develop and would lift the quality of the entire program.

Kourelis declined to comment officially before the final announcement.

However, he took the chance to correct several misconceptions raised on air the previous day, one key point involved rumours about competition between Kingston FC and local gridiron clubs for the use of the grounds, he explained that Kingston had competed for the space early in the process.

However, the gridiron clubs later conceded their interest, which cleared the way for the Club’s proposal to advance without conflict.

The Radio Hellas discussion has already sparked interest among supporters, parents, and local residents. Many see the upgrade as an overdue step that will strengthen football in the area. If the investment goes ahead, it will modernise local facilities and reinforce Kingston City FC’s position as a major sporting hub in the region for years to come.

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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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